So one day i was messing around on my StumbleUpon (quite possibly the best thing ever created for the internet) and I came across Haystack. It's like, a social networking site based around finding music. How cool is that?? I started to realize a couple days ago when my ipod was playing in my friend's car that pretty much all my music now comes from being on there.

 

Where do you find new stuff to listen to?

I find it here, on atease and surely on last.fm =) :nice:

here, on myspace or in magazines.

most of the time on the net (here, last.fm, myspace...) or even on the radio...

I find it on here and last.fm...also word of mouth.

I just find get things recomended from people on messege boards I visit. And what is this Haystack thing you are talking about? It looks interesting.

actually i will not open net but through windows media player when ever i open it,as i was having internet at home it shows all the new stuff in music everyday, so i like it in that way.

and also youtube and yahoo music is helpful for me.

 

also MTV or vh1.com sometimes.

 

http://www.vh1.com/

by new music i thought you meant music of recent years

 

rather than bands that have been around for 50 years yet you just haven't listened to

 

i think the music of now is particularly poor

 

the OO'S have been a poor decade for music in my opinion

 

i wouldn't say there were that many rememberable bands

 

obviously someone can inform me

 

please don't say coldplay, i completely forgot about the forum i was posting on

 

music from the 70s is still popular now but whether the music of now will be popular in 40 years time is quite a question in itself

check the bands which are on the first page in WoM,you know they should be good

I have moved away from "new" bands for the time being as a lot of them ain't my cup of tea.

myspace and I do promo work so I get emails through from that about new bands and stuff

- myspace

- my friends

 

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from music blogs

hypemachine

elbo.ws

-Last.fm

 

I've tried Pandora, but it didn't work very well for me.

Lately, it seems my music tastes have grown considerably from recommendations on here or last.fm. Also when I start to get into a band, I look up many of the artists that they are associated with/sound like....

 

Never heard of this Haystack site though - may check it out. (and yes, StumbleUpon is a source of endless fun, isn't it?)

On Last.fm

I've had some luck on Pandora.com, but you have to siff through the crap too.

 

You can try Garageband.com for unsigned bands that sound like a certain genre.

Mainly through a magazine which has a cover cd every month..

- internet (last.fm, myspace.com, laut.de)

- radio (NDR 2, N-Joy, Bremen 4)

- tv (MTV Rockzone, WDR Rockpalast)

- magazines (Musikexpress, Rolling Stone)

- on the recommendation of friends

mainly in Last.fm and on the radio

Pandora always works for me. Obscure Indie Blog, another music blog from MSU and just randomly seaching blogger with keywords like " best of the week music" or " my recent favorite band"

 

 

Listening to a random radio station on iTunes.

 

BUT if you are up for a good challenge, then get your research skills working and go on myspace and just start with your favorite bands and check their top friends and just network around. I've found at least 10 new music acts that I have no idea how I could live without them now!