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I love when I encounter these sites and learn a name for some subgenre or quality of music that I enjoy. I've never really cared to really get into discovering and/or researching songs I like, I just accrete them over time as I hear something that speaks to me.

Apparently quite a lot of artists I like fall under "Big Beat".

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/r/listentothis is good for finding different genres, and usually a good song from that category as well.

And /r/ifyoulikeblank for querying the hivemind for suggestions for other stuff that you might like.

This has been a great site for exploring various microgenres.

I forget which service offers this -- is it Pandora? Sometimes I have some pretty hyper-specific requests that I have a hard time describing, and most of the "if you liked X you will probably like Y" are entirely too clunky for it.

If you're into most alt styles, /r/indieheads is pretty good too.

I quite like going on rym and playing whatever's on the front page, that's exposed me to many genres I'd have skipped otherwise.

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