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<blockquote data-quote="Stopspying" data-source="post: 1010713" data-attributes="member: 69368">I&#039;ve gone for Soundcloud and other streaming services out of the choices.I&#039;ve long been a bit of a musical magpie, liking some artists a lot while not enjoying other quite similar artists, often based on a sense that the latter were trying to ride on others success (think Moby following Little Axe), I like new sounds, plus select old faves. My tastes are often influenced by what I have heard while travelling and more heavily through living in a very multi-ethnic part of London. The latter found me attending often illicit shabeens(from the original Irish through ska, dub, afrobeat etc) and &#039;blues&#039; clubs (playing very little blues music though). Many raves happened nearby in disused canalside warehouses in the 80s, now often buried beneath offices for the likes of the Google UK HQ, or near where &#039;Silicon roundabout&#039; set up (Old Street)). This was back in the days of Thatcher and her cohorts trying to ban &#039;repetative beats&#039; after Castle Morton etc, that worked well didn&#039;t it?! I still seek new sounds, word of mouth still works better for me than any tech at this, while enjoying some nostalgic trips back to select teenage faves. I worked at festivals, small local ones full of dreads and squatters to Glastonbury and similar, where I often stumbled on new A+ sounds, often sought out in preference to the megastar headliners. Never came across a Mr Zappa though! But, I did pay for many gigs too, small local bands to some of those headline acts.No streaming site has managed to very successfully &#039;curate&#039; lists of new sounds for me. I rarely listen to stuff on sites like Spotify these days, besides Mr Ek is an Arsenal supporter, so its best steered clear of. Their machine learning systems spew out rubbish sets of &#039;0&#039;s and &#039;1&#039;s in the direction of my ears. So, my selections from the choices above cover sites like Bandcamp, they do seem to know me better, and music in general. I find more that I like when I&#039;m looking for new sounds on sites like Soundcloud, or some online radio than the big tech people seem to manage to throw this way.Edit - I still buy music, in a range of formats. Too many musicians I know and/or like have found it hard since the streamers cut deep into any money made from their skills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stopspying, post: 1010713, member: 69368"] I've gone for Soundcloud and other streaming services out of the choices. I've long been a bit of a musical magpie, liking some artists a lot while not enjoying other quite similar artists, often based on a sense that the latter were trying to ride on others success (think Moby following Little Axe), I like new sounds, plus select old faves. My tastes are often influenced by what I have heard while travelling and more heavily through living in a very multi-ethnic part of London. The latter found me attending often illicit shabeens(from the original Irish through ska, dub, afrobeat etc) and 'blues' clubs (playing very little blues music though). Many raves happened nearby in disused canalside warehouses in the 80s, now often buried beneath offices for the likes of the Google UK HQ, or near where 'Silicon roundabout' set up (Old Street)). This was back in the days of Thatcher and her cohorts trying to ban 'repetative beats' after Castle Morton etc, that worked well didn't it?! I still seek new sounds, word of mouth still works better for me than any tech at this, while enjoying some nostalgic trips back to select teenage faves. I worked at festivals, small local ones full of dreads and squatters to Glastonbury and similar, where I often stumbled on new A+ sounds, often sought out in preference to the megastar headliners. Never came across a Mr Zappa though! But, I did pay for many gigs too, small local bands to some of those headline acts. No streaming site has managed to very successfully 'curate' lists of new sounds for me. I rarely listen to stuff on sites like Spotify these days, besides Mr Ek is an Arsenal supporter, so its best steered clear of. Their machine learning systems spew out rubbish sets of '0's and '1's in the direction of my ears. So, my selections from the choices above cover sites like Bandcamp, they do seem to know me better, and music in general. I find more that I like when I'm looking for new sounds on sites like Soundcloud, or some online radio than the big tech people seem to manage to throw this way. Edit - I still buy music, in a range of formats. Too many musicians I know and/or like have found it hard since the streamers cut deep into any money made from their skills. [/QUOTE]

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