How Do You Get Your Music?

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Bought a new (new to me) car the other week. First vehicle that is modern (it replaced my 27 year old Jeep) and has Bluetooth etc.... So my Smiths and Morrissey tunes blast out via Spotify. Adverts dont bother me that much......

Nigel Farage on guitar - nice.

 

[Barcon]

Finally!

Got tired of having to unplug the Dual after each use as it wouldn't shut off. I think I will finally peel the plastic off the Hunky Dory picture disc for the first spin.

 

[BimboBob]

Got tired of having to unplug the Dual after each use as it wouldn't shut off. I think I will finally peel the plastic off the Hunky Dory picture disc for the first spin.

Good man. I've now added a cd player and a tape deck. Full kitted out.

New units going in on Tuesday. Wall of records!!

 

[squirtyflower]

Good man. I've now added a cd player and a tape deck. Full kitted out.

New units going in on Tuesday. Wall of records!!

I bought the massive Kallax units from IKEA.
25 slots that are just tall enough and deep enough to take an album and it’s protective cover

 

[BimboBob]

I bought the massive Kallax units from IKEA.
25 slots that are just tall enough and deep enough to take an album and it’s protective cover

I've just got rid of the kallax I had. Replacing them on Tuesday with a made to measure built in wall to wall unit. Trebles my capacity. Plus there's now room for 7", CD's, tapes and a few books.

 

[squirtyflower]

I've just got rid of the kallax I had. Replacing them on Tuesday with a made to measure built in wall to wall unit. Trebles my capacity. Plus there's now room for 7", CD's, tapes and a few books.

Hahaha
I bought a bookcase and had some wooden inserts I bought years ago that fit the new bookcase. The inserts were originally for cds so fit perfectly.

 

[Barcon]

Just got my cd player out of the shed. It's all rusted, pitted and covered in raccoon shit and piss. Think I'll chuck it out with the old turntable. New ones aren't cheap either. You'd think they would have come down in price, not up.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

I’ve moved with the times and the times have moved to a more convenient and higher quality listening world for music.

No matter what record companies or the actual artists say; music is not about the artists earning money (and it’s certainly not about the record companies earning money), it’s about the music being listened to.

If artists are more bothered about earning money than they are their music being listened to, they’re in it for the wrong reasons.

I have Apple Music and listen to YouTube Music too. The genres I like and the “Recommended...” sections are where I find my music, as well as BBC Radio 6 Music (although that’s one downhill this year as it’s starting to get a bit mainstream).

I couldn’t be arsed with a vinyl collection. An old house mate of mine had thousands of them and they all just sat there idle most of the time. A total waste of money and space for such little usage. And really they don’t sound that good compared to digital music now (as long as it’s not compressed).

People say stuff like “but that crackle you get with vinyl, it’s that authentic sound you can’t get with digital music”... but there’s no crackle when you listen to a band live, there’s no crackle when you’re sat in a studio listening to them record an album.

You can’t warp digital music like you can vinyl, you can’t jam and ravel up digital music like you can a cassette when it gets stuck, you can’t scratch digital music like you can a CD.

The listening experience of music now is better than its ever been. And while a lot of people are lazy and don’t search for good music that’s out there and come out with the lazy and incorrect lines like “music’s not good anymore” “music isn’t like it used to be” “modern music is rubbish”... if you actually look away from the mainstream (which is and always has been shit), there’s a world of fantastic music out there that in decades gone by you’d never be exposed to. You just knew what you knew or what your mates knew or what John Peel told you about, and that was that.

I am no Luddite mate and all for advances in technology, but I have to disagree with the vinyl thing. My vinyl collection pretty much sound tracks my entire life. There is a life times worth of memories attached to it. Yes it has cost me a ridiculous amount of money considering a lot of them go for pennies now, but It has been worth every penny. Every record holds a memory and every vinyl collection tells a story.

I have a lifetimes worth of stories attached to buying vinyl, where as I don't have a single one from listening to Deezer in the car.

There was a lot of time, effort and love put into collecting my vinyl, but also a lot of pubs, clubs, gigs, festivals, mad nights out, new friends and partying to go along with it.

I use Deezer for ease, but I still get a buzz out of the postman knocking on with a new record.

There is a lot more to collecting vinyl than just buying records :-D

 

[BimboBob]

Just got my cd player out of the shed. It's all rusted, pitted and covered in raccoon shit and piss. Think I'll chuck it out with the old turntable. New ones aren't cheap either. You'd think they would have come down in price, not up.

Just bought a marantz cd player to go with my amp. Nice bit of kit for the price.

 

[anyoldblu]

Deezer for the family on many devices and a couple of smart speakers.

Also streaming to the proper HiFi with a Chromecast used for convenience and a turntable for proper music when I have the time and inclination to listen "properly".