Music discovery request

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Bryan+

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Trying to widen my musical vocabulary, share your favorite tracks and albums. Apple Music preferred.

This is a semi serious thread. Please try and avoid your usual 4 chord junk.

Cheers
 


Notwithstanding greater access to music these days, I reckon it's harder to discover new music these days than, say, 25 years ago. The algorithms seem to be written to push you towards things very similar to that with which you're familiar and even then it's always a pretty base level - "I see you like Ice Cube; why not try Dr Dre?" Probably a broader point about the modern homogeneity if of information provision in general.

Back-back in the day you'd go round a mate's house and have a sift through their CD collection or they'd tape/burn/lend you a CD. Or, a bit later in the timeline, you'd download an album (ahem) and burn it to a CD. Now everything is personal, most people listen to music on their headphones from their streaming service. It's all private.

Anywho, I'm an absolute music obsessive both playing and listening and, as is common with obsessives, that means obsessive about all music. Best way I found into music was to just choose a genre (Classical, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop etc.) and start listening starting with the popular stuff, into sub genres or periods or geography (so with something like funk, there's African funk, modern funk, disco funk, funk rock, New Orleans funk etc. etc.) and the more obscure stuff. I'm currently working through Glam Rock - thought The Hoople by Mott the Hoople was better than I am as expecting and Desolation Blvd by Sweet was waaaaay heavier than I thought it would be.

Anyway, hope that helps.
 
Tony Hibbert's Wife said:
Notwithstanding greater access to music these days, I reckon it's harder to discover new music these days than, say, 25 years ago. The algorithms seem to be written to push you towards things very similar to that with which you're familiar and even then it's always a pretty base level - "I see you like Ice Cube; why not try Dr Dre?" Probably a broader point about the modern homogeneity if of information provision in general.

Back-back in the day you'd go round a mate's house and have a sift through their CD collection or they'd tape/burn/lend you a CD. Or, a bit later in the timeline, you'd download an album (ahem) and burn it to a CD. Now everything is personal, most people listen to music on their headphones from their streaming service. It's all private.

Anywho, I'm an absolute music obsessive both playing and listening and, as is common with obsessives, that means obsessive about all music. Best way I found into music was to just choose a genre (Classical, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop etc.) and start listening starting with the popular stuff, into sub genres or periods or geography (so with something like funk, there's African funk, modern funk, disco funk, funk rock, New Orleans funk etc. etc.) and the more obscure stuff. I'm currently working through Glam Rock - thought The Hoople by Mott the Hoople was better than I am as expecting and Desolation Blvd by Sweet was waaaaay heavier than I thought it would be.

Anyway, hope that helps.
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Spot on, perfectly explained and the reason I started the thread. I used to love getting a cd off a mate and copying it and reading the notes
 
Tony Hibbert's Wife said:
Notwithstanding greater access to music these days, I reckon it's harder to discover new music these days than, say, 25 years ago. The algorithms seem to be written to push you towards things very similar to that with which you're familiar and even then it's always a pretty base level - "I see you like Ice Cube; why not try Dr Dre?" Probably a broader point about the modern homogeneity if of information provision in general.

Back-back in the day you'd go round a mate's house and have a sift through their CD collection or they'd tape/burn/lend you a CD. Or, a bit later in the timeline, you'd download an album (ahem) and burn it to a CD. Now everything is personal, most people listen to music on their headphones from their streaming service. It's all private.

Anywho, I'm an absolute music obsessive both playing and listening and, as is common with obsessives, that means obsessive about all music. Best way I found into music was to just choose a genre (Classical, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop etc.) and start listening starting with the popular stuff, into sub genres or periods or geography (so with something like funk, there's African funk, modern funk, disco funk, funk rock, New Orleans funk etc. etc.) and the more obscure stuff. I'm currently working through Glam Rock - thought The Hoople by Mott the Hoople was better than I am as expecting and Desolation Blvd by Sweet was waaaaay heavier than I thought it would be.

Anyway, hope that helps.
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Agree. Also, there was a time when radio DJs did their best to find and introduce their listeners to new stuff. Not a likely occurrence on the likes of Boom Radio these days ...
 

Heh! My Mrs listens to Heart in the car. No matter what station I change it to, when I get back in the car next time it's been put back on Heart.

Each to their own, like, but there's only so many times I can listen to Where is the Love? and that limit was twice and was reached over a decade ago.
 


One of my go-to chill out albums. (If that's your thing)
Ceremonia by Yaima
Somewhere between dreamy, psychedelic acoustic and Celtic folk vibes.

Great thread idea btw!

Here's an Apple Music link:
 
Bryan+ said:
Trying to widen my musical vocabulary, share your favorite tracks and albums. Apple Music preferred.

This is a semi serious thread. Please try and avoid your usual 4 chord junk.

Cheers
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How wide are we talking? Are there any particular genres we can widen from and what genres are we ignoring (I use genre loosely as people may nit pick)
 
Tony Hibbert's Wife said:
Notwithstanding greater access to music these days, I reckon it's harder to discover new music these days than, say, 25 years ago. The algorithms seem to be written to push you towards things very similar to that with which you're familiar and even then it's always a pretty base level - "I see you like Ice Cube; why not try Dr Dre?" Probably a broader point about the modern homogeneity if of information provision in general.

Back-back in the day you'd go round a mate's house and have a sift through their CD collection or they'd tape/burn/lend you a CD. Or, a bit later in the timeline, you'd download an album (ahem) and burn it to a CD. Now everything is personal, most people listen to music on their headphones from their streaming service. It's all private.

Anywho, I'm an absolute music obsessive both playing and listening and, as is common with obsessives, that means obsessive about all music. Best way I found into music was to just choose a genre (Classical, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop etc.) and start listening starting with the popular stuff, into sub genres or periods or geography (so with something like funk, there's African funk, modern funk, disco funk, funk rock, New Orleans funk etc. etc.) and the more obscure stuff. I'm currently working through Glam Rock - thought The Hoople by Mott the Hoople was better than I am as expecting and Desolation Blvd by Sweet was waaaaay heavier than I thought it would be.

Anyway, hope that helps.
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The Sweet were a proper rock band that released a series of singles (not written by them) that suited the executives in their production company. The albums, such as Desolation Boulevarde, really showcased what they truly liked to play, but not nearly commercial enough for the men in suits.
 

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