Seasons of Jason
As of today, I am no longer subscribed to any streaming music platforms. I dropped Spotify last year, and today I dropped Tidal.
I have an awesome and growing vinyl collection. I ripped all my CDs and have my entire digital music library on both my iPod and Plex.
I'm content with this decision. In fact I'm EXCITED about it, because I'll be spending more time enjoying and loving the heaps of music I already own.
As for discovery? Recommendations, Bandcamp, and good old fashioned music blogs.
Seasons of Jason
@jerryorr Oh, I promise to! In fact I want to get those revived and running again.
(I don't have a grudge against Spotify or Tidal so I'll keep publishing playlists there, as well as my OWN music!)
Jerry Orr
@killyourfm I hope you keep publishing your mix-tapes in some format... a fair amount of that music ended up on my personal playlist!
Seasons of Jason
@mike It has been YEARS since I used Pandora, but their discovery algorithm is kinda what started it all, right?
I might revisit it, thanks.
Mike Rockwell
@killyourfm love it.
As for music discovery, I’ve found YouTube, Pandora, and terrestrial radio to be useful as well. All of which can be used for free.
Seasons of Jason
@timapple Cool! I use Plex and PlexAmp. I bought a lifetime pass to use all of its features and connected mobile apps a few years ago, and I'll never regret a cent of that purchase.
Tim Apple
@killyourfm I recently started running Navidrome and access it with an app called Substreamer on android and ios.. it's basically creating your own spotify. You can run the server for about $5 a month depending on the size of your music collection. I used pikapods.
fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻
@killyourfm you might've just inspired me. It'll take a LONG time to cancel but maybe I start now
Seasons of Jason
@fromjason It was a gradual process for me, too. Just take your time and go at your own pace.
Seasons of Jason
@danielsiepmann You can still walk into a store and slap on headphones to listen? That's incredible!
danielsiepmann
@killyourfm I also recommend 2nd hand ships for discovering. We have two in the city and you can listen to their CDs on location with your own headphones.
Also I already bought CDs where I messed up the artists because or similar names and discovered new bands the way.
Seasons of Jason
@danielsiepmann All the record stores I visited in Zagreb never had anything like that! Germany just does it better...
danielsiepmann
@killyourfm Yes it is a student city. So lots of 2nd hand stores with vinyl and CDs etc.
I guess that's "normal" for cities with universities and big cities in Germany. But smaller cities don't have that.
Seasons of Jason
@Compassionatecrab Bravo!
Compassionate Crab
@killyourfm
We saved all our music and DVD's to a hard drive last year. With all the services getting ruined, we are very glad we did.
happycoyote12
@killyourfm Good 4 U! I'm having a back & forth w/some guy insisting I use the free tier ad supported Spotify to support artists & not P2P. I donated all my CDs & Tapes to Amer Vietnam Vets & a Women's shelter. I explained "if it is free, you are the product". He can't handle that. Delete all cookies, telemetry, tracking beacons, etc. Use Firefox w/privacy containers, DD Go, Metager, etc..
Seasons of Jason
@happycoyote12 I’d like to politely push back on one thing, as someone who works at an open source project. Telemetry is VERY important for developers to make data-driven decisions about the product, and improve it. SOME telemetry is bad, yes. But the kind most open source projects use is very important to the software’s development.
Seasons of Jason
@cory Last.FM is a GREAT resource for discovery!
Cory :prami_pride_demi:
@killyourfm I’ve been doing the same — I archive music on a large drive and keep a subset to play locally via Doppler and use Last.fm/Bandcamp/RateYourMusic for recommendations.
Seasons of Jason
@DodoTheDev @Em0nM4stodon Hell yea, good for you! Just get there in steps so you can really enjoy the experience once you cut all the virtual cords.
dodothedev🦤💻
@killyourfm @Em0nM4stodon
That's exactly what I plan on doing. Another way of freeing myself of big corp and owning my own life.
Seasons of Jason
@happycoyote12 That looks like a Windows error, so I won’t be of any help, sorry.
happycoyote12
@killyourfm PS sounds like you might know your way around inner workings of coding? Any easy, simple, program or script to fix ERROR CODE: 0xc0000428? Much appreciate that.
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