Since the Plex announcement that their integration with tidal is ending, I’m considering what my options are. I’m aware the the *arrs but is there anything that will recommend music?

What do all you die hard pirates do to discover new bands?

  • crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nl
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    4 months ago

    If you don’t have a problem with sharing your listening data:

    • Last.fm (for example, check “similar to” section of artist pages or “similar albums” of album pages)
    • ListenBrainz, a free and open source alternative to Last.fm (for example, Music Neighbourhood, ListenBrainz Radio, or the “Created for you” playlists (they have been criticised by people for having too little variety, but according to the devs this will increase as more people use the service))

    Or you can just ask people for recommendations.

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      4 months ago

      LastFm is great. Entire “radio stations” for every (niche) genre out their.

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    4 months ago

    It doesn’t help any one else unfortunately.
    But I subscribed to Google Play Music All Access during the original promo in 2013. Part of $7.99 promo deal way back then, was that it was a Lifetime Subscription. Even after raising the price on all the 2014 YouTube Red promo users at the beginning of 2024, I’m still locked in at $7.99. I’ve de-Googled nearly everything else, but I’ll hold on to that subscription till I die, or YouTube does.

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      4 months ago

      I already know what my friends listen to… Thats why I want computer recommendations!

      Funkwhale would be good, but from my experience with it, it’s a bit dead

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    4 months ago

    I mostly look the reddits or here on Lemmy communitys of the genre I like. I also look at what bands tour with who and give there songs a listen.

    But I have also came across a website called coreradio(.)online and it has been great for piracy and discovery of that genre (metalcore and other metals/rock ) as well. No idea if there are similar sites out there for other genres.

  • ditto [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    this is something i’m trying to figure out myself, so i’m right there with you 😅

    the best thing i’ve done so far is to visit various public tracker sites and look at the trending torrents for music over different time frames.

    i’ve also been just combing through different DJ sets, playlists, and allowing the almighty algorithm on YouTube take me to new places, and then I download the ones that i like. almost crate digging, but digitally :)

    keen to see what others say, though.

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    4 months ago

    I’d like an indexer good enough to show me real music close enough to what I get generatively from a suno.com prompt. :3

  • RandomLegend [He/Him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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    4 months ago

    Havent found a good solution for me aswell.

    I used to use spotify and let it create similar playlists to what I already had but ofc they killed that feature in favor of their useless smart shuffle…

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Orpheus has a spiderweb map of similar artists at the bottom of every artist page. It’s not as in-depth as WCD’s was (RIP) but it’s serviceable!

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    4 months ago

    Lidarr Import List might interest you. You can say connect to Spotify’s playlists for top hits and have it auto add the albums to your library. Then you can use metadata on the music for smart playlists.

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    4 months ago

    I’ve been using last.fm for, I guess, decades now. Looking at what my “neighbors” are listening to is the most helpful.

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    4 months ago

    Soulseek. I’ll search a band I like, then browse the directories of other people with similar taste.

  • Nyarlathotep@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    What do all you die hard pirates do to discover new bands?

    1. Find DJs I like on Twitch. (Many of them copy shows to Mixcloud too, so you can listen later, but track IDs may only be on the live show.)
    2. When I hear a song I like, grab the discography from one of the usual sources.

    I have discovered so much great new music via Twitch, but I am sure not every genre is well supplied with good DJs.