Comments on: How I discover new music on the web

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:22:28 +0000

Try out my music roamer! http://www.musicroamer.com

By: Jonas Woost

Jonas Woost — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:59:45 +0000

@James: Hype Machine is great and should certainly be added to the list. That’s how I found the MP3 blogs I mentioned above. Anthony (the guy who runs Hype Machine) is a good friend of mine too so I should have mentioned him before…

@Till: I used it a few times and I agree, it find pretty much everything. But I used it more as a ‘gimmick’ when I’m out, maybe I should use it more often…

By: Till

Till — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:00:07 +0000

I like Shazam to identify music I encounter in clubs, bars, stores, taxis, whatever.. it’s not really “identifying new music on the web” but letting the help you identify what you’re listening to.
I’m actually very often impressed that Shazam knows a lot of non-mainstream music.

By: James

James — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:55:37 +0000

PS: can’t get that collaborative spotify playlist to work, do you need to be a subscriber?

By: James

James — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:41:06 +0000

Hey Jonas, hope you’re well! Peel is great but what about Hype Machine (hypem.com)? Or is that too obvious?

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Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:40:39 +0000

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By: Jonas Woost

Jonas Woost — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:18:43 +0000

@Matthias Willerich: “3 guys presented last.fm in some dark shed filled with nerds” – Hehe, I like it. That certainly sounds like Last.fm. Thanks for the links as well.

@tobi: You are very right, Spotify scrobbles as well now, which made it even better. Lets see what other features they will add over the next few months.

By: Matthias Willerich

Matthias Willerich — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:17:22 +0000

I used the last.fm scrobbler for a while back when 3 guys presented last.fm in some dark shed filled with nerds, but it was so unstable it kept crashing my iTunes. I’m sure all this isn’t an issue any more, but it somehow stuck.

What I do very much recently is to read and listen my way through collaborations: let’s say M.I.A worked with Santogold, Santogold with Jay Z and Spank Rock, and Diplo released a Mixtape of her stuff; this introduces me to all things that all these people did, updated me on what Jay Z is doing these days, and I veer off further based on this and other Diplo Mixtapes.
I do the same thing with your show, for example when a track I already know is a remix by someone else, and so on.

It’s definitely less exposure than an automated recommendation, but I have a lot of direction, and so I get to listen to a lot of new music with very little crap.

Some music blogs I tap into
http://fleamarketfunk.wordpress.com/
http://thesexyresult.blogspot.com/ (old)
http://thesexyresult.wordpress.com/ (new)
http://brrrln.blogspot.com/

By: tobi

tobi — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:02:16 +0000

I really like your Spotify Playlist!!! I discovered that Spotify scrobbles what you´re listening to directly to LastFm if you want. Here is the deal: http://www.spotify.com/blog/archives/2008/12/18/spotify-scrobbles

But watch out -> I hardly ever use LastFM ever since because there is no need….

I use http://www.yourspotify.com and http://www.mixifier.com on Facebook a lot when I discover new music.

Keep sharing,
Tobi

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:56:44 +0000

Thanks for the links to the blogs, I didn’t know them before!