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thundara  ·  4348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you discover new music?

what.cd, the people on that site really love music and put in an unbelievable amount of effort into maintaining the technological quality of all releases without imposing any sort of restriction on what constitutes "good" or "bad" music. Everything from Finnish death metal to Tuvan throat singing exists within their archives.

When I'm looking for new producers of a particular genre, I simply plug in the big names I know, wander down the similar artist and pick out one or two popular albums to get a taste and investigate further when one strikes a chord with me.

And before you go off on a rant at me for music piracy, I use the website for music /discovery/, no different than grooveshark , last.fm, or old-fashion radio. Once I find musicians that I have an affection for, I make an effort to see live shows or buy the albums I found myself enjoying repeatedly.

But don't bother asking me for an invite, my pockets are empty.