The New Music Game is a very simple and fun game to play with your family and friends on a long car ride or whenever you get a bored. It is a great way to discover new music and bands and have a bit of fun while doing so.
How to play:
1. Think up the most obscure word you can think of.
2. Search for a song using this odd word in Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or whatever music service you like.
3. See what pops up and try it out.
4. You win by finding new music and bands that you like! You also win notoriety if you can think of a word that no one has ever used for a song, band name, or album title.
Example of game play:
Aubergine = a deep, rich, and sophisticated shade that blends the depth of dark purple with warm red and brown undertones. Taken from the French word for eggplant. Turns out it is the name of a popular indie-folk song by American singer-songwriter Aly Spaltro, who performs under the moniker Lady Lamb.
Dimetrodon = a reptile-like predator from the Early Permian period (around 295–272 million years ago), long before the first dinosaurs appeared. Famous for its large, dorsal “sail” made of skin and elongated bones this creature features in many a bag of plastic prehistoric critters. This search gave us Dimetrodon Dinosaur Songs from Dinostory By Howdytoons – quite a fun kids tune.
Ordovician – Notoriety win! We didn’t find any music whatsoever about this Paleozoic period.
Now that you’ve got the hang of it, try the game out for yourself and have fun!
How to play:
1. Think up the most obscure word you can think of.
2. Search for a song using this odd word in Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or whatever music service you like.
3. See what pops up and try it out.
4. You win by finding new music and bands that you like! You also win notoriety if you can think of a word that no one has ever used for a song, band name, or album title.
Example of game play:
Aubergine = a deep, rich, and sophisticated shade that blends the depth of dark purple with warm red and brown undertones. Taken from the French word for eggplant. Turns out it is the name of a popular indie-folk song by American singer-songwriter Aly Spaltro, who performs under the moniker Lady Lamb.
Dimetrodon = a reptile-like predator from the Early Permian period (around 295–272 million years ago), long before the first dinosaurs appeared. Famous for its large, dorsal “sail” made of skin and elongated bones this creature features in many a bag of plastic prehistoric critters. This search gave us Dimetrodon Dinosaur Songs from Dinostory By Howdytoons – quite a fun kids tune.
Ordovician – Notoriety win! We didn’t find any music whatsoever about this Paleozoic period.
Now that you’ve got the hang of it, try the game out for yourself and have fun!