r/WhereDoIStart

3.3K archived posts · Jun 2013 – Sep 2026

Everybody's Gotta Start Somewhere

r/WhereDoIStart

**Welcome to /r/WhereDoIStart!** Have you ever wanted to get into a band or artist with a massive collection, but had nowhere to start? This sub's purpose is to highlight what people think should be the first thing you hear from them. This is directed to, but not limited to music artists. You can add visual artists, directors, novelists, even genres of music and other forms of art.

Created Jun 29, 2013

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#Welcome!

Have you ever wanted to get into a band or artist with a massive collection, but had nowhere to start? This sub's purpose is to highlight what people think should be the first thing you hear from them. This is directed to, but not limited to music artists. You can add visual artists, directors, novelists, even genres of music and other forms of art. Any questions on how to start enjoying something are welcome here. This subreddit is not for advice on technical know-how, (e.x., this subreddit is not for learning how to play guitar, programming, learning to cook, etc.)

#Rules:

1) Use the searchbar! Unless a post is really outdated, or a new album just came out, people are generally going to have the same opinions on a band.

2) Don't post WDIS questions for learning about how to better your technique in a hobby (ie Sports and instruments). Posts like how to make music using FL Studio and how to learn to program will be removed as well. These posts will be warmly welcomed at r/IWantToLearn though, so keep that in mind!

3) Upvote albums in the comments that you like. Don't downvote other opinions. This will happen regardless, I know, but please, try not to downvote people just because you think everything after this band's first album was garbage.

4) When making a new post, add the [WDIS] tag to your post, and the artist name. You can add a short blurb about the artist, similar artists, whatever. Suggestions should generally be made in the comments, posts that have suggestions in the title of the text especially are subject to removal. Suggestions should generally not be made in the body of the text. This will not be enforced as heavily, but is strongly discouraged.

5) Suggestions should be generally kept to single albums. Try not to pick super long albums (less than an hour is ideal, though obviously this isn't a hard and fast rule), try to pick things that will be accessible to most people. Maybe highlight specific songs in an album, or if you really can't decide on a single album, list more than one.

6) This subreddit is primarily directed towards music suggestions, but other forms of media are not discouraged. If your post is aimed at other forms of art other than music, putting a relevant tag such as [Director] or [Writer/Author].

7) 'Greatest Hits' albums are discouraged as suggestions. Greatest Hits compilations are kind of the obvious route for people to go, if they don't want to listen to full albums, as such, I would prefer you not use them as a suggestion in this subreddit. However, this is a general rule, and I do know that some bands are simply unable to put together a good album from cover to cover, but have amazing singles. So go ahead and recommend the Greatest Hits if you think it really fits.

8) If you get caught in the spam filter, please [message the moderators.] (http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2FWhereDoIStart)

#Other Resources:

/r/IfYouLikeBlank - Do you already know about a band, but you want to find out some other bands that are similar? Go here!

/r/Discography - Once you've found what to look for, come here to find it!

/r/WhereDoIBegin - For a sub that's much less music focused, but the same idea.

http://tothebestof.com/ - Not a subreddit, but it can help you find the most popular tracks from a band.

/r/LyricInterpretations - After you've gotten into a band, discuss the finer points of your favorite songs.

http://4chanmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Flowcharts - Here's a site with flow charts on how to get into MANY bands, extremely useful tool - Thanks to kittehgurl for the heads up!

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