music accumulation methods

[behndy]

jia. i've not tried many streaming services, the idea of not having possession of media i've paid for... rankles.

cooooool. looks like Bandcamp is mebbe the best way to go? i do try to wait for Fee Waived Days to do big buys of albums.

[lost in music]

God, I just think about the thousands of dollars that I spent on iTunes albums, all now stored on a busted computer somewhere? Also, I had thrown out most of my old CDs because I was just like "I'll have them all on this backup hard drive and then they won't be taking up space!" Bad idea.

So yeah, Spotify for discovery. If I hear something I like enough to want to listen to more than a few times, I'll buy it on vinyl. Especially on Bandcamp if possible. Vinyl storage is definitely going to be an issue for me in the near future though.

CDs fucking sucked because their cases would often crack. Or you'd buy a CD in some weird package that wouldn't fit in the slots in your CD tower. I'm thinking about getting back into them though. I've bought a couple, but nothing to play them on at the moment. That will be the leap, when I find a nice CD player at the thrift store someday.

[friendship]

so I guess Epic Games bought out Bandcamp? Is it going to turn into Shitcamp?

[PanicProne]

Bought ourselves a proper hifi-system a few months ago and I'm back to listening to music on physical formats again. Going through and rediscovering my old CD's, some vinyl I bought at shows the past 10ish years, some new vinyl purchases (cause hey, I actually have a record player now!) and a box of my parents old vinyls. I'm reallye njoying this and I've fallen in love with music again, in the way I initally did. I choose an album (I was never a playlist guy), put it on and sit down and listen to it. It's amazing. It's really cool to sneak something on and see how my gf (who's not as much into music as me, but still very much has an interest in music and is selective about what she listens too!) reacts to stuff too.

This kinda was a natural step from not really enjoying streaming the past year or two. I got fed up with always being able to chose from everything and stopped listening to music on the go a lot of the time. I'd do one release a month or so, via bandcamp (which I love and can really use now since finishing uni and getting a higher paid job then before). On that note I switched from Spotify to Tidal recently (after using spotify for 10+ yrs) after seeing they pay the artists significantly more. That combined with not supporting a company as obviously shitty anymore feels great and I'm really loving music in the best way again. Tidal for additional discovery/browsing and then bandcamp and/or going to record shops again for commiting. Love it!