Where do you hear new music?
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Topic: Where do you hear new music?
Posted By: jazomir
Subject: Where do you hear new music?
Date Posted: 11 November 2013 at 6:10pm
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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? ------------- For sidefills, can we have two enormous things of a type that might be venerated as Gods by the inhabitants of Easter Island, capable of reaching volumes that would make Beelzebub soil his pants. |
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Posted By: Sheggy
Date Posted: 11 November 2013 at 6:24pm
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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. S |
Posted By: odc04r
Date Posted: 11 November 2013 at 8:09pm
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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. |
Posted By: Masai
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 12:04pm
+ 1 I use to be on 'community' radio  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....------------- Facebook: Masai Judah |
Sheggy wrote:Posted By: Heathrow_B_line
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 12:20pm
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loads of internet radiostations these days
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Posted By: Sheggy
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 12:41pm
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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! |
Posted By: Heathrow_B_line
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 1:15pm
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when I got my iphone everyone on here recommended tunein radio app that is pretty good for all music types ------------- Produce a killer sound. Take no prisoners. |
Posted By: Sheggy
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 1:18pm
| I have Tune In but there's too much sh!t. What do you listen to? |
Posted By: Masai
Date Posted: 13 November 2013 at 5:19pm
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....... ------------- Facebook: Masai Judah |
Posted By: jammin75
Date Posted: 14 November 2013 at 8:51am
mostly in the car on the way to and from the work so i get a few hours a week to hear new tunes  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 )  ------------- feel the vibes !!! "Who Feels it Knows it" Strong like Lion |
Posted By: PISSHEAD
Date Posted: 14 November 2013 at 5:10pm
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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. http://www.smoothradio.co.uk/shows-presenters/andy-peebles-soul-train/soul-train-playlists/636c1" rel="nofollow - http://www.smoothradio.co.uk/shows-presenters/andy-peebles-soul-train/soul-train-playlists/636c1 ------------- The 'drunken master' strikes again. |