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user-inactivated  ·  4247 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fifteenth Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Yeah. I try desperately to pay it forward by going to tons of (cheap) live shows and spreading the word about quality music. I just can't justify spending ten bucks on a digital download of this girl's band -- not when I want to buy 4000 other albums just as bad.

It sucks.





achughes  ·  4247 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know how you feel about Spotify et al, but I just got really into Rdio which is like 5 bucks a month for unlimited streaming with the added benefit of not handing all of your info over to Zuckerberg

user-inactivated  ·  4247 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mark Zuckerberg owns Spotify? Huh. I don't use it or streaming services like it -- I like having the music I listen to, and I don't like jumping through hoops to get it. I have found that using what.cd, uTorrent and foobar, no one gets any of my information, and I get the music. In turn, I spend a good amount of my time spreading the word on new artists in various ways, and use on live shows the small portion of my income allotted to music-related purchases.

achughes  ·  4247 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought Zuck owned Spotify, but I just looked it up and apparently I was wrong, but Spotify is still pretty friendly with FB. I felt the same way as you about wanting to have my music rather than use a streaming service until I found Rdio. Switched over to ease my conscious (not really) since I've never be great about promoting the stuff that I listen to or going to shows.

Really I just switch for the slick interface.

JTHipster  ·  4247 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Makes sense.