I know there's already a few posts about how people listen to, or discover new music, but I wanted to see how other people get their music. Do you buy CDs or vinyl? Digital downloads? Use streaming services? Something else? And why?

Until a few years ago, I would jump between streaming services depending on the best deals I could get, but got very concerned the more I read about how little money most musicians get from streaming listens (especially via Spotify) - and given I tend to listen to less popular bands/artists, it seems particularly bad for them.

I have a small selection of CDs and vinyl, but mostly buy my music digitally - directly via Bandcamp if the artist is on there, or through an online store like 7digital (or even sometimes if no other option, Amazon) if not. I have a home server where I keep my music and like to be able to stream it directly to my phone, so this tends to be the best of both worlds for me.

Interested to know what others do!

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[–] MrGreebles@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

CD's, Beatport, Beatsource, iTunes. Sometimes there are only tracks and albums only available digitally.

[–] borlax@lemmy.borlax.com 1 points 2 years ago

Admittedly I go straight to one of the streaming services, but for smaller bands I like who are on bandcamp, I’ll use that to buy their stuff and throw it on my plex/jellyfin. I am also trying to cultivate a local music library again after finding my iTunes library from 2006 lol.

[–] KeatonPotatoes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Use Spotify / Apple Podcasts more for podcasts…I collect vinyl, I think it “forces” me to listen to an album as a whole. It’s enjoyable. My set is isn’t crazy expensive and still sounds great!

[–] s3rvant@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Mostly Pandora for music discovery with some occasional Spotify mixed in

yt-dlp to download a few favorites to listen to in car via phone

[–] ving_thor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I buy it digitally via Qobuz or Bandcamp. I then put it in my nextcloud. That way I can stream it to my phone.

[–] jackalope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I like to discovery tunes through friends and suches, and services like TIDAL. I started collecting vinyl earlier this year and just playing an entire album front to back is amazing, takes me back. Also didn't realize how much I miss how "older" mixing used to sound ...more dynamic not all compressed into a brick. I really admire Vinyl for that. It's also fun to collect which doesn't hurt ... Thinking of working on my CD collection again. As for digital archival, I use FLAC for "backing up" my vinyl, and when aquiring new I like bandcamp or any service that offers FLAC in highres.

[–] Sergio@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Apple music is my main, checking out their classical app currently as well. They've got a decent selection, I was a big fan of Google play music back when that was available.

[–] barcaxavi@waveform.social 1 points 2 years ago

Mostly Spotify + some Bandcamp and Plexamp.

Spotify is really convinient, but on the other I see it's not that beneficial to artists, so I started to buy some of my favourite albums on Bandcamp and build my own collection.

[–] Chapi_Chan@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Radio, believe me or not. I try to fish on some indie radios. Also, through podcast or YT: I like when they tell you the story or meaning or help you understand in any way. It helps me enjoy music. Then is easy to pull the threat to jump from one artist to the next.

Then I buy CD on their official website, but don't really listen to them.

[–] cilantrillo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What podcasts do you recommend for music discovery?

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[–] howarddo@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you know a little about terminal, use ytmdl, it's great

[–] emptyother@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the tip!

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