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streaming services are very cool and all, and they have definitely allowed me to discover artists that i probably wouldnāt have otherwise, but having a physical copy of music - an album, single, or a mix - is extremely important to me. i find comfort in knowing that no one can really ātakeā the music away from me in the event that spotify crashed or something. also, with vinyl, especially, having a physical copy of the music forces you to take care of it and pay attention to it. you canāt just mindlessly listen to a record because you have to get up and flip it over, and then carefully place it back into its sleeve. if you make a mixtape, you have to sit and think about what songs you want and what order you want them in. if you walk into a music shop, you canāt (or at least most of us canāt) just go in there and buy any album(s) on a whim - you have to be selective, because youāre spending money on it.
also, i just enjoy the experience of going to a record store. the smell of the old albums, sifting through all the bins and shelves, chatting with the owner - itās an experience that will always be so lovely to me, and one i would never have if i solely depended upon my phone for music.
i just believe that streaming services have allowed us to become mindless consumers of media. we take it all for granted and arenāt as intentional about any of it as we used to be. i suppose itās another form of overconsumption. once again, i am extremely glad of what the platforms have allowed me to find, and i donāt think theyāre evil, i just think many folks have lost sight of how music is supposed to be treated.
also, i just enjoy the experience of going to a record store. the smell of the old albums, sifting through all the bins and shelves, chatting with the owner - itās an experience that will always be so lovely to me, and one i would never have if i solely depended upon my phone for music.
i just believe that streaming services have allowed us to become mindless consumers of media. we take it all for granted and arenāt as intentional about any of it as we used to be. i suppose itās another form of overconsumption. once again, i am extremely glad of what the platforms have allowed me to find, and i donāt think theyāre evil, i just think many folks have lost sight of how music is supposed to be treated.
Oct 1, 2024
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having a cassette collection makes me feel so cool and itās amazing to be able to have some of my favourite albums on a little piece of plastic i can hold
Oct 2, 2024
paperpendragon exactly!! itās so rewarding to see your collection grow over the years.
Oct 2, 2024
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š¶Thereās something so intimate and special about enjoying an artist or record that isnāt on streaming services. There are a lot of reasons someone might not have their work streaming, whether itās ethical or financial or due to rights issues or simply being that obscure.
But it feels so good to have a physical record and put it on and listen to it knowing that youāre experiencing music that you love in such an individual way, where whatever path took you to discovering it is actually personal in some way and not just the result of an algorithm deciding what you should be listening to, and that you are one of a very limited number of people celebrating someoneās art solely by choice which is so beautiful and rare
But it feels so good to have a physical record and put it on and listen to it knowing that youāre experiencing music that you love in such an individual way, where whatever path took you to discovering it is actually personal in some way and not just the result of an algorithm deciding what you should be listening to, and that you are one of a very limited number of people celebrating someoneās art solely by choice which is so beautiful and rare
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šæi just deleted spotify a while ago and went thru this transition. youtube music is run by alphabet (google parent company). i have tidal and paid for a service to transfer all my playlists from spotify to tidal.
band camp + tidal has really good music quality and (tidal reportedly) pays their artists!
also i think we should all just return to local libraries of music on our computers or CDs/casettes/vinyl. i think streaming has commodified and convenience-cultured music into being this gimme gimme gimme interaction between fans and artists. when you have a physical media either an MP3 file or something else, it makes you (or at least me) proud to own a piece of this art someone put their whole heart n bussy into. i want you to have a mindful experience if you were listening to my music yk?
i do acknowledge that the systems we built are moving past physical media and streaming is obviously dominating the market right now but we can always change that tide :) power to the people forever, we have nothing to lose but our chains.
band camp + tidal has really good music quality and (tidal reportedly) pays their artists!
also i think we should all just return to local libraries of music on our computers or CDs/casettes/vinyl. i think streaming has commodified and convenience-cultured music into being this gimme gimme gimme interaction between fans and artists. when you have a physical media either an MP3 file or something else, it makes you (or at least me) proud to own a piece of this art someone put their whole heart n bussy into. i want you to have a mindful experience if you were listening to my music yk?
i do acknowledge that the systems we built are moving past physical media and streaming is obviously dominating the market right now but we can always change that tide :) power to the people forever, we have nothing to lose but our chains.
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šæI have a pretty decent vinyl / VHS / cassette collection and I think actually owning media is going to be really important in the coming years. I have lots of thoughts on this.
1) I think it's a misconception that everything is digitized. There are certain albums and movies (especially movies) that are nearly impossible to find on the internet. There are lots of shows and movies that have been "remastered" or now being "upscaled" with AI that are completely changing the look and feel of the original work. (ex. Star Wars)
2) Having a physical relationship with your media changes the way you interact with it. Physically moving your body and going over to the shelf and having a finite number of tapes/records to look through is a completely different experience than the decision paralysis one can get from having unlimited choices. You also will have to dive into full albums instead of taking the weekly playlist.Ā
3) You donāt need the internet to access it. You buy it once and if you take care of it - you own it forever. I donāt want to assume that the internet / streaming services as we know it them will be around forever and I donāt like the idea of a paying for a perpetual service that I will never stop paying for. Not to mention that all of these services serve as massive corporate data collection agencies that are constantly spying on you and selling your information!
Itās fun to collect things and see that old technology still has utility and save it from the landfill. It can be a lot of work (moving is a nightmare), and take up a lot of space, and it might be completely impractical but I donāt think we are supposed to experience everything in life through a 2 dimensional screen for the sake of convenience.
1) I think it's a misconception that everything is digitized. There are certain albums and movies (especially movies) that are nearly impossible to find on the internet. There are lots of shows and movies that have been "remastered" or now being "upscaled" with AI that are completely changing the look and feel of the original work. (ex. Star Wars)
2) Having a physical relationship with your media changes the way you interact with it. Physically moving your body and going over to the shelf and having a finite number of tapes/records to look through is a completely different experience than the decision paralysis one can get from having unlimited choices. You also will have to dive into full albums instead of taking the weekly playlist.Ā
3) You donāt need the internet to access it. You buy it once and if you take care of it - you own it forever. I donāt want to assume that the internet / streaming services as we know it them will be around forever and I donāt like the idea of a paying for a perpetual service that I will never stop paying for. Not to mention that all of these services serve as massive corporate data collection agencies that are constantly spying on you and selling your information!
Itās fun to collect things and see that old technology still has utility and save it from the landfill. It can be a lot of work (moving is a nightmare), and take up a lot of space, and it might be completely impractical but I donāt think we are supposed to experience everything in life through a 2 dimensional screen for the sake of convenience.
Jan 22, 2025
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