Do you ever find yourself wishing you could share music with your friends around the world and still be able to listen at the same time? There are a few ways to do this, of course, one being simply streaming your screen to your friends on the Discord voice channel.
However, there’s an easier way to listen to music and fill the silence without having to stream anything: a Discord music bot.
Discord music bots have been around for quite a while. If you’d like to know more about them and how you can add one to your channel, keep on reading!
Why Use Discord Music Bots
Should you use a Discord music bot? Why should you use a music bot?
Well, the answer is simple — these music bots are incredibly convenient and can help make your Discord hangouts more fun and memorable.
These bots allow you to play or listen to music while you’re chatting or playing games with friends. Adding the bots to your server is incredibly easy in most cases, and controlling the bots can be just as easy thanks to their built-in commands.
The best part is that you can use practically all of the bots for free. Most of the Discord music bots that are still working in 2022 are either completely free or offer free forever tiers if you don’t want to subscribe to their premium plans.
Premium plans often add more features, but there’s usually no need to subscribe unless there are certain features you’d like unlocked.
Risks of Using Discord Music Bots
Discord music bots are a fun and exciting way to add a little bit more engagement and interaction to your server. These music bots come with plenty of features that allow you and other users in the server to play DJ.
However, music bots aren’t without their faults — there is an issue with them that you should be aware of.
Discord music bots are in a bit of a gray area and aren’t 100% sanctioned or legal.
Just a year ago in September of 2021, two of the most popular music bots, Groovy and Rythm, were shut down after receiving cease and desist orders from YouTube (where music bots often pull their music from). At the time this occurred, Rythm had over twenty million users.
What does this mean for you?
Nothing, really. You can add a Discord music bot to your server and use it as much as you want. If it gets taken down, it will simply stop working for you, usually without any other issues.
However, if you are paying for a bot’s premium service, then you may miss out on what you’ve paid for. Month-to-month subscriptions aren’t such a big deal, even if the bot gets taken down, you miss out on a month, and that’s it. But if you’ve paid for a full year ahead of time, there is a slight risk that you may not be able to get your money back.
That said, it’s best to be careful when choosing which bot to subscribe to. Look into the developers and check whether they are trustworthy. Steer clear of bots and developers with less than stellar reputations, and you should be good!
Best Discord Music Bots Still Working in 2022
Jockie Music Bot
Jockie is a high-quality music bot that offers over 150 music commands, allowing you to really control the bot exactly how you’d like.
Jockie pulls its music from various sources, including but not limited to Tidal, Mixcloud, Radio (yes, actual radio), Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.
What makes this bot stand out is it’s a multi-bot, which means you can have multiple Jockies playing music in different channels on your server — all at once! You get four instances for free, and if you pay for Jockie premium, you get as many as five more.
Related: How To Set Up Jockie Music Bot On Discord – [Easy Guide]
StormBeatz Music Bot
StormBeatz is another great option for a music bot that offers plenty of nice features. It pulls its music from Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and many other platforms.
You can use this bot for free. But if you would like to access more of its features, you may have to subscribe to one of the premium plans. Luckily, their monthly fees are pretty affordable!
Chip Music Bot
Chip is a fantastic music bot that’s incredibly simple to use. Even if you’re completely new to using music bots, adding Chip to your server is simple! Chip gets its music primarily from Spotify. It used to get its music from YouTube as well, but disabled that feature due to what happened to Rythm and Groovy.
Chip has a free plan, but you can also pay for a premium subscription for more advanced features.
LoFi Radio Music Bot
LoFi Radio Music Bot is exactly as the name suggests. It is a music bot you can add to your Discord server that plays LoFi music 24/7 — for free! The music this bot plays is high quality and lag-free. It also receives constant updates and improvements.
If you love LoFi music, this highly-rated bot is an excellent option. The best part is they intend to keep it available for free, forever.
Unlike many of the other bots on this list, LoFi Radio Music bot plays its own stream of music. What this means is that you won’t be able to play your own music.
FredBoat Music Bot
FredBoat proudly announces that it’s currently used in over five million Discord servers. That’s a great enough testament to the fact that this is one of the best music bots on Discord still working today.
This bot takes its music from large platforms like Soundcloud, YouTube, Twitch, Bandcamp, and even direct links. It’s also capable of using playlists and even playing some live streams.
FredBoat is available 100% for free, and getting it into your server is incredibly easy. There’s minimal quality loss as you play your music, so you can enjoy your tracks as they’re meant to be played.
ChillBot
If you love LoFi music but aren’t quite satisfied with the offerings of the LoFi music bot above, check out ChillBot.
ChillBot plays LoFi music in your server 24/7. It has a free plan available, but if you’d like more features you can pay for a premium subscription.
There are three tiers for the premium subscriptions. One of the best features of premium subscriptions is the ability to have more than one ChillBot in a server (playing music simultaneously).
ChillBot is a bit different as it is more like a radio station, which means you can’t play your own music. However, if you pay for a premium subscription, you can get access to other themed “radio stations,” giving you a variety of music types to listen to.
Hydra Music Bot
The Hydra music bot is an excellent choice for those who are looking for fully-featured bots capable of doing a variety of things. It’s more than a pure music bot as it offers other features such as reaction roles and more.
What makes Hydra such a standout is the fact that it has a web dashboard that allows you to customize everything without having to use syntax or commands.
Hydra has a free tier, but you can sign up for premium if you’d like to have access to some of its more advanced features.
Rythm Music Bot: Gone But Not Forever!
Rythm was one of the most popular music bots and would probably still be one of the most used bots today if it wasn’t shut down in September 2021.
Keep an eye out for Rythm, as they’re working on something great to release sometime near the end of 2022! Visit Rythm’s website to learn more.
Wrapping Up
Discord bots are a really fun way to add a little bit of shared music to your otherwise silent server voice channels. There are tons of music bots available entirely for free that are easy to set up and use — you don’t even need to be amazing at technology to begin!
The only problem with Discord music bots is that they exist in a bit of a grey area. Music bots like Rythm and Groovy used to be at the top of the Discord game, but they were shut down. It’s not unlikely that other bots may also face the same fate. So you should always be aware of the risks if you’re paying for a premium service.
We hope this guide has helped you find the right music bot for your server. Happy listening!
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