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Really? How do you see it? For example, I need some stream of new jazz/electro-swing music - what should I do? Just entering it into the search engine and manua

Really? How do you see it? For example, I need some stream of new jazz/electro-swing music - what should I do? Just entering it into the search engine and manually checking every given result (which will not be songs, but some articles and playlists) will not work.

Apocryphon 5y ago
I use Last.fm which tags artists to similar ones, which is admittedly an older platform, but I also use Bandcamp, Spotify, and YouTube. It's trivial, I just search for bands that sound like whatever I like and sample their tracks. You don't even need music platforms to do this, Wikipedia has copious lists of musical groups for any given genre, or just the influences or affiliated acts of artists I already like. Beyond that, there's always been an ecosystem of music blogs and music journalism web sites since the early '00s, some still continuing today, and whenever they talk about bands they tend to refer to other ones. You really just need a music platform to sample referenced acts, which YouTube is the universal one. It's really not that difficult.
- EugeneOZ 5y ago
  Thanks, I’m doing this, of course, but this method doesn't discover new music - it's just a way to find something similar, and mostly it's not “fresh” (by release date).
  - Apocryphon 5y ago
    Then what's stopping you from simply listening to random tracks from new releases sections? I've done this before- with Spotify, I've even picked albums based on their cover art, the name of the record, the name of the artist. Occasionally the aesthetic vibes align and I find a new artist that is actually enjoyable. Usually not. But if you're just trying to find new music, there's ample methods to do so.
yunwal 5y ago
Since this seems like a genuine question, nts.live is an online radio platform running out of London that has tons of good contemporary jazz. Try typing an old jazz song that you like into the search bar and find radio shows with that song featured. There will likely be new songs mixed in with the old. In general, I find search engines to be a really poor discoverability resource for anything, not just music.

Apocryphon 5y ago

I use Last.fm which tags artists to similar ones, which is admittedly an older platform, but I also use Bandcamp, Spotify, and YouTube. It's trivial, I just search for bands that sound like whatever I like and sample their tracks. You don't even need music platforms to do this, Wikipedia has copious lists of musical groups for any given genre, or just the influences or affiliated acts of artists I already like. Beyond that, there's always been an ecosystem of music blogs and music journalism web sites since the early '00s, some still continuing today, and whenever they talk about bands they tend to refer to other ones. You really just need a music platform to sample referenced acts, which YouTube is the universal one. It's really not that difficult.

EugeneOZ 5y ago
Thanks, I’m doing this, of course, but this method doesn't discover new music - it's just a way to find something similar, and mostly it's not “fresh” (by release date).
- Apocryphon 5y ago
  Then what's stopping you from simply listening to random tracks from new releases sections? I've done this before- with Spotify, I've even picked albums based on their cover art, the name of the record, the name of the artist. Occasionally the aesthetic vibes align and I find a new artist that is actually enjoyable. Usually not. But if you're just trying to find new music, there's ample methods to do so.

yunwal 5y ago

Since this seems like a genuine question, nts.live is an online radio platform running out of London that has tons of good contemporary jazz. Try typing an old jazz song that you like into the search bar and find radio shows with that song featured. There will likely be new songs mixed in with the old. In general, I find search engines to be a really poor discoverability resource for anything, not just music.