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Post by isador21 on Sept 15, 2008 16:04:41 GMT
I'm currently getting into No-Man and noticed I have some sort of ritual when finding new music : I always listen to a particular catchy song on an album and associate the album to that song, then I listen to random songs on that album until I "know the album by heart". At that point, my iTunes play count for most songs on that album are usually around 20-30... I'll do that for every album of that artist/band until I'm completely into it (Tool, PRR and such) My first PRR "intro song" was The Intention Craft, it must be a name thing... I usually get into the songs with names I like the most first, like Tool's Right In Two What about you cool open-minded people of the PRR boards?  EDIT: What's up with the inactivity? |
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Post by ryan on Sept 16, 2008 0:30:37 GMT
... I listen to stuff to see if I like it. If I do I keep playing it (in the order on the album, 'owt else is just wrong). If I don't I don't listen to it anymore.
I'm confused at what the question is really asking I think.
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Post by hyperborean on Sept 16, 2008 1:25:17 GMT
The old fashioned buy/download an album - then listen to it in order until either a) I get bored, b) I think of something better to listen to, or c) I listen to it all the way through.
Umn... So I'd say I get into the artists whose whole albums I can get into. If you only have a few good songs, I won't listen to you in the long run. And tracklisting is crucial. Many times I find myself redoing the given tracklist for an album because I think the songs flow into one another better another way.
I'm still album based. I guess.
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Post by isador21 on Sept 16, 2008 2:52:08 GMT
I'm also totally album-based, but it just seems like I love to get into the album by starting with a specific song based on the song's name...
This thread is more for people who get into new bands and albums all the time, really...
(That's how you find out if you have some sort of "getting into" ritual)
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Post by soundscapemn on Sept 16, 2008 3:20:48 GMT
message boards..blogs..opening bands..musicians/bands namedropping..podcasts..even some of the indie radio..mix exchanges.. rateyourmusic.com is a very good resource. Also just by looking at bands I like's top friends on myspace. Sometimes I stumble upon a obscure band's cd at Cheapo in the recent arrival bins..happened probably a dozen or more times over the last few years. |
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Post by musecubed on Sept 17, 2008 14:20:52 GMT
Hmm, I sometimes find some good tunes on Last.fm. If I like them, I go to rateyourmusic.com and buy the highest rated albums or two. Works 85% of the time for me  |
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Post by hyperborean on Sept 17, 2008 18:39:48 GMT
...friends... are kinda crucial in finding new music. Almost every day I come home I have something new to look into. As if that really needs to be said. Anyway, music that still spreads socially instead of just random hits on the internet is more likely to stick with me than if I randomly find something online.
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Post by isador21 on Sept 18, 2008 3:24:08 GMT
You're actually lucky enough to know at least one person who knows bands/artists you don't ...
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Post by forwardrob on Sept 18, 2008 21:52:15 GMT
I scour pitchforkmedia.com (great features, great scope, if slightly American in its outlook for a Brit), look through Drownedinsound and read the Guardian's music pages.
But the main way I do it is to check gig listings for bands supporting ones I like. It actually recently worked the other way round when I decided I would listen to Foals (amazingly hyped in Britain, but I'd never heard them) after I saw that Maps & Atlases and Wild Beasts were supporting them.
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Post by Agrajag on Jan 5, 2009 22:47:26 GMT
Mostly I listen to www.thedividingline.com! I found this fabulous little internet radio station from a link on a Porcupine Tree fan web site and first heard PRR on there shortly after the release of Bright Ambassadors* *Note: it is "ambass ad ors" not "ambass id ers"!  |
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Post by olly on Mar 11, 2009 21:17:17 GMT
I find last.fm quite, no, extremely useful!! I've got into so much stuff thanks to that site now...
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Post by Max on Mar 11, 2009 21:45:11 GMT
I mainly get introduced by friends, sometimes by support acts at concerts, and last.fm is really good as well, especially if you listen to a load of music.
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Post by Idz on Mar 17, 2009 17:14:04 GMT
I listen to "my recommendations" on last.fm, or use spotify to listen to some artist I might like. I don't get recommendations by friends, they've all got shit music taste. hehe.
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Post by jamesa on Mar 18, 2009 14:19:30 GMT
I listen to an album in order, and usually try to put aside sufficient time to listen to it in full. I work on the basis that the band have put the tracks in that order for a reason, and that I may have to listen to them in that order to get the full effect - Steven Wilson mantioned this aspect when decrying the use of iPods and downloads. Once I know the album I will then skip around the tracks - and find my favourites. For example, Deus Ex Machina is now always the first track I will play off Amor Vincit Omnia. If I have gone to the gig of the album, that might prompt me to favour particular tracks - after seeing Porcupine Tree's Fear Of A Blank Planet live I started playing Way Out Of Here and Sleep Together as a combination far more.
In terms of finding new bands, I now get lots of requests on MySpace, will check out support bands and then maybe go and see them playing other gigs and pick up on other bands there, or I just follow up bits I read on other band forums - I was persuaded to try out PRR through a post on The Pineapple Thief band forum.
Or I just buy anything Steven Wilson has any involvement in ;D
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