There should be a website where...

[Muse]

I'm pretty deep into music but I often draw a blank or have only the fuzziest idea when I see descriptions of music such as:

triphop
shoegaze
dancehall
mercybeat

There are many others and I see new ones constantly. There are probably scores of these that I don't comprehend. There should be a site where short (or not so short) samples of a large variety of musical genres are readily accessible. Does this actually exist???????????

 

[TestedAcorn]

What about Regional Mexican?

 

[Arcadio]

...or Vallenato.

 

[Muse]

Linkies?

Oh, these are further obscure genres... Well, no such site? That would get a lot of hits and it would be fun to run and not terribly hard to do. Somebody should do it! I think it's an opportunity. Maybe I should do it. I'd only do it if it were at least reasonably remunerative (I'm unemployed!).

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: Muse
Linkies?

Oh, these are further obscure genres... Well, no such site? That would get a lot of hits and it would be fun to run and not terribly hard to do. Somebody should do it! I think it's an opportunity. Maybe I should do it. I'd only do it if it were at least reasonably remunerative (I'm unemployed!).

Why don't you try Pandora radio. There are dozens of specific genre stations, so when you pick a genre, you'll listen to artists that belong to that genre.

 

[Fritzo]

Amazon has samples of most of their albums. Maybe try there?

Also, if you have Dish Network, they have dozens of music channels. I hear music I've never heard of before when skipping though channels

 

[R Nilla]

Allmusic.com: It lets you browse by genre, sub-genre, etc. giving examples of artists for each genre. The site usually has samples of each track on an artist's album.

You could also try to look up an artist you find through allmusic on lala.com and listen to their entire album (or a song) for free (the first time).

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Allmusic.com: It lets you browse by genre, sub-genre, etc. giving examples of artists for each genre. The site usually has samples of each track on an artist's album.

You could also try to look up an artist you find through allmusic on lala.com and listen to their entire album (or a song) for free (the first time).

Thanks. Pandora and last.fm and Amazon were other suggestions offered. I think these will be really helpful!

Comprehensive:

Allmusic.com
Pandora
last.fm
Amazon.com
lala.com
Dish Network (which I don't have)

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Allmusic.com: It lets you browse by genre, sub-genre, etc. giving examples of artists for each genre. The site usually has samples of each track on an artist's album.

You could also try to look up an artist you find through allmusic on lala.com and listen to their entire album (or a song) for free (the first time).

I don't see a way to search by genre at allmusic.com. How to you do that?

Edit: I think I see it. There's a bar marked Rock Jazz R and B... .... More...

Clicking More you can pick pop genres and you get around 20. Nothing as freaky as Shoegaze, though. I don't know that they cover it. I looked it up at Wikipedia, though, and I think I have an idea what it is. It's sort of what I like to call "swirly pop" I think.

 

[pookguy88]

just use youtube

 

[Crusty]

pandora.com