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The internet is over, you guys. We can finally switch off our devices and take a good nap.
Return it to Big Ben when you’re done with it.
That’s where it has the best reception, right?
I still download my music. Two pros: I have control over where, when and how I listen to it. And I only download music I actually want to listen to.
One con: Finding new music is harder (I imagine).
I have found a ton of new music through KEXP’s YouTube channel.
Found the Seattleite. Can’t believe I didn’t notice your name all this time and connect the dots.
I listen to C89.5! Website and app both work flawlessly.
One con: Finding new music is harder (I imagine).
You actually should actually try to listen to web radio. Still have a subscription with Qobuz but been listening to bytefm a lot and they have some great djs (they have different shows at different time.). I personally found there more new and great artist or songs than any personalized algorithm ever did.
One con: you’re too busy writing down the songs and you cannot really do anything while listening as you also too scared of missing something.
Do they not have a recently played? Can always go back through and shouldn’t be too hard to figure out the songs. Just note the time maybe atleast.
Wasn’t totally serious about my con. They do have a recently played and even an archive where you can re-listen certain shows you have missed (if you are paying member of their association).
Finding new music is harder (I imagine)
In my opinion, it’s harder, but not even necessarily because it’s harder to do it in the end. More because it’s just harder to get started.
For example, I find way more music I enjoy listening to through Bandcamp than I ever did on Spotify, but that requires having existing artists that I follow and can see their recommendations for, having a feel for which genres I actually like instead of a vague mental concept of what I like to listen to that I can then keyword search by in Bandcamp’s search/discover section, and hoping that the human curators on Bandcamp’s newsletter pick artists I like. Bandcamp doesn’t really have algorithms, so those are my only real options.
It’s more effort, but it’s infinitely more rewarding.
ListenBrainz is the solution for discovery
One con: Finding new music is harder (I imagine).
That’s what radio helps with, there was also Pandora, but I didn’t know if it is still alive after Sirius XM bought them.
Find an online radio station you like and you don’t need Pandora any more.
That’s not SomaFM
Shoutcast is still running strong! Also super easy to setup your own server https://directory.shoutcast.com/
That’s a really narrow case.
At least wow was worth it IMO. What a fantastic game that was.
What is money for if not to waste completely when you don’t have to at all lol
You idiots don’t have a 6 cd changer in your car? Pathetic!
No man, my usb works perfectly
I do it the old fashioned way. Giant binder of discs I get my passenger to flip through and swap in and out
Damn a 100 cd changer then, mad respect
precisely
No, but I have a USB stick with over 100 albums on it, so I can listen to the same 5 albums all the time.
This is why I set up a Funkwhale home server
If those WoW subscriptions had have flopped - we’d be in a better situation now.
Ive only ever bought 2 CDs in my life. Have never paid to download music and never will.
Im (my wife is) paying for the convenience. The moment it feels too expensive im back to the high seas.
*laughs in physical media*
*cries in disc rot*
*wonders what disc rot is*
It’s the terrible reason CDs and DVDs don’t last forever. Curse you, oxidation!
There are other ways. I’ve only had problems with ReVanced Music once, and there was a fresh set of patches less than a day later.
Still dependant on a service, on them (YT/YT Music and ReVanced) continuing, and YT not breaking clients.
The post is about PAID subscription models, not being dependent on something.
pw-record is gonna become the new taping songs off the radio
I washed my clown makeup off with a home server
Recently done the same and could not believe how easy it was too set up an *arr stack. It’s like magic
Yarrr.
I usually have to listen to a song several times before it fully “clicks” if I like it or not, so music streaming subscription is great for being able to grab any song I think I might like and throw it in trial playlist. Back when I bought/acquired music, I would skip over most music I might like because the effort wasn’t worth it for a song I wasn’t sure if I liked or not. So streaming has worked really well for me for music discovery at least.
On the bright side, I’m still getting my $8 a month early adopter price for Google music all access (now YouTube music).
I dunno, RJD2’s Ghostwriter clocked for me immediately, among others
Yes, thats an awesome song
Didn’t emusic let you download 3 albums a month for $10, but stream anything?
