Jack Recider

Professor Dubstep was into this band, Knife Party, and wanted to hear their new album, and saw Knife Party was interviewed on a podcast, and wondered if there was any mention of the new album in the interview. And there was! Not only did they talk about it, but Knife Party actually played a snippet from the new album! Whoa! Cool! Professor Dubstep is actually into making Dubstep music themself.

Professor Dubstep was into this band, Knife Party, and wanted to hear their new album, and saw Knife Party was interviewed on a podcast, and wondered if there was any mention of the new album in the interview. And there was! Not only did they talk about it, but Knife Party actually played a snippet from the new album! Whoa! Cool! Professor Dubstep is actually into making Dubstep music themself.

So this wasn't so hard for them to just download the podcast and grab that song out of it and listen to it on its own.

So this wasn't so hard for them to just download the podcast and grab that song out of it and listen to it on its own.

Which, it wasn't. Professor Dubstep didn't care to correct anyone, though. They just watched the madness unfold silently. But because people thought it was an early leak, they started sending them some private messages.

Which, it wasn't. Professor Dubstep didn't care to correct anyone, though. They just watched the madness unfold silently. But because people thought it was an early leak, they started sending them some private messages.

Ah, yeah, there's a ton of stuff on the internet that shouldn't be there. I'm very aware of the site Showdown, which scours the internet looking for private stuff accidentally exposed publicly, like being able to view surveillance cameras, license plate readers, servers with default passwords, and entire databases that are just open.

Ah, yeah, there's a ton of stuff on the internet that shouldn't be there. I'm very aware of the site Showdown, which scours the internet looking for private stuff accidentally exposed publicly, like being able to view surveillance cameras, license plate readers, servers with default passwords, and entire databases that are just open.

But that site is mostly exposing cybersecurity flaws on websites. It's not really a place to go find unreleased music. We're trying to solve a different problem here. Maybe Google-dorking can help. I know I've found quite a bit of music this way.

But that site is mostly exposing cybersecurity flaws on websites. It's not really a place to go find unreleased music. We're trying to solve a different problem here. Maybe Google-dorking can help. I know I've found quite a bit of music this way.

You could search Google for any music files with the band name in the file name, and Google will happily show you tons of music that you can easily download. And sometimes you can find things that probably shouldn't be public. So they're going over these strategies in chat, different ways to find music online. But the conversation just kept going.

You could search Google for any music files with the band name in the file name, and Google will happily show you tons of music that you can easily download. And sometimes you can find things that probably shouldn't be public. So they're going over these strategies in chat, different ways to find music online. But the conversation just kept going.

They're sharing more secret ways to discover things. One of them starts talking about the website Bitly, which is a URL shortener.

They're sharing more secret ways to discover things. One of them starts talking about the website Bitly, which is a URL shortener.

So one thing music production companies or dubstep managers do is promote the hell out of the musicians that are under them. So together, Professor Dubstep and Spintire go on Twitter and check out these management companies. And yeah, they see managers using bit.ly links to promote some bands. For instance, they might use it to link to some promotional flyers or tour dates or new releases.

So one thing music production companies or dubstep managers do is promote the hell out of the musicians that are under them. So together, Professor Dubstep and Spintire go on Twitter and check out these management companies. And yeah, they see managers using bit.ly links to promote some bands. For instance, they might use it to link to some promotional flyers or tour dates or new releases.

And they were using bit.ly to shorten URLs for promotions. So Professor Dubstep would use the Bitly bug to see what else this management company has used Bitly for, which gave them tons of links to go through and check out. A lot was for public consumption, but sometimes they'd find things which shouldn't be in the public. Yeah, exactly.

And they were using bit.ly to shorten URLs for promotions. So Professor Dubstep would use the Bitly bug to see what else this management company has used Bitly for, which gave them tons of links to go through and check out. A lot was for public consumption, but sometimes they'd find things which shouldn't be in the public. Yeah, exactly.

This would give them new content to post on SoundCloud or Reddit.

This would give them new content to post on SoundCloud or Reddit.