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@avesbury_rosetta@wetdry.worldHow did people find new music before algorithms? I'm asking because:
my music tastes are impoverished, only relying on youtube videos that my friends sent me. I was always ashamed of looking for music, and now I'm willing to put that shame aside.
I want to find music without spotify or youtube music, algorithms suck
@avesbury_rosetta well it depends on where you live. If you live in a large city, go to music shops and look at what they have. Ask people who seem like they aren't busy, what they recommend. Go to local shows, you should wear a mask but im not your mom.
if you dont live in a large city, There are chatrooms on irc and discord. A forum for the specific genre your into is good too. wikipedia often has alot of bands listed by genre. Bandcamp is another place to look around.
@avesbury_rosetta
my methods:
- finding the local music scene (if there is one, anyway)
- going to secondhand shops and library sales (theres lots of crap to sort through, usually i listen to a bands songs online before buying)
- browsing wikipedia articles about music i already like and seeing what else is linked from there
- browsing archive.org music collections and clicking on anything interesting (i dont think there’s really a recommendation algorithm on the site)
@jessienab@avesbury_rosetta
Friend recs
Music reviews
Deep dives into compositions of songs, esp. music that samples other music
Exploring genres you like
@avesbury_rosetta My pre-algorithm methods were/are:
Sometimes asking friends for a top-ten or whatever list of their songs, like, asking everybody, then using those to figure out which of my friends and I seem to share a common thread. Then asking them for recommendations
Finding out the precise name of whatever music flavor I'm into and buying or listening to a "hits/mix" of it. Sometimes people put "year x" compilations of songs in a genre or whatever on youtube and I flip through that
Lot of what I love I just ran into by accident, though