Spotify Premium - yay or nay? What music services do you pay for?

Danhedonia said:
A small, impulsive purchase at Costco has really been an eye opener. TLDR: In 2017 I had a seizure, am fat/out of shape, and wanted a fitness tracker. The law of unintended consequences here has been truly great. In one week I've already received a ton of benefits.

- Desired assistance with renewed fitness efforts. By using gentle reminders that I'm sitting doing nothing, Fitbit has really motivated me. YMMV, but having numbers looking up at me makes a big difference. The data also contributed to some positive thinking in terms of incremental gains.

- It's attractive. Well ... I mean, I'm wearing it. I don't it to be ugly. But the various clock faces ... are really, really nice.

- The Wired Life. It's nice to skip crappy songs on Spotify from my watch. It's surprisingly nice to see texts on my wrist, too. It's not that it's "easier," it's just a break from always looking at my phone's screen (IMO a nuisance, albeit a necessary one, in this day and age).
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The first thing I've done when getting a new fitness tracker/running/gps watch is always to make sure all smart watch capabilities are turned OFF - I only grudgingly accept that texts/various other notifications pop up on my phone; I definitely don't want them on my wrist. But! to each their own!

(music control I could see being useful, but I've never gotten a watch with that capability)
 
I buy CDs and vinyl
I scan my CDs into iTunes
I listen to LA radio stations
I still have CD players in both my cars and boat, in addition to wireless streaming from my phone


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jbj said:
This. I decided to run my weekly selection off the back of this thread last night (haven't done it for a while tbh) and I ironed for well over an hour listening to brilliant music from artists I'd never heard of before.

There's times I can sit out in the hot tub for, literally, hours listening to a recommended selection without skipping a track - it's that good at it, for me anyway.
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Yeah, I never heard Grace Potter before this Spotify thing my co-worker is going through. There is a lot of good music out there...it just isn't 'on the charts'. Not to say that it never is but hey, I could pick a top 40 loaded with substance instead of fluff.
 
I used to pay for spotify premium
Now since I already pay for Amazon Prime, I just use their streaming. Currently have 6,673 songs in my library

The one gotcha is they're always moving music between the free w/ prime and unlimited subscription service so your library is often changing.
 
Lerxst said:
I used to pay for spotify premium
Now since I already pay for Amazon Prime, I just use their streaming. Currently have 6,673 songs in my library

The one gotcha is they're always moving music between the free w/ prime and unlimited subscription service so your library is often changing.
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Deal breaker. Google capped the # of uploads (I think) at 20,000 (I think), which meant I had to pick and choose. I'd do a few hundred at a time, and had a process that made it pretty easy and non-time-consuming. But losing any work like that would really irritate me, and if I upload a tune I actually mean to have it to listen to. I don't want to be seeing some sad-face emoji.

As the proud owner (sarcasm) of a Samsung A50, I feel like I should be able to simply dump a boatload of mp3s on to a micro-SD card and call it good, but I haven't bothered (yet).

All in all, though, an eye opening experience and really nice.
 
Just Sirus, for the half doz channels I like.
Everything else comes from free internet sources, or my cd and album collection.
 
I pay Spotify premium to listen to tracks without ads. But among the best music services, I can also highlight Apple Music. I have a subscription to these two apps. I like being able to listen to tracks, podcasts, and audiobooks for a minimal monthly fee. When I pay for a subscription, I thank the artists for their creative masterpieces. You know that all artists get paid for the number of plays. So, now it's very important to use marketing services to promote your talent on different platforms. For promotion on Spotify, artists use the service https://streamingfamous.com/buy-spotify-plays/.
 
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The Amazon Music family plan unlimited just went to $15.99. Still not terrible for 5 people to all have unlimited music.
 
Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube Premium (also a patron to a few YouTubers), and a few independent/online stations that I donate to.
 
Free Spotify. I grew up with radio, I'm used to ads and I just kind of tune them out. I only use it for a couple of hours a day walking the dog so it's background noise. I like free stuff
 
I’m probably going to drop Amazon and switch to Apple Music soon. Amazon keeps fucking up their Android app and I’m tired of bugs, instability, and stupid new features in an app that should be dead simple.

Apple, on the other hand, has a new app just for classical music. I’m excited about this because finding classical albums can be a PITA on streaming. The artist on classical albums can be the conductor, the orchestra, or the composer. One album might be two symphonies with 4 before 3. Russian composers names come in two or more spellings because different transliteration systems have been used over time. Selections from a work can be found on SEO compilation albums that were created just to take advantage of these problems. It’s a fucking train wreck that should have been fixed years ago.
 
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