There are many options for finding new music. Last time we stopped at . Today we will discuss how online exhibitions, the study of labels and maps of musical microgenres help in solving this problem.
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Digital exhibitions
The other day - in one of our digests - we walked through audio technicians: talked about new products and interviews with developers. But this year, almost all music festivals are remote. In the spring, SXSW was held in this mode and even posted its members on YouTube. A selection of new music from the fest on Spotify turned out to be almost twice as large - , there is and .
Tracks for such playlists are selected by music curators, so you can safely put them on and not be afraid to lose time. Even if you are not a fan of traveling on the offline version of such events, their digital format will help you discover a huge number of new bands.
By the way, in March 2021, the SXSW event will again online. [If you want to learn more about the history of the festival and its IT component, on HabrΓ© .]
Labels and producers
If you look closely at what this or that record company releases, in addition to the tracks already on your playlist, you can find a lot of interesting things. But this approach should only be applied to small labels focused around a certain style. Researching the products of the giants of the music industry will take much more time and effort.
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In addition, it is worth studying the work of producers who have worked with your pets. There is a possibility that they helped all the musicians from the label or prepared something interesting for other record companies. By the way, such a search is not a unique solution for the world of music and is widely used to select books and even software.
A close niche for analysis is participants in remix contests, which are often held by well-known bands - for example, Clayton Albert (), representing such projects as ΠΈ . He arranges regular contests for musicians on his label. . Here is an example participants in one of these contests.
The final hint is the performers and bands accompanying famous headliners on tours. Searching for such information will take time, but the result may be interesting to listen to.
Micro Genre Maps
Their advantage is in the rapid transition to the study of new genres. If you are interested in seeing projects in this area, take a look at . It is enough to make a choice using a text search on the page (or display microgenres ), listen to the sample and look for something similar in the usual streaming service.
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Another project from this area is Music Map. [Example of artist map .]
But its developer specializes in search and discovery tasks not only in the field of music. Similar mechanics has his second brainchild - . The project allows you to analyze and compare laptops, smartphones and various computer hardware. Also, the author of this music navigator offered an entertaining for time tracking.
PS Our story does not end with these options for finding new music. In our next materials we will discuss how to treat friendly muses. recommendations, explore the diversity of the world of web radio stations, and see how else you can find really cool tracks.
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