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Discovering Music in 2009: The New Tools

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neely615
04/15/09

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So Emusic didn't make the list of a place to buy music? I don't know how much random stuff I have found there, and until the record label decides they want more money and pull it off Emusic, its normally the cheapest out there. Also for music blogs, what about 'music for robots' and 'neon gold beat company' (formerly goodweatherforairstrickes). If anything, search for some of the old M3 volume compilations/samplers that goodweatherforairstrikes put out. Just my two cents and happy music hunting.
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Adrian Covert
04/15/09

@neely615: This isn't a comprehensive list. Just an idea of types of sites in each category, and the stuff I like to use personally.
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John Herrman
04/15/09

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Writer left out the "Ask Adrian Covert" method. LAME.
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Adrian Covert
04/15/09

@John Herrman: nah, that pompous bastard has terrible taste. it's so 2010.
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MrBlahBlah
04/15/09

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I want to search, but i just don't have the time and effort
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lpranal
04/15/09

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89.3 the Current

Best radio station for discovering new music, ever. Plus, (almost) no commercials!
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ZLevee
04/15/09

@lpranal: Good one. Stream here: [minnesota.publicradio.org]
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Monty
04/15/09

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What, no mention of "The Social" on Zune as a way to discover new music? Shocking.

I actually do get a lot of my new music idea from friends by visiting their homes and listening to their songs. I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music. What a novel concept that was.
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ZLevee
04/15/09

@Monty: "I long for the days before all of the music stations were owned by a handful of companies and different stations actually played different music." -- mee too.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/15/09

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Zune also has the Channels and it seems to download stuff surreptitiously, only to surprise you in shuffle mode. I've also found that the shuffle algorithm on the Zune works a little better than on the iPod classic, but it might just be me.

I have a ton of George Carlin and every so often, the Zune will throw in a 3 minute Carlin routine.

Speaking of iPod, Leander Kahney did a great article about five years back on the music discovery aspect of iTMS. And I'm surprised you didn't even mention "Genius", even though it just recommends things for purchase - usually with several items already in your library.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: It seems to have gotten better. My Genius recommendations no longer point at things I already have in my library.
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Adrian Covert
04/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: genius doesn't warrant mentioning. i think it kinda sucks.
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MrBlahBlah
04/15/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I find the ipod shuffle algorithm to be terrible.
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rimshot515
04/15/09

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but when things are "all about the money" i.e. profit motive, they tend to do better than things not about the money.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/15/09

@rimshot515: Perhaps, but when it comes to the point when you've listened to more ads every few minutes than you have to music, that shit's gotta go.
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ZLevee
04/15/09

@rimshot515: Maybe 15-20 years ago, record labels, though "all about the money", did a good job of weeding out the good from the bad and nurturing the good to be better. But just a few years later in teh latter 1990s, the consolidation of radio with Clearchannel and the consolidation of concert venues under Ticketmaster limited the selction to the point where being "all about the money" meant being all about no options aside from tween stars.
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