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What did you just listen to?

I use Amazon music that comes free with an Amazon Prime membership. You don't download the music, you just listen to whatever you want.
The problem is you're then at the whim of the artist/label/Amazon and/or licensing issues....
I use Spotify for the daily stuff, however I have digital copies of most of my catalogue, I've found either geo-blocking, label/estate/rights spats etc.

Take Pantera for example, they have 4 albums that are disowned by the group and are a PITA to get a hold of, Spotify doesn't have them, nor is it readily available through retailers (last I checked)...
Bloodywood no longer have their covers, which is what put them on the watch list for a LOT of their non-Indian fanbase, on Spotify either.

Then you have the various artists, soundtracks and the like, where it's jarring to have a track in the middle missing due to licence/rights etc.

Not knocking streaming, just pointing some of the limitations and artificial BS that comes with it....
We used to buy and own when 'purchase' meant 'purchase', not 'rent'.
 
I use Amazon music that comes free with an Amazon Prime membership. You don't download the music, you just listen to whatever you want.

The problem is you're then at the whim of the artist/label/Amazon and/or licensing issues....
The real problem with streaming services (for me) is that the sound quality is really just shit. If you have the album, either as CD or in a lossless format (which amounts to the same thing), you have all of it, rather than the watered-down predigested audio mush that younger generations have been brought up with. And yes, you get to keep it when the streaming service no longer thinks it's trendy.

The other issue I have with Spotify et al is that treating music as merely part of an algorithmic playlist consigns it to a role of being just a commodity that whines away in the background, rather than something you consciously listen to. If you play an album, you're hearing a program that the artist has selected for a reason.
 
The real problem with streaming services (for me) is that the sound quality is really just shit. If you have the album, either as CD or in a lossless format (which amounts to the same thing), you have all of it, rather than the watered-down predigested audio mush that younger generations have been brought up with. And yes, you get to keep it when the streaming service no longer thinks it's trendy.

The other issue I have with Spotify et al is that treating music as merely part of an algorithmic playlist consigns it to a role of being just a commodity that whines away in the background, rather than something you consciously listen to. If you play an album, you're hearing a program that the artist has selected for a reason.
Sadly, I use Spotify throughout the day as a means to block out the noise, it's so I can tune out of that which distracts me from the tasks at hand.
I'm 100% with you on the 'quality' of audio that comes with streaming, other media as well, however to a lesser extent..
The stuff I truly love, I own on physical media where I can, if it's out of print, I have it on a drive or have written it to disc somewhere...

I've found Spotify has a way of completely destroying artists for me, like the fact that I have now Black listed: Eric Clapton, Allan Sherman, Dire Straits, to name a few..
I used to just block the one or two 'chart toppers' but the blasted thing would just find another version of the song and slap it in.... yesterday I had 3 different versions of 'I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond' come on in the space of an hour, along with two versions of another song I can't think of in a different recommended playlist.
I think I'm on the way to parity between 'liked' and 'blocked' songs..
 
The problem is you're then at the whim of the artist/label/Amazon and/or licensing issues....
I use Spotify for the daily stuff, however I have digital copies of most of my catalogue, I've found either geo-blocking, label/estate/rights spats etc.

Take Pantera for example, they have 4 albums that are disowned by the group and are a PITA to get a hold of, Spotify doesn't have them, nor is it readily available through retailers (last I checked)...
Bloodywood no longer have their covers, which is what put them on the watch list for a LOT of their non-Indian fanbase, on Spotify either.

Then you have the various artists, soundtracks and the like, where it's jarring to have a track in the middle missing due to licence/rights etc.

Not knocking streaming, just pointing some of the limitations and artificial BS that comes with it....
We used to buy and own when 'purchase' meant 'purchase', not 'rent'.

I have no idea what you are talking about as I've never had any of those issues, and besides, I couldn't care less if I own it or rent it. I find an artist or album I like, and I steam it without a problem. It's just the same as listening to the radio but without the ads or newsbreaks

The real problem with streaming services (for me) is that the sound quality is really just shit. If you have the album, either as CD or in a lossless format (which amounts to the same thing), you have all of it, rather than the watered-down predigested audio mush that younger generations have been brought up with. And yes, you get to keep it when the streaming service no longer thinks it's trendy.
I totally agree, but I mainly use Amazon music when I'm in my car. Even though it's got a very good quality bang & olufsen system, you are never going to get faultless sound with a V6 Turbo diesel and all terrain tyres in the background :ROFLMAO:
 
I totally agree, but I mainly use Amazon music when I'm in my car. Even though it's got a very good quality bang & olufsen system, you are never going to get faultless sound with a V6 Turbo diesel and all terrain tyres in the background :ROFLMAO:
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