![]() The problem with "people who liked this song also liked that song" is that very often I don't want to listen to that song now even if it's something I really love. If your cool friends aren't available, then the next best thing is a mag like pitchfork ( ), xlr8r ( ) or in-depth reviews like Anthony Fantano's channel ( ). The best "discovery algorithm" is still HUMAN BEINGS. Oh, yeah, and there's "the surveillance capitalism thing" which happens to be the centerpiece of all these services. You'll get cloying recommendations that try to cater to your taste like it was a static attribute. ![]() But you won't get challenging, provocative recommendations that expand your taste. You'll get all the obvious stuff, maybe things you forgot about, and if you happen to like popular stuff the recommendations will work OK. Spotify, pandora, google music, and now youtube music will do a good job of giving you recommendations based strictly on what you've been cue-ing up.īut the recommendations from these services are the equivalent of going into a record store and getting advice from a dim-witted and disinterested employee. 10+ years ago, the only decent one was the now (effectively) defunct Last.fm. > Which music service's discovery features actually work?ĭiscovery capabilities have certainly gotten vastly better. Last.fm isn't limited that way so you can find even more artists, including artists that may be more underground or niche. If an artist isn't on Spotify, then they won't have a profile. are limited by what music is on their platform. I don't use it as much as Spotify's because I don't listen to music on Last.fm but I think the key feature of Last.fm over other music discovery tools is that it has a profile for many artists. Last.fm's discovery feature is pretty neat too. Still, the Daily Mixes are a great way to listen to music I like separated by genre. Japanese Hip-Hop & Lo-fi beats, R&B, 90's indie rock, etc. That being said, that may be due to the fact that I deep dive into genres that don't have that much of a cross over, e.g. Each Daily Mix ends up representing one of the genre's I've been listening to lately pulling in music that I like and other songs that I may like. I go through phases where I deep dive into genre's. Spotify is quite great at the Daily Mixes (I don't check the other playlists that much). Bandcamp is obviously growing like a weird and wonderful weed the last year - I would really like them to add a few more features for building random playlists within a few criteria. Easily on the level of what the New York Times does for classical music. They write up articles that profile maybe a dozen artists that represent the boundaries of a style - whether you read them through or just listen, it's an amazing value. * I also use Bandcamp for getting deeper into a genre or trying out new ones. Just under free form radio there are countless excellent LPFM and college stations around the country - Hollow Earth Radio, nearly every college radio station from Boston to Milford PA. Many free form radio stations are also layering tracks, interviews, noise, and other audio treats that make for unique experiences that may never (or should never, haha) happen again. For me, it's a constant wave of new-to-me music. Even people who are immersed in music can't help to hear something new every hour. * Freeform radio stations (preferably with live playlists): WMFO, WFMU are my favorites. If by Music Discovery we mean finding music that's new to us as apposed to finding particular music we already have / own, I have two main sources:
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