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Music is a big part of my life. My friends and I all have similar tastes in music and listen to the radio regularly. When we hear something good, we share it.

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Youtube. Soooo much youtube.

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Most of the new music I check out (and, coincidentally, most of the new anime I look into) comes from what's used in AMVs at the local anime convention. Sometimes, it winds up going no further than the song used in a specific video, and sometimes I find I like much more than that. Granted, if I don't remember to grab an extra ballot sheet to mark down the ones I like on, I have a bad habit of forgetting the relevant information before I get home, and then I have to try to find the video again before I can get the artist or song names.

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I got a wild hair today to check the firmware on my bluray player, and while I was doing that, I went ahead and set up a Pandora account to use it. I have to admit that when I set up a Go! Team station, I found at least one band that I want to check out further, Yelle, within about five minutes. Maybe Pandora could work for me after all if I'm not lazy about it.

This is where I note that I never actually got around to finding anything else by Yelle. Maybe today...

I was reading about Spotify again in this month's Wired, because they did a feature on how Facebook is moving into music (and if you're like me, Songify spam on your wall is getting the way that Mafia Wars spam used to be). Anyway, the point is that, at least here in the States, the free, ad-supported listening is only unlimited for the first six months, and then you're dropped to just ten hours a month (works out to about twenty minutes a day, average) unless you subscribe. I get why they need to do that, it's really the only way the business model works. But to me, as a cheap bastard, it seems like that would really limit its potential as a new-music-finding tool.

Has anyone run into that wall yet with Songify?

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One of the most reliable ways for me to get good, catchy music is FIFA soundtracks.

Every year, there are so many amazing tracks on the FIFA soundtrack, and this year, FIFA 12 (in my opinion) has the best FIFA soundtrack so far. It's become among the top reasons I buy FIFA every year (Aside from the game being amazing and loads of fun!)

Other than that, Pandora and random youtube browsing works wonders in finding fantastic music. Cold War Kids is among my favorite bands now, and Hang Me Up to Dry is such a great song.

One really good way to find new music is to keep an eye on music venue calendars and festival lineups. Even if you don't go to shows, even if you don't live anywhere near a venue, the bands making the smaller music club rounds and playing the earlier slots at music festivals are often the up and comers. Especially keep an eye out for sold-out shows with headliners you've never heard of. Some venues even provide writeups of a band's history and music or samples of a few of their songs. Find a few venues who regularly feature bands you like, then check on them once in a while to see who's playing. There are more than a few very well-known venues around the country which feature up-and-coming bands. If you've got a good venue or two nearby, watch their calendar and go to a show once in a while. Shows at smaller venues for up-and-coming bands are usually only about $15. Also, visit your local record store once in a while, if you're lucky enough to have one.

Quote (Reod Dai @ 23rd November 2011 14:35)

One really good way to find new music is to keep an eye on music venue calendars and festival lineups. Even if you don't go to shows, even if you don't live anywhere near a venue, the bands making the smaller music club rounds and playing the earlier slots at music festivals are often the up and comers. Especially keep an eye out for sold-out shows with headliners you've never heard of. Some venues even provide writeups of a band's history and music or samples of a few of their songs. Find a few venues who regularly feature bands you like, then check on them once in a while to see who's playing. There are more than a few very well-known venues around the country which feature up-and-coming bands. If you've got a good venue or two nearby, watch their calendar and go to a show once in a while. Shows at smaller venues for up-and-coming bands are usually only about $15. Also, visit your local record store once in a while, if you're lucky enough to have one.

Absolutely!

That's exactly how I discovered one of my favorites (Sayde Price). She's been working her way around Utah, and I just happened to check out Velour (in part because it's maybe 10 minutes away--by car).

I think I like her even more than I would have (though that may not be possible) because I discovered her offline.

So, I had a workout DVD with surprisingly good mellow-rock music by a band called Mother Tongue. They're really good, but hard to find online ><

Just thought I'd share, definitely one of the last ways I'd ever think to learn about new music

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