I was supposed to make this post exactly a week after the original post but I’m too impatient, so I’m doing it RIGHT NOW. Because it’s my fucking blog.
As of literally today (current date) (yes I’m doing this bit again) my music library has reached a whopping 87 GB!
I know you’re going to ask “how the fuck”, and I will answer. Basically, from the very beginning, I was always going for downloading FLAC files for the highest quality, since I figured, if I’m going to download music, I might as well go all the way. Yes, that includes hi-res FLACs with 96kHz and all that jazz. Plus, I do listen to a variety of music and artists so I tend to switch often, hence the amount of albums and songs.
Some of you will rightfully point out that it can be difficult to tell the difference between lossy and lossless, and it’s true. I can barely tell between FLACs and MP3s or even streaming via Spotify. Ultimately, it boils down to me being more happy if the files are lossless and in higher quality, hence my insistence on downloading all of the music in this format. Yes, this does mean it takes up a hellaloalaolot of space compared to an MP3 library, but I don’t really mind personally.
(My epic music setup. I think it fits the various metal albums that are on there.)
As for Spotify? …I still use it. Yes, I know, I LIED like the evil gremlin I am, but to be honest it’s very difficult to manage such a library elsewhere, and I’ll explain why. Essentially, my main ways of acquiring music go between Bandcamp and Soulseek (really fucking good app, btw), and while I can download stuff from Bandcamp just fine, synchronizing the whole library on my phone is basically impossible, unless I redownload or transcode EVERYTHING into MP3, since most of my music is in FLAC and comes from Soulseek or even torrents. And since a lot of stuff I listen to is on Spotify already, since it’s mostly from labels, I still use it for when I’m out and about. Sometimes there are exceptions, but I typically either download them on my phone anyway, or more likely, I use YouTube and move on.
Of course, me using Soulseek doesn’t mean I completetly gave up on Bandcamp. I still buy and plan to buy more albums from there when my monetary status allows me to, but for now, the vast majority of music I obtain is from Soulseek, due to the confusing amount of music download websites and the very high prices they charge for the hi-res versions of albums on them. Plus, some of the stuff isn’t even on those websites.
(Did I mention I like Soulseek? My username is “Karkat”; feel free to browse and check out what I have so far.)
So, that is the status of my music library as of today. While I still use Spotify for portable devices, I’m a lot less reliant on it than I used to be, which I think is a net positive. The library will definitely continue to grow as I discover new music and replay some old favorites.
Aug 28 2023
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I was supposed to make this post exactly a week after the original post but I’m too impatient, so I’m doing it RIGHT NOW. Because it’s my fucking blog.
As of literally today (current date) (yes I’m doing this bit again) my music library has reached a whopping 87 GB!
I know you’re going to ask “how the fuck”, and I will answer. Basically, from the very beginning, I was always going for downloading FLAC files for the highest quality, since I figured, if I’m going to download music, I might as well go all the way. Yes, that includes hi-res FLACs with 96kHz and all that jazz. Plus, I do listen to a variety of music and artists so I tend to switch often, hence the amount of albums and songs.
Some of you will rightfully point out that it can be difficult to tell the difference between lossy and lossless, and it’s true. I can barely tell between FLACs and MP3s or even streaming via Spotify. Ultimately, it boils down to me being more happy if the files are lossless and in higher quality, hence my insistence on downloading all of the music in this format. Yes, this does mean it takes up a hellaloalaolot of space compared to an MP3 library, but I don’t really mind personally.
(My epic music setup. I think it fits the various metal albums that are on there.)
As for Spotify? …I still use it. Yes, I know, I LIED like the evil gremlin I am, but to be honest it’s very difficult to manage such a library elsewhere, and I’ll explain why. Essentially, my main ways of acquiring music go between Bandcamp and Soulseek (really fucking good app, btw), and while I can download stuff from Bandcamp just fine, synchronizing the whole library on my phone is basically impossible, unless I redownload or transcode EVERYTHING into MP3, since most of my music is in FLAC and comes from Soulseek or even torrents. And since a lot of stuff I listen to is on Spotify already, since it’s mostly from labels, I still use it for when I’m out and about. Sometimes there are exceptions, but I typically either download them on my phone anyway, or more likely, I use YouTube and move on.
Of course, me using Soulseek doesn’t mean I completetly gave up on Bandcamp. I still buy and plan to buy more albums from there when my monetary status allows me to, but for now, the vast majority of music I obtain is from Soulseek, due to the confusing amount of music download websites and the very high prices they charge for the hi-res versions of albums on them. Plus, some of the stuff isn’t even on those websites.
(Did I mention I like Soulseek? My username is “Karkat”; feel free to browse and check out what I have so far.)
So, that is the status of my music library as of today. While I still use Spotify for portable devices, I’m a lot less reliant on it than I used to be, which I think is a net positive. The library will definitely continue to grow as I discover new music and replay some old favorites.
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