I’ve used everything, new and old media: Spotify, Napster, CMJ, pitchfork, bandcamp, allmusic, mojo, SoundCloud, beatport, last.fm, Apple Music…
Nothing beats that one friend who used to DJ and still obsessively digs crates.
Nothing beats that one friend who used to DJ and still obsessively digs crates.
Radio Paradise is very much a rock station at heart, so necessarily for everyone's liking. If you're into classic rock mixed with contemporary rock, mixed with a bit of everything else, it's worth a shot.
that dj friend or like i said in a different comment, your local record store employees.
college radio stations.
and just other people. it really is that simple.
People who feel they have a calling to be a DJ sometimes actually do.
I have a reasonable list of TuneIn stations (mostly US) that provide my favorite “discovery”.
All music recommendation engines at this time still aspire to be mediocre, they aren’t even playing the S.A.,e game as a human who is good at it.
Unfortunately, such humans are unevenly distributed.