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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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A smaller, personally curated music collection is far better than unlimited streaming (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I personally love my collection (records, CD, digital) and enjoy sharing the experience with friends. I don't use streaming unless you count soma fm at work. Sure, I'll use YouTube to listen to some albums I don't own, but if I truly like it I'll buy or download it, usually on bandcamp or direct from artist if I can.

For me, I don't believe the human brain was ever made for this level of stimulation (we shouldn't really have 24/7 access to social media either. Go back to the "family PC" model). People have very little connection to music anymore becuase there's too much and its too easy to access. I can barely remember all the members names in my favorite bands or all their albums. There's little chance anyone even knows the artists of the millions of songs they're streaming, or the story behind them.

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Although I have family plans for both Spotify and Youtube, I only use my local itunes libraries for listening and curating my music.

All the tracks have their corresponding albums. All tracks except new ones are rated. A lot of my purchase goes to the artist (more if I buy from Bandcamp), and all my music is always available on planes, trains, road trips, and camping trips regardless of the status of the network.

It's also surprising how much stuff just isn't on streaming. I'd say about 10-20% of my library can't be found on Spotify.

I have tried Spotify and apple music for discovery but actually find it very difficult to get them to offer me stuff I don't already own or know about. In general I usually find out about new stuff from recommendations or forums or just following specific bands and musicians i already know.

I never plan to change owning my library .