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    Posted: 11 November 2013 at 6:10pm
I know the thread may seem a bit familiar, but I was interested to find out where everyone hears new music - not necessarily new releases, simply fresh stuff? Years ago it would have been radio, when I worked night shift, the radio was always on and I regularly listened to Capital Radio (when it was good) and there were always new releases being played alongside the usual hits & oldies. There was broad range of styles then but radio seems to have compartmentalised itself so each station only concentrates on a few genres so it is very difficult to hear a broad spectrum of musical genres without changing channel all the time. I don't visit clubs nowadays, the only radio I listen to regularly are Radios 4 & 6 plus a bit of Spotify when a Facebook friend recommends it, so I find myself listening to lots of music used on surf movies (mostly shorts - no pun intended - I have hundreds I have collected/watched downloaded over the years, all HD) which seems to suit my tastes with some rock, some indie a bit of reggae and some chilled out stuff - so, where do you hear new stuff?
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This is a good question because they way we're exposed to new music has changed so much. For me it used to be pirate radio > record shops > clubs/reggae dances > live music. Now it's pirate > Facebook mates > friends' productions and bands and recommendations.

There's not much on London's FM these days but I occasionally find a pirate and stations like Back2Back FM is great.

Course I listen to much less than I used to. Work and family has seen to that.

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I rate mixcloud quite highly. Every category of music you can think off, new mixes every day. Lots of professional podcasts/sessions all the way down to keen bedroom DJs.

Gets DJs back to the job they always did originally, act as a quality filter for those who have less time to hunt down new and classic tunes.
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Originally posted by Sheggy Sheggy wrote:

This is a good question because they way we're exposed to new music has changed so much. For me it used to be pirate radio > record shops > clubs/reggae dances > live music. Now it's pirate > Facebook mates > friends' productions and bands and recommendations.

There's not much on London's FM these days but I occasionally find a pirate and stations like Back2Back FM is great.

Course I listen to much less than I used to. Work and family has seen to that.

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I use to be on 'community' radioWink but I just don't think that the way those stations present Reggae is good enough. A lot of hype (which you would expect with the bashment side of things) and not much else generally - IMHO. I like my Jazz and Soul too but listening to Jazz FM can be so frustrating at times!! Do I really want to be searching for net for new tunes - that I cant' buy or they're not available on a tangible format? Not really. Funny as i bumped into an old radio colleague and briefly touched upon radio. I will keep you posted....Wink
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loads of internet radiostations these days

Edited by Heathrow_B_line - 13 November 2013 at 12:24pm
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@Masai. What station were you on and did you play?

@HBL - many stations but few are any good. Recommend me some!
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when I got my iphone everyone on here recommended tunein radio app
that is pretty good for all music types
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I have Tune In but there's too much sh!t. What do you listen to?
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Originally posted by Sheggy Sheggy wrote:

@Masai. What station were you on and did you play?


Sweet FM: 2003ish to 2005ish 'The Reggae Show' and 'The Reflective Records Show'

Klimaxx Radio: 2005ish to 2007ish 'The Reggae Show'

Supreme: 2008 - 2010 'The Reflective Records Show'

I think the last great era of community radio (as far as Black Music is concerned) would be during the early 00's. A lot of stations that where playing different genres even if they mainly focused on one - like Sweet - introduced listeners to new sounds. Whether they liked them or not is a different matter... I think the problem now is that because it fairly easy to set up a internet radio station you tend to get genre specif stations which seem to focus on a sub genre. Even though I love Roots music I could not listen to station all day that played it. Not because I don't love the (sub) genre it's just that I like other genres as well. 

@ HBL: I will look into the app but like music itself there maybe more but because it's so easy to make 'music' now I don't think the 'quality' is on a whole better than the past or am I being a old moany git? Hmmmmmm.......
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mostly in the car on the way to and from the work so i get a few hours a week to hear new tunes Smile
 they churn out music nowadays like a production line and a lot if it is no good unlike back in the 80's and 90's u had plenty of good tunes ( i like the reggae / dancehall from that era ) Thumbs Up
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Smooth fm is good on a sat nite. The soul train presented by Andy Peeble is excellent for old and new soul. 
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