Survey: How do you discover new music?

There usually is, but none that I've kept or already didn't have. For me it's the best way to find mashups and "DJ Tool" type tracks that you just aren't going to find anywhere else no matter how long you stumble around Beatport and Stompy.

So everyone has mentioned the more straight-forward methods like virtual- and actual crate-digging. But there's the lifestyle shift you should make, too. ALWAYS be on alert for the music you hear going about your day. Hearing a song in a commercial. Going shopping and hearing a song on the store radio. Hearing a song in a movie or TV show. Use Shazam or Soundhound and record or make a note of what you're hearing. I've found a lot of good tracks that way.

Or you could actually pay for music.

I myself just dig through records online, Juno, Chemical, Redeye, Discogs Etc

Best way of finiding new is checking out labels, who's releases on that label, who else they've released on, this leads to finding new artists, keep doing this and you'll find plenty.

So everyone has mentioned the more straight-forward methods like virtual- and actual crate-digging. But there's the lifestyle shift you should make, too. ALWAYS be on alert for the music you hear going about your day. Hearing a song in a commercial. Going shopping and hearing a song on the store radio. Hearing a song in a movie or TV show. Use Shazam or Soundhound and record or make a note of what you're hearing. I've found a lot of good tracks that way.

Hell yeah!
That's why I find it hilarious when I get an e-mail from Beatport, "Check out these massive unheard gems!"
... What, the same gems you just emailed to thousands of other people?

I guess I asked for that one, allow me to clarify. I pay for Spotify Premium service and on top of that regularly buy songs from various sources. What I pointed out is that you find rare bootlegs that are impossible to actually find anywhere, having been made by some kid in his room in Mother Russia. Just because it's a torrent file doesn't mean it's illegal, so just be mindful next time before you go accusing honest hard working DJs of theft.

I use a few methods not mentioned here.

A method I like to use is torrenting huge music packs that weigh in way over a gigabyte of random tracks, then dig through that. This is the best way to get rare bootlegs in 320 I find, after that huge download I usually end up with no more than ten new tracks tops, even when it contained over 500 songs.

So everyone has mentioned the more straight-forward methods like virtual- and actual crate-digging. But there's the lifestyle shift you should make, too. ALWAYS be on alert for the music you hear going about your day. Hearing a song in a commercial. Going shopping and hearing a song on the store radio. Hearing a song in a movie or TV show. Use Shazam or Soundhound and record or make a note of what you're hearing. I've found a lot of good tracks that way.

The wording of the last two questions sucked, but I believe the way you want it answered.

The wording is, "how often do you use sites with charts to find/download music" when I believe what you meant to say was "how often do you use a site's charts to find/download music" At least, that's how I answered it.