#1

Someone told me the other day that the way kids find out about new music these days is through Instagram stories.

Is this true? I never even look at Instagram stories. They are always uninteresting. I asked someone else for a second opinion and they agreed.

Is this a phenomenon you are aware of?

How do the young people find out about music?
#2

Is this what they were talking about?

Iā€™m asking in the wrong place really, arenā€™t I

#3

hang on while I fetch my reading glasses, cardigan and a cuppa and Iā€™ll get back to you:joy:

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#4

i check out instagram stories if itā€™s someone i know irl/am a fan of

#5

I guess could be a good thing, would the instagram story credit the artist or would you have to rely on the person who made it to tag it etc?

#6

Me, everytime I look at Instagram stories: I hate Instagram stories

Nah though for real, Iā€™ve seen people link to tracks on Spotify on there, so Iā€™m not surprised really? Itā€™s a bit like a better version of that This Is My Jam website thing, innit, letting you share new obsessions, just on a platform thatā€™s already popular.

Actually think this is a better use of Instagram stories than how most of the olds I know use it tbh

#7

You can link Spotify tracks in them. Seems bizarre to be your main source of discovery though

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#8

you can share via spotify and it looks like it does when you play it on yr phone. imo tho the ā€œclick to open spotifyā€ button should be easier to find

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#9

Yup yup

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#10

it would be good if they could make it so it autoplays a snippet of the track and then a big round ā€œclick to listen to more byā€¦ā€ appears or summat. as it stands you have to click a tiny link in top left corner, a lot of people donā€™t notice it.

i quite like instagram stories tbh, there is potential for it to be a good discovery portal. and some people are funny with it too. i just canā€™t abide the mundane ā€œhere i am getting off the plane/drinking beer and watching tvā€ stuff.

#11

Yep this is why I donā€™t like them. Just another extension of the worst aspects of Facebook.

Wonder if many music publications make use of it - maybe this is how DiS should be using itā€™s Instagram (cc @sean )

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#12

warp label do it, itā€™s how i got into a few new artists. and a number of publications do too i think.

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#13

I am a youth 24 and I always turn the sound off on IG stories

#14

oh yeah it should be optional like it is now, just they should make it easier to access the artist page if people like it

#15

I watched the suspira trailer on an IG story recently, so thatā€™s a thing

#16

I like posting pictures of my wife and I and then playing really inappropriate music from Spotify over the top, Death Grips ā€˜No Loveā€™ or something like that.

#17

NOT ON INSTAGRAM STORIES BOOK

#19

I share some of what I listen to on insta stories, it doesnā€™t play the song though. Not particularly sure why I do it, donā€™t really expect anyone to care or click through ĀÆ\(惄)/ĀÆ

#20

To do the whole linking thing with Spotify, you need the spotify app, which I donā€™t have, so the one time I tried to do it, I failed miserably.

If I see someone I like tipping something, I sometimes try and give it a listen, and Iā€™ve discovered one or two new bands as a result this year.

#21

The internetā€™s on computers now?

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