A pretty easy observation is that by far the most upvoted posts here are those with music that is already popular, particularly that which has been popular in the past. This can't be just because there's no current good music outside the mainstream — more likely, people readily upvote what they're familiar with, but don't listen through everything posted.

Personally I prefer to listen to and post less-known music, but I have to admit that I also don't listen to most of what's posted despite being here almost every day — because I use Invidious instead of Youtube, and that works like total ass lately. However, I do put effort into getting something to play if the name or the genre catches my attention. I would engage with considerably more posts if I knew that I'm getting jazz, metal, industrial and such from it.

My suspicion is that other people are in approximately the same boat, and would be more interested if they knew they would probably like the music. It's kinda like saying, “You like industrial-rap of Death Grips? You might like Dälek and Clipping.” — of which latter two the person might've never heard before.

Of course, I'd expect something more involved than ‘rock’ on the posts, so perhaps this would be too much to ask for. (Though then again, my personal discernment improved when I started figuring out what styles I'm listening to. Discogs also helps a lot.)

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[–] zecg@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I'd actually like to know where a song sits on something like danceable - ponderous continuum to sometimes choose a pole depending on whether I'm sitting down or vacuuming

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I mean, as much as I like Aphex's little exchange with Stockhausen (iirc), wherein he claimed that his music is danceable as opposed to Stockhausen's highbrow stuff, I don't really think that majority of idm is dance music. Likewise, most punk doesn't need that clarification except when it's explicitly dance-punk, like some of Sexy Sushi.

I typically choose if I want to dance only after hearing the music initially (gotta say, the vacuum cleaner figures nowhere in that). And also, who knew that one of my favorite artists Mutaforia Lili is fit for house chores.