How do you get to hear new music?

Depends if you mean recently released stuff or just something you haven't listened to before. If it's the latter, I go to the Sound Machine (in Harris arcade)and just grab anything that looks interesting out of the £1.00 bins. Ten quid (and a record cleaner) gives you a pretty good choice.

Simon

I use Kazaa Lite. I keep an eye out on a bunch of forums, and when people recommend something, I download it. If I like it, I buy it.

Mike

I can recommend the Radio!!

Seriously.... Late Junction (R3) 10.15 pm - Midnight Mon-Thurs,Andy Kershaw, Mike Harding (R2) Weds 20.00 - 21.00. Paul Jones similar slot on Thursday.

Granted you don't get to hear a whole Cd but I have found this a decent start. Also getting Seagull to play his favourites!!

Got your Christine Collister ticket yet??

Radio is a good source. As well as the programmes already listed try to listen to the Jonathan Ross show, Saturdays, Radio 2. Not sure about Ross's taste but the music is selected by his producer who does play some good stuff. Also Stuart Maconie is worth a listen.

Why not make your speculative buys at HMV as they'll exchange a CD if you find you don't like it.

thanks for all these suggestions - some pretty good ideas here. Did not know about HMVs policy - thanks Colin.

Lo Fi Si ( can I call you Lo? ) - Harris Arcade is about a 10 minute walk from me ( Kings Road ) - will be visiting shortly with cash in my grubby hand.

Regards

Mike

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Originally posted by Malcolm Davey:

I can recommend the Radio!!

Seriously.... Late Junction (R3) 10.15 pm - Midnight Mon-Thurs,Andy Kershaw, Mike Harding (R2) Weds 20.00 - 21.00. Paul Jones similar slot on Thursday.

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Good advice! And if you don't have a serious tuner yet, you can fret about your next bit of hi-fi and get loads of new music at the same time... A good tuner and aeriel should be considered essential parts of any proper system in range of good stations, especially as good uncompressed FM live broadcasts like R3's are probably higher fidelity than discs (none of that recording and mastering to have things crunched). Tuners don't seem to be nearly as fashionable as disc spinners, but with programmes like Late Junction out there that's the loss of the hi-fi buying public at large.

Pete.

Here's how....

Find a few new release mailing lists for artists you like and subscribe (Caron disks, Boomkat, Smallfish, Mute) Some have mini reviews to tempt you.

Read magazines, Q, Kerrang, The Wire, NME, IDJ, Mixmag

Watch the TV, MTV1 & 2, Q, The Box, TOTP, Kiss

Listen to the radio

Go to a record shop like Selectadisc and look in the genre sections you like. If you see an interesting cover, buy it.

Go to a record shop with decks, and ask the surly assistant to recommend a pile of records that are like ???????, and then listen to them and buy the ones you like.

Listen to recommendations in the Music Room (particularly mine!)

Look at internet sites like Amazon, look up an album you like and check out "People who bought xxxxxxxx also bought yyyyyyyyy"

Download random stuff using Win MX, listen to it, delete if rubbish, buy if good.

There are a lot of Open NAP genre servers, concentrating on specific types of music, eg Latin house, gospel acoustic etc.

Go to concerts and if you like the band, buy their CD.

Go as said, go the The Sound Manchine and get 10 £1 albums to see if you like them.

Join your local library and rent / borrow CDs and DVDs.

Look up your favorite aritsts in IDDB and follow through the associations and links

And then the next day.....

listen to it all!

DS

Lo Fi Si

just got back from Sound Machine - I have a bag full of new old vinyl... just hope that I can hide it from the Nagger........

Mike

Will mean that there is none left for me on Saturday ?

I keep going through the same boxes of £1 albums, with a few new crates at £2-4 nearer the counter.

My quality tolerance threshold is set so low in there that I even bought a Rush album or two!

Seemed to be a lot of Cliff Richard etc. that won't shift, whilst anything vaguely interesting gets snapped up quickly.

Have you tried the other Reading second hand music shops? - Rustys, MusicMan, the other Sound Machine, the one in the antique shop and the crap one in the arcade near the bag shop?

The Harris Arcade one is best.

It is a shame that Green River floated away, as there is only HMV and Virgin to try fo new indie or rock vinyl, as the other ones only do CD. Record Basement, the dance music shop closed down when the owner got stabbed - Lovely here in Reading, isn't it?

Anyway, good hunting!

DS

OTD - Sourmash - Throwing Caution to the Wind

There is a new place, called Conka(?) Records on Castle street, looks like it's selling rap and hip-hop 12"s mainy, I have not been past it when it's open yet so am not sure.
I try and get into the Sound Machine once every couple of weeks. Bev usually has some interesting stuff tucked away, 7 inches of Larry Lurex anyone?

Simon

A trip to my local independant record store to flick through all the new releases on vinyl and cd helps.

I also listen to the radio a lot and have the sky music channels on. The if I hear something I like the sound of I go out and buy the album!!

Regards

NB

It's the Bob Harris show for me (Radio 2, Saturdays 10pm to 1am). I'm listening to the tapes now.

And my circle of friends with good systems. I'm lucky to have made many good friends with Naim kit (and other makes), through my local dealer; 'Basically Sound'.

A good relationship with one's local dealer brings all sorts of benefits.

I've had two sets of friends over this weekend, and enjoy discovering their music, more than anything else.

That what this crazy nonsense is supposed to be all about!

Christine Collister

Saturday March 8th 20.00

The Electric Theatre Guildford

Box office 01483 444789 (10.30 - 17.00)

Tickets are £9.00, £10.00 on the day

Only seats around 250...... 5 minutes walk form Guildford Station and large carparks