Urthdigger QuickclawMar 15
Tattie

New music service, tell me what you think: a guaranteed advert free playlist of around an hour of a particular artist's works, carefully curated and mixed by the artist themself. It gets better: pay one flat fee up-front for unlimited replays, even when offline!

...you've probably spotted that I'm just describing albums, but it increasingly sounds like a really good deal, doesn't it?

Mar 13 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadLona TheartlavMar 13
@Tattie Hm, are there ads on the music streaming services? Aren't you paying for these? Do they show ads to paying customers?
Show threadTattieMar 14
@theartlav apparently Spotify is USD$12.99/month for ad-free play. Or more for couples or families. How they enforce the latter is mystifying to me.
Show threadLIZZIEMar 13
@Tattie hah!
Show threadSibylleMar 13

@Tattie absolutely.

What I really miss about early day spotify is their spot on music suggestions they had for me. So much new music that was really cool.

But that has probably changed in the past few years, too...

Show threadJaye 🍊Mar 13
@Tattie And you wonder why I love #bandcamp.
Show threadéric 🚲 🇪🇺 Mar 14

@jaye @Tattie

And other old tech: radio. I love listening to BBC 6 Music. Exposes me to tons of sometimes great music I wouldn't hear otherwise.

#bandcamp

Show threadResunaMar 14

@Tattie

It's a great deal, I haven't found streaming services at all attractive compared to buying tracks and albums. Though I use iTunes smart playlists to randomize... I rather like having early Floyd followed by Bobby McFerrin, Ragtime, Jazz-Klezmer Fusion, and TMBG.

Show threadfuzzyfuzzyfungusMar 14
@Tattie It's depressing how much of technological change involves discovering that what we thought were limitations was actually denying capabilities to people with ideas worse than we could imagine.
Show threadTattieMar 14
@fuzzyfuzzyfungus yeah, physical media was portrayed as an inconvenience and a liability, but it turned out to be an important way of preventing us being baited-and-switched.
Show threadChris Ford Mar 14
@Tattie You got me. I arrived at realisation just as your punchline hit.
Show threadManfredMar 14

@Tattie

Bandcamp.

Show threadTattieMar 14
@mterburg you're the second person to mention this, but I don't know what it is. I'm just thinking of American Pie...
Show threadsteeph   🎆 ٩(˘◡˘)۶Mar 15

@Tattie Those streaming services never appeared attractive to me anyway. I can't see any advantage to me over a local music collection. I'm glad I don't have any hassle with ads or recurring payments. I don't know what it is that I'd be paying for.

I'm still doing CDs, and Bandcamp downloads where no CD is available. So, mostly bandcamp downloads nowadays.