While I can now store my entire music library on my phone, I still like to listen to the radio because it helps me discover new artists and songs.  However, terrestrial FM radio in my rural area is so bad it just doesn't cut it.  I've thought about getting satellite being that I had it in my old car and loved it, but it wouldn't integrate very well in my current car and would be a pain.  What platform do you rely on for discovering new music?

I do try to have music on all the time, pop, easy listening or classical, usually now from radio stations via the Internet.

I listen to music via clock radio and thru the internet as well.

I listen to music via clock radio and thru the internet as well.
I used to listen on a clock radio, but the reception is always not that good.

Most of my music I've bought, either through iTunes or CD's ordered off Amazon.

I use Spotify to discover and listen to new songs, but I listen to some songs on YouTube too.

Well I still listen to music through an old-fashioned thing called a CD player. :P I prefer to actually own my music in physical form, rather than just streaming. I hardly ever use Spotify and I haven't used iTunes in several years.

Apart from that, I also regularly listen to the radio (a rock station) and listen to some songs on YouTube.

Radio? Satellite? C'mon Chris, it's 2017! Get Spotify :P

I discover music through YouTube and find ways to get the music offline onto my phone and computer if I like it. I usually only stick to streaming if it's popular enough to not be taken down on YouTube, Spotify, Google Play Music, Amazon Music etc., or if I don't particularly care about it being taken down.

I used to listen on a clock radio, but the reception is always not that good.


I still have mine after so many years.

Most of my music I've bought, either through iTunes or CD's ordered off Amazon.

Best method. I'd pirate music otherwise, but this is if I don't really care about who made the music or if I had no other way of getting it. I only stream on occasion, because I don't want it to replace physical mediums or digital downloads that are accessible through any app, not just Spotify (you can download music to listen to offline with premium, but only through the app, and even then, songs can get taken down even if you download it - they probably say you're not authorised to have the song downloaded on there any more or something).

I have a playlist on my phone, which I enjoy listening to with earbuds. Sometimes I listen to vinyl records on my record player..oh yeah, VERY VINTAGE! It's fun. And once in a while I will listen to some radio stations. I buy my music on itunes still ;D

I usually listen to CDs-while I do the dishes. I'm sure people would laugh watching me do the dishes because I am usually dancing and singing at the same time. lol. Sometimes I will even pop in a cassette tape-if anyone remembers those. lol.


I do listen on the computer from time to time but rarely.



Cat

https://www.emusic.com/account

I've found perhaps the best service for music ever! Pay a subscription fee to download music you can keep for half the price of what you pay on iTunes, and be sure it'll stay on your phone or computer, unlike what those goons over at Spotify and Netflix offer! Now, if only it offered more of the music I wanted...

Well I still listen to music through an old-fashioned thing called a CD player. :P I prefer to actually own my music in physical form, rather than just streaming. I hardly ever use Spotify and I haven't used iTunes in several years.

Apart from that, I also regularly listen to the radio (a rock station) and listen to some songs on YouTube.


You still use a CD player!? :D

Lol I just download music onto my phone, but if I'm in the car for short times I listen to the radio.

I need to keep up with the times. I feel like I'm a Flintstone.  ::)  ::)  ::)

I need to keep up with the times. I feel like I'm a Flintstone.  ::)  ::)  ::)


Why?

Why?


I still listen to the radio and listen to songs on Youtube (on my phone). :D

I still listen to the radio and listen to songs on Youtube (on my phone). :D


I do too..... How does that make you a flintstone??

The radio, play CD's or we have an iPod in the car.

I have a playlist on my phone, which I enjoy listening to with earbuds. Sometimes I listen to vinyl records on my record player..oh yeah, VERY VINTAGE! It's fun. And once in a while I will listen to some radio stations. I buy my music on itunes still ;D


You still own a victrola? How is the sound? :o

You still own a victrola? How is the sound? :o


Actually, it is a Crosley record player.  ;D Not the best record player there is, but at least it sounds really nice.

Actually, it is a Crosley record player.  ;D Not the best record player there is, but at least it sounds really nice.


How old is that?

Usually on AM-FM radio or satellite radio.


Edit: I also like to go to Youtube for certain songs I'm in the mood for.

Usually on AM-FM radio or satellite radio.


Edit: I also like to go to Youtube for certain songs I'm in the mood for.


YouTube is another form of listening to music.

I use my brain

I use my brain


;D

I did 'Other' because I'm all over the map.  I'll preface this to say I LOVE music.    :D

I do use satellite radio - however I seldom look for new music on it, I mostly seek out retro stuff.

I have an old fashioned but much beloved stereo system with speakers - it sits next to the main TV.  It has among other things a turntable.

I still use purchased CDs - in most cases I digitize them right away.

Much of my collection is digitized onto my computer which I do three main things with:

1) I have a much beloved mp3 player (actually two) that I plug into a small receiver in the kitchen, large stereo system, or bedroom stereo.

2) I have a high capacity thumb drive I stick in my car for music.

3) I sometimes burn CDs - used most often for the car

I maintain a large collection of vinyl and still play it at times, but my #1 tendency these days is to digitize it.

I still have a number of cassettes (mostly home-rolled).  They are pulled out on occasion but not that much.

I listen to FM radio for music but less than I used to.  I'm still happy to have FM radio available.

I sometimes play music on my tablet and bluetooth it to either the kitchen receiver or a small bluetooth speaker.  I'll either use a few of my digitized tunes or else do Soundcloud or YouTube, or after I added a satellite upgrade, Sirius.

That about sums it up    ;D

How old is that?


I purchased it this year at Newbury Comics. So, it's not old.

YouTube is another form of listening to music.

Yes, and I have been using it regularly for about ten years now.

I usually listen to CDs-while I do the dishes. I'm sure people would laugh watching me do the dishes because I am usually dancing and singing at the same time. lol. Sometimes I will even pop in a cassette tape-if anyone remembers those. lol.


I do listen on the computer from time to time but rarely.



Cat

Nothing wrong with having fun!  :D I still buy CD's to upload to my computer then put the songs on my iPod. No, I don't dance.  8)


While I can now store my entire music library on my phone, I still like to listen to the radio because it helps me discover new artists and songs.  However, terrestrial FM radio in my rural area is so bad it just doesn't cut it.  I've thought about getting satellite being that I had it in my old car and loved it, but it wouldn't integrate very well in my current car and would be a pain.  What platform do you rely on for discovering new music?

I'd rather use my phone storage for pictures, but satellite radio is great for discovering new music! I miss having a free three month trial of it when my car was new. I suppose I could subscribe. Local stations? Not so much. The rock station here prefers the familiar hits from the past two decades instead of what's new these days and I really hate that.

Nothing wrong with having fun!  :D I still buy CD's to upload to my computer then put the songs on my iPod. No, I don't dance.  8)
I'd rather use my phone storage for pictures, but satellite radio is great for discovering new music! I miss having a free three month trial of it when my car was new. I suppose I could subscribe. Local stations? Not so much. The rock station here prefers the familiar hits from the past two decades instead of what's new these days and I really hate that.

I have a few CDs myself but haven't played one in a while. I play 'em on the CD player, however.

Local stations only play a certain handful of songs as well over here too. Kind of a bummer.

Yes, and I have been using it regularly for about ten years now.



I've been using it for 12 years.

I've been using it for 12 years.

That's about how long it's been around. I first went there in late 2006 when someone directed me there via a link, and sometime in '07 I started going there regularly to check out various video clips in general.

by the way, of the options listed in the poll, all four of them apply for me except for the third one. (I don't use Pandora/Spotify.)

good old Sony stereo.  I'll need to get some kind of speakers to hear everything on Youtube right

by the way, of the options listed in the poll, all four of them apply for me except for the third one. (I don't use Pandora/Spotify.)


I use Tunein to listen to my music.

I picked OTHER

I listen these ways

1) Record player
2) Cassette player
3) 8 track player
4) VHS player (Video concerts,etc)


I love analogue :)

I don't have any more tapes to put in my Sony. 

I use Tunein to listen to my music.

I don't use that either. Or any of those services.

Maybe someday I might have to invest in it, if more good am-fm stations are going off the air. :-\\

I picked OTHER

I listen these ways

1) Record player
2) Cassette player
3) 8 track player
4) VHS player (Video concerts,etc)


I love analogue :)


How long have you had those sitting on your shelves?

I've only gotten into spotify recently. A lot of songs are on Youtube so I use that to find new stuff or stuff I haven't heard before. if I really like it I'll buy it on itunes but I do prefer actually having a physical copy CD

Spotify is what I've used most for the last two years.

Spotify is what I've used most for the last two years,



I have Spotify.

I have Spotify.


Nice, what do you think of it? :)

Nice, what do you think of it? :)

IMO Spotify went downhill when they removed the option to preview songs.

IMO Spotify went downhill when they removed the option to preview songs.


I hated how they did that, I was trying to use it the other day, and realized it was gone. :(

Nice, what do you think of it? :)


I like it, It's a cool app when you want to listen to all sorts of music and songs. :)

IMO Spotify went downhill when they removed the option to preview songs.


I don't remember that feature. Was it available on the mobile version?

I don't remember that feature. Was it available on the mobile version?


Yeah, you just had to press and hold on a song.

IMO Spotify went downhill when they removed the option to preview songs.


They also got rid of "My Mix" where all the songs you would listen to they'd put into a small folder of everything you previewed.

What platform do you rely on for discovering new music?


Back when I was more active here, I used this place.

I don't want a platform that's trying to keep me listening/engaged/clicking on ads by serving me music that it's decided I like (or that it knows my "friends" like.)

I want to hear stuff I haven't heard before.  Forums with userbases of people whose interests and demographics are different from me are where I find stuff. 

I'm old enough now that I might only like 10% of what I click on, but I'd far rather slog through 9 clicks of "what is this crap?" in order to find that one "this is awesome!" track (which is often followed by "And the entire discography is free on Bandcamp!") -- versus the AI/bigdata approach of "keep the user clicking through 999 clicks of 'meh, not bad' before finding the 1 'recommended' track that results in a sale."

I listen to my music via YouTube and Spotify.

Sometimes I can hear music from next door, and I wish I can turn if off.

50% internet
50% clock radio

50% internet
50% clock radio
...also I can listen to the radio through my television.

...also I can listen to the radio through my television.


I have a channel Music Choice.

I have a channel Music Choice.
That too for me, but I can hear the radio stations on the television.

That too for me, but I can hear the radio stations on the television.


Yes, I have that option too.

At home in canada i have a pretty large vinyl collection, but when i'm out i use apple music, still listen to CD's in the car

Lol, my "Ignore the radio, listen to what you want on Spotify and let AI choose exactly the kind of songs you want to hear" lead to its natural conclusion :

https://i.imgur.com/gcD1RRk.png

That's my Discover Weekly (30 songs Spotify recommends weekly based on your taste, it is usually shockingly accurate). They're all Japanese rock songs ;D

Lol, my "Ignore the radio, listen to what you want on Spotify and let AI choose exactly the kind of songs you want to hear" lead to its natural conclusion :

https://i.imgur.com/gcD1RRk.png

That's my Discover Weekly (30 songs Spotify recommends weekly based on your taste, it is usually shockingly accurate). They're all Japanese rock songs ;D


Nice!

internet radio.

with my implant on

YT music app mostly. I have a pretty giant record collection too...

with the radio on and then turned up all the way and then I dance

YT music app mostly. I have a pretty giant record collection too...


Is this app free?

Is this app free?


I don’t think so... I think you have to subscribe to YouTube Premium service to get everything. 🤔

I don’t think so... I think you have to subscribe to YouTube Premium service to get everything. 🤔


No Thank You, I'd take the regular YouTube itself without paying a fee.

same here