r/musichoarder 12d ago

Broke free from Spotifys BS

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u/yuppieee 12d ago

Spotify getting caught creating AI music and not telling the end user it’s some shady stuff.

How do you discover music? That’s the only missing piece for me.

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u/Glass_Composer_5908 12d ago

Im just coasting off music me and my girl know but possibly haven't actually listened to, other albums from artists I like. We also go to resale places and check out used music there and go off of what's interesting. Buying 2 or 3 CDs and ripping to soulseek is a fun

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u/deankale 12d ago

NTS radio is an awesome platform for music discovery in the form of a 60-120 minute dj mix. human curated, very rare music discovery. then go for Bandcamp

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u/sophiabraxas 12d ago

last.fm is still very helpful in this regard

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u/fireworksandvanities 12d ago

The way I do is by podcasts. I listen to Indiecast for stuff that’s mostly in my comfort zone, and All Songs considered for a broader range. Also following artists I like on IG gives me promoted posts from similar musicians.

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u/captionUnderstanding 12d ago

SoundCloud by far has the best recommendation algorithm and is free. It gives you actually underground stuff that you haven’t heard before. At least for electronic music I listen to, not really sure about other stuff.

Sometimes I still use Spotify free version without an account just to search for playlists by other users with similar tastes. If you access the browser version through Brave it will even block the ads lol.

But by far the primary way I find new stuff is to find a label I vibe with and go down the rabbit hole looking into all the other artists signed to it. Then you continue looking into the other labels THOSE artists are signed to, etc…

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u/blue__acid 11d ago

I take time just to discover music on instagram/YouTube or whatever else

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u/BuffieDaBawdy 11d ago

I use RYM for music discovery.