--- Gil <gyaker@fragment.com> wrote:
quoted 3 lines It's overwhelming to hit mp3.com and see thousands
> It's overwhelming to hit mp3.com and see thousands
> of people putting up
> their tracks, but where to start, y'know?
Well, for starters... Mp3.com doesn't have an IDM
genre... then again, who can agree what it really is
:)
Many people making IDM like music, are placing their
tracks in: Electronica, Progressive Electronica,
Experimental and Intelligent Techno.
Tips?
1. the top 40 of electronic at mp3.com usually has
very few tracks that REALLY shine - if you take a
look, there's a lot of cheesy trance up at the top :(
2. Mp3.com search engine - the search engine on the
site looks at several of bodies of text to determine
what to display - one of these is the "Similar
Artists" section on people's site's. If you search on
"Squarepusher," you'll find several artists that list
him as an influence - this way you can locate music
which is similar to what you already like.
3.
http://www.sonicwallpaper.com/listmembers_mp3.htm -
this is a page on my site which lists all the IDM and
AMB listmembers that are artists on Mp3.com - note: I
did absolutely no filtering on this list, so I don't
claim that all those on the list make quality tracks.
But there are several.
4. Stations - mp3.com has stations now - so it's
easier to come across new artists since these stations
tend to have a dozen or so artists on each station.
5. Mp3.com Electronic BBoard - it's a strange place,
but it's cool at times and always a good laugh - drop
by there, and describe EXACTLY what you are looking
for in terms of some tracks, and the artists will pop
out of the woodwork and offer up links. Be sure to ask
them to suggest artists other than themselves...
6. there is a guy on the Mp3.com BBoard called r\e -
he is an IDM fan - you could ask him - he has been on
the site for more than a year and tends to check out
the various IDM artists on the site.
Hope this helps -
and lastly... :) I have LOADS of tracks up at mp3.com
URLS are below,
Sonic Wallpaper
http://mp3.com/sonicwallpaper
http://mp3.com/live
http://sonicwallpaper.com
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