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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by rchaud on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:18AM (#19940398)
A couple of ways I do it:

* Use the Shazam app on my phone to identify music I hear in public places

* Go on Rateyourmusic.com, look up an album I like and find what "lists" RYM users have put that album on, or what message board posts have cited that album. It's a much more "human-centric" approach compared to websites where algorithms generate the recs.

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by spookthesunset on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:40AM (#19940636)
You realize that those algorithms used by Spotify and whatnot are basically doing the same thing, right? “What songs did people who like your songs also like...”
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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by rchaud on Friday May 17, 2019 @12:44PM (#19941271)
They're not doing the same thing. I have no insight into how Spotify's algo works. When I go on RYM, I am reading human-written message board posts about WHY they're recommending this album. That additional context is far more valuable to me than a generic "Users also liked..." message that Spotify shows me.
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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by Kuraj on Friday May 17, 2019 @05:20PM (#19943676)
That's true.

I attended a somewhat notable music festival this year and I noticed that the bands on the line-up had all the other bands from the same festival in the "similar" section, despite not being similar at all - (I'm assuming) just because other people interested in the festival were checking them out.

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