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user-inactivated  ·  4108 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you discover new music?

As a fellow university student, I have to agree: most of the music I discover is from either live shows or talking with my friends. Normally during a party at our house, I'll put on Spotify through the speakers on my account, and give everyone free reign to fill up a playlist with their music. The next few days I'll listen to the playlist and I normally find five or six new bands I like.

Contrary to the whole internet thing brendan suggested, I think the second biggest way I find my music is watching TV shows and adverts. I know this sounds odd, but some tv shows (Breaking Bad especially) have really good soundtracks, and looking up what the songs are can open loads of new possibilities for new bands. Ads are the same, although less common. Sometimes I'll hear an add and love the song, look it upm forget the product, remember the band.