How to Learn About New Music

If you are on the lookout for new tunes, try these seven websites and apps for social music discovery.
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Bored with your music and want to discover some new bands or singers? There are two main ways you can do that online. You can use services which create music maps, allowing you to explore artists similar in genre to the artists you already listen to. Or you can use music blogs and websites that…

<a href="http://www.hearandplay.com/main/?attachment_id=1477" rel="attachment wp-att-1477"><img src="http://www.hearandplay.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/phpqS9yyhAM.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1477" /></a>Let's not kid ourselves. The whole point of learning all these theories, principles, and shortcuts isn't because we're in love with this stuff (well, some of us are). But for most, learning this stuff is a means to an end. And without a doubt, the ultimate "end" (at our website at least) is to hear a song and in a matter of minutes, be able to play it. There's a lot that goes into it, don't get me wrong. But here, I want to give you a really concise blueprint...

The Echo Nest knows about 800 genres of music (and that number is growing all the time). Among those 800 genres are ones that you already know about, like 'jazz','rock' and 'classical'. But there are also hundreds of genres that you've probably never heard of. Genres like Filthstep,  Dangdut or Skweee.  Perhaps the best way to…

A new study from the University of Melbourne claims that when you don't understand music, you don't even really hear it. And the more you hear it — and understand it — the more you might love it.

Fresh learning methods have opened up exciting possibilities when it comes to advancing music education and introducing new ears to new work, so this week (September 23-27) we've invited our regula...