New music that doesn't s**k

[Brodric]

That would be this one:

Watch the series on Netflix (Angry Boys), has me in fits of laughter. But very politically incorrect.

[groovysauce]

One method I use.

Things needed. Shazam (free) Spotify (paid. Free version might work don’t know) optional www.soundiiz.com (free version will work.) Tidal / Qobuz (paid)

Songs that I really like I’ll shazam them. In shazam there is selection “playlists for you” click on that. It will then have playlists titled “… & similar similar songs” … being the song you just shazamed. You can then save the playlist to spotify.

You then will have a playlist with 10-15 songs “similar to” the song you just shazamed.

I take it a set farther and then use www.soundiiz.com to convert it to a tidal playlist. I can then play full rez through Roon.

Tidal usually has 90%+ of the songs.
Qobuz usually has 70-80% of the songs.

Takes a bit of time and most of the songs are duds. I’ve found some new songs that have gone into heavy rotation from this method.

good luck!

Edit: changed what the shazam playlist is called.

[Dirk]

@Brodric

(puerile being a word I learned from a senior forum member right here in relation to my musical choices).

.… A good name for you if you should start a band “Harbinger of Doom” Debut album title: “Maundered and Chuntered”

[terzinator]

@RobH

Can we get some recommendations for new music that doesn’t stink? If it’s high sound quality, so much the better.

what kind of stuff do you like? (From the past, I guess… just to give a direction for recommendations.)

Or maybe I missed it in the replies.

[dancingsea]

Based on a suggestion earlier in this thread, I checked out @ronaldwanders Quboz playlists. I’m a Tidal subscriber, but I had fun going through his first two audiophile audition playlists. Was so impressed by his savant abilities that I signed up for a 30 day Quboz trial just to peruse his lists. I have converted the first two to Tidal, going song by song. Left out tracks that I already had elsewhere, or didn’t appear in Tidal, or I otherwise didn’t care for.

The result is one playlist of about 80, and another of 65 or so tracks. I’ve learned about many artists I never heard of before. Nice music.

I also did the same for @tedsmith ‘s DirectStream test playlist that he posted, the tracks he uses to adjust the DACs.

If anyone is interested, I can figure out how to share the Tidal playlists here, I assume it must be both easy and possible.

[ronaldwanders]

Good for you, finally we are listening…!

[jvvita]

I missed that post from Ted. Care to share the link, should it be on an easy spot for you?

[dancingsea]

Its one of the first few posts in this thread:

What are your audiophile recordings for system evaluation and setup?

RonP asked this question in another thread: What are the discs you use as your standard for SQ when making changes/tweaks? Great question… For me: it changes because I get sick of the same stuff, but here goes: 1 - For imaging - Chesky Ana Caram Rio After Dark. There is a rain forest tune… cant rember the name wow… best for imaging I have… there is a jingly prcussive instrument that actually moves in an arch above your speakers… hight… pretty rare in a recording (I hate her singing… barf… f…

[RobH]

@terzinator

Blues, folk, male & female vocals. Anything recorded well. Some funk or older style R&B, Muscle Shoals, Motown.

Not much for classical or discordant jazz.

[RobH]

@scotte1

Ouch!

I dare say I am 55 years young; thank you very much.

What are you bishin’ about? I’m 62.

[brett66]

I saw Buddy Guy a week ago Thursday (along with Charlie Musslewhite and Jimmie Vaughn) - great show and highly recommend seeing him if he comes near you

[RobH]

I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong.

I wanted to access some of the Qobuz playlists from RonaldWanders, so I signed up for a Qobuz trial. I linked my new Qobuz account in Roon.

Going through the list, I “hearted” several playlists in order. Almost immediately, I could see the first three of them in my Roon playlist list. Good, says I, let’s keep going. I “hearted” all the others, but… they do not show up in my Roon playlist list. I’ve got the first three, but nothing else that I’ve added.

If I go to Qobuz via the web app, I see all of those favorited playlists, so I know I gave them all some love, but I’m just not seeing them in Roon.

Is Qobuz saying to Roon, “You only get three during the trial”? Do I need to log out and back in?

Curious behavior.

[RobH]

Fixed the problem. On a whim, I rebooted the machine where Roon Core is, and I can now see the playlists.

[dancingsea]

Here’s a Tidal version of the list Ted posted. Not all the tracks are there, but many are…

[dancingsea]

Here is my version of @ronaldwanders’ first audiophile Quboz playlist. As mentioned, I didn’t include tracks I already had, or were not in Tidal, or that I didn’t care for.

Its a wonderful collection of mostly easy going music. Lots of stuff I would likely never find otherwise. Having 50 million tracks to choose from is sort of like being an intergalactic real estate investor and shopping for a star . The choices are overwhelming. That’s why a curated list by someone like @ronaldwanders who has great tastes, has saved me literally a ton of lightyears in travel…

[brett66]

Next time go into Settings, Services, Qobuz and select Sync.

[RobH]

Helpful, thanks!

[terzinator]

I’d hunt down these bands/artists…

Mandolin Orange
Sarah Jarosz
Rhiannon Giddens
The Wood Brothers
The Teskey Brothers
John Scofield
Ruthie Foster
The Civil Wars
The Head and the Heart
Mipso

[brett66]

I’d add Applewood Road to that list. Recorded using a single mic in analog studio, Welcome to 1979.

[jvvita]

Merci beaucoup.