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A mix of digital (bandcamp/7digital/pulled from CD - 1,132 albums currently) and physical media like records and CDs. Most of it from my ipod or from my computer which is hooked up to my hifi.
Favorite this month? Lots of Dropkick Murphys, Anciients, and Illumina A.D.
Sounds like your head is filled with music. (don't ask me why but Dropkick Murphys and The Real McKenzies are inextricably linked in my head [edit: probably because I keep mispelling Murphys])
Records, cds, bandcamp, nas, some reels of old stuff (expensive now but so much fun), internet archive.
My reel of S&G is one of the best sounding things ive heard as far as depth and realism. A lot of newer stuff lacks that and is fatigue inducing (and brickwalled) so I have to look hard for good music today.
A few cassettes but apart from the fun of them, the sound is of course awful. Im a realistic audiophile but cassettes dont and cannot sound good lol
Favorite band/group...id be here all day discussing that.
Always FLAC, I have 2 DAPs, Sony walkman and Hiby, Hiby is better, I rip my CDs and put the FLAC files in my DAPs, I also use streaming through qobuz when I'm in my laptop.
I love local media, especially vinyl, cassettes, and CDs. When they're not available, however, I'll listen to Sirius (Lithium!) or YTM or my local library of mp3s.
Streaming mostly, with a little vinyl now and then. A little bit of radio but even that's usually streaming over the internet.
Actually, now that I think of it I have a tape I need to run through another tape player to confirm whether the tape is broken, or my tape player is. Bought a Sons of Butcher demo with tracks I haven't seen elsewhere yet (have heard live) at a show a while back, played successfully once and now it doesn't. But I only have one of those kinda shitty vinyl+tape+aux+radio+bluetooth players you see on Amazon around christmas, so it's even odds which is busted.
Local media from PC with headphones usually. Otherwise from my phone in my car from local media or my DAP with headphones.
Usually with my ears.
No streaming. DAP loaded with mp3/flac/m4a/opus from ripped CDs and downloads then I make a few playlists or set random play on the while library.
A mix between MP3s, FLACs, and streaming through FOSS frontends to YouTube Music.
FM radio.
To be honest, I mostly don't listen to music. I do have a subscription to Spotify but I don't really use it. I'm not cancelling it because I'm on a Duo plan with my dad and he uses it a lot, really getting his money's worth.
So the only time I do listen to music is while driving, and then I just turn on the radio. (I also don't drive very often, I mostly use public transport.)
Setup: Tidal through USB Audio Player on my Samsung Galaxy S23 with an Audioquest DragonFly Cobalt DAC and Sennheiser IE 900 headphones.
Why: because I can taste the sound in my mouth
Some favorites: Erutan, Diana Panton, The Ink Spots, The 8-Bit Big Band, Dir en grey, Eluveitie, Aimer, Paramore, Shiina Ringo, Tokyo Jihen, Yorushika
I've been collecting vinyl for close to 20 years now. I didn't mean to but bands and labels were just trying to get rid of them in the mid 2000s so I got a dozen or so free records when preordering CDs. About half of them were not on any other format at the time so I got a record player.
So I mostly listen on that when at home or use volumio as a multi room playback system to stream off qobuz or from a local library on my NAS. I did get into cassettes during the pandemic and do find them rather entertaining.
Favorite band is easy, its Guided by Voices. As for why I can't really say except that they rock. You have to be able to see the brilliant uncut pop gems through the lofi tape hiss. Pretty much all their best stuff sounds like a first take demo tape.
Streaming. Mostly YouTube music, some Bandcamp, all legal. Headphones at work, speakers at home. Favorites are many, old and new music, last couple of years it's been Fontaines DC I think, they are just so good, sitting at the intersection of rock & punk & melodic with such awesomely poetic lyrics and the underlying thread of despair of all Irish music.
Recently bought a DAP (Digital Audio Player) and started downloading to distance myself from Spotify’s increasingly intrusive push of AI-riddled music and podcasts. Large commercial artists are torrented, while smaller bands’ music off of bandcamp and qobuz.
I still have my Spotify account to reference songs that I’ve bookmarked, but since I ended my subscription I no longer use it frequently enough to discover new music as I detest ads. Now I discover new music throughs combination of falling down youtube rabbit holes, and browsing various lemmy communities, /c/eternalplaylist@crazypeople.online (I forget how to link communities. I’m also considering checking out last.fm and other music services like that.
Bands I've been enjoying lately:
I'm also looking forward to purchasing the new Paper Kites album when it releases in January. :)
Apple Music. If I like it I’ll buy it from places like bandcamp, or acquire it if I can’t buy it.
Generally Spotify but I’m looking to ditch it for another similar services bc I can’t take their crap anymore (fucking YouTube kid like feature I cannot block, audiobooks…). I insist on paying so that eventually, even if only a portion of, I pay artists. Also I have yet to find alternatives for finding new / matching songs.
On the side I recently acquired a record player. I like to have a physical media. Makes music more tangible for the kids as well. Make us listen to whole albums as well so it’s a different take than what Spotify offers.
Files downloaded from Soulseek and Bandcamp. Supplemented by Metrolist.
Amen. On my phone for now, juggling storage space for flac files.
I'm hanging on for Fiio/ Snowsky to release the next version of the Echo Mini, which I'm crossing my fingers for metal body and removable battery.
These days, I avoid Spotify, or anything else with their ridiculous advertisements. I used to pay for Spotify but they charge so much for paying so little to the artists that I didn't want to support them anymore. Not to mention that I truly dislike this algorithmic world we live in, where things are "recommended" for me, but it's part of an endless conveyer belt of things being sent my way when I didn't ask for it.
I'm working on getting a record player so I can just intentionally play the music I want. I also like the physicality of it. It feels easier to dive into the artist's vision of the album as a full experience.
My music library on my PC, often SoundCloud, in phases YouTube Music, or online radio streams.
I pretty much always have music running, unless I actively do something that has relevant audio.
With my ears
I have my music on my nextcloud instance and nextcloud music app and stream it on my phone using any ampache client
Mostly stuff I bought from Bandcamp. It's drm free, but for convenience I usually let it stream from the app.
I also have a bunch of mp3s from older purchases I listen to sometimes, but I don't have a media server set up so that's mostly limited to my desktop.
Sometimes I'll pull up a specific track on YouTube, but that's mostly for "do you remember this song?" stuff. Adblock and the "resume playback from lock screen" make it bearable.
Never streaming or radio. I like to choose what I want, and want uninterrupted play (not reliant on internet), when I want, and often prefer stuff where all or most of the album is good, so I listen mostly in order and almost never shuffle.
Mostly mp3's on whatever works for the device. Phone mp3's, USB for game console and car. Sometimes vinyl. Even record the vinyl's sometimes so I can play the vinyl mix anywhere since vinyl's tend to be mixed differently.
Used Spotify until recently, but cancelled my premium subscription after the recent price hike as well as the increasingly prevalent AI content. I'm now trying to build a local library of mp3 files. Not sure if I won't resubscribe to Spotify at some point though, as I find music dicovery quite difficult without it.
idk if ListenBrainz has this, but I know for a fact that lastfm has a big discovery function. You can import your spotify listen history and start scrobbling from there, and you're bound to find new artists!
I stream FLAC on Qobuz. Sometimes I listen to CDs. My favourite band is Rush, I love Neil Peart's lyrics along with how great the three of them are at their respective instruments.
I generally use my ears to listen to music.
Seriously though, between Orpheus, Soulseek, and Bancamp I have a large library and I paid for a Plex pass years ago, so I use Plexamp on mobile and PC. Pretty pleased with it, and it even has scrobbling support for last.fm and support in Maloja+Multi-scrobbler.
A mixture of hard-drive storage and streaming.
Vinyl and cds. Mostly vinyl. I do stream albums I consider buying in physical form, just to check out if the expense is worth it to me.
Currently rip my CDs and then listen on my phone/PC as digital music. I also pirate music from artist I find problematic to avoid supporting them, and pirate old music I used to listen to which I plan to purchase later (not really in the position to buy all the music I've listened for free in my whole life, plus I feel like I've streamed them enough to support them, so I don't feel that guilty). My partner has vinyl records, so sometimes I listen to that, too. Also the ocassional concert when I can afford it, of course, I need that sweet live music.
My current favorite band... Probably Twenty One Pilots? I don't listen to a lot of bands lol, I mostly listen to solo artists, in which case my favorite artist is by far Ren.
I like Twenty One Pilots because they're like everything teen me would've loved. Specially a fan of Self Titled / NPI era. Raw garage-tier songs about your problems with God, and faith overall? Sign me tf in, I've had quite the history with religion.
And I like Ren because of his hard-to-label music style from song to song, while so very clearly being a Ren song, with all of his theatrics, lyricism, life struggles, cynisism, and a splash of religion. I've been following him for a while and it's amazing to see so far he's come.
Speaking of Ren and Twenty One Pilots... They're playing at a festival together next year (REN BARELY PLAYS LIVE)... And I can't fucking attend because it's in another continent. fuck me.
Large commercial Artists Music is downloaded illegally in various ways. Smaller Artists Music I buy via Bandcamp, Quboz or wherever else they offer it.
All Music is stored as Mp3 and Flac in a Filen Cloud from where I pull selected Titels and Albums onto my phone and into a Musicolet Playlist.
Current musical obession: Turkish Psychedelic Jazz
I mostly use Apple Music because I have it and it’s easy access to a huge catalog of artists. I started using a little cheap MP3 player in my car that’s loaded with old Punk o Rama compilation albums, some ripped from my own collection, but many were downloaded because they are hard to find now.
I found a bunch of good bands at my library, so I checked the cds out and ripped them to my PC. I also frequent thrift stores for cheap books and cds. I’m slowly learning how to set up my own home network and I’d like to stream my own stuff on the go, but I have a lot to learn before that.
My favorite band is Green Day. I fell in love with them when I was 10 and heard them on the radio in the early 90s. They were my introduction to punk music and were my lifeline during some really rough parts of my life. I survived because of the 1039 smooth album and Star Wars Pod Racer on N64.
mostly mp3s, but I also use iBroadcast to stream my personal library on other devices
favorite band is The Magnetic Fields, favorite album 69 Love Songs, favorite song "100,000 Fireflies"
Check out the Superchunk cover of 100,000 fireflies.
Sounds tight, I will.
Cassettes! And bandcamp
I listen on Deezer. I know, streaming is awful for the musicians but otherwise I would just pirate songs + I freeload on my friends family plan.
Currently I'm obsessing these artists:
You should know that Deezer is owned by a russian oligarch. I switched to Qobuz because of that.
Yeah, I was also "blessed" with this info via that post. Unfortunately, my friend most likely isn't that interested to change, since we also gave Tidal a go before Deezer because it's cheaper and supports artists a bit more, but its music library lacked an immense amount of Japanese artists, which was unusable for all of us. Qobuz apparently has a small library too, which won't work for my friend in practicality.
With our criteria in the streaming business we are basically left off with Spotify or Deezer. Pick your poison situation.