Thanks. Not looking for your approval or interested in your opinion.

    Yant I’m just giving you FACTS. you still buying loads of artist albums at £13 a pop, or trying out many albums for £10 a month?

    Porsche trabs? More like clown shoes.

    • Amps replied to this.

        I’m using Spotify, would rather use an alternative, but I like the playlists I follow in Spotify, so would miss that going elsewhere.

        I reckon 75% of what I listen to is in mixcloud or soundcloud.

        I used to get all music on iTunes and would pay for it. In India albums are about a £1.50-2.50, so I figure I might as well give back to the artist. Switched over to Apple Music for streaming for the passed 6 months, which is about a quid a month. My quality control has been switched on now, barely buy anything on iTunes.

        4 days later

        i was looking at other services yesterday, tidal looks like the best model, but they’re bloody expensive. for my wife and i it’s $30/month. for that price, i think i may just scrap paid streaming all together and just buy a new album every week on bandcamp. it’ll probably cost me less and all the money goes to the artists if they keep doing bandcamp fridays.

          303abuser Bandcamp-Fridays are first Friday of the month only though, but they still pay the artists well.

              303abuser there is something appealing about this, as it would mean going back to the days of buying an album and actually listening to it multiple times. The amount of albums I wasn’t too fussed about on first listen, but a few listens later and I loved them. I’m guilty today in not giving albums enough listening time to appreciate them as on Spotify I tend to listen to far too much and bin stuff off too quickly

              • Amps replied to this.

                  Homegrove yeah, i figure i’ll use the free plays to figure out what i want to buy and just save up purchases for once a month.

                  being an invalid for the last month has made me realize i spend too much time with tech and living a little more like it’s 25 years ago is a good idea. buy albums instead of streaming, make more music on hardware, use my phone for calls and work, read more and watch less, etc.

                    303abuser just buy a new album every week

                    Fuckin double defo, is the right answer!

                        RichM actually listening to it multiple times

                        Boom!

                          Amps and even one a week is a lot of music over the year. i love tech, but i hate these tech companies and their predatory business models. it’s time for me to change the way i do things.

                            303abuser
                            I only buy albums these days. And almost all of them I purchase from Bandcamp unless I can’t find it. In which case in get it from Juno.

                              seems like a better idea to own things vs renting too.

                              I’ll add to this the idea of a ‘process’ too. If you own the physical media, finding the cd or the vinyl, taking it out of the sleeve, putting it in / on and pressing play etc. gives you that level of interaction where you’re handling the thing, looking at the artwork, maybe reading the sleeve notes or the like, and I think it all helps with your involvement with the music, more so than clicking a bit of digital text on a screen.

                                i really miss that part of it. i still have all of the gu sleeves and long boxes and it was part of the experience to unwrap it, read the liner notes while listening.

                                Only ever bought the odd GU mixes as I was spending all my money on vinyl but I did enjoy reading the sleeve notes on the mixed CDs

                                  Amps
                                  I assume you’re making an exemption for John Terry’s monkey pictures?

                                    PS. Zacko along shortly with some indecipherable boomer meme

                                    Dubman i bought everything from prague through toronto and maybe one or two after that. i may actually go back and rip them into higher quality files at some point, although i’m a bit lazy for that.

                                        Homegrove it takes soooo long. although i should try before i lose my last working cd drive.

                                          Dubmick the Argentinian peso is quite good value and V to the P the N to sign up

                                          Not really much point in having money there, might as well just dance for stuff!!

                                            Not buying more but all the more reason to keep the ones I have

                                              alistair when we got the house I bought a smaller CD-shelf (it fits about a hundred), and went through my collection. Tried to pick ones that are not available in streaming, and left the rest in the boxes in the garage. Lots of old mix CDs in other words.

                                                  I’m currently on my last promo month of Spotify….I won’t be signing up. There’s nothing amazing to be had, plus I just don’t have the time.

                                                  Now if you’ll excuse me I have my embroidery to attend to.

                                                    Dan Spotify has been a lifesaver on long haul flights for me. All about the offline function. One of the only apps I wouldn’t remove from my phone

                                                    • Dan replied to this.

                                                        ScottBailey Good to know….where years ago I’d stock up on music, now I’m doing that films and series. Music just isnt at the top of my adjenda.

                                                          ScottBailey nah man, Tidal’s got that covered. Even found some pretty obscure albums there I only ever had on a cassette taped from a friend.

                                                            Dan Now if you’ll excuse me I have my embroidery to attend to.

                                                            Lol!

                                                              a year later

                                                              Just thought I would resurrect this thread as I listen to the fabric back catalogue on Apple.

                                                              I had never properly listened to 01-06.

                                                              Mind you, not so sure about compiled and mixed 18.

                                                                benson Mark Farina mix is a big winner. As well as his Mushroom Jazz compilations, which are on Apple.

                                                                  2 years later

                                                                  Has anyone noticed with Apple Music recently they are only putting up radio edits of house tracks. For example, 3 min versions rather than DJ friendly extended versions . Only noticed this the last couple of months.

                                                                  Then if I want to buy it on Itunes its only the short version that comes up too. I have to go to Beatport/Bandcamp to get the proper version. Odd

                                                                    IndustryStandard Has anyone noticed with Apple Music recently they are only putting up radio edits of house tracks.

                                                                    I haven’t IS.

                                                                    Hope that helps!