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A smaller, personally curated music collection is far better than unlimited streaming
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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Understandable. I prefer the more human ways of discovering a lot of the time...buying random albums to see what they are, talking to friends about what they've liked recently , reading liner notes to see who produced or mixed and album and seeking out more things theyve produced (streaming ruined this, because you get zero liner notes now and no one gets any credits), going to shows to hear new music etc. Thats all part of what makes it so fun vs the al gore rhythm telling me what to like.
For probably >50% of artists I listen to, I never could have discovered them in record stores, either because they never had widely available physical releases at all, or only in their home countries. And my friends have pretty different musical tastes from myself.
Recently went through my parents' old vinyl record collection though, after fixing up their record player from the 70s. There's definitely something special about discovering music through physical media, looking at the album art, reading the booklets etc.
I found a small band from Canada that I remember seeing live in Nebraska back in the 90s or early 2000s And then completely forgot about them until two weeks ago. Artificial Joy Club - sick and beautiful.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0wmHSEaICAFVJAxZHeG8kQ
I like my collection - so I don't mind having my collection randomly played back to me - some songs more often than others, sure, but it's really nice to have some song you haven't heard in months just start playing without having thought about it. I also like having the option to "turn down" the frequency with which certain songs in my collection play.
Being able to add music to my collection easily - ambiently out of life, when experienced here or there in whatever contexts - is something that's still lacking in today's tools. They're still too profit focused, trying to build mega-hit monsters through brainwashing of the general public. No thanks.