DJ sets! There's always someone posting a track list Text block Find an artist who you vibe with, and check if they've made a personal playlist of their influences Text block when I'm physically over at my friend's houses, I'll always leave with new music. Someone puts on something and then I try to make sure to ask them to elaborate on how they found it :) when it's my turn to DJ I usually put on something that my brain is trying to 'interpolate' between the space they curated and the space I want to curate Text block i've actually found a lot of gems from the "Recommended Songs" section at the bottom of each of my Spotify playlists. Text block Check the "Discover Weekly" playlist Spotify tailors for you Text block making collaborative playlists with friends is a game-changer! Text block Play ꩜ Disclosure's Record Bag 📀 🧳 ꩜ Play Folamour Selects your favorite artists favorite artist and so on and so on Text block Play SOULECTION find your favorite djs and producers on soundcloud, and explore tracks they have liked Text block bandcamp!! When I find an artist on spotify/soundcloud, I look them up on bandcamp so I can support them on there, and also to check if they have any music gems that are exclusively on bandcamp only. Text block https://hypem.com/ & discord servers Text block dance videos on Youtube Text block Song radios on Spotify. Once I find a song I like, I always go to song radio and look for similar tracks. The Spotify algo knows what it's doing! Text block who are your musical influences? people who've inspired your journey into music and your musical taste?
(feel free to go as in depth as you want) Text block my music influences list 01
the ones that bridge genres like I want to one day, and are gateways to other genres
blood orange
toro y moi
channel tres
zhu
disclosure
troyboi
dombresky
tokimonsta - bonus that she's also reppin female asian producer/dj
qrion - I see so much of myself in qrion, also a female asian producer/dj
moon boots - I love how they found a blend between deep house, progressive house, and anjuna too
tom misch
Jesse bru - experiments with old school samples and house
yaeji - also female asian producer/dj
rufus du sol
anjuna/progressive house
above & beyond (and honestly their whole label)
ben boomer
marsh
lane 8
tech house
wax motif - definitely influenced my dj journey and I truly vibe with his song selections
noizu
chris lake
tchami - he made a whole new genre called G-house, and I can always trust the artists under Confession label
hip hop/rap/neo soul
pharrell - I resonate a lot with his intentionality with music and the way he bridges genres and worlds together
kendrick lamar - also resonate with his intentionality and the way he bridges genres and worlds together
knxwledge
soulection - oooff cultivated a lot of my music taste through soulection
spillage village - music as a collective rooted in justice & liberation
krnb/khiphop/kpop
bts
woo
sik-k
justhis
colde
ph-1
aomg / h1ghr music
legends:
d'angelo
jdilla
a tribe called quest
erykah badu
the roots 2/25/2021 this channel initially started as an open channel for the question "how do you find your music"
but, as people added their answers to the channel, I felt myself wanting to continue the conversation about music, other aspects of how someone explores their music taste, and their journey. so I thought why not use this channel for anyone to drop into the conversation, and drop in an answer to the current topic.
another note: it's fun to see how my channels evolve as I continue to garden each one overtime Text block