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I'm more inclined to stick with what I already know I'll like. It's a chore looking for new music, if I'm looking for something else I'll either look up a bunch of internet radio stations or scour the "This is [X]" Spotify playlists of my favorite musicians. But that very rarely works.

Like I'll pass the time farting around with the Mountain Goats or Counting Crows like I've done for years, but for a recent example, Phoebe Bridgers makes phenomenal music.

MrMallard posted...

I'm more inclined to stick with what I already know I'll like. It's a chore looking for new music, if I'm looking for something else I'll either look up a bunch of internet radio stations or scour the "This is [X]" Spotify playlists of my favorite musicians.

Like I'll pass the time farting around with the Mountain Goats or Counting Crows like I've done for years, but for a recent example, Phoebe Bridgers makes phenomenal music.

so your answer is..

Swagnet0 posted...

so your answer is..

My answer is that new music is fine, it's just a matter of weeding out the stuff you like. For every GOAT-tier musician or series of legendary top 40 hits, there are thousands of albums that nobody gives a fuck about any more. Music has always sucked ass, and music has always been fantastic - it's more or less a numbers game as to whether you're gonna find something you like.

That goes equally so for new music. Like I said, Phoebe Bridgers makes great music. There are plenty of people today who are making great music who you might love today, or in five years time when you realise what you were missing. Either way, that good music exists right now, and it's new.

Love Live is putting out some of the greatest music of all time recently

Its actually very easy to find new music. New albums release on every Friday. Just go to websites like Pitchfork, or r/indieheads for example. Theyre both pretty varied so its not just indie music. Sometimes theyll post about new rap or metal or what have you.

But this all depends on what your taste in music is like typically. The tools to find new stuff is out there. Even Spotify has related artists and new music radar playlists you can use to your advantage.

only popular new music

Not only is it easier to find new or less talked about music, but the scope of music today means if you look hard enough youll likely find something that suits your tastes.

There are still people creating stuff the radio stopped curating years and decades ago. It really just takes effort and no where near how much it used to.

VerisimiIitude posted...

Not only is it easier to find new or less talked about music, but the scope of music today means if you look hard enough youll likely find something that suits your tastes.

There are still people creating stuff the radio stopped curating years and decades ago. It really just takes effort and no where near how much it used to.

Exactly, and Ill even add that I believe that music nowadays is better than it ever has been. Songwriting is better, production is better, people just have better and more conceptualized ideas for making music.

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