Cameronj279 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 A few recent threads about live music being less popular than it used to and a few comments on said threads about the audiences generally being made up of people from a certain generation got me thinking. How many people here actively seek out new music? I don't really go out to see a lot of new bands locally but I will try and listen to local bands music when I can...I just happen to not like most of them hence why I barely see any of them. The bands that I do like from nearby I will go watch them play when I can. I do always try and listen to at least 5/6 new bands a week though, usually via Spotify/YouTube, internet radio or even just being given the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm finding new stuff all the time. Mostly contemporary classical and experimental stuff. Oddly I get to know new stuff off amazons recommendations, based on what I've bought before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Probably less than I used to. I used to listen to the Zane Lowe show a lot on Radio 1 which was a great way of hearing new stuff, since he left the show's focus seems to have shifted more from new bands to new dj's/producers which isn't in itself a bad thing but less to my personal taste. Me and a few mates do try to go into Brum every couple of months to watch a band on the national touring circuit, more often than not its someone none of us have heard. It may be because Birmingham has a huge student population but generally the audiences for those bands are late teens/ 20s. I've been a bit surprised at some of the recent comments on here about young people not going to gigs anymore because that hasn't really chimed with my recent experience at all. Though maybe those people are talkng about pub gigs rather than national tours. Edited January 24, 2016 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I generally pick up new music from here - Andrew (Bubinga5) is the worst culprit for making me spend money on new artists. Not to blame for my obsession with Snarky Puppy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2QV5KwwXiM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I tend to follow connections from the stuff I already like, e.g. Albert Lee led me to Rodney Crowell and thence to Emmylou Harris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 No. But that is because there is too much life in my life to leave me the enthusiasm to. I like new music when it bumps into me, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 No not really, I hardly listen to music at all outside of the bands I play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 since Spotify, yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes I listen to lots of 6Music, as well as searching out recommended stuff of Spotify or Soundcloud, such as this: [MEDIA]http://soundcloud.com/gary-willis/sets/slaughterhouse-3[/MEDIA] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes, as much as I can. I just beaver my way from artist to artist, following connections as I fancy. I don't try and be comprehensive, just interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes, have done all my life. I'm not big on streaming and don't go for downloading, so it's usually in the form of buying CDs. I think, having invested a little, it means you perhaps give things a little longer to sink in, everything gets a few full spins at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I have to say music is an obsession, I'm constantly listening to it and thinking about it..........to me it's part of what being a musician is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes to both recorded & live new music. Spotify is great; easy to get your music on there, almost every taste is catered for. Live; I follow the "if you don't use it, you lose it" idea. I try to support local music nights otherwise there won't be any. A lot of the time it's absolutely rubbish but I have seen some gems in the last couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwinbass Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Maybe showing my age, but I'm listening more & more to Radio 3 Late Junction - weird and wonderful stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I do try & find new music, either live or on CD. Nowhere near as much as I used to, but I still do. I don't use Youtube, Spotify or any of the online stuff, I will just go by things people I know recommend to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 [quote name='Cato' timestamp='1453649420' post='2961369'] ... I've been a bit surprised at some of the recent comments on here about young people not going to gigs anymore because that hasn't really chimed with my recent experience at all ... [/quote] My experience too is that young people are flocking to gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 [quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1453647620' post='2961342'] How many people here actively seek out new music? [/quote] I'm searching for new music the whole time. I don't mean only newly made music; I mean music I haven't heard before. It could be from 2016 or from 1925. It would drive me nuts always to be hearing the same stuff over and over again. It's because I have heard the new stuff that I can still enjoy listening to the old stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I love Radio 6 music, there are some fantastic new bands getting played on there, just a shame I can't get them to play our band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 [quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1453649620' post='2961374'] No. But that is because there is too much life in my life to leave me the enthusiasm to. I like new music when it bumps into me, though. [/quote] This is me, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausages Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 No, it tends to find me occasionally, but I pretty much live in the 1970's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yep, even if it's old music that I've not heard before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Another 6 Music listener - my last "discovery" on there was Songhoy Blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Not that much really, until I joined a new band recently - who play several genres of music I'm not particularly familiar with. I'm really enjoying doing the research and finding out everything about them... and of course I now realise that (like a lot of things) when you delve deeper into a subject, it is actually nothing like you imagined it to be, and nothing like the public's mainstream perception of it. I've heard so much music I haven't heard before over the last week or two it's making my head spin. In a good way... Edited January 24, 2016 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Yes. I recently discovered modern country and it has quite literally changed my life. A bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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