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    [–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I just keep downloading albums of MP3s like I have since the late 90s. It used to take hours and half the songs were mislabeled and real sketchy quality. Now, it takes seconds to download an entire album, and they're almost always correctly labeled and high quality. I tried Spotify for a while, but it really seemed like it was for attention span deprived people who want something different every song. Gimme full albums any day.

    [–] ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Eh, I'm a full album guy (Pink Floyd ftw) but I still enjoy Spotify. I've been introduced to a lot of good music I probably wouldn't have found otherwise, and sometimes I'm just not in the mood to commit to a full album.

    [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

    I like the concept of original spotify, but this new one where they give joe fuckwit rogan billions and then screw musicians around for fractions of a cent per playback kinda turned me off of their model.

    [–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Maybe I used it wrong, but I joined for a few months, and just used it to search up artists I already knew and listen. And then, I found it less convenient than my MP3 collection which easily fits on an SD card or my phone's drive. I only very periodically search for new music. And I usually end up obsessing over one artist for a long time before moving onto another. We're talking months to years. I've been listening to almost nothing but Rush for a few months now. I was never a fan growing up, but decided to give their whole discography a fair shot. Now, I can't stop listening to Rush.

    [–] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

    Something you may be interested in is the "Artist Radio" feature. You start out by searching artists/song you know (like you said you already did) and then it will search out other artists that you may enjoy.

    I've been introduced to a ton of great artists from all over the world this way. It's one of the coolest features of the platform

    Yeh I feel you, I used to be the same way actually. Gradually over time my habits changed and now I look forward to the Discovery playlist each week. But I totally get where you're coming from, I used to just listen to the same artist over and over ha ha.

    [–] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    What are you finding works well for that?

    I download quite a bit from YouTube, but sometimes the quality is variable

    [–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Anything remotely popular will end up in a torrent somewhere. Anything harder to find, there's Soulseek.

    [–] LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

    Didn't know about Soulseek, thanks :-)

    [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Now, it takes seconds

    Maybe if you have fast internet

    [–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

    True. I am biased because I've lived in Korea the past twenty years. Internet access is ridiculously fast, cheap, and ubiquitous here.