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Tried paid Amazon Music for a while. Previously we had Spotify Family, but our sponsor exited the plan. Lol.
I think if you’re mainly into music that you already own, then yes, it’s hardly worth it to pay for a music subscription. But if you enjoy newer music, or new releases from your favorite artists, then streaming the new albums instead of buying them is very convenient.I'm cheap but also I've paid for the same music several times already in the from of records, tapes, and CD's.
Now they want me to pay a monthly fee?
No, take a hike.
That won't cover everyone. There's also people that don't own all the music that they like, but it's NOT newer music. I don't care much about any music that's come out in the last decade or so, but I don't own all the good stuff from the old days.I think if you’re mainly into music that you already own, then yes, it’s hardly worth it to pay for a music subscription. But if you enjoy newer music, or new releases from your favorite artists, then streaming the new albums instead of buying them is very convenient.
Same here, re: discovering new music from the nudges Pandora delivers. I’m a long-time user of the Premium Pandora without ads. That, plus around 50 GB of legally copied music from the old CD collection I gave away and I’m good to go, lolThe free version of Pandora. I like the way they toss int their own ‘similar’ music when I play my favorite artists. I’ve discovered some good music from my middle age that I never knew existed.
Dang. I just donated about 100 new jewel cases to the local GoodWill. Used to use them for CD-Rs and DVD-Rs for computer backup, but that has gone the way of the dinosaur too. I recommend checking thrifts in your area or FB marketplace to see if you can find empty jewel cases and then retrofit the new sleeves into them.Got about 10 new CDs between my B-day and Christmas at the end of this year. Ripped them into iTunes on my computer to add to the 25,000+ songs that are already in there.
Still using iPods to listen to all that music at w*rk, while walking on the treadmill, and while in my truck.
My newest complaint: The cardboard sleeves that new CDs come in do not fit in my CaseLogic™ CD organizer trays. Here is a photo showing the difference in size:View attachment 53529.
DW & I were just talking about this. She found new jewel cases on Amazon in packs of 10 or 25. The problem is that the new sleeves do not fit into jewel cases unless I hack them up with a pair of scissors. I did that in the past with CD singles (remember them?) and regretted it. So for now, I'm just keeping the oddball new ones just standing up in front of the storage racks.Dang. I just donated about 100 new jewel cases to the local GoodWill. Used to use them for CD-Rs and DVD-Rs for computer backup, but that has gone the way of the dinosaur too. I recommend checking thrifts in your area or FB marketplace to see if you can find empty jewel cases and then retrofit the new sleeves into them.
I use Pandora - free version. I love it. I create my own stations and love that I can "tune" them to what I like by giving the thumbs up or thumbs down button. I love how the service introduces me to new music that aligns with my style.
DW feels the same way. But I feel different about this. I still buy CDs, although not as many as in the past. I own about 750 actual discs, but I have over 25,000 songs in my digital "library" (iTunes) on my laptop. (due to actual CD sharing from friends and cow*rkers over the last few decades of us having computers and being able to swap them between us and upload albums to our computers) Of those 25,000, I have a few different playlists of varying sizes, but my go-to playlist has about 2,200 of my "favorites" from all of those CDs.The worst thing about buying CD's or vinyl was that you end up with a lot of songs you never listen to, there are exceptions but most of the CD's I have I only like 2-3 songs on the CD.