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The studies in the article say people in their 30s give up on new music. This is understandable, and has always been the case. This doesn't just happen with mus

The studies in the article say people in their 30s give up on new music. This is understandable, and has always been the case. This doesn't just happen with music but culture in general. As we age we become less easily malleable in our beliefs and there's an easy attraction to resent the younger generations

Spivak 4y ago
Which is quite sad because the current culture of music fueled by TikTok is insanely good. Lots of niche genres are thriving by being able to connect to their audience in a manner that doesn’t require fans or would-be fans to explicitly seek it out.
- gnuj3 4y ago
  Music culture fueled by TikTok. Jesus, I’m glad I’m one of those people in their 30s that gave up on new music.
  - Spivak 4y ago
    Yeah, the TikTok algorithm has hit some sweet spot that's able to organically direct people to niche interests and one of those is music discovery for different music genres. Okay so let's just assume you really like neo-classical, here's what you might have discovered on TikTok: Woodsman, Zir Bujou, Austin Farewell's new single, Duomo, Amity Fall, Joep Beving, Fabrizio Paterlini's new album, Airginio Aiello's new single.
- chubot 4y ago
  Examples? I’m not on TikTok but I am an older person who actively seeks out new music :) I would join for some wholesome or not-wholesome creativity
  - MivLives 4y ago
    Spotify actually has a playlist for this (I think) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5Vy6DFOcx00 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5Vy6DFOcx00 That said here's some people who are big in that sorta sphere (I'm not a tiktok user but I feel it's ripples): Mathematics - BBNO$(pronounced Baby No Money) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_i76JVTDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_i76JVTDg There's a whole genre that popped up called Phonk, and then what got more popular on the internet is something called Drift Phonk. It's music that's meant to be played over drift compilations. Disaster - KSLV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnq1_3BXIqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnq1_3BXIqA A lot of tiktok is just a mixture of new and old popular music. So if you look at a chart of the most popular songs you'll see things like Day N Night by Kid Cudi, or Heat Waves by Glass Animals mixed with Doji Cat, Joji, and Bieber If you want some creative music in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-WTfP3WJc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-WTfP3WJc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WDRxtd-2dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WDRxtd-2dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkngTNyKaW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkngTNyKaW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3-YLE04bo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3-YLE04bo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeWek3LPqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeWek3LPqQ
    - chubot 4y ago
      Thanks for the links! I checked them all out, and am relieved to say it's all very recognizable as music to me :) (even though I hadn't heard of any artist) The Amaarae track was probably most up my alley, though not quite Being in my 40's, I thought there was some TikTok-specific music that has passed me by :) Related to this thread, there was a recent Grimes interview on Lex Fridman and she had some interesting and good things to say about music and your brain aging (e.g. purposely listening to new music to "stretch your neurons" or something like that, which I also try to do). And ironically I heard of her precisely because of that habit, i.e. I think most of her listeners are younger than me (FWIW I first heard of her in 2015, well before any relation to tech gossip)

Spivak 4y ago

Which is quite sad because the current culture of music fueled by TikTok is insanely good. Lots of niche genres are thriving by being able to connect to their audience in a manner that doesn’t require fans or would-be fans to explicitly seek it out.

gnuj3 4y ago
Music culture fueled by TikTok. Jesus, I’m glad I’m one of those people in their 30s that gave up on new music.
- Spivak 4y ago
  Yeah, the TikTok algorithm has hit some sweet spot that's able to organically direct people to niche interests and one of those is music discovery for different music genres. Okay so let's just assume you really like neo-classical, here's what you might have discovered on TikTok: Woodsman, Zir Bujou, Austin Farewell's new single, Duomo, Amity Fall, Joep Beving, Fabrizio Paterlini's new album, Airginio Aiello's new single.
chubot 4y ago
Examples? I’m not on TikTok but I am an older person who actively seeks out new music :) I would join for some wholesome or not-wholesome creativity
- MivLives 4y ago
  Spotify actually has a playlist for this (I think) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5Vy6DFOcx00 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5Vy6DFOcx00 That said here's some people who are big in that sorta sphere (I'm not a tiktok user but I feel it's ripples): Mathematics - BBNO$(pronounced Baby No Money) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_i76JVTDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH_i76JVTDg There's a whole genre that popped up called Phonk, and then what got more popular on the internet is something called Drift Phonk. It's music that's meant to be played over drift compilations. Disaster - KSLV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnq1_3BXIqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnq1_3BXIqA A lot of tiktok is just a mixture of new and old popular music. So if you look at a chart of the most popular songs you'll see things like Day N Night by Kid Cudi, or Heat Waves by Glass Animals mixed with Doji Cat, Joji, and Bieber If you want some creative music in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-WTfP3WJc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-WTfP3WJc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WDRxtd-2dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WDRxtd-2dQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkngTNyKaW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkngTNyKaW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3-YLE04bo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w3-YLE04bo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeWek3LPqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeWek3LPqQ
  - chubot 4y ago
    Thanks for the links! I checked them all out, and am relieved to say it's all very recognizable as music to me :) (even though I hadn't heard of any artist) The Amaarae track was probably most up my alley, though not quite Being in my 40's, I thought there was some TikTok-specific music that has passed me by :) Related to this thread, there was a recent Grimes interview on Lex Fridman and she had some interesting and good things to say about music and your brain aging (e.g. purposely listening to new music to "stretch your neurons" or something like that, which I also try to do). And ironically I heard of her precisely because of that habit, i.e. I think most of her listeners are younger than me (FWIW I first heard of her in 2015, well before any relation to tech gossip)