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Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 9 months ago (15 children)

What's a good way to discover artists on Bandcamp? Most artists I listen to at the moment are with the usual big labels and don't sell on Bandcamp.

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  • [–] 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)
    • read Bandcamp's writeups. Sometimes they do a deep dive into a genre, city, or band. https://daily.bandcamp.com/
    • if you find something you like, scroll down and there's other users who bought it. Peek into their collections
    • if you scroll down further on an album, there will be more recommendations
    • you can search by genre or tag, too
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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This is the best answer! Thank you for sharing your methods. I was going to reply about the daily editorial, but yours is more complete.

    I would also like to add that I type the name of things I like and often find them on bandcamp. Including big artists.

    Peter Gabriel, Evanescence, Run the Jewels, Flight of Conchords, Ghost...

    What I don't find there, I get from a thrift store (easy to find famous artists there) or quobuz.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago*

    The real rare gems are still hard to find, and require more ambitious exploring.

    Most of the best, I get from suggestions from other people in irc or on the fediverse.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    N-th the suggestion to creep on people who buy the same stuff as you. There's a lil grid of their pfps, I click on a cool one and check out the stuff they listen to that I haven't

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    This, I think, is the best way. You start to recognise people that are buying all the same stuff you like so follow them and periodically have a look at what they are buying.

    All other avenues on bandcamp are a bit shit IMO. Tags are dog shit because artists never tag their work correctly and my feed will constantly be old shit I listened to a long time ago. You can't even rely on it to let you know when artists you follow release new work.

    I love bandcamp but I also fucking hate bandcamp xD

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Not answering your question exactly, but finding community (non-commercial) radio shows in your local area that you like is a good way to find new music. Find a few shows/presenters that play music/genres you like and they should play local artists that you might not have heard. They'll also mention upcoming gigs etc.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    c. Find a few shows/presenters that play music/genres you like and they should play local artists that you might not have heard.

    I love option c. I've been going to the music shop and buying stickers, then looking up the bands whose stickers i've bought and going to their shows. most of the bands are, uh, well the bands i was in at that age sucked and they're a little better than we were. but like $5 concerts, you can't be mad even if the music sucks

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