Um, yup.
I do listen to a fair bit of radio (and I mean proper, be it FM or DAB, not internet radio) but normally for R4 type of interesting stuff. Which isn't always interesting. But for music, I like to listen to what I like in music not what some bloke (or lady) in a studio likes.
Occasionally, I want random music but usually, I want it from something I liked well enough to buy, or at least, pick from a playlist.
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
I've never actually used it. Something about either adverts and limited choice for the free option and adverse to paying for it directly.Do you Spotify, and will the price rises make you consider changing to a rival service?
I'm going to be honest and say a LOT of new music is crap. Maybe it's because I'm getting older and just know what I like, but have you listened to some of the stuff on the radio lately??!
Well I get the Amazon Prime access to music but find the app > streaming bluetooth to car stereo is pretty poor, doesn't continue when you get back into the car. I also have Apple Music which is a perk I get with my mobile which I happily pay for, that app just works seamlessly with bluetooth to car stereo and resumes when you get back into the car. It also works well with Siri so I don't have to start fiddling with the phone while driving. I wouldn't pay for it separately though.
If I wasn't lazy, I'd probably do the whole remote NAS thing and take all of my CDs out of the loft where they reside now and then put them on HDD. Haven't bought a CD since.... 2008?
There is literally only one radio station I listen to and it's Radio 4. I like it for the gardening / cookery segments. Sheesh, I must be getting old.
Just cancelled my family membership, £15 for multiple people was fine with me, I know a £2 increase isn't massive in the grand scheme of things but I'm only listening to the same playlists over, and over, and over, and over again so I decided to live without it!
I can't remember the last time I listened to the radio not in the car though - and then it's been absolute 80's lol
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Well, that can be done from streaming services too, but I absolutely don't have a ADC (Analog to Dgital Converter) or a USB cable to connect it to a PC, or software installed that will enable recording/editing, because that would be nawty. Also, I'm sure, given that I prefer music from the 60/70s era that it absolutely was recorded in such high quality, and that the quality of most streaming services (I exclude Tidal, etc from that) really absolutely, genuinely are so good, due to all that 50-yr old tech on the original recordings (*), that you utterly would loose huge goops of quality if you were to subject it to analog replay, then medium-res digitisation, and editing. So who'd want to? Any given that the total hardware outlay is about £20, it utterly isn't worth it.
Ahem.
(*) On a more serious note, I'm deliberately ignoring the fact that some of those 60/70s era recordings are, actually, pretty damn good, if you can get back to original masters for redigitisation. Not many people have access to such masters, and I sure don't.
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
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