Trick how to find new artists

[sakrauz3]

Hello, 
the most I love in music is to discover some new artist. (that I haven't heard yet)
When I hear someone new and I liked it, I go through the albums, usually from the oldest to hear the evolution, read the bio on wiki, google the interviews and other information.

At the beginning, spotify helped me to discover pile of absolutely amazing artists/bands, all completely new to me. I was so thrilled. I couldn't wait to Monday for the next Discover weekly.

 But I am bit struggling to discover new artists in these days. 

Are there any other "new artist freak" or just more adventurous users out there who has some good trick how to discover not heard artist? 

I am thinking of some spotify app that goes through my playlists or even listen history and offers me some "similar artists" or just songs from the artists I haven't heard yet.

What I used to use to discover new music, but mostly does not offer me any new artists any more:

- I loved the discover weekly, but my contains only one genre now, but I listen to dozens of different genres and want to hear new artists from them too. Also even within the one genre, it is way off my taste now. I don't even play it any more as I could not remember I heard something interesting new there.
- All the Daily mix do offer only well known, already heard artists
- I really enjoyed the Tastebreakers playlist, but that is once per year, please spotify do it every week or somehow on demand - already posted as an idea https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Discover-Tastebreakers-Weekly/idi-p/462711...
- Release radar contains new songs from already known artists by design, so useless for this
- Can't use any of the new releases playlist as I don't like pop, hip-hop and other mainstream
- I discovered a few artists by manually searching for public playlists using google as suggested in https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Discover-Find-public-Playlists-that-contain-Song-Artist/...
- There is usually no new artists using the "Create Similar Playlist" as that is usually filled by the same bands/artists but different song

Please help me to find a way how to discover new artists, maybe different streaming service has something better for this purpose? Please help, do you have any trick?

[StefanL38]

I don't understand what you want to ask. Please re-read your own question. Your question is confusing. After re-reading, rewrite your question in a way that is easy to understand.

[Jpgchief]

Hi @sakrauz3 this is an old thread but if you're still interested in discovering/supporting new and independent artists I have something for you...

I run a music blog, promoting mostly independent and undiscovered artists, you can check out my Spotify profile, all the playlists you'll find there have this kind of artist.

This is the main playlist titled "Less Than 1,000 Followers" and you can check the thread in the community here. 

Cheers!

[31kjrim7gv7o5wprk2bl]

trying to find other music artists on the choose more music artists page and I like all kinds of music any advice and help thanks 

[tunedIN]

Hello, 

You obviously spend a lot of time seeking new music. You deep dive into each artist's back-catalog and seek interviews of them online. That's awesome. What if I was to tell you, how to have so much new music delivered to you, that you simply wouldn't have the time to do that... as much. Does that sound like the kind of situation you want to be in? 

GET NEW MUSIC SENT TO YOU

By following every artist AND COLLABORATORS to every song you like or that has captured your ear.

For me, I follow every artist (and collaborators) to songs I add my main playlist and to the holding playlist I use when filtering down to potentential additions. I am currently following over 5300 artists. I add new artists every week. While you may like AN artist and follow them, the added value is in following the collaborators. 

HOW THIS WORKS FOR YOU.

Firstly, you will receive daily notifications of new songs as they drop (new music is released every day, not just on Fridays) 

An average week looks like this. 4-6 new songs on Saturday and Sunday; 6-10 on Monday; 10-20 on Tuesday; 30-40 on Wednesday; 40-60 on Thursday

The Friday I get a 200 song Release Radar. That's not all, as Spotify replaces tracks in my Release Radar as I a sort through it. If I allow 1minute per song to determine which playlist I will put each song into, it will take 200 minutes to sort my RR. I never achieve that. Mostly it takes 8 hrs. Sometimes I have to spread it over 2 days. With replacements my Release Radar contains 280-300 songs. 

So I'm at around 300-400 new songs delivered to me weekly. On top of the I check a few New Music Friday  Playlists. Beginning with AU/NZ, the UK and either Sweden or Denmark. I also have 2-3 other playlists I check weekly for specific types on new music. 

KEEP FOLLOWING NEW ARTISTS

For some reason humans have an aversion to following. Whether is be a YouTube channel, other users on social media or saving a playlist on Spotify. MY TAKE? If there's value for you FOLLOW. By doing so you are rewarding the creator or curator for their time and skill. While acknowleging the value you find.

It takes time to find new artists to follow. My rule is every artist plus collaborators in my most saved playlist and the holding playlist (song for consideration). I has taken more than 4 years to follow over 5K artists.

WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS MUSIC?

This is obvious but unfortunately many don't do this. To find good new music you have to play it. You can't determine how good music is by reading the song title and who it's from. 

If a song doesn't catch my interest in 15-20 secs I'll advance to about half way then give it 10 sec more. 

EVERY SONG GETS PLAYLISTED

Either by genre, mood, holding, or reject. The objective here is to ensure a green check is added to the songs I've listened to. I mention Spotify replace songs in you Release Radar (when you follow thousands),

not only that it also moves traacks around as you're sorting through it. Green-checking everything really comes into play when looking a other playlists.

BACKUP PLAN 

There  was a time when Spotify cut back all Release Radars to a maximum of 30 songs. This was met with a very vocal pushback from this community and fortunately or RR's were resored to what we were used to. 

However with thousands of artist on your radar you don't always get every new release. As a backup I use https://spotifyreleaselist.netlify.app/  I filter down to 'New' and 'Apperances' over a 7 day period. You can export as a playlist but I don't because your talking 4500 plus songs once ot opens al ep's albums and various artist releases.

SOUND LIKE A LOT OF WORK? - WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER? 

You could just let me do the hard work and filter things down for you. Follow one of my playlists on Spotify. I'll give you my most saved. From here you can view my other playlists. Please save any that give value to you. 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6TAOw4hLK3Vswj0pijH0hY?si=35eed1dafa2947a6

[musicorumgenius]

LOVE and can appreciate this question because there are ALWAYS somewhere else I can find music from other people that I've never heard of.  The following are excellent ways to discover new artists / new songs / discover songs from the past.

Since we are a Spotify website I'll focus primarily on it, and then include other ways to achive what you're looking for...

SPOTIFY

1)  HAND PICKED New Releases (On Fridays)

On Computer~Browse~New Releases~Hand Picked New Releases "Show All"

Ensure to check every Friday since these new releases only last one week on there.  I comb through everything on there after selecting "Show All"

2)  Release Radar (On Friday's) 30 songs

On computer~Browse~New Releases~Playlist at the top underneath "The Best New Releases"

This is a catered playlist for YOU from Spotify

3)  New Music Friday (On Friday's) 100 songs

On Computer~Browse~New Releases~Playlist at the top underneath "The Best New Releases"

This is in the same location as #2...  This is a Spotify curated playlist and not really designed for you.  This contains MORE new music that was not included in #1.  However, there are a lot of repeats in there so you'll just need to skip some songs due to it being already heard.

4)  New Music you need to hear this week "Playlists"

On Computer~Browse~New Releases~New Music you need to hear "Show All"

These are spotify curated playlists that are organized by genre.  These are easier to keep up with due to some genres only have a few songs added every Friday.  For example All New Rock has 124 new songs while All New Indie only has 30 songs.

5)  Made For You

On Computer~Browse~Made for you

Here is where you explore several awesome stuff...

"Uniquely Yours"  So these several playlists contain an Artifical Intelligence DJ geared to you and some playlists to remenisce

"Blended" Playlists"  IF you have any blended playlists it will show up on here.  Find friends and blend your music in playlists

"Your Genre Mixes"  Spotify is curating playlists in your top 6 genres. Contains a mix of songs you already "liked", some "new"

"Your Artist Mixes"  Similar to the Genre playlist.  This is a group of music consisting of similar artists.  Can't really control

"Your Decade Mixes"  Similar to Genre playlist.  This groups songs based on when it was released. 

"Your Mood Mixes"  Similar to Genre playlist.  This groups songs based on different moods.

"Your Niche Mixes"  Similar to Genre playlist.  This groups songs based on niches.  Basically less broad than music genres.

"Soundtrack Your Day"  More Spotify curated playlists aimed at your likes and tendacies.

"Your Daily Mixes"  6 different Spotify curated playlists that are grouped by multiple similar artists (not from a single artist)

"Discovery Weekly"  THIS has been an EXCELLENT source of finding new artists/songs. Check every MONDAY 

6)  CREATE PLAYLISTS / & THEN / Scroll to bottom and see RECOMMENDED (Ensure to enable)

7) Make SPOTIFY Friends... You can see what they are listening to (IF they have that enabled)  ..Users are "Profiles"

To ADD Friends

You "SHOULD" be able to search for Spotify Users using the typical search feature.  My brother has a unique last name so it's easy.  Another easy way to befriend your Spotify friends from real life.... Have them create a playlist (ensure it is a public playlist).  Then have them send you a link to that playlist.  (Works better on a computer).  When you follow their playlist you can clearly see the person's name.  Then just click on their profile.  On an Andoid phone, you can select to "follow" whoever you want this way.  There is also a typical SHARING option by clicking the ...'s  and select SHARE.  Computer works pretty much the SAME.

TO CHECK who your Friends Are or who follows YOU

On Computer~Click on your Profile~Click Profile~See who you follow or who follows you~

To ADD:  Right Click and click "Follow"

On Phone (Android)~Click on Home~Click on Profile~View Profile~Tap on the number of "followers" or "following" you have

To ADD: Click on the "white person icon with a +".  You will know if you follow them

TO See What your Friends are Listening to at that Moment

On Computer~Click on "Friend Acitivity" to the left of your profile.... Just click on your friend's profile. When you hover, hit play

On "Android" Phone~ CAN'T SEE Friend activity SORRY

8   ____SEARCH____  Just put in words or phrases in the search bar

Discover new stuff by just going through each song / artist you don't know

9)  Let your Artists LEAD you to more you MIGHT like... Navigate to any artist's profile you want...

"Featuring (Insert your Artist's Name) Playlists"...  Typically there will be a playlist that will have music from other artists

"Discovered On"...  Shows what playlists that THAT artist can be currently found on.  Easy to find new music using this

"Artist Playlists"....  These are hit or miss.  These are just your favorite artist's curated playlist they want to share to their fans

"Fans also like"... Click on Show All if on computer.  This is awesome to show simmilar artists and a great way to find more.

10)  Home Page MAY have some good hidden gems.  Spotify is constantly trying to make user's experiences better.

11)  Obviously this Spotify Community website

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12)  Last.FM  (https://www.last.fm/home)

This is a great resource as you squabble music, it builds a database of your musical trends, recommends music, and has a great way to connect with others.  Works well with Spotify, Apple, and Youtube.  You'll need to enable Spotify to connect with Last.FM for squabbles to work.  An example of what it looks like is below:  Under the About me, you have three playlists that are catered to you.  The first one is only songs you squabbled.  The 2nd playlist is a mix of your squabbled songs and recommended songs that you haven't squabbled.  The 3rd playlist is all recommended songs that you haven't squabbled before.  You can do that with all the profiles creating a powerful way to discover more music.  You can message.  Everything is clickable.  VERY user friendly and awesome.  Contains charts.  User base kind of skews towards asian music.

13)  The Hype Machine  (https://hypem.com/)

This site is pretty cool as it is a music aggregator.  It contantly adds songs that maybe are overlooked or not as popular.  A lot of it stems from music eBlogs ect.  Sometimes worth checking out.  I find some hidden gems.

14)  JGBX     (https://hang.fm/community/jqbx)

A place where people can play music on virtual dance floors.  You create your avatar and then play music.  

15)  Charts   (https://kworb.net/charts/)

This is a great resource to find music from ALL OVER the world.  Only issue is that it's music that is "popular" based on the country you're looking at.  However, what's popular in Kiribati may not have ever been heard of in the United States.  Just so you're tracking, the site does not have ANY info on Kiribati lol.

16)  Music Board  (https://musicboard.app/)  similar to RateYourMusic.com

This site is great as it's a way to rank/rate songs/albums/artists... You can create lists and look at lists that others have made.  

17)  Leets  (https://www.leets.it/)

This is kind of unique and pretty well done.  It's not created by any big company but it's a good way to find small time artists.

18)  Vibrate (https://app.viberate.com/) Soundcharts & Songstats does the same thing... Both are pretty DOPE.  Data Analytics

There is a free version or a paid version... This looks at Spotify statistics. **bleep** is pretty cool but not sure what the free version does so it might not be even worth it. However, the amount of data it collect is dope.  And you can discover new artists

19)  Shazam App

Great to discover music you just hear... Sometimes it can't identify.  Then just record the song and try and find it through our wonderful Spotify community.

20)  Find concerts of your favorite artists and check out who is before the headliners.  

21)  Check out different musical websites, lists, Facebook, Youtube, Pandora, and other musical apps like SoundCloud ect.

22)  Tunebat (https://tunebat.com/)  This site is cool to sort of help you build playlists and led me to a LOT of new music to me.

[musicorumgenius]

@tunedIN 

How do you get 200 songs on your release radar?  I started following the artists just now so maybe it takes time for my RR to build up?  I am also from the USA so maybe they don't have that feature?   My RR is always 30 songs.

[tunedIN]

@musicorumgenius

Our Release Radar is based on how many artists we are following. Yes you are correct it takes time to build up the number. For me it's taken over 4 years to get to 5322 artists on my radar. 
 
As a playlist curator the normal ratio of songs playlisted from new songs found is 1:40 - 1:20 or 2.5%-5%. That leads to a reject rate of 95%-98%. It doesn't have to be that way. Here's why. The normal ratio is based on seeking music for one playlist or vibe.
 
The solution is to create multiple genre/vibe specific playlists. My most saved playlist is mostly upbeat new music which includes, Indie, pop-sounding (from emerging artists), R&B, Rap, Indie Rock and more. I value artists with fewer monthly listeners but also playlist established artists if their song is good enough. As I am listening to 500 plus new songs weekly, if they catch my ear they go to a holding playlist for consideration to my main. If they aren't good enough by still have value they go into the appropriate genre or vibe specific playlist.
This way my reject rate has shifted from over 90% to under 40%
 
So as for increasing the number of artists I'm following. I follow every artist and collaborator to songs I playlist to my holding and main playlist (New gemZ). If an artist gives you a song you like. There's a good chance they will give you more in the future. Not every song, but better than 2.5%-5%. 
 
As you start following more artists you will go through stages. 1-1.5 K  gives a release radar around 100 tracks some may be from the previous week. 2-2.5 K give a release radar of 200 tracks with some from the previous week. 3-4K will give a 200 song release radar with 30-50 song replacements. Over 4K will give you a 200 song RR plus 75-100 song replacements. I clear all EP's and Albums as the enter my RR so that replacement songs aren't just extra tracks from albums. 
 
I've used other sources for new music including SoundCloud, The Hype Machine and Bandcamp. My ears are too busy to go outside of Spotify now.. I check 3-4 NMF playlists on top of my RR weekly.My discovery playlists are made up of music I’ve already checked. I don't use any Algorithm. 75% of the new music I playlist come through my RR with 25% from other playlists. 
 
I have 17 playlists I update regularly and some replay playlists (where songs go, after they've moved through). Think of it as a free resource for you or anyone else to use in your discovery journey. I only ask for a save on any that give value. What I do involves a considerable amount of my time. 

https://open.spotify.com/user/1254778164?si=a9ac2c7084cc4570