I have some friends my age still listening to the same bands they used to 20 years ago, complaining about how music today sounds all the same. However I discover something new almost every day and I'm not kidding.

It's true that some of my discoveries are bands from decades before I was born, so they can't be considered new, although they are new to me if that makes sense.

What about you? Still listening to the same tunes you used to listen to when you were a teenager?

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[–] stoneparchment@possumpat.io 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is it just me or is the process of finding new music also succumbing to the forces of enshitification? Like for me the sources went like this:

Old forum-style/niche internet sources (userbase died out)
Internet radio (ate by Pandora)
Pandora (ate by other music streaming sites, enshitification of algorithm)
Spotify (enshitification of algorithm, bad treatment of music industry creators)
Google music (rip... But tbh wasn't ever really good at finding new music)
Music publications?? (Pitchfork is the best I guess??? Npr maaaybe? That's sad, and also all of these are prone to enshitification)
Local underground music scenes (lots died with covid, hope they come back, but now I live in a more rural place)

Like... How do we find new music now? If it's up to an algorithm, it's enshitified. If it's up to people's suggestions, idk where a userbase would even exist.

I literally used to run charting for a radio station and I STILL don't know where to find new tunes. I'm still a baby, too, so some of you that think it's harder just because you're older... I have bad news lol

[–] photography@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

Props for the nod to enshitification though personally I've found a lot of bands from Spotify recommendations. I also like to just go find random bands on Bandcamp by genre and have found a few gems that way.

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