How to Discover New Music (Without Algorithms).
Video Overview & Insights
🎧 Are you tired of the same old music recommendations from algorithm-driven playlists? In this video, I’ll show you three fantastic ways to discover fresh, exciting music without relying on algorithms like Spotify, Apple Music or TikTok. Whether you're a music enthusiast, a connoisseur, or just looking to broaden your musical horizons, I’ve got you covered.
Right now, I'm finding new music on all sorts of different platforms, like ROVR, university radio stations and even the CDs section at libraries.
📱My Socials
https://www.tiktok.com/@olligator98
I have a wild idea...I just go to the music store and check out and listen to stuff that looks and sounds interesting...LIKE WE DID LIKE 20 YEARS AGO
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https://twitter.com/OllieSach
Boss Radio 66 is worth a listen too
🤫 Sshhh... I'm launching a secret music Discord channel. Click the link for early access and I might consider you to be a monitor!
https://discord.gg/2GsSRSr3R6
Find new artist NPR music tiny desk concert. And. kexp.
📒 Video Resources/ show notes:
🎙️ BBC Radio 6
Wouldnt it be helpful if you shared some if the artists you found recently by each method
▶️https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_6music
🔊Dublab
p.s. if u cant afford records, u dont actually have to buy the records <3 ;) just browse the record store then put some albums that interest u into a list then listen to them later <3
▶️https://www.dublab.com/
🔊NTS Radio
Radio Garden is great to find interesting stations. Some of my favorites are Detroit Industrial Underground, Bollwerk, La Face B and Fauve Radio.
▶️https://www.nts.live/
🗒️ 12 Best Internet Radio Stations
Great tips here! Also reading/watching music reviews from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone--a variety of music-focused YouTube channels such as theneedledrop, Deep Cuts, Polyphonic, and dereckvon--can help you find a lot of music you would have never found otherwise. Also, websites and forums dedicated to finding music, like RateYourMusic, AlbumOfTheYear, Steve Hoffman Music Forums, and more are great for finding great albums outside of mainstream attention. There are also some great YouTube channels like Terminal Passage, André Navarro II, foreal, and dismiss yourself that routinely upload music from unpopular artists.
▶️https://www.musicgateway.com/blog/how-to/best-internet-radio-stations
Find your local record store: https://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/store-locator
The biggest thing for discovering new music for me is reading the credits of tracks and albums you like!! If you like a track by a rapper, check who produced the track and look for other stuff they produced. If you like a band look up the members and see if they’re in other bands/have solo projects. Found tons of artists I love this way.
🙌 Another great video on the same subject:
How To Discover New Music (Derrick Gee Speaks Volumes Podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpTUs9Y4Btc&t=2005s
Read music magazines and blogs. Quietus, Mojo, Pitchfork, Uncut, Drowned In Sound,
📽️ Videos Used:
📼 Dad Reacts to Sampha - Lahai (Turning the Tables)
heres how to discover new music: ask me ill recommend you shit rn
▶️https://youtu.be/cetvlpp9fp8?si=YvnbxilaDnihHFdI
📼 camping out 14 hours for folklore long pond studio sessions vinyl (Nena Shelby)
i go on rym and look for obscure genres i dont know enough about and listen to the highest rated records/with the coolest looking covers
▶️https://youtu.be/wUOPYvJiZso?si=-ars76TD3UFF3vVT
📼 Baths — dublab's 24th Anniversary https://
rateyourmusic is great
▶️www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcBGl46JdIY&t=17s
📼 Percussive Dub, Spiritual Jazz & Psychedelic Grooves with Millie McKee
+1 for NTS, absolutely changed my life. Just an incredible station, so many talented, knoweldgable and passionate DJs. The discord is a pretty good time as well.
(My Analogue Journal)
▶️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beld090NIoo
yessssssssir! thanks mate !
📼 Huey Morgan's Top Ten Guitar Albums (Guitarist)
▶️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiQvxBbUnmM&pp=ygULaHVleSBtb3JnYW4%3D
📼 How It's Made: Wrapped (Spotify) https://
▶️youtu.be/hpwv5tiQGKk?si=3PMu8W4lGGPCcSpa
📼 How Vinyl Records Are Made (feat. Third Man Records) (WIRED)
▶️https://youtu.be/Yd2SW-Fys6I?si=E0qJViM1KLUcfYVY
🎸 Music in the Video:
All Music by LuKremBo- https://freetouse.com/music
https://youtu.be/t_0PQkXZxiE?si=PIs7xhepi54t9IeZ
https://youtu.be/xjSxWMbz_FQ?si=81WBeFkHrOcXYlU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZgM-xYQWB4&pp=ygUPbHVrcmVtYm8gYXV0dW1u
📽️ Chapters:
00:00 Why Discover Music Without Algorithms
01:03 Tip 1- Listen to the Radio
03:25 Tip 2- Explore Record Stores
04:36 Tip 3- Listen to the ENTIRE Album