12-08-2011, 16:19
I will add to this list with online music discovery methods:
Music aggregators - Hype machine & Elbow are two of the bigger ones out there. <--- They collect information about the latest happenings in the music blog world.
Mailing lists to recording labels. I have found the smaller labels will send you regular updates to their catalog as well as recommendations of who to look for.
Online webzines. Tonnes of "zines" out there, find one that caters to your interests and follow it. (Punk - Maximum RockNRoll, Metal - BW & BK, CMJ - just about everything. Just type in your preferred style of music and zine and see what comes of the search)
I also enjoy radio blogs/sites:
WFMU - "Beware of the Blog" - many things you never imagined to find. Eclectic and crazy fun!
World Cafe - http://www.npr.org/programs/world-cafe/ - live music performaces
Morning Becomes Eclectic (KCRW) - http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb - Live music perfomances
Daytrotter.com - a website set-up to bring you free independent music - sessions much like the World Cafe & Morning Becomes Electric, offered for streaming &/or download.
There are so many radio stations doing these types of shows and posting them online se if your favourite station(s) have this too.
Music aggregators - Hype machine & Elbow are two of the bigger ones out there. <--- They collect information about the latest happenings in the music blog world.
Mailing lists to recording labels. I have found the smaller labels will send you regular updates to their catalog as well as recommendations of who to look for.
Online webzines. Tonnes of "zines" out there, find one that caters to your interests and follow it. (Punk - Maximum RockNRoll, Metal - BW & BK, CMJ - just about everything. Just type in your preferred style of music and zine and see what comes of the search)
I also enjoy radio blogs/sites:
WFMU - "Beware of the Blog" - many things you never imagined to find. Eclectic and crazy fun!
World Cafe - http://www.npr.org/programs/world-cafe/ - live music performaces
Morning Becomes Eclectic (KCRW) - http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb - Live music perfomances
Daytrotter.com - a website set-up to bring you free independent music - sessions much like the World Cafe & Morning Becomes Electric, offered for streaming &/or download.
There are so many radio stations doing these types of shows and posting them online se if your favourite station(s) have this too.
