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It's not the only way to discover new music, but in the age of 99.9% online presence, I feel simply going out to listen to music is way overlooked. Most cities and metro areas with more than a few hundred thousand people have jazz, punk, indie, hip hop, country, choral, and classical scenes. Certainly true of any ville with a university. Check out a local weekly, listen to college radio, look at the online calendars of local venues and clubs, take a risk, check something out you've never heard of before. You may be surprised. There are musicians and scenes which fly under the radar of widespread Spotify and Youtube popularity which nevertheless deliver great performances and often themselves lead to other new, interesting discoveries. A side effect is you may also end up talking to someone at these gathering places and making new acquaintances: again, another great way to discover music and other things. There is so much that has been built online whose subtle or sometimes overt goal seems to be to eliminate actual human contact. I suppose that is attractive for some, but I feel the opposite is what a lot of people yearn for, and it can be achieved with just a little bit of investment. |
Maybe in Asia it's different, but in Europe and in the USA only 10% of the people live in a city with more than 300k inhabitants.