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Big time Spotify user. I mean, you have everything at your fingertips. It's so easy to sample bands, pull up old favorites, and their catalog is outstanding. I love making mix tapes playlists that are so hassle free.

I think my biggest issue is more philosophical. I'm obviously not buying a fraction of the music I used to buy. I pretty much only get a physical CD of my favorite bands, but I gotta wonder how long that's even going to last. I was burning CD's to my iPod and putting them downstairs to be forgotten. My ride to work isn't very long, so it's not worth fumbling with CDs. It's just as easy to listen to Spotify, but it's usually sports or news radio.

The other thing is that Spotify has made my listening way more casual. Buying a CD is making an investment, and getting a return forced you to LISTEN, and then listen again. I just feel way less invested in what I'm listening to. Now that my kids are grown, I have a lot more time for listening, but even now, I'm not as listening focused as I'd like.
 

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Big time Spotify user. I mean, you have everything at your fingertips. It's so easy to sample bands, pull up old favorites, and their catalog is outstanding. I love making mix tapes playlists that are so hassle free.

I think my biggest issue is more philosophical. I'm obviously not buying a fraction of the music I used to buy. I pretty much only get a physical CD of my favorite bands, but I gotta wonder how long that's even going to last. I was burning CD's to my iPod and putting them downstairs to be forgotten. My ride to work isn't very long, so it's not worth fumbling with CDs. It's just as easy to listen to Spotify, but it's usually sports or news radio.

The other thing is that Spotify has made my listening way more casual. Buying a CD is making an investment, and getting a return forced you to LISTEN, and then listen again. I just feel way less invested in what I'm listening to. Now that my kids are grown, I have a lot more time for listening, but even now, I'm not as listening focused as I'd like.
Good points and each to their own, still desire physical copies to own here(already armed with a 12 album shopping list for the big smoke) listening via Spotify is an aid to graze through music.... which sometimes I feel disrespectful to the artist... I'm like the needle in the album groove (stuck)
It also depends on the trip, or where I am-in the workshop there is an 8-track,and a garrard deck and peaveys.. with monitors etc... In the shack there is an old Teac reel to reel.
The lads are all ear buds and cells-can't beat the old 88's.
 

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Good points and each to their own, still desire physical copies to own here(already armed with a 12 album shopping list for the big smoke) listening via Spotify is an aid to graze through music.... which sometimes I feel disrespectful to the artist... I'm like the needle in the album groove (stuck)
It also depends on the trip, or where I am-in the workshop there is an 8-track,and a garrard deck and peaveys.. with monitors etc... In the shack there is an old Teac reel to reel.
The lads are all ear buds and cells-can't beat the old 88's.
I understand the Disrespect argument. I just don't know what to do about it. Not listen?
I still try and buy my favorites, but it's more out of me being selfish than putting another $15 in Iron Maiden's wallet. It's just that with a physical CD...My laptop doesn't have a CD drive, so by the time I connect my disc drive, I can be halfway through the first song on Spotify. And TBH, my CDs are really just collecting dust. I am just never at a point where I lock myself in a room to listen to music and stare romantically at the art. Once my wife gets home, it's not like I'm listening to music on speakers, and if we're not having a conversation, I might have my headphones on while she does something else.

It was hard to go from CDs to Amazon mp3's, which I did for a while because it was a lot cheaper, but even those are expensive now, and I can't even hold anything in my hand. Why listen to an Amazon file I downloaded when I can listen on Spotify?

And speaking of supporting the artist.. for example, I bought Oh I don't know..let's say The Number Of The Beast for $10 in 1982. If I really want to support Iron Maiden, I guess they got my $10 40 years ago, but a spin on Spotify today does net them...something.
 

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