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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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[–] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Download everything that would upset you if it were no longer available forever starting tomorrow.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

With a long, varied list of select internet radio stations, you can choose what genre (or special weekly show) you want to listen to at the moment. Picked by people, not algorithms. Keep a playlist of the stations you like best, startup your player (like VLC) with the list, and pick the one you're in the mood for.

Or you could just collect mp3s locally for choosier days, dump a bunch of them into VLC, listen to them in album or random order. In either case, at no cost.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 2 points 9 months ago

If I hear a song I like in a movie, game or other media I add the song and the discography for the artist to the downloader.

Once I have some free time I listen through those songs and filter out everything I don't like.

The rest gets added to my collection. I never delete songs unless something slipped through like a short interlude.

[–] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What a weird question. I download music I like. Sometimes I buy stuff on Bandcamp or download from YT. I don't use Spotify and I'm an album/artist listener. Am I missing something here? Do people not have personal music libraries any more? Do people now just listen to whatever bullshit Spotify randomly plays? If so, that's sad.

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[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

If I hear a song and like it, that works, I'mma download it since shitty rural internet, I may not be able to listen to that song on demand.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

Whenever I get files in higher quality than you'd normally get from e.g. YouTube Music or Spotify. Currently I'm at a just 9.2 GiB library, but whatever, I don't listen to music too often anyway

[–] kreel@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I highly recommend Hype Machine for properly new and sometimes unexpected music. Downside is that you need to sort through some stuff you might not enjoy but upside is pretty solid when you find a new artist! More organic than any of the prediction-based discovery apps.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Usually go for More obscure rare stuff like video game sound tacks and underground lesser known artists that I find. Eventually, the top ones that pique my interest I will end up buying physical copies or purchased digital files because I wanna show My support.

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