Optic Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 What method are you mostly using to discover new music these days? Personally for me it's from TV shows, movies, etc. as I'm more of a Soundtrack fan. The radio comes a close second particularly as digital radio is slowly becoming more popular here in Australia. I never did quite get hooked on the audio streaming services such as Spotify. How about you? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taalen Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Typically it'll be Youtube when I want to listen to something, but I'll usually hear about it through Tumblr. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefyamaki Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Youtube here. We don't have a TV here at home so we're entirely dependant on the internet, and so it's Youtube all the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nami Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Youtube or movies! Sometimes I discover some new music through facebook (when people posts yt links ). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Movies or Tv shows, although recently i've been tuning in to the radio stations but I couldn't always catch the title of the song. Which most of the time, the app Soundhound comes in very handy for me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optic Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 YouTube definitely has changed the way people share music (for their quick fix) Especially for music videos. I remember how hard it used to be to find official music videos, on-demand so thumbs up to them for that. Movies or Tv shows, although recently i've been tuning in to the radio stations but I couldn't always catch the title of the song. Which most of the time, the app Soundhound comes in very handy for me Those apps are amazing. However, I only listen to the radio when I'm driving and well... trying to activate Shazam (similar to Soundhound) whilst driving could potentially lead to a big fine here in Perth Not to mention the obvious danger of doing that. Need to find a better way to activate that.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioengineered Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Youtube all the way! The suggestions at the end of MVs I watch help me discover new songs and artists! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightDancer Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Through friends when they show me something that I might like, Youtube and a specific radio channel here I listen to =) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I usually play games then at the end of the game i like to listen to the songs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koumi Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 YouTube. That's how I learned of Perfume, Fred the Godson, and Kwame Darko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jupiter Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 What method are you mostly using to discover new music these days? Personally for me it's from TV shows, movies, etc. as I'm more of a Soundtrack fan. The radio comes a close second particularly as digital radio is slowly becoming more popular here in Australia. I never did quite get hooked on the audio streaming services such as Spotify. How about you? Through movies and television shows mainly. Also on Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyePotatoes Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I discover a lot of new music or songs mainly on Youtube tho since I visit Youtube a lot everyday. And sometimes also I get updated by my cousins who really loves to listen to new songs. So that's mainly how I get by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I almost exclusively use Soundcloud. The recommendations/related tracks are very accurate. I've found plenty of artists though it. Online radio events/shows that include DJ sets can sometimes help me find a new artist, if one of their tracks is featured in a mix and I end up liking it. Just hopefully the DJ actually bothers to post the tracklist. Every Comiket/M3 I check the upload spreadsheets and download anything in the genres that I enjoy and give it a listen. Because many of the albums released are just compilation albums, it gives me a chance to find new artists, as well. It's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I normally use Pandora since it has a great system of creating a playlist based on how many times someone liked or disliked songs, so I find new bands that way. Sometimes I go on youtube and find a band I like and follow the suggested video section. Really good way in discovering more obscured bands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I actually learn't songs through my dad which explains for my very British taste of music but now I usually learn new songs through spotify or youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakaath Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Youtube desu~! And forums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orius Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 YouTube mostly. I would just type in my favorite genre and search from there. I find music-sharing sites like Dubtrack.fm and Plug.DJ to be helpful too, particularly Dubtrack, since there is a wide variety of music fans over there playing many different kinds of music that you're bound to run into something you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohloo Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I used to always use YouTube. But now lately I've been using Spotify a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoop Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I used to find a lot of new music using Pandora, but more recently I've just been stumbling upon things via Youtube, for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nectar Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Pretty much completely YouTube, as recomendations on the right hand side. They're often full albums, and I'll listen to one if it looks good, and if it is good, well then I'm more likely to look through their channel and find more.. That's how I do it :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brycec Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I discover music through anime and visual novels mainly, though You Tube sometimes helps too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Generally I use youtube when I am on my computer. I will listen to one song, and then it will turn into a new song and then another and another and then I end up discovering things I have no listened to before. I've been doing this for years, but recently spotify. I will turn on a certain station and then just listen to what it has to offer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bunk Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Same as op- movies and tv shows. Interestingly, it's been a lot of oldies I've been collecting as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Robin Fan 95 Posted May 3, 2025 Share Posted May 3, 2025 Nowadays, it's Spotify that i mainly use to discover new music. Many years ago i used Youtube to listen to music, but since two years i use Spotify and i rather prefer this now. I'm really glad my family was finally able to convince me to get Spotify as well. They tried for a long time, but then in 2023 i finally said yes and since then i have Spotify XD I listen to music on Youtube rarely these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted May 3, 2025 Share Posted May 3, 2025 I do pretty much the same thing. I mainly use streaming sites to find new stuff. Spotify especially has a large catalog, even of stuff like obscure anime OP/ED or game tunes that most other sites don't bother with. Search for "Subwoofer Lullaby" or "Moog City" or "Wet Hands" on Spotify. Hardly anyone knows these songs by name but anyone who's played much Minecraft will recognize the tunes immediately. Spotify even has an artist page for C418. I do other things to find new stuff too though. I make it a point to scroll through the credits on a movie for instance to find the name of an artist or song from the soundtrack that I liked. Often I'll take that and do a google run to find related stuff. Depending on how much time I have I'll even dig into an artist background to find who was the songwriter for the songs he/she sang, or what other bands they've been in. Then from there I'll take that back to search for more new stuff to listen to on the streaming site(s). I've occasionally queued up a whole evening's-worth of new stuff to listen to this way. The BGM in games is another thing I'll listen to to add to my playlists, a-la minecraft above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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