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Bandcamp and filter by your city to find good local musicians (Sadly it’s only major cities). Also just in general I find that bandcamp highlights interesting stuff on the homepage.
My local college has a radio station which plays amazing variety of stuff. They often highlight local people, foreign stuff and weird/offbeat things I’d never find on my own. Use the music major nerds to ur benefit.
Feb 8, 2025
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📻i feel like my music taste is becoming a bit stale and too influenced by social media, so bandcamp is here to save me
Sep 20, 2024
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📝* local show fliers
* (trying to) see every band on a bill regardless who I’m there for
* Aquarium Drunkard
* New Commute
* smaller Spotify playlists
* friends’ suggestions
* NTS
* local & college radio stations
Apr 24, 2024
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🎧NTS and Do You Radio are two of my daily listens — NTS has a tracklist function too + a huge archive of mixes.
Searching a favourite track on YouTube and then filtering by playlist is also really fun. Takes a little scrolling.
Discogs and bandcamp are both marketplaces I often dip into for some discovery. Both have user-made lists. Discogs you can go down great rabbit holes by digging into a particular artist/musician/producer’s entire body of work. Bandcamp good for new grassroots music.
Soulseek if you don’t mind a little piracy is also great. You can browse people’s entire music libraries. Some are really thoughtfully organised. There’s something oddly endearing about getting an impression for who someone is simply going off how they’ve organised their music and what they have.
Searching a favourite track on YouTube and then filtering by playlist is also really fun. Takes a little scrolling.
Discogs and bandcamp are both marketplaces I often dip into for some discovery. Both have user-made lists. Discogs you can go down great rabbit holes by digging into a particular artist/musician/producer’s entire body of work. Bandcamp good for new grassroots music.
Soulseek if you don’t mind a little piracy is also great. You can browse people’s entire music libraries. Some are really thoughtfully organised. There’s something oddly endearing about getting an impression for who someone is simply going off how they’ve organised their music and what they have.
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🧎Before I eat I’ve started to pray before meals. I pray for everyone involved in the cultivation and creation of my food. From the farmers, to the grocery clerk, to my roommate who sits with me while I cook.
Helps me remind myself that even something as small as my meal is a part of a bigger community. Maybe it does nothing, maybe attunes myself to others around me (especially to migrant farm workers + their struggles), maybe it’s just sending good vibes.
Feb 11, 2025
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🫀You do not need more advice.
Or practice.
Or thinking about it.
Stop talking about it. Actually do it.
Do it in baby steps or in giant leaps…but just go do it.
I wish I traveled/worked out/spoke more languages/read more/made more art/knew how to do XYZ type conversations do not get you closer to doing it.
Book that class, pick up that paintbrush, save that money for your flight, download those language apps and use them, buy that book.
shut up and do it!
With love
Feb 8, 2025
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I haven’t painted in like the last three years? After like ten years of doing it everyday all day. It feels good to return to what I love even though I’m not as good at it as I’d like to be or not as good as I used to be. It’s just nice to paint. So if you’re looking for a sign to return to your hobby it’s here!!!
May 8, 2025