How YOU Discover New Music

[@JulianWyllie]

At this point I just get obsessed about a particular genre and then I'll go read up on what I've been missing. Some KZbin pages I like that do mixes are The Record Library, My Analog Journal, Book Club Radio etc. All it takes is Shazam to find new stuff.

[@derrickgee]

All really great recs!

[@mccheki1070]

One of the ways I discover new music is going to a record label of an artist I like and listen to other artists in that record label. Also going to concerts and listening to the opening band. In the 99% of the cases, if I like the main bend, I'll like the opening band

[@derrickgee]

And they usually but in a decent amount of work to tailor it to their fans!

[@kevinmackler]

when i was young i used to discover so much music through video game soundtracks. like early tony hawk, wwe, 2k exposed me to so many different genres. there's a substantial amount of kids probably learning about artists thru fortnite's radio and in game music events lol. not so common for me now but an interesting method that was unintentional.

[@kazramusic]

It's nice to see that there's actually so many people being proactive in their quest for new music!

[@EasyChairGames]

I've been making a spotify playlist that includes 1 song (either my favorite or the one I know the best) from every artist I know of. It's a project that will never be complete and I keep a huge excel sheet of everything added on there and stuff I need to look into. It's lead to a lot of horrible stuff, honestly, but every so often an absolute gem will show up. And going down the rabbit hole of similar artists on spotify or KZbin leads to some wild stuff sometimes.

[@danielboulton922]

I feel like algorithms on youtube and Spotify used to be sooo much better at suggesting me music that I like. Before i'd get so many adjacent genres, sounds etc now I either get fed carbon copies of music that I currently listen to, or I just get the most popular artists of the genres I listen to.

[@Bigbean2999]

If you have KZbin music you could try community playlist

[@argiexpat]

I'm a nomad so I actually check out whatever is available on the plane's tv thing that I don't already know. I've discovered some gems. Specially since I don't stick to a particular airline, so a lot of them will include their home countries' artists on their selection.

[@mattfodey5153]

On my bachelor trip (went to Utah, highly recommend) my buddies and I just looked up songs titled Utah or playlists and found some fun songs, good way if you are planning a trip. It’s a nice little reminder of your travels when you are out and about daily life hearing those songs

[@milesphilpott]

Derrick you smashed this. thank you so much. I looked back at your older video on this after I messaged you and since then, i've had NTS radio on repeat. My 2 favourites right now are A.G and Test Pressing. Do you have any recommendations on people I should be listening to on NTS?

[@derrickgee]

Yes Miles love this! So many. I like Fervent Moon - underrated.

[@anadlug]

Sometime I go to the record store and chose any album based on the cover design I like. 50% of chance I end up liking the band or the artist:)

[@mccheki1070]

I don't listen to radio because in my head radio is connected to the news and there's a lot of awful stuff/propaganda in news and I don't want to hear something bad when I'm enjoying something

[@Vork81]

There are some really good radio stations for music lovers without ads or news. Such as FIP from Paris and NTS from London.

[@Adam-tt8tz]

You simply don't and continue to listen to the same albums that you listened to between age 16-22! :)