How do you look for new music?

[la szum]

New or new to me?

YouTube Music rabbit holes, bandmates that are way older than me talking about old bands I had never head of, YT channels like Tankthetech.

Nice to know us Geezers can pay it back now and then.

Truth is, there is still so much old music I have not experience in depth
that I find myself going forward and back at the same time. My latest
fascination is Old Country and Texas/Western Swing.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Nice to know us Geezers can pay it back now and then.

Truth is, there is still so much old music I have not experience in depth
that I find myself going forward and back at the same time. My latest
fascination is Old Country and Texas/Western Swing.

That's the best thing about the streaming platforms imo -- digging up old music from way, way back you've never heard before.
Imagine trying to discover all of that the hard way? Would be fun but you'd lose some years.

 

[la szum]

Totally! It's a beautiful thing so long as we don't get sidetracked by all the nonsense. Well, nonsense for me.

I am even trying to find the actual artists YT channels so that I can help them get .0000001 cents.

Outside of that we'd have to rummage sale/record shop it and try to get lucky and count on serendipity to
help lead the way---which can also be fun, if not costing a lot more time.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Truth is, there is still so much old music I have not experience in depth

I can relate. Heck, believe it or not, I just recently listened to the entire DT A Dramatic Turn of Events, and there's a couple gems on there I really dig! (Along with one that's, WTF? Even for me. lol)

I'm narrow, but I do go deep.

 

[norminal]

I worked at a record store through high school and between the promotional CDs I took home daily and customer recommendations, I always had a large flow of new music to listen to.

I use Apple Music exclusively these days, and even with the stations and auto-play that Drew mentioned, it’s still not as good as it was for me back in the day.

I blame the large influx of bad music, as anyone with a computer can upload material to streaming services. And if you want to go full-Beato, popular music is just simply shit these day.

 

[duzie]

I remember when this was new to me.
Found it in a rack of 8-track tapes at a local store just after it was released.
Dec 1973

 

[FuzzyAce]

I blame the large influx of bad music, as anyone with a computer can upload material to streaming services.

 

[JiveTurkey]

YT recommendations and metal news sites mainly.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

Just discovered Phil Sayce. Hopefully that will sent the algorithm in some nice directions again.

Apparently there is no other music than the Black Keys, the Rolling Stones and John Mayer (exaggerated)

 

[CM_X5]

Hate to say it but sometimes reaction channels can have really good recommendations. I mostly skip the video and just search the song in question.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Holy sheeet! Just found this new version of the Kinks tune "You Really Got Me" by some band named Van Heusen!

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

The search can be so rewarding and frustrating

How can I not have heard of The Tesky Brothers???

 

[Jynx]

I let the algorithm do its thing.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Didja see this one by Van Heusen too? They redid "(Oh) Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison!

 

[TubeStack]

The yutes - my daughters and others - have introduced me to a lot of great music.