Seemed like an interesting topic for a poll.

 

I've made it multi-choice, and I dare say I may have missed out at least one other source obvious to everyone but me. :)

YouTube usually for me. And if hearing a short preview of a song on iTunes or Beatport counts then that as well. Same with finding a song via Buzzjack. Also sometimes spotify and rarely radio. I only ticked YouTube though

Almost always YouTube/Vevo, and a listen is usually prompted by reading about certain songs on Buzzjack!

 

I only have a couple of music channels, which more often than not are playing old music videos or reality TV shows anyway, and I don't listen to the radio much at all.

More often than not it is radio or TV, although I'll look through the release schedule here each week and look for any music I may be interested in. On a few occasions I've found some really good music on YouTube adverts (the ones you can skip but have the song in full) - most recently I've discovered Imelda May's 'It's Good to Be Alive'.

Either in the music forums here on buzzjack or, more commonly, on various blogs or hype machine.

Music forums and blogs for me, so I'd say Youtube. Spotify sometimes as well. I can't remember the last time I first heard a song on radio tbh :lol:

It varies for me. Mostly online (music blogs, forums such as this one, YouTube, VEVO, streaming services, etc.), sometimes radio, sometimes from someone.

Edited March 15, 201411 yr by FM11

Can't remember the last song (other than some widely anticipated releases on here) I didn't hear first on the radio...

Sometimes I'll even hear stuff first via the chart show!

It varies, mainly radio but youtube and music channels too

On here, YouTube and radio for me.

 

 

YouTube usually for me. And if hearing a short preview of a song on iTunes or Beatport counts then that as well. Same with finding a song via Buzzjack. Also sometimes spotify and rarely radio. I only ticked YouTube though

 

Same as me, though before Radio 1 went mad, deciding to reduce the average age of its listeners, I used to rely on radio to find new music

 

I'm a mixture of you tube, radio and Buzzjack though I also use iTunes if something appears on pre order or a midweek release etc

Either radio, my friends, at parties, in clubs, or in the gym. I don't often actively look for new music, but I go to places where I often hear new music. Like I make sure to listen to Rinse FM or Radio 1Xtra or priate stations in Birmingham where I hear lots of new songs very early (some of which end up in the charts).

Sometimes I'll even hear stuff first via the chart show!

 

That's definitely the case for music I'm unlikely to like. ;)

 

Buzzjack or YouTube (and occasionally the iTunes pre-orders, especially on the Dance chart)

I'm surprised streaming is so low, given how popular it seems to be here.

Twitter or FB, if a song is making waves then people will either post it or talk about it. Then I either watch the vid on youtube or preview it on itunes.

Mostly here actually these days, but I frequent a number of blogs (my first and favourite still being Goodweatherforairstrikes which is what is now Neon Gold) and listen to 6Music where if I don't have internet access is where I can hear new stuff that I'm likely to love. I think blogs would be my top source.

I hear quite a lot of chart stuff first on the radio (partly why I still listen to the chart show religiously these days), mainly for artists I don't really care enough to go out of my way and Youtube. However, Buzzjack, Youtube and other blogs are my main points for finding new, non-chart music and future smashes from new artists waiting to blow up. It's nice to at least cherish a song before the radio gets their hands on it and hammers it ad-nauseum.

 

Do people really first 'hear' music via downloading? I'd never download a song either way until I've heard it first.

Edited March 16, 201411 yr by Chez Wombat

If it's an artist I already like, I download the new song/album illegally to check it out before buying.

 

If I'm looking for new music, then it's Youtube or Spotify.