Listening to the same old band over and over? Like to find new ones? Don’t fear, this will teach you how.
Listening to the same songs over and over again are bound to get boring sometime. But below are a few ways to discover new music, and bands, so you’ll never get bored!
Last.fm
Last.fm is a website that calls itself an ‘online radio’. You can type in a band’s name, and then you can listen to a band’s ‘radio’- which contains songs that are related/sound similar to the original artist or song. This method is the best if you want to find a band or song of a similar sound.
Genius Feature of iTunes
Similar to Last.fm is the genius feature of Itunes, in the new Itunes 8. It also gives you similar songs based on the ones already in your library.
Pandora
Now avaliable exclusively to the USA, it also allows you to find new music. I have not used this (because it is US exclusive) but many reviews tell me this is an excellent site.
Musicovery
One of the most hilarious sites in the world that works. Choose a genre, which is represented in color, and you can also choose a mood. It will show you some related songs, and you can change it by pulling a slider which can show you songs in a different time group.
Signal Patterns|Music Patterns
(Thanks to David for showing me this site). Based on research, you’ll listen to a variety of clips and rate them. After the results are in, it’ll show you the ‘real you’ and show you songs based on the clips you rated high,
Conclusion
I’ve provided you four great ways to find new hit songs that you may enjoy. Hopefully you will not be as bored now. Enjoy.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:18 am
I’ll check them,thanks
March 18th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Thanks for the contribution
March 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Glad you enjoyed the article.
March 19th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Another approach to music discovery is ’social music recommendation’ based on the psychological perception of music. Our new service Music Patterns provides customized playlists based on music that ‘People Like You’ actually listen to.
Using a psychology-based approach to music preferences, this method combines your individual preferences with identifying those that are similar to your ‘music personality.’
This new form of social music recommendation was developed from years of research in this area by best selling author Dr. Dan Levitin and our team at Signal Patterns.
March 19th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Music Patterns may be found at http://www.signalpatterns.com/music_survey
March 19th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Nice David. I’ll add that to my article if you don’t mind.