New music and where to find it

I have come to understand that everyone is not like me. I am a huge music nerd and I never seem to get tired of the search for new and interesting music. It is my curiosity and restlessness that drives me. But how do you find the good stuff when there is infinite amounts to listen to? I would say that it is easier than ever! You just need to know where to look for it. Here I will give some of my best tips.

Spotify

I am Swedish, so it's only natural that Spotify is the most common way for me to consume music. Spotify has become a great music streaming service with a lot of helpful tools to discover more music. My top three tips are:

1. Discover Weekly. This is a sophisticated tool that lets you discover songs that are similar to what you already are listening to. This playlist gets updated weekly. 
2. Public playlists. There are plenty of these playlists with different themes and genres. Just browse through the categories, there is always something interesting to listen to, and many of the playlists are updated regularly.
3. Follow other music nerds. Simple as that. Find people who has great taste and see what they are listening to right now or just browse through their public playlists. For example I follow local music journalists and A&Rs. 

SoundCloud 

SoundCloud is fun and totally different from Spotify. Here I usually follow record labels, both big and small, to see what they are promoting right now. Also, it is a great way of finding unusual recordings or remixes, things you will never find on Spotify, or just up-and-coming-artists without record deals.

SoundCloud isn't for everybody. It's not as user friendly as Spotify, and I would say it is mostly for people in the music industry, but still I recommend you to check it out!

Vimeo 

The music video is definetly not dead! On Vimeo you can find a lot of great music by watching music videos. They have several great channels featuring new music videos, and also the Vimeo Staff Picks-channel usually highlights alot of music videos as well.

Music festivals 

Yes, that is right. Music festivals. You don't even have to go them, if you don't want to (but I recommend that you do, at least once). For example, the Roskilde Music Festival is one of the best when it comes to booking up-and-coming-artists. Forget about the headliners, just go through the schedule for the smaller stages and I asure you, you will find something to your liking.


Now. I hope this was helpful. Otherwise, you can always just follow me and my blog. *nudge nudge wink wink*