I don’t bother with streaming services anymore. I set up Navidrome on my home server for my music library and love it.
Also, I may be in the minority here, but I decided to start paying artists directly for their music. Whether it be buying a CD at a show or buying off of Bandcamp. I didn’t want most of my money going to Apple/Spotify, I want my favorite artists to at least get something for their hard work …
Yes, it’s more expensive if you expect to have the entire Spotify catalog at a moment’s notice, but I may be old fashioned in that I like listening to albums front to back, and tend to listen to a single album on loop for a long time. After I’ve worn out that album, then I’ll move onto another one. Buying about an album a month has worked out for me, which is about the cost of these subscription services (I know I’m definitely in the minority here in the way I listen to my library, but figured I’d share anyway).
I thought about (and still want to) keep a self-hosted music library, but one of the things i look forward to is the New Music playlist that updates every Friday on YTM. I’ve found so many good songs and artists that way.
Music scrobbling solves that issue for me. Navidrome integrates well with for example last.fm. In addition to having my music listening history there one can find recommendations based on their music taste
I scrobble my listens using Last.fm and ListenBrainz, which has given me some decent recommendations. It’s worked well enough for me. Maybe I’m “missing out” on more recommendations by not being on Spotify or other streaming service, but I still manage to find so much to listen to organically anyway. Also like @[email protected], YouTube recommendations work too.
Any other places you buy from? I essentially want a thing like lidarr that goes and finds everything in lossless format and presents me an option of buying it. Bandcamp is good but doesn’t have all the artists I’d like to buy from
I bought on qobuz before! But I’m with you, it’s really hard to find a legal way to purchase certain albums. If a tool like that existed it’d be so convenient. It’d save me a lot of time searching for how to purchase.
You’d be surprised, quite a lot of artists still put out CDs! A lot of artists I like sell them when you go to their shows, it’s a great way for them to make money, along with selling other merch. I also really like collecting them. I also check out a lot of CDs from the library (more useful for older music, I listen to a lot of jazz and classical). I rip the CDs and throw them into my library, assuming there isn’t a digital version already available.
I don’t bother with streaming services anymore. I set up Navidrome on my home server for my music library and love it.
Also, I may be in the minority here, but I decided to start paying artists directly for their music. Whether it be buying a CD at a show or buying off of Bandcamp. I didn’t want most of my money going to Apple/Spotify, I want my favorite artists to at least get something for their hard work …
Yes, it’s more expensive if you expect to have the entire Spotify catalog at a moment’s notice, but I may be old fashioned in that I like listening to albums front to back, and tend to listen to a single album on loop for a long time. After I’ve worn out that album, then I’ll move onto another one. Buying about an album a month has worked out for me, which is about the cost of these subscription services (I know I’m definitely in the minority here in the way I listen to my library, but figured I’d share anyway).
Then how do you learn about new music?
I thought about (and still want to) keep a self-hosted music library, but one of the things i look forward to is the New Music playlist that updates every Friday on YTM. I’ve found so many good songs and artists that way.
Music scrobbling solves that issue for me. Navidrome integrates well with for example last.fm. In addition to having my music listening history there one can find recommendations based on their music taste
Just use YouTube for new music and try it out there. Then download what you really want.
I scrobble my listens using Last.fm and ListenBrainz, which has given me some decent recommendations. It’s worked well enough for me. Maybe I’m “missing out” on more recommendations by not being on Spotify or other streaming service, but I still manage to find so much to listen to organically anyway. Also like @[email protected], YouTube recommendations work too.
Any other places you buy from? I essentially want a thing like lidarr that goes and finds everything in lossless format and presents me an option of buying it. Bandcamp is good but doesn’t have all the artists I’d like to buy from
I bought on qobuz before! But I’m with you, it’s really hard to find a legal way to purchase certain albums. If a tool like that existed it’d be so convenient. It’d save me a lot of time searching for how to purchase.
What do you do with CDs? Genuinely curious about how they can be used in 2024 and surprised artists still have any printed.
You’d be surprised, quite a lot of artists still put out CDs! A lot of artists I like sell them when you go to their shows, it’s a great way for them to make money, along with selling other merch. I also really like collecting them. I also check out a lot of CDs from the library (more useful for older music, I listen to a lot of jazz and classical). I rip the CDs and throw them into my library, assuming there isn’t a digital version already available.