Out of all the things I'm unfucking this year, I think the one that I'm most stoked about is working to decouple my self from shit like Spotify. I hated it for a while. Then I got heavy into it. Now I'm kinda disgusted I stream so much music.
"Discovery" was my main excuse for things like Spotify. Once they learned my tastes in music, getting spoon-fed new music that I like was kinda nice, and I'm still hesitant to fully jump ship but also feel like it's time to be my own algorithm again.
I've switched off Spottily to manually downloading and syncing the mp3 files and its so much better.
just yt-dlp for downloading, music brainz for metadata, and syncthing to mirror the mp3 files to all my devices
Nice. I was going to do something like soul seek and use Jellyfin to stream my collection. Use Bandcamp / artist sites to buy what I can.
I'm struggling with a spotify family plan. I rationalized it cause I get free audio books as the account holder. I only listed to V4V music and you can get fiat bullshit on Tubular.
This is the year to tell the kids they gotta pay for it themselves.
Good luck. 🫡
SoundCloud 🙌
Decentralization and freedom requires proof of work, no two ways around it. Its more uncomfortable and certainly less convenient but in the long run its for the better for everyone if we can make this thing happen.
But if we dont practice what we preach, then how can we expect normies to ever have a chance of switching.
Its not easy but we can do it!
Oooh, I think the easiest way to discover new music is to find a music podcast you enjoy playing tracks V4V, or if you are in a wandering mood, listen to artists on:
LNBeats.com
V4VMusic.com
Stablekraft.app
I'm a devout listener of dirty bird radio, but that's only house music. I'll need to find more music podcasts for sure, and ill have to explore things like LNbeats more.
