I like Bandcamp. You can keep music you buy from it drm free. They do writeups on genres and cities and stuff that are (or at least feel like they are) written by real people.
It’s less of a brainless recommendation algorithm than Spotify , but I like my music to be a little more intentional anyway so it works for me.
I know when I buy anything from creative people I enjoy it gives me warm fuzzy feelings to know that most of the money I’m paying is actually going to the artists themselves and it really seems BandCamp gives the artists a decent deal. According to their site artists get around 82% of what you pay (much better than the fractions of a cent they’d get from you streaming their song elsewhere) and that’s not counting BandCamp Fridays (first Friday of the month) when they give the artists 100%.
That’s the issue i find with recommending Bandcamp unless people are looking for small bands or indie artists (its also great for game soundtrack albums etc).
It also has an old school music store with high quality, DRM free FLAC audio files (which are great for preserving/protecting your investment in audio/reconverting indefinitely to the “best” format for your devices for years to come) as well (and you get discounts in the music store for having the subscription).
I’ve always used YouTube Music (well, Play Music before the brand change). It may be terrible though and I don’t even know it since I’ve never tried anything else. Suits my purposes though. No ads and download as much as I like.
If you just want to listen (you can download for offline listening) have a look at Radio Paradise
If you just want to listen and like prog then Morow
Both of these will give you masses of new stuff to listen to.
I have used Jango on android for around 10 years. Tonnes of artists, no ads. You just have to listen to the occasional independent artist and accompanying voiceover.
Im a big fan of Pandora. I like listening to lots of different genres and discovering random music and the pandora app is pretty good for that. I have channels for everything from bossa nova to classic country to alternative and they do a great job of recommending stuff that I would never find on my own. It runs through android auto and on my pc so I basically have it playing all the time.
In similar news, does anyone have a good replacement to Stitcher? Only a few days left and I’m really upset. First RiF now Stitcher. It’s been a bad summer.
In other news, does anyone recommend any other music streaming platform? Spotify just doesn’t recommend me anything good anymore
I like Bandcamp. You can keep music you buy from it drm free. They do writeups on genres and cities and stuff that are (or at least feel like they are) written by real people.
It’s less of a brainless recommendation algorithm than Spotify , but I like my music to be a little more intentional anyway so it works for me.
BandCamp also seems great for the artists.
I know when I buy anything from creative people I enjoy it gives me warm fuzzy feelings to know that most of the money I’m paying is actually going to the artists themselves and it really seems BandCamp gives the artists a decent deal. According to their site artists get around 82% of what you pay (much better than the fractions of a cent they’d get from you streaming their song elsewhere) and that’s not counting BandCamp Fridays (first Friday of the month) when they give the artists 100%.
As a small artist who uses bandcamp, its great. My split is 90/10.
I’ll check you out if you let me
Recomendations sound nice. Since I dropped actual radio I have a hard time discovering new bands and genres that I’m interested on.
They do articles like this one https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/texas-hard-rock-bands
I’ve found some gems from their writeups.
Dies Bandcamp offer JPop?
It might. Not my genre so I’m not sure. It tends to be indie and smaller labels on Bandcamp.
That’s the issue i find with recommending Bandcamp unless people are looking for small bands or indie artists (its also great for game soundtrack albums etc).
Qobuz is a really great platform.
It also has an old school music store with high quality, DRM free FLAC audio files (which are great for preserving/protecting your investment in audio/reconverting indefinitely to the “best” format for your devices for years to come) as well (and you get discounts in the music store for having the subscription).
Tidal is ok for me
Tidal has done well for me. Have to get your podcasts elsewhere, though.
I get them on antennapod. It’s great. Free and open source too. Pulls from multiple locations.
I’ve always used YouTube Music (well, Play Music before the brand change). It may be terrible though and I don’t even know it since I’ve never tried anything else. Suits my purposes though. No ads and download as much as I like.
If you just want to listen (you can download for offline listening) have a look at Radio Paradise If you just want to listen and like prog then Morow Both of these will give you masses of new stuff to listen to.
I have used Jango on android for around 10 years. Tonnes of artists, no ads. You just have to listen to the occasional independent artist and accompanying voiceover.
Im a big fan of Pandora. I like listening to lots of different genres and discovering random music and the pandora app is pretty good for that. I have channels for everything from bossa nova to classic country to alternative and they do a great job of recommending stuff that I would never find on my own. It runs through android auto and on my pc so I basically have it playing all the time.
Deezer.com
128kbps vs Spotify 160kbps.
I’d recommend either Tidal or Qobuz. If you end up buying albums instead I would also recommend Roon (not a streaming service).
In similar news, does anyone have a good replacement to Stitcher? Only a few days left and I’m really upset. First RiF now Stitcher. It’s been a bad summer.