Where do you find your music

[Rescue363]

What media resource do you use to find music that encourages you throughout your day? Do you listen to a local radio station on your way in to work? Any good church worship CD's worth mentioning? If you listen to an Ipod how did you find the music you have on there?

 

[mnewby36]

Well mostly I find my music on the radio, wayfm here is really good. Also I have been listening to christian music for about 25 years now. So I have a huge back catalog of stuff.

 

[holyrokker]

I've been collecting music for 35 years. Initially I found my music at the local Christian book/music store. Back in the 70's and 80's the stores had a huge variety of music and listening stations where you could preview the albums.

I also attended Cornerstone Festival for several years. There were 200-300 bands playing there each summer, so I always found new music.

There aren't any radio stations that play the kind of music that I like, so it's very hard to find new music anymore. I pay attention to recommendations from other people now.

 

[Kel Il]

tbh the music I usually listen to are from artists I talk with on a day to day basis. I am a bigger fan of the indie artists that I have come to know as my friends than I am of the majority of mainstream artists.

 

[markb77]

When I'm on the computer, I listen to Pandora. I have 30-35 artists whose stations I have "picked", then I set the Pandora player on shuffle. I hear way more than those 30-35 artists, because Pandora adds similar artists to each station. For example, right now, Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" is playing, but they are not one of the artists I subscribe to. They are actually on the Todd Rundgren channel, which I think is very cool. I hear lots of Led Zeppelin (one of my favorites), but I never chose Zeppelin as a channel - they are played on several of the stations I picked. Anyway, I think Pandora is excellent, and good way to hear a lot different music without a whole lot of work.

 

[rabelzthemc]

What media resource do you use to find music that encourages you throughout your day? Do you listen to a local radio station on your way in to work? Any good church worship CD's worth mentioning? If you listen to an Ipod how did you find the music you have on there?

myspace.com/rabelzthemc

pretty amazing message in this christian rap music

 

[McMatt]

myspace.com/rabelzthemc

pretty amazing message in this christian rap music

Christian rap? You have got to be kidding me. Doesn't compare to wu-tang era rap. "Christian" anything in the music industry is the equivalent to the chinese "I brought my video camera into the movie theatre" DVDs.

Also, check out rdio.com because they have a lot of selection. I'm pretty sure its free for 2 months as well and they even have an app to stream to mp3/iphone.

 

[Dean62]

I have only been listening to Christian music for 5 years now. I enjoy listening to K-Love and last year my wife and I went to 11 Christian Concerts where I have picked up CD's from bands I was not familiar with until we saw them live as well as the big bands we went to see.

 

[Willing Spirit]

What media resource do you use to find music that encourages you throughout your day? Do you listen to a local radio station on your way in to work?

In the early days, Fm Radio was my primary source for discovering music, Christian or otherwise. When buying Christian music, it was most often at a Christian bookstore.

Today the internet is my primary source for discovering music. One site that has been very useful to me is Last Fm. It's officially a internet radio station, where you get to choose your own music, in a somewhat random, semi-controlled fashion. I guess it works similar to Pandora. Currently I officially have 1,540 music artists on my Last Fm page (though the number might be a bit off, since some artist names can be repeated, or sometimes more than one artist with the same name yet counted as one artist).

I also discover music on other sites like Grooveshark, 8tracks.com, and of course You Tube.

The last Cd I bought was at a Christian bookstore, Patty Griffin's "Downtown Church", something I actually heard on the local Christian station (when it had a show I liked a bit). But it's a rarity now. Generally speaking I can longer find the music I like at the Christian bookstore, and radio isn't as helpful to me as it was in the past. Mostly, if I do buy an album now, it's through the internet.

Any good church worship CD's worth mentioning?

Yes. Earlier this year I bought the worship Cd "Drum" by Broken Walls, an entire worship album done in a Native Indian drum style, just drums and vocals. Not a weak song in the bunch, but when I lent it to a friend, he told me it was original and "good for what it is" but it all sounds the same. I was kind of hoping he would appreciate it more than he did. Guess it isn't for everyone, but if you like traditional Native drum chants, I recommend it. (The same group also does more Contemporary Native music, but not on this album).

Here is one example of what Broken Walls does in traditional drum mode:

Purify Us by Broken Walls - YouTube

The same group in more modern fashion:

Broken Walls - Song to the Creator - YouTube

Another recommendation, is a live worship album by Misty Edwards called "Only a Shadow" I don't have the Cd or Dvd yet, but the entire live album has been uploaded on You Tube. First heard it last week. It has blessed me and pulled me much deeper into her music. Just barely listened to her before. Here it is:

Misty Edwards Live - Only a Shadow - Full Concert - YouTube

 

[Se7ski]

Mostly I find new music by posting at music forums but I also find it at parties and chatting with my friends. I listen to almost all types of music but I have restrictions - it has to be Christian or at least not offensive to Christian values. I also find some music at Last.fm. It's easy to find other Christians and share music that way.

I have almost 2,000 tracks on my Sansa Fuze and some of my favorite bands are Attack Attack, Devil Wears Prada, and Relient K.

 

[cj31387]

Right now I currently use spotify, used to love pandora and last.fm but spotify is way better in my opinion.

 

[gigglingtrout]

Music blogs
Forums
Online radio
Playlists
Music channels

I have a hard time relating (musically) with anybody I know in real life, so I don't really get recommendations from friends or family. And I usually don't listen to the radio.

 

[djsciple]

mp3 player on my way to work in the car
found my music on:
soundcloud
mixcloud
youtube
purchased all on amazon or beatport

 

[rabelzthemc]

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[sunshineforJesus]

Walmart or target

 

[CrystalDragon]

I browse YouTube.

 

[Daydream Island]

Spotify is the platform where I listen to my music, and I listen in great majority to Hillsong worship music

 

[faroukfarouk]

Spotify is the platform where I listen to my music, and I listen in great majority to Hillsong worship music

Hi; I expect you use Youtube as well?

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I love to listen to various Christian stations on I heart radio.

 

[SportsFanatic]

I listen to my local Christian radio station and online Christian radio stations. If I like the song/band I'll buy their album on iTunes.