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Great, but 80% of it is crap either way. Does anyone else have difficulty finding good music suggestions? Recommendations from friends for movies and TV shows

by dade_ 6y ago

Great, but 80% of it is crap either way. Does anyone else have difficulty finding good music suggestions? Recommendations from friends for movies and TV shows are usually very good, but not with music. My opinion of Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music recommendations is much worse. I find that I am better off randomly picking music tracks.

jxramos 6y ago
I've found some feeds where people produce mix of other people's work. It's been a great way to discover more great tracks in that particular genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4sBFBtLRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4sBFBtLRE When I craze the music often enough I go and purchase those tracks in bandcamp. This particular music mixer has a ton of content and clearly goes out of their way to sift through a bunch of music in that space they think is worthy to compile into a collection which they do a good job of. Their mixes are reposted to soundcloud too I think.
tyrust 6y ago
There are a lot of good options for finding music. Some take more work than others. Some things I've done with success: * go to the wikipedia page for an artist or album you like and look for * reviews and ratings that line up with what you thought: you might find a critic or outlet with similar tastes that can provide new recommendations * the producer or label: their other works might be similar to what you already like * (on the artist page) the "associated acts" of the artist: you might like other projects with which the artist is involved * any influences listed: you might like what the artist liked * find a forum that aligns with your taste * reddit has many music sub-reddits https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/wiki/musicsubreddits * /mu/ is actually a pretty good 4chan board. The essentials wiki is a good starting point that doesn't require filtering through trolling: https://4chanmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Essential_Charts Good luck!
y2bd 6y ago
I typically use https://rateyourmusic.com https://rateyourmusic.com to find new stuff. Not their recommendation system, that’s trash. Instead, I find albums I already know I like and look for well-written reviews on the album page. Then I click into the reviewer’s profile, see if I like/recognize any of the other stuff they’ve reviewed, and if so, I follow them. Boom, it’s like you’ve found a friend who actually enjoys the same music you do.

by dade_ 6y ago

jxramos 6y ago

I've found some feeds where people produce mix of other people's work. It's been a great way to discover more great tracks in that particular genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4sBFBtLRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4sBFBtLRE When I craze the music often enough I go and purchase those tracks in bandcamp. This particular music mixer has a ton of content and clearly goes out of their way to sift through a bunch of music in that space they think is worthy to compile into a collection which they do a good job of. Their mixes are reposted to soundcloud too I think.

tyrust 6y ago

There are a lot of good options for finding music. Some take more work than others. Some things I've done with success: * go to the wikipedia page for an artist or album you like and look for * reviews and ratings that line up with what you thought: you might find a critic or outlet with similar tastes that can provide new recommendations * the producer or label: their other works might be similar to what you already like * (on the artist page) the "associated acts" of the artist: you might like other projects with which the artist is involved * any influences listed: you might like what the artist liked * find a forum that aligns with your taste * reddit has many music sub-reddits https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/wiki/musicsubreddits * /mu/ is actually a pretty good 4chan board. The essentials wiki is a good starting point that doesn't require filtering through trolling: https://4chanmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Essential_Charts Good luck!

y2bd 6y ago

I typically use https://rateyourmusic.com https://rateyourmusic.com to find new stuff. Not their recommendation system, that’s trash. Instead, I find albums I already know I like and look for well-written reviews on the album page. Then I click into the reviewer’s profile, see if I like/recognize any of the other stuff they’ve reviewed, and if so, I follow them. Boom, it’s like you’ve found a friend who actually enjoys the same music you do.