Find New Bands Similar to the Ones You Like

Many people love to listen to a specific artist or genre. Sometimes you want to broaden your horizons and listen to new bands or genres that have relatively the same sound. This can be hard, especially if you like to listen to obscure music, but thanks to internet publishing it is now possible for you to find more music easily, even in new genres. This article will tell you just how to find similar music to the songs, artists, and genres you like now. Read on to learn more.

Steps

  1. Make a list of the Find Good Punk Bands you enjoy the most or some genres you have interest in. You will be able to use this list as a reference for most of the other steps. Think about all the different genres you like, maybe scroll through your playlist for ideas, if you have a playlist.
  2. Find out why you like this kind of music. Do you like the lyrical meaning, Transcribe an Instrumental Solo, the rhymes, the popularity?
  3. Visit music websites like Pandora.com and Last.fm and search for your favorite artists.
  4. Listen to the radio frequently. Often, adult-alternative stations will introduce you to local bands, so listen to the smaller stations as well. In fact, some smaller stations are actually better than bigger ones as they aren't as interested in simply playing all the already-discovered Top 40 pop songs.
  5. Browse music Easily Bind Magazines Together or websites. If you don't know where to start, search Google to find magazines or websites. Youtube's suggested videos/channels could also come in handy if you start at a song you're familiar with and browse through all the suggestions.
  6. Look at the pages for the bands you like on iTunes, Napster etc. and check out similar artists.
  7. Browse the Wikipedia pages for the bands you like and click on the bands under "related acts" and any other bands that appear in the article. Also, check out the page for the genre you like on Wikipedia. You will find a list of bands who defined that genre.
  8. Post your list from Step 1 on some music forums or even Yahoo! Answers and ask other users what music you should check out. Many people will be happy to help out and share their music passions for you. Plus, a human probably better at telling you about good music than a machine's auto-generated results.
  9. Find out some of the bands that influenced the bands that you listen to. Or - what bands do those bands like, tour with, etc.?

Tips

  • Lots of times the record label the band is on will cater to similar sounding bands. This is especially true with smaller labels, so check out the record label's website.
  • If you go to concerts, you can hear about new bands (openers, collaborators, etc.). This is useful.
  • Talk to your friends and check out what bands they listen to. You might find you have the same taste in music.
  • Be Patient. This could take some time, especially posting on the forums.

Things You'll Need

  • A radio/CD player/iPod
  • Access to the internet
  • Friends to ask for recommendations

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