Have you embraced Streaming?
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Topic: Have you embraced Streaming?
Posted By: jebsib
Subject: Have you embraced Streaming?
Date Posted: 26 March 2024 at 3:58pm
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As an old-school collector, I evolved from 45s to Cassingles & CD singles, then
to mP3s on iTunes. And, just like when physical singles started to die out, I have a sense that the writing is on the wall for downloads (and has been for years). It's hard to put my finger on it, but there's something unsatisfying to me about not physically owning something in my music library - even if it's just an mp3 file... do you guys feel the same way, or are you embracing the future and streaming on Spotify, Pandora, etc? |
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Posted By: FrankG
Date Posted: 26 March 2024 at 4:04pm
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I feel exactly the same way. I even prefer holding a 45
in my hands as opposed to knowing I have the mp3 on my computer. (Although having 3000 songs on my iPhone at the same time is an amazing experience the 17 year old me could never have imagined.). I appreciate streaming, but there is something special about music in its physical form. |
Posted By: thecdguy
Date Posted: 26 March 2024 at 4:29pm
Me too! I dread the day there's no more downloads available. Streaming is nice, but you never really know if a song you enjoy listening to on a streaming service is always going to be there, as an artist or label can pull their music off the service. For that reason I'll never completely embrace streaming. Much better to have a physical copy of it or at least a download that you can listen to without fear of it disappearing one day. ------------- Dan In Philly |
As an old-school collector, I evolved from 45s to
Posted By: PopArchivist
Date Posted: 26 March 2024 at 5:55pm
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No, never. No reason to.
A good percentage of streaming services have the incorrect 45 and like Dan said above, can pull their music at a whim. I cant embrace streaming and would rather have the physical music. Its happened too often that an artist complains they are not compensated and yanks all their songs from streaming. The better question -- Is the CD dead yet? Its almost there. Nothing new comes out on it (exception: Taylor Swift and Adele every few years). Otherwise digital is the way to go in this new age. I do agree having thousands of songs available to you ripped rather than have thousands of CD's is way more appealing. I remember struggling to assemble even the top 10 during the early 2000's when the P2P era was. Storage wasn't what it was now. My teenage self would have sat for hours organizing music if technology was as advanced as it was now. Can't do much in an era when 128 bit rate mp3 downloads were considered "fast" and USB storage wasn't in existence yet and AOL took forever to log in. Ah the memories. ------------- Favorite two expressions to live by on this board: "You can't download vinyl" and "Not everything is available on CD." |
Posted By: jebsib
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 7:01am
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Feel the same way - am dreading the point when Record Labels don't bother
throwing songs / albums up on iTunes - just a matter of time. I suppose an alternative is to 'record' songs off Youtube (a modern version of taping off the radio!) but still... |
Posted By: Paul C
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 8:21am
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The current #1 song on the Hot 100, "Lose Control" by Teddy
Swims, sold only 8,000 downloads last week. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 29 March 2024 at 4:50pm
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I have had DJ subscription services since 1994. All of the
current music I have is from the Promo Only POOL. Prior to that, I had TM's PrimeCuts and Top Hits U.S.A.. I don't stream my music at events I do, I only purchase through Qobuz, iTunes and Amazon if need be. Can't remember the last time I bought a physical CD. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 30 March 2024 at 5:34pm
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I buy physical product AND enjoy streaming. In the past year or so, I've bought new CDs by Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Benson Boone, Ava Max, Pentatonix, Lauren Spencer Smith, Anne-Marie, Meghan Trainor, Belinda Carlisle,
Michael Bolton, Eurovision 2023, some European artists, and others. In most cases, though, I can only buy WAV/flacs from Qobuz or 7 Digital. When I can't, then it's m4a from iTunes, but that's only rare occasions when I have to go "that low", lol. But there's over 200 new songs I buy each year that I discover because I listen to 2 weekly Spotify lists that are curated based on my tastes. It's my "new radio" - as I really never listen to FM radio anymore. And most of what makes the top 40 I don't like (most of the Hot 100). But I do like a fair amount from Billboard's Hot AC & (regular) AC charts & SXM's The Pulse. So streaming on Spotify is definitely something I embrace. It's how I get turned on to most of my favorite songs each year! And I agree - I don't like the fact that labels can take down any songs they want. It's one reason why I always buy digital downloads of songs I like. I'm guessing that CDs will not be made some day. (C'mon, 40 years from now??) But like vinyl, after they gone, I predict they'll be back. Unfortunately, I'll probably be gone by then, too :) What's scary to me is if apple takes down their iTunes store, and Qobuz, 7Digital & other sites like those go away. Then there will literally be no way to buy anything - on CD, or WAV format, or mp3s. Literally, the record labels will choose to have ZERO record sales - just streaming royalties. For people that want some permanent digital format, what will be left to do? Record off YouTube, Spotify and sites like that?? Will that day come, guys? |
Posted By: westofrome
Date Posted: 04 April 2024 at 7:32am
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Like a lot of people, I think, I've long left behind CDs
and mp3s, and enjoy a mix of streaming (Spotify) and vinyl collecting. It's true that things come and go from streaming and there's plenty that has never been available. On the other hand, I have access to an unfathomable amount of music at a very low price - and for fans of pop singles, a regular stream of reissues with single edits released all the time. For me, that's a reasonable trade-off. But I'm just an enthusiast and not someone who needs professional access to specific files at specific times. Shameless plug, I've got a playlist on Spotify where I'm adding every 80s charting pop single and/or single pick across the three US trades, with single edits preferred. I'm only through mid-April 1980, but I add songs most days and plan on periodically checking for missing songs and single edits and refreshing the list (just re-added Neil Young's live Cinnamon Girl, which was a pick). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PC0rpT8Hh8uH4FV69tZCo |
Posted By: whyaduck
Date Posted: 10 April 2024 at 10:15am
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I have 100% totally embraced SELF Streaming via playback of rips of my CD, SACD, Vinyl from my on-premises NAS devices.
The question is that really considered streaming? P.S. Yes I do have off-site back-ups that are never more than 2 weeks behind in data. |
Posted By: Todd Ireland
Date Posted: 24 April 2024 at 12:09am
This. Warning: Do not ever become so complacent that you think you can rely solely on streaming services for all your music listening needs. Any songs that you do not physically own a copy of -- or at the very least have a lossless file copy securely saved and stored away on a hard drive -- are absolutely subject to being taken away from you at any point and time in the future by "the powers that be" (whoever they are at any point and time)! |
Posted By: Hykker
Date Posted: 24 April 2024 at 4:36am
Yeah, same here. I can't think of a single reason I'd want to use Pandora, Spotify, etc. when I can put together my own playlists. I don't own any "mobile devices" so those services are minimally useful to me anyway. For listening while driving I take a slightly different approach...I put together these mix files using a freeware program called Zararadio. I won't go into the boring details, but I'll let it run in roughly one hour segments, run thru some audio compression and saved as mp3 files that I'll put on a flash drive. Since I'm an old-line radio guy, I'll have a jingle every 2nd or 3rd song, helps with what could be some trainwreck segues.
Yeah. Bad enough with tv streaming services, they never seem to fail to drop a series just as I'm getting into the middle of it. I don't know if the paid services are as bad, but the Roku channel is notorious for this. Sometimes a show will return at some later date, sometimes not. |