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Users with personal music libraries, how do you decide what to download? (midwest.social)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently made a post asking about getting spotify cheaper via vpn.

My question to everyone: how do you decide what to download?

Do you just grab everything, do you use last fm, do you erase music that you never listen to?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

When I buy something, I add it to my library. If I need or want to listen to something in more narrow a category, that's what playlists & metadata are for.

For example, if I just want to listen to songs by Miracle of Sound, I go to Miracle of Sound in my music player app and click play or shuffle.

If I want to play a particular playlist that I've made, I just go to the Playlists tab and select which one I want.

The interface of course varies with the app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

+1 on Vinyl music player

afa music collection, I slowly shift things from folder to folder where I gradually cull tracks which I decide I no longer need to hear. I curate rather than hoard (although I see long term value in others opting to keep everything for the sake of all; so 'hoard' is not intended to judge those who do in this instance).

To find new music, I lean on Bandcamp. ofc they're trying to sell the artist on the platform; but the blogs are often quite good, steering me to stuff I would've unlikely discovered on my own. If I identify a new genre that I've gravitated towards, I read up on it, e.g. on Wikipedia, to find other artists emblematic of the style

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, Vinyl Music Player is awesome. Been using it for a a couple years now, and before that I used the app it was forked from (I can't remember the name).

And yeah Bandcamp is fantastic! I use it all the time to discover artists I'd never have known about otherwise. :)