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EmploymentSouth240 t1_ja7ugc7 wrote

Reply to Best way to find new music to listen to? Spotify? by Snoo_96656

As someone who spend his days trying to discover new artists, Spotify is your best friends!

- Spotify Playlists: good to have a "global" view of any genre

- Songs/Artists radio (right click on a song or artist -> "Go to song/artist radio"): recommends you songs you know AND songs you've never heard in the same style of the song/artists you picked

- Latest releases: listening to latest released albums gives a good idea of what is new in any genre

- Daily mixes, "genre" mixes, "mood" mixes, "decades" mixes... All these custom made playlists are mixing both songs you listen to and recommended songs (but mostly ones you know, ngl)

- Discover Weekly: only things you've never heard of

- Similar artists: list of similar artists on any artist's profile

- Featurings: if you listen to a lot of feats, just go listen to the all the artists featured

The key is curiosity! The more different artists you listen to, the better it gets.

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LowellGeorgeLynott t1_ja7s6wk wrote

Reply to Favourite singer/songwriter(s) with ~150k or less monthly listeners on Spotify? by lionelzstar

PSA: Spotify’s recommendation algorithm has a “popularity” metric, basically 0-99 score from complete unknowns to Drake & Katy Perry.

It knows the average popularity of what you like and suggests things accordingly, so it sounds like the algorithm caught a killer hot streak with this level of artists for you 😁

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Notinyourbushes t1_ja7qtju wrote

Reply to something i’ve been thinking about for a while by gardenhead_

For the same reason you don't show all your cards in poker.

Sometimes the do (or did) release a single before hand to stir up some buzz, but you don't want the consumer to have a good idea what they're investing in.

Some people are going to buy the album the day it's released no matter what, just because of brand loyalty. If you release two singles before hand and the band has changed their sound or that album just sucks, you're going to lose sales from your main base.

Back in the day, albums and singles were aimed at two different audiences. People who bought albums almost never bought singles (except for b-sides) and vice versa. Singles people are always going to buy singles, seldom albums. If you tip your cards too early, you risk cutting into your album sales.

Same with the middle ground, you want them to buy the album because you make more. The promise is there's a whole album that sounds the same and if you release too many singles before hand, they know that's not the case (I'm looking at you Pablo Honey).

If a second single off Pablo Honey had been released after Creep and the music buying public realized that song was the exception and not the style of the album, the album sales wouldn't have been as strong as they were releasing the album first.

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HullaballooWho t1_ja7pz1o wrote

Reply to I need some feel. (Recommend Me Something) by SlayerSam12

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes

Eddie Hazel - Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs

Nick Johnston - Remarkably Human

Grant Green - Idle Moments

Paco De Lucía - Fuente Y Caudal

Andy McKee - Art Of Motion

Greg Howe - Introspection

Also you should try out Buckethead. He gets an unfair bad rap for being a "shred" guitarist and too "robotic" by those who have barely dived into his absolute gargantuan discography. Truth is, he has way more substance and diversity than laypeople first realise. Here are some standouts (some albums will have leftfield shreddy parts but keep in mind that it's all part of the tapestry Buckethead has woven to be taken as a whole):

Colma

Electric Tears

Population Override

The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock

Decoding The Tomb Of Bansheebot

The Dragons Of Eden

A Real Diamond In The Rough

Shadows Between The Sky

Captain Eo's Voyage

Left Hanging

Look Up There

Electric Sea

Buckethead Pikes #13

Worms For The Garden

Pearson's Square

Rise Of The Blue Lotus

Twisterland

Coat Of Charms

Pike 43

Monument Valley

Pitch Dark

Claymation Courtyard

Footsteps

Hold Me Forever (quite possibly his magnum opus)

Pike 78

Listen For The Whisper

Northern Lights

Passageways

Project Little Man

Elevator

Tucked Into Dreams

Down In The Bayou Part One

Heaven Is Your Home

Buildor

Drift

Coupon

The Five Blocks

Waterfall Cove

Blank Slate

Poseidon

The Squaring Of The Circle

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PinothyJ t1_ja7pnwt wrote

Reply to Favourite singer/songwriter(s) with ~150k or less monthly listeners on Spotify? by lionelzstar

I think I am winning:

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