Where do you listen to/discover new music these days?

I'm 52.

Maybe 15-20 years ago I asked on an online forum if I like these bands, what bands out there might I like? And I got a long list.

I used mp3.com and perhaps the early days of youtube to sort through, and picked a few and fell in love.

From there it's mostly Youtube. I'll watch a video of a band I do like, and see what comes up as recommendations based on that.

Sometimes it's crap, sometimes I end up falling in love with the recommendation.

I'm also always interested in what gets posted around here. A few months ago someone posted a list of bands based on someone else's question I went through the list, and out of the 5 or 6 artists listed, I fell madly in love with one band in particular.

Yes, it's a lot of sorting through more bands that I don't like than ones I do like, but pretty much all my favorite bands come this way.

On rare occasions, I take an interest in a band opening for another band.

I've not really listened to the radio or popular music in some 20 years. But I'm always taking interest in newer music. I still go see concerts.
 
DrumEatDrum said:
I'm 52.

Maybe 15-20 years ago I asked on an online forum if I like these bands, what bands out there might I like? And I got a long list.

I used mp3.com and perhaps the early days of youtube to sort through, and picked a few and fell in love.

From there it's mostly Youtube. I'll watch a video of a band I do like, and see what comes up as recommendations based on that.

Sometimes it's crap, sometimes I end up falling in love with the recommendation.

I'm also always interested in what gets posted around here. A few months ago someone posted a list of bands based on someone else's question I went through the list, and out of the 5 or 6 artists listed, I fell madly in love with one band in particular.

Yes, it's a lot of sorting through more bands that I don't like than ones I do like, but pretty much all my favorite bands come this way.

On rare occasions, I take an interest in a band opening for another band.

I've not really listened to the radio or popular music in some 20 years. But I'm always taking interest in newer music. I still go see concerts.
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As I was saying on an earlier post, I find a band due to a recommendation, or by watching someone react to it, then I listen to that song, look up the band for more material, give them a fair chance (by actually listening to their stuff). And I usually find that if I ended up liking the band, I would still have to listen to their music multiple times to really say that I gave them a fair shot. For example, I don't really remember how I started listening to Queensryche, but when I did Operation Mindcrime was not out yet, so I was listening to their prior albums. If you have heard any of them you know that you can't possibly say you like them (or not) in a single listen. It took me having that cassette (yes I am that old) in repeat to get all the nuances of their music, and even when I see someone reacting to them (Like Elizabeth Zharoff) I end up hearing something I missed before. And to me it is fun to see how someone "reacts" to hearing that for the first time. It is like re-discovering something, but when they are reacting to something I never heard before, then it is their and my first time reaction. I also listen from the perspective of a musician so I pick a lot more detail than most. Now a band opening for another band... my funniest experience was I saw Black Sabbath (in the late 90s) they had brought Ozzy back for that tour. The opening bands were Incubus and Pantera. I knew about Pantera but not really much about Incubus I think they had just released the "Make yourself" album so the radio was playing a few of their songs. I knew those songs but not much else. But even though they were the opening band, they kicked ass, of course Pantera had no issues following up, and Black Sabbath... well let's say nobody was disappointed.
 
DrumEatDrum said:
I'm 52.

Maybe 15-20 years ago I asked on an online forum if I like these bands, what bands out there might I like? And I got a long list.

I used mp3.com and perhaps the early days of youtube to sort through, and picked a few and fell in love.

From there it's mostly Youtube. I'll watch a video of a band I do like, and see what comes up as recommendations based on that.

Sometimes it's crap, sometimes I end up falling in love with the recommendation.

I'm also always interested in what gets posted around here. A few months ago someone posted a list of bands based on someone else's question I went through the list, and out of the 5 or 6 artists listed, I fell madly in love with one band in particular.

Yes, it's a lot of sorting through more bands that I don't like than ones I do like, but pretty much all my favorite bands come this way.

On rare occasions, I take an interest in a band opening for another band.

I've not really listened to the radio or popular music in some 20 years. But I'm always taking interest in newer music. I still go see concerts.
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yeah...the radio, and mainstream music, is not the best place to go to find innovation. I also have not listened to the radio - other than weather and baseball - for 20 something years.

I also miss tape trading. When I first started to go to shows back in the early 80's , there were always people in the parking lots looking to trade mix tapes. Guys from other bands, local distros....it was such a cool way to meet people and hear new music. I do think streaming stuff is the modern version of this, but it is not as organic.
 
doggyd69b said:
As I was saying on an earlier post, I find a band due to a recommendation, or by watching someone react to it, then I listen to that song, look up the band for more material, give them a fair chance (by actually listening to their stuff). And I usually find that if I ended up liking the band, I would still have to listen to their music multiple times to really say that I gave them a fair shot. For example, I don't really remember how I started listening to Queensryche, but when I did Operation Mindcrime was not out yet, so I was listening to their prior albums. If you have heard any of them you know that you can't possibly say you like them (or not) in a single listen. It took me having that cassette (yes I am that old) in repeat to get all the nuances of their music, and even when I see someone reacting to them (Like Elizabeth Zharoff) I end up hearing something I missed before. And to me it is fun to see how someone "reacts" to hearing that for the first time. It is like re-discovering something, but when they are reacting to something I never heard before, then it is their and my first time reaction. I also listen from the perspective of a musician so I pick a lot more detail than most. Now a band opening for another band... my funniest experience was I saw Black Sabbath (in the late 90s) they had brought Ozzy back for that tour. The opening bands were Incubus and Pantera. I knew about Pantera but not really much about Incubus I think they had just released the "Make yourself" album so the radio was playing a few of their songs. I knew those songs but not much else. But even though they were the opening band, they kicked ass, of course Pantera had no issues following up, and Black Sabbath... well let's say nobody was disappointed.
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I "found" Queensryche in a weird way: back in 83, we were listening to the local radio station, and they kept ssaying "coming up next, the new Iron Maiden!!" This was right as Piece of Mind was being released. We were pumped! They kept saying it and saying it.

After one commercial break, they played "Queen of the Reich", and we were like YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! The new Maiden rules!!!! Then the DJ came on and said :" that was a new band from Seattle called Queensryche. They are an upstart that we just received an EP from"

they then played "Flight of Icarus" and we were still like YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!! We bolted to the record store that day, and I headed right to the "Q" section. They had 3 of that first EP, and I grabbed it first. Then I went and got the Piece of Mind album. But for me, a major chunk of my musical foundation was put in that day.

On that trip, I also bought Scorpions Blackout and becasue of the album cover: BÖC's Fire of Unknown Origin.

That is also another great topic....hmmmm
 
You know, despite my apprehension about sinister algorithms working out everything about us (why do I keep getting bikini adverts popping up when I'm a male in my fifties? Well, I probably know why), I must say that musically they have been very accurate suggesting new music for me.

I use youtube music and after an album I like has finished, it will move onto something else which I haven't heard before and often it's spot on. It also seems to work out that if you press forward on a song, it's ventured a bit too far away from your tastes. Sometimes I feel like the algorythms are trying to tempt me into areas that I don't like, and as soon as I forward the song it realises it went too far and goes back to a safer bet.

Also, there is the 'similar to' section on youtube music which suggests similar bands.

Anyway through that process I've 'discovered' Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, and countless others that are among my favourite artists now. Just last week I was listening to the Prodigy and got suggested the Propellerheads and Appollo 440, and realised that although I'd heard of them, I'd never really listened to them. And voila, there's a whole back catalogue of big beat music to go through.

There has never been a better time to be alive in regards to accessing music.
 
I've kinda dumped drums for the near term (and it shows in my poor playing).

But I've been lucky at jams lately to be pulled on stage for bass. The jam host tells me to play this pattern and keeps upping the game in tempo or intricacy each time. It's always some new-to-me artist that I end up seeking out.
 
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Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX said:
I "found" Queensryche in a weird way: back in 83, we were listening to the local radio station, and they kept ssaying "coming up next, the new Iron Maiden!!" This was right as Piece of Mind was being released. We were pumped! They kept saying it and saying it.

After one commercial break, they played "Queen of the Reich", and we were like YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! The new Maiden rules!!!! Then the DJ came on and said :" that was a new band from Seattle called Queensryche. They are an upstart that we just received an EP from"

they then played "Flight of Icarus" and we were still like YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!! We bolted to the record store that day, and I headed right to the "Q" section. They had 3 of that first EP, and I grabbed it first. Then I went and got the Piece of Mind album. But for me, a major chunk of my musical foundation was put in that day.

On that trip, I also bought Scorpions Blackout and becasue of the album cover: BÖC's Fire of Unknown Origin.

That is also another great topic....hmmmm
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I hung out cruising a hick town with a coworker one night who had the new release, Operation Mindcrime. He queued it up and it was out of sync for the environment we were in, so he put Motley Crue or Poison back in the tape deck.
It was several more years before I started playing drums and only then discovered what Queensryche had to offer from hearing a roommate's CD. That was when Empire came out. Thankfully they toured Operation Livecrime then.
 
1 hit wonder said:
I hung out cruising a hick town with a coworker one night who had the new release, Operation Mindcrime. He queued it up and it was out of sync for the environment we were in, so he put Motley Crue or Poison back in the tape deck.
It was several more years before I started playing drums and only then discovered what Queensryche had to offer from hearing a roommate's CD. That was when Empire came out. Thankfully they toured Operation Livecrime then.
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yeah...the Empire tour was actually Mindcrime in full b/c on the Mindcrime tour, they were still usually the opening act. I saw them on that tour (3rd row), but they opened for Ozzy, so they only had a 45 minute set. It was also wierd at that show that the hall was only like 75% full. People did not realize what was happening with them yet. My first Queensryche show was on the RAge for Order tour in our local venue tht holds about 1200 people. That was an awesome experience...
 
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX said:
yeah...the Empire tour was actually Mindcrime in full b/c on the Mindcrime tour, they were still usually the opening act. I saw them on that tour (3rd row), but they opened for Ozzy, so they only had a 45 minute set. It was also wierd at that show that the hall was only like 75% full. People did not realize what was happening with them yet. My first Queensryche show was on the RAge for Order tour in our local venue tht holds about 1200 people. That was an awesome experience...
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They were the headline here, opening the show with Resistance. I don't remember the openers (bands).
Ozzy came thru around, I think the previous year with opening acts Alice and Chains and Sepultura. Layne was in a cast on crutches and or a wheelchair, an angry chair. May have been the same year.
 
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YouTube recommendations, music news sites, friends talking about bands on social media. (Like this place even.) I go through waves of actively seeking out new bands maybe 2-3 times a year. I enjoy it immensely. Lots of good new bands out there doing some very interesting stuff. Even the stuff I don’t like still scratches an itch for new music. (Meaning a “new to me” band or a song I hadn’t heard from a band I have heard of.) I also have a super wide range of tastes, from extreme metal to K-Pop meaning that it's not hard for me to find new stuff to listen too.
 
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX said:
I "found" Queensryche in a weird way: back in 83, we were listening to the local radio station, and they kept ssaying "coming up next, the new Iron Maiden!!" This was right as Piece of Mind was being released. We were pumped! They kept saying it and saying it.

After one commercial break, they played "Queen of the Reich", and we were like YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! The new Maiden rules!!!! Then the DJ came on and said :" that was a new band from Seattle called Queensryche. They are an upstart that we just received an EP from"

they then played "Flight of Icarus" and we were still like YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!! We bolted to the record store that day, and I headed right to the "Q" section. They had 3 of that first EP, and I grabbed it first. Then I went and got the Piece of Mind album. But for me, a major chunk of my musical foundation was put in that day.

On that trip, I also bought Scorpions Blackout and becasue of the album cover: BÖC's Fire of Unknown Origin.

That is also another great topic....hmmm
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You heard them when they literally just started, I discovered them years later just before the release of Operation Mindcrime. I got to see them live when they went on the Empire tour. I saw Scorpions live around that time too. some years later (around 2002) I got to see Iron Maiden live as well.

I believe my musical foundation started much earlier (maybe around 1977 or 78 (when I turned 8 years old), My uncle would listen to all kinds of bands but obvious standouts were Rush, Kiss, Yes, Black Sabbath.... and many more. I used to air drum to a lot of those records. Fast forward to 1988 when I was able to buy my first drum kit, and basically instantly being able to play a lot of those simpler songs due to all those years of air drumming (getting the songs embedded in memory I guess). I don't air drum anymore but I do listen to the songs I want to play and break down hard parts until I can understand what is happening (in my head) for example some of the rolls in the song War Ensemble from Slayer.. Dave Lombardo likes to roll on the toms and snare a lot so he would sometimes do something like: Snare, tom , tom, snare, tom, crash. (simplified from the actual thing he does). Or this song from the band Decapitated called Spheres of madness, there is a part where the double bass is going (goes through the whole song) but at the same time the drummer hits a sequence where he hits the crashes, then the China, then the ride twice, then the China again, while still keeping some snare hits going, it sounds very busy (because it is) but once I decipher what is happening I am usually able to play it. I realize that I might not always get it right, but to me at least it sounds like what I hear on the record, sometimes if I can find a video of the original drummer playing it and that particular song part is being shown, then I can confirm or correct my assessment.
 
John Q. Drummer said:
YouTube recommendations, music news sites, friends talking about bands on social media. (Like this place even.) I go through waves of actively seeking out new bands maybe 2-3 times a year. I enjoy it immensely. Lots of good new bands out there doing some very interesting stuff. Even the stuff I don’t like still scratches an itch for new music. (Meaning a “new to me” band or a song I hadn’t heard from a band I have heard of.) I also have a super wide range of tastes, from extreme metal to K-Pop meaning that it's not hard for me to find new stuff to listen too.
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I also sometimes try things like German metal band or Greek (insert genre here). I have discovered a lot of bands that way (because once you go to one of those bands video page, the algorithm will usually recommend similar bands or bands that fans of this band seem to also listen to, and if you go to the next band's video page, the cycle repeats, even if you didn't like most of those bands, you are bound to find at least one band you do like.
 
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doggyd69b said:
I believe my musical foundation started much earlier (maybe around 1977 or 78 (when I turned 8 years old),
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Same. My first.concert was Alice Cooper at 8 years old. A whole family outing, mom, dad, brother, sister. Blue Oyster Cult opening. Alice Cooper Band was already my favorite band.

doggyd69b said:
My uncle would listen to all kinds of bands but obvious standouts were Rush, Kiss, Yes, Black Sabbath.... and many more.
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Same, except KISS was the first band I could get together on with people my age. They knew nothing about earlier bands I'd already seen in concert or listened to.
doggyd69b said:
I used to air drum to a lot of those records. Fast forward to 1988 when I was able to buy my first drum kit, and basically instantly being able to play a lot of those simpler songs due to all those years of air drumming (getting the songs embedded in memory I guess).
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Same, but 1990 for me when a roommate bought drums. He got them at a gun show, lol.
 
1 hit wonder said:
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Same. My first.concert was Alice Cooper at 8 years old. A whole family outing, mom, dad, brother, sister. Blue Oyster Cult opening. Alice Cooper Band was already my favorite band.



Same, except KISS was the first band I could get together on with people my age. They knew nothing about earlier bands I'd already seen in concert or listened to.

Same, but 1990 for me when a roommate bought drums. He got them at a gun show, lol.
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Contrary to popular opinion I think Black Sabbath's Headless Cross album is severely underrated. Tony Martin's vocals are outstanding (Elizabeth Zharoff needs to react to him). Tommi Iommi's guitar work is outstanding, the rest of the band just jams to a great soundtrack that was very well produced. IMO it doesn't sound like Black Sabbath (at least not even close to the popular records) or better said it sounds like a band from a different era not the same band evolving.... but that is probably what makes it great.
I would like to go to a gun show where I could buy drums... In West Virginia we had a convenience store/gas station/post office/gun store. it was great!. I'm sure here in GA there are a few of those, I just need to venture out more... maybe after I retire.. (I feel that retirement is like the carrot dangling from the pole and I'm the horse pulling the cart that the pole is tied to)...
 
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