I recently read an article about how the Internet has made millions of MP3’s available for us with a click of a button and that it at the same time, paradoxically, also has made it harder to discover new music. Being the music enthusiast that I am I felt as if I had to write a little something on this issue. Yes, it’s true that the Internet has made millions of songs available for us but I don’t agree that it at the same time has made it more difficult to discover new music. I am stumbling upon new artists/groups that I like as good as every single day. The article mentions four different approaches to finding new music: Pandora, Mufin, Lala and eMusic. All of these seem to have some kind of technical mumbo-jumbo techniques of analyzing music and your taste in music.
The Hype Machine
How about The Hype Machine? I use it every day and it’s more of a “human” way of getting your hands on great music. Simply type in an artist or a song that you like and you’ll get a list of all the music blogs that have written a post about it. Most of these blogs will also provide an MP3 with whatever is was that you were searching for. A blog posting something about a song/artist that you like will probably also have other posts about something that you’ve never heard before and still could like. Just take a quick look at the blog and you’ll notice quite quickly if they have a similar taste in music as you. Music blogs tend to be quite “niched” so if you visit a blog operating in your favorite genre from time to time you’ll for sure discover something new. I mean – it doesn’t have to be all that difficult…
A list of blogs that's posting MP3's
When searching for a song or artist (in this case Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen) you'll get a list of all the blogs writing about it. Click "Read Full Post" and you'll be redirected to the blog. You can also listen to the music directly from The Hype Machine.
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Commented by: J Sloan, 2 February, 2009
Nice post about finding new music online. Being as my time is somewhat limited, I still am a big fan of Pandoara.com which has opened my mind and ears up to new and related artists.
Commented by: SpaceNet-Media, 6 February, 2009
I'm a big fan of Pandora.com, I just find it nice to be able to stream music any time I want and search for any artist on the fly. I'm sure there's tons of sites out there which are similar, but Pandora's definitely my preference.
Commented by: Melanie Maddison, 8 February, 2009
Thanks for telling me about hype machine. I love it and am letting others know about it as well.