In 2015, r/listentothis created an enormous compilation of overlooked/upcoming artists… it’s been 8 years. Do you recognize any of them? This is a wholesale repost from 2015 on /r/listentothis . Moderators, users, artists, and musicians spent over 600 hours selecting and ordering these tracks. Welcome! Albums were collected from users throughout hundreds of music subs, cleaned up and presented with streaming links and playlists. There are no scores, no judgments, and no opinions …

What are some artists/bands that are criminally underrated or unknown by most people? Terry Allen for me is the biggest example of this. Every single one of his albums are unique & sometimes humorous experiences and so many of his songs are just gems. From Flat Land Farmer on Lubbock On Everything, to Cocaine Cowboy & Whatever Happened To Jesus on Smoke The Dummy. To the hilarious Buck Naked on Human Remains. My favorite being …

As a growing independent artist on Spotify, I must say Spotify’s de-monetization change for smaller artists is extremely disheartening After I started releasing my music almost 16 months ago, I finally got to 25k monthly listeners on Spotify. I’ve put in hundreds of hours of work every single month (and this is not even counting the thousands of hours I’ve spent in the past 15 years into honing my craft and music skills) and now I’m finally making a few hundred a month off Spot…

Small Artists set to not get paid by streaming platforms submitted by /u/AttackGorilla

Do artists ‘know’ beforehand which songs on an album are “the good ones”? When looking at the numbers on a streaming platform, albums usually have a few songs that, just going by the numbers, do a lot better than the others. Of course it sometimes happens that a song becomes a radio hit which of course makes the numbers skyrocket. But even for artists that don’t usually make it to your local radio station, this effect…

Artists where their most popular song is their best? People will always hound each other for only listening to an artist’s “popular” songs, or will tell you how their most well known song isn’t even one of the good ones. But in what cases do you think an artists best work is their most popular? Some in my opinion where this is the case: ELO – Mr Blue Sky (telephone line is close) The Velvet Underg…

Spotify Reportedly Plans To Pay Even Less In Royalties To Less-Popular Artists submitted by /u/retroanduwu24

Artists can use a data poisoning tool to confuse DALL-E and corrupt AI scraping Image: OpenAIFighting against data used to train AI models has become more poisonous. A new tool called Nightshade allows users to attach it to their creative work, and it will corrupt — or poison — training data using that art. Eventually, it can ruin future models of AI art platforms like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney, removing it…

Modern rock artists or bands? Used to listen to all the old 80s rock songs but I’m interested with the rock scene today. Title basically. Who’re the recent names that have come up in rock in today’s era? I’d love some links to some of their best songs to see how it’s been carrying along submitted by /u/fareproductions332

Do artists still perform at prisons? Seems like there was a trend in the 60s/70s of artists performing at famous prisons Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Johnny Cash at San Quentin B. B. King at Cook County Jail The Sex Pistols live at Chelmsford Top Security Prison Frank Sinatra & the Count Basie Orchestra, San Quentin & Lorton Correctional Which artists (if any) have released live p…

What are some examples of bands/artists who’ve had 2 hit songs decades apart that sound totally different? I’m always fascinated when I hear 2 well-known songs that I’ve heard for years but only later realised they’re by the same band because they changed their sound so drastically over time. I often find it with rock/blues artists who started in the 60s/70s and then started incorporating more electronic/pop elements into the 80s, for example: Chica…

What are some examples of popular artists playing an uncredited or little known role in a popular song? Over the years, I have become of aware of instances where a popular artist played a “supporting” role in a song that was unexpected and/or that not a lot of people know about even now. I’m thinking maybe they provided some backing vocals or maybe played an instrument or something similar. I am certainly open to other similar possibilities. Unfor…

What are everyone’s opinions on using replica paintings of famous artists to design a space? I am on the fence. While part of me thinks it’s a little tacky to buy a replica of a well known painting, part of me also would rather have a textured replica than a flat print. What are everyone’s thoughts on this? submitted by /u/LightEndedTheNight

How many “…And The…” bands/groups/artists can Reddit think of? The Spotify DJ recommended a great song I’ve never heard before. It was called Tyrants by Catfish and the Bottlemen and I thought it would be fun to compile a list of artists with the naming style “__and the__” What do ya got? submitted by /u/seizethatcheese

Spotify launches hub for artists’ merch Spotify’s new hub recommends merch to users from their favorite artists. | Image: The VergeSpotify introduced a new hub for artist merchandise on Monday that recommends goods like T-shirts, vinyl records, and this brass Lana Del Rey lighter for moody girls. It is the latest effort from Spotify to integrate merch purchasing into the app, which ha…

‘Loki’ Director Talks Working With Tom Hiddleston, Why Sylvie Needs McDonald’s and Marvel’s VFX Artists Union submitted by /u/Chemical-Ad-2694

Examples of rock/metal/electronica subgenres that were performed by very few artists? One that springs to my mind is trip rock. The only somewhat popular band that recorded music that gets called trip rock was Dutch band The Gathering, I can be wrong on that but … I think it was them who coined the name for it even. Their album Souvenirs released in 2003 is my favourite off them after they stopped making metal music in late 90s…

Musicians who played for famous artists, how much have they paid you? I’m a session musician from Mexico and i make this question because i’ve never seen info about this thing and i want to calculate my budget based on this, if you know or you’re a musician who played with a famous singer or a band, what is the estimated payment? submitted by /u/Livid-Ad-6140

To complement the other thread: What Canadian artists can you not live without? To shed a more positive light on the Canadian music scene, what artists are you loving from Canada? I would have to say Scenic route to Alaska is one of the more under rated Canadian bands. Also big love for Wintersleep, Said the whale and Shad. submitted by /u/bigbeef1946

Why so many artists “earlier shit” was better I’ve always wondered this. I’ve come to a conclusion. I feel like it’s because when they made music before they did it surrounded by inspiration in their small little life. Later once they get bigger, all they do is make a ton of money and tour. And their friends are changing and they are getting connected to other famous people. I feel like …