Since the Plex announcement that their integration with tidal is ending, I’m considering what my options are. I’m aware the the *arrs but is there anything that will recommend music?
What do all you die hard pirates do to discover new bands?
If you don’t have a problem with sharing your listening data:
- Last.fm (for example, check “similar to” section of artist pages or “similar albums” of album pages)
- ListenBrainz, a free and open source alternative to Last.fm (for example, Music Neighbourhood, ListenBrainz Radio, or the “Created for you” playlists (they have been criticised by people for having too little variety, but according to the devs this will increase as more people use the service))
Or you can just ask people for recommendations.
this is something i’m trying to figure out myself, so i’m right there with you 😅
the best thing i’ve done so far is to visit various public tracker sites and look at the trending torrents for music over different time frames.
i’ve also been just combing through different DJ sets, playlists, and allowing the almighty algorithm on YouTube take me to new places, and then I download the ones that i like. almost crate digging, but digitally :)
keen to see what others say, though.
I start playing music on YT music, and if there’s anything I like I will pirate it
What do all you die hard pirates do to discover new bands?
- Find DJs I like on Twitch. (Many of them copy shows to Mixcloud too, so you can listen later, but track IDs may only be on the live show.)
- When I hear a song I like, grab the discography from one of the usual sources.
I have discovered so much great new music via Twitch, but I am sure not every genre is well supplied with good DJs.
Orpheus has a spiderweb map of similar artists at the bottom of every artist page. It’s not as in-depth as WCD’s was (RIP) but it’s serviceable!
