I ditched Spotify because of THIS

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Today I'm discussing the four services I've been using to buy and actually own DRM-free music. Digital ownership is harder and harder to come by nowadays, and thanks to these sources of high fidelity music I was able to happily cancel my Spotify subscription and once again take control of my media consumption.
Let me know what you guys think in the comments!
Sites mentioned:
www.hdtracks.com/
www.qobuz.com
www.apple.com/itunes/
bandcamp.com/
0:00 Intro
0:58 Service #1
2:56 Service #2
4:18 Service #3
5:45 Service #4
6:51 Outro

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@MmntechCa 6 ай бұрын

I think as awareness grows about the pitfalls of this "you will own nothing" future, demand for physical and DRM-free digital will increase. Much like we saw with vinyl records a decade ago. I bought CDs recently for the first time in probably 20 years. Just rip them to your music player of choice, and the discs themselves will last forever if well cared for. No monthly fees, no concern about licenses being revoked or songs getting shuffled out rotation. An external Bluray drive is also a good investment.

@Nyhee 6 ай бұрын

Disc rot says hi🤪

@tadghcr2175 6 ай бұрын

Mostly agree! Having different backups can avoid different types of degradation. That's also why I wouldn't personally recommend iTunes without IMMEDIATELY backing up; Apple has taken back random tracks from albums I've bought in full before.

@Henkibojj 6 ай бұрын

@@NyheeDisc rot has mostly affected cheap CD-R and one audio CD pressing back in the 90's which I believe they compensated in full. Either way, burn it to bluray and you won't have any disc rot since it doesn't get affected by sunlight.

@coke8077 6 ай бұрын

Having the file itself is awesome but having the CD is even better. Along with the nice case and little booklets most CDs come with, you get an insurance on your music so that if your files get corrupted you can always go back to your physical CD and re-rip it. Plus no one can ever take it away from you just because a licensing deal or something expired.

@pandaitis0157 6 ай бұрын

Also if you don't wanna buy cds, you could check the library first before buying digital to see if they have it.

@ROSACEPONY 5 ай бұрын

I've grown by having music locally on my PC, i did tryed Spotify, Soundcloud, KZfaq but what i hate about these is that when you make a playlist and if a song in your playlist get removed, you will not know it.

@justafidemyself 6 ай бұрын

Spotify is great for discovering NEW music that I can BUY on physical mediums IF they are available. A lot of indie artists don't have their music on CD or Vinyl.

@MrPedromuriel 6 ай бұрын

annnnd if you cant buy them physically, its always nice to track down the artists bandcamp or website and buy the digital download.

@zaheeralghul2509 6 ай бұрын

This is what I do.

@khaldub 5 ай бұрын

Must depend on the genre. A lot of the indie hip-hop and drum and bass I listen to sell cassettes, CDs and vinyl through Bandcamp. Merch too!

@kevinh96 5 ай бұрын

Agreed, but another great source of new music is right here in good old KZfaq. I tend to spend an evening just clicking on recommended artists, then clicking on others recommended when playing that track and so forth. I end up down a rabbit hole and always find a new artists I really like. I'll then stream on Spotify to hear more of their stuff and end up buying the physical CD or even vinyl often direct from their website or via their label directly.

@CLOYO 5 ай бұрын

SoundCloud does this pretty good as well!

@domovoi_0 6 ай бұрын

BAndcamp is the boss. So much awesome music there and the writeups were the best in the industry. Sad the writing team got gutted recently. Love and blessings!

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

That’s such a bummer to hear. I’ll have to do more reading about that. Hopefully they don’t replace any of those people with AI writing! Thanks for your comment buddy!

@hclyrics 6 ай бұрын

As a musician myself, Bandcamp is THE best platform to purchase from if you want to support your favorite artists when buying digital.

@KevinJDildonik 5 ай бұрын

Bandcamp is dead. They were sold to conglomerate Songtradr, who immediately laid off tons of staff especially writers. It's just a countdown until other parts of the service you like are axed. Download your tracks and have an exit plan.

@EduFirenze 6 ай бұрын

I was pretty confortable with the all difital life until last week my town got hit with a massive storm, no internet for almost a week. No music, no movies and most games dont start without internet. That experience made me realize I own nothing I paid for.

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

Yes you don’t notice until it’s gone, I completely agree with you! Having some media you own is key for maintaining some emotional comfort/morale during outages like that.

@EduFirenze 6 ай бұрын

@@spencers-adventures funny enough, I took my sega genesis out of storage and had a blast. Glad I kept it.

@TheBlueGoldenHawk 5 ай бұрын

most single player games should be fine with no internet. But yeah I own most of my fave movies and games on disc

@polarvortex6601 5 ай бұрын

for this type of issues emulation can be your friend, you can play old systems on any modern PC nowadays. hell you can even do the same even on tablets and some high end phones

@kimutone2970 5 ай бұрын

Yep, worse with games as a service, they are borderline illegal. I embraced the pirate life a long ago when I realized they provided a better end product than the one I got by paying.

@sanjsahayam5271 6 ай бұрын

Bandcamp is amazing. There are some bigger artists on there as well.

@king_clueless 6 ай бұрын

Love Bandcamp. It's been around for ages but somehow people still finding out about it 😮

@FlameForgedSoul 6 ай бұрын

Sadly it's future is in doubt in recent days.

@JordanEstes 6 ай бұрын

I love this digital minimalism mindset. It’s such a refreshing take. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this!

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

I’m glad to hear your enjoyed it and thanks very much for the kind words!

@mooseymoose 6 ай бұрын

Bandcamp helped me find some of my favorite new artists; Dirtwire, Skinshape, Madison Cunningham, Kaitlin Aurelia Smith, Matthew Halsall, Descarte a Kant, so many! People say there is nothing new that is any good, but they just aren’t looking.

@crazyprayingmantis5596 6 ай бұрын

Skinshape is cool

@TheJackal917 6 ай бұрын

Gramps like me say that a lot.

@futsuu 6 ай бұрын

Bandcamp is superior!! I buy so many records and tapes.

@overlordh1254 6 ай бұрын

You ought to check out; The Budos Band, Khruangbin, and Men I Trust, if you like Skinshape.

@overlordh1254 6 ай бұрын

Domi & JD Beck are pretty damn good if you like jazz.

@dotapark 6 ай бұрын

I really wish movie industry to stop DRM digital and embrace what has been happened to the other media…I think movie pirates are booming because people can’t actually buy movies, but just rent them with streaming services…I was surprised when I found out even iTunes movies are locked in there platform.

@Henkibojj 6 ай бұрын

Just gonna put a niche solution out there for you to ponder: Buy or borrow CDs from the library, return or sell them to avoid clutter, but before that, rip them in lossless format and then burn them to BD-R. It's still "physical" though without the covers and everything, doesn't suffer disc rot, the discs are ¢50 each and hold 25 GB so great value per gigabyte. If my math serves me right, that's just under 2000 five minute songs in 320 kbps. And 200 ten track albums for less than a dollar isn't bad. If you really want to go the extra mile, you can scan all the covers and booklet pages too, even the CD, but by that point I think it's getting out of hand.

@BakouMOH 5 ай бұрын

I have over 300 full albums ripped from CDs to FLAC format on a 250 GB micro SD card and I still have plenty of room. ;)

@h.b.5577 5 ай бұрын

@@BakouMOH Do be careful with cheap flash storage, especially sd cards or flash drives, all too easy to have them die on you at the worst possible time with their limited write cycles and often low end components. It's always important to back up important data, but doubly so with a setup like yours where (I presume) the files are accessed quite frequently.

@toddjohnson616 5 ай бұрын

@@BakouMOHsell me a copy

@maxguy9623 6 ай бұрын

Something else I recommend is buying CDs you love, ripping them then reselling if you want to avoid clutter

@accountid9681 6 ай бұрын

ripping is legal, but reselling after ripping is illegal. Not to say that it's immoral, I'm not judging, just think people should be aware.

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

@@accountid9681no one can tell or prove that you previously ripped a cd that you just sold.

@CarbonatedTurtle 6 ай бұрын

I've gotta ask. Where is there a market for used CDs in 2024? People can't even give used CDs away anymore.

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

@@CarbonatedTurtle ebay? huge collections og cds might be worth quite a bit

@jacobkellyy1181 5 ай бұрын

There's plenty of people like myself who rather use CDs I myself am only 18 and love collecting old stuff like Casey's and CDs and record's@@CarbonatedTurtle

@dmilk 6 ай бұрын

Pro tip, your local library likely has those huge all timer albums which you can easily borrow and rip to your pc and then to your iPod!

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

That’s a great tip!

@MikeSparksMusic 6 ай бұрын

Dude! You beat me to it! I do this as well! I live in the Pittsburgh area and there are quite a few libraries I am able to check CDs out at in the county.

@asciicatface 6 ай бұрын

pretty sure that's illegal though

@overlordh1254 6 ай бұрын

@@asciicatfaceshhhhhhhhhh

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

I envy you. Libraries in my country don't have cds. They have DVDs though.

@mapl3mage 6 ай бұрын

one downside of buying music digitally from apple itunes store is that they sometimes remove non-music tracks. for example, audio commentary and audio drama.

@dynamiketiger 6 ай бұрын

Thanks to the user that mentioned HDtracks! So cool! ❤

@MyurrDurr 6 ай бұрын

I like Bandcamp too, most of the time you can buy any track individually from an album and it's fantastic cause I rarely ever listen to an entire album

@RobertLaneTech 5 ай бұрын

Some artists have stores on their own sites that carry CDs and Vinyls (ex. NIN, QOTSA). This takes out the middle men like Amazon, and sometimes they have albums in stock that aren't available elsewhere.

@anotherxyz 6 ай бұрын

I love bandcamp but worth noting that sometimes things can get pulled by the artist or bandcamp itself. I bought a discography from an artist and had several albums that just disappeared overnight. If you have songs and albums you love, BACK THEM UP.

@TheMikirog 6 ай бұрын

Doubly so if the artist is using samples from other music liberally! My ritual has been to download everything instantly after a purchase and I'm glad I made that my habit. It's also just cooler to have a file and listen to it with whatever player I want.

@Nummer6 6 ай бұрын

Nice video, but the 256 kbps AAC files that iTunes is selling are not lossless. That would be ALAC, which Apple is indeed streaming with an Apple Music subscription. But they didn't care about the store enough to upgrade those files as well. Too bad...

@yannisgk 6 ай бұрын

they are "lossy" but you can't really find a difference between them and a cd concerning sound quality....they are same as the 384(?)kbps mp3s.

@ryanz6370 6 ай бұрын

A lot of the “Apple Digital Master” albums on iTunes sound really good and in some cases more dynamic than the cd due to the mastering guidelines that are supposed to be followed to get the ADM mark

@x7universe76 6 ай бұрын

@@yannisgk some people can and some people can't. If you're using Bluetooth then you physically can't, because most codecs max out around 320 anyway, but if you are using wired headphones there is going to be a difference (although very subtle, but I can personally tell)

@yannisgk 6 ай бұрын

between cd and max bitrate aac??? no way, believe me!!!@@x7universe76

@bsnf-5 4 ай бұрын

For me even mp3 quality is fine..I don't care honestly. I listen to all music, in mp3, AAC and m4a and to be frank, it doesn't make that much of a difference

@matthewkeller4218 6 ай бұрын

I got logged back into an old iTunes account of mine and was pleasantly surprised to about 3.5k songs I purchased through the early 00's before Apple Music. Mos Def's The Ecstatic, which isn't on most streaming services. So cool these didn't go away!

@bassa8333 4 ай бұрын

That album was my reason for unsubscribing from Spotify, was able to find a Google drive link on reddit for it. Such a great album!

@microfighterz 6 ай бұрын

It helps that a lot of vinyl and cassette releases today also come with a link to let you download and own digital versions of the album you got in any format you want.

@liguy181 6 ай бұрын

I went back and forth on doing a cd collection or a vinyl collection. I went with CD so I can rip the songs to a flac file and put them on an mp3 player. I still use spotify, mainly cause I get it for free through my job, but it's nice having a physical collection of music I love

@CroakPad 6 ай бұрын

I use iTunes and Bandcamp to buy my music, as well as rip CDs to my computer.

@quas3728 6 ай бұрын

good video! I don't like idea of relying 100 percent on streaming. also I can manage my digital collection very easily with custom tags like genre. also bandcamp's article is interesting. I enjoyed their best beat tapes of the month series.

@justanotherpxrson 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for talking about iTunes. I used to be big into the apple ecosystem back when I was a kid, so I have music purchased on there but didn't know I actually owned it.

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

I think there’s a caveat there you want to look into. Back in the early days when you purchased music on there I’m not sure it was DRM free, but since Apple Music streaming etc they made the music in the iTunes Store DRM free. From google I found this “ The iTunes Store no longer uses DRM copy protection for songs and albums you purchase. However, you may still have DRM-protected songs in your digital music library if you bought them in 2009 or earlier.” Hope that helps, thanks for commenting!

@justanotherpxrson 6 ай бұрын

@@spencers-adventures I think I bought most of that stuff in 2011 at the earliest? Maybe even a little later than that. But thanks for the info!

@HexaDeciGaming 4 ай бұрын

You should've definitely included Beatport in the list. It also offeres music DRM-free, with you owning your purchased files. Beatport offers EDM originals and remixes, as it's mostly DJ-oriented store, but still pretty decent

@spencers-adventures 4 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard of them, but I’ll be sure to check it out! Maybe a future video is in need with some recos from the comment section because there is a few good ones I wasn’t aware of

@HexaDeciGaming 4 ай бұрын

@@spencers-adventures I myself bought a couple songs there, one of which being "Away From Here" by Kehele Keff

@bailey1368 6 ай бұрын

Wanted to ask if you have done or will do a video about digitizing your movies. I know you said you are big into VHS, but I also remember you talking about having a dvd collection you digitized a good chunk of.

@C.SchitzPopinov 6 ай бұрын

I've never had to "ditch" Rotify because I've never aquired a relationship with it in the first place.

@TheKingWhoWins 6 ай бұрын

That deserves a respectful handshake and an atta boy 🙏

@veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 5 ай бұрын

beautiful! they have become such a brain rot/culture rot lately since shadow-banning me and forcing ads disguised as real music on my premium account and constantly updating the app so much i never know how to use it anymore. what a scam.

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Fr💀

@PayneKilla94 6 ай бұрын

This is beyond helpful I appreciate the awareness. Quick question tho is thier a way to put the music I purchase on a flash drive of sorts despite tons of music storage?

@fudgecameron_ 6 ай бұрын

mate, how do you not have more subscribers! you are a great talker and seem to be a descent videographer. Maybe just sprinkle a nice jazz track in the back, but otherwise i quite enjoy this style of content! Keep at it, mate!

@zachb4047 5 ай бұрын

wanting access to all my music files everywhere I go eventually lead me down the Plex rabbit hole...and it’s well worth it!

@SpencersStuffTV 5 ай бұрын

I use Bandcamp and pro studio masters! Great video. My name is Spencer as well 😁 I still buy CD's and rip to flac primarily since CDs are so cheap

@DonnieHarkcom 6 ай бұрын

Stumbled upon your channel, love your stuff. Especially the iPod content. Are you on X, Threads, or Mastodon?

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

Not yet, just Instagram but it hasn’t contained channel related stuff as of yet, just more so life BTS. I may look into a text-based network like you mentioned in the future though. Glad you’re enjoyed the channel!

@ryanrodriguez1234 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I've been looking for something like this! Do you have any video recommendations for suggestions on media/music player apps for Apple, Android, and computers? I'm looking for something with exceptional organization capabilities and the ability to edit file metadata, etc.

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Music speed changer for mobile and i don't know for desktop💀

@bigrobotnewstoday1436 6 ай бұрын

Apple does tag their audio files so if a song gets on like a torrent site they can track down who leaked it.

@chisaten 4 ай бұрын

Bandcamp is the best to me. Something that I like is some of the indie artists do special sales. One of my favourites does a "name your own price" sale every few years, which is very trusting. Another one has an album that you buy once for like $100, but it includes all of his current and future albums. So far, I have more than 400 tracks of that artist.

@dynamiketiger 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! I will gladly buy music from an artist I like the old days but now digital, and especially since I know most the money will go directly to the artist! :)

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah bandcamp is especially good for supporting the artist, it’s a great platform!

@anarchodandyist 6 ай бұрын

Read the ULA about outright ownership. Some companies have been saying you have been purchasing a license for video games and video content. I know the format is different, but companies do the same tactics. Always have more than one copy of a download as access to the digital providers can change or be revoked.

@putai1234 5 ай бұрын

As long as the download isn’t drm protected you can download them and stash them/copy them/listen them to your hearts desire

@critic2029 6 ай бұрын

Sound Taxi. I used this back in the day to download my Zune collection… it uses the “analog loophole.” It’s been long establish that you’re allow to dupe music from the radio any source really. What is illegal is doing a straight digital to digital copy. So what sound taxi did was utilize the analog audio channel. Record the song as it played. Then it creates a new MP3 from that file. The only problem was that every song ended to play end to end.

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing!

@Tocy777isback0414 6 ай бұрын

In my country (Hungary) only Bandcamp is available due to geo restrictions, I wish they would bring in the other lossless music stores.

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

that's where piracy should help you. I feel you though, lots of good online stuff is blocked in my country too. I'm in Europe as well.

@Tocy777isback0414 6 ай бұрын

@@bsnf-5Yes, I do resort them from time-to-time, but would be nice to support musicians and bands that I like, especially the smaller ones.

@user-en5gu7nf4v 5 ай бұрын

I've been using my mum's old iPod for ages and idk why more people don't use it. i have over 5000 songs on it (some a lot of which are hers) and I've used barely a fraction of the space. I still support the artists by buying their merch and rewatching the (absolute masterpieces of the) music videos but i really miss people owning their media. Mp3 players are dirt cheap now so more people should adopt this. (I also sometimes listen to k-pop so i obviously own the physical albums so i can have pieces of cardboard with their faces on it :>) and the iTunes app is still great because i still use it to download to the iPod. Every song I listen to is on there.

@Madzguy007 5 ай бұрын

I still own an ipod that still works but has a cracked screen... Over the years, i have changed multiple PCs... I hate how apple forces you to use their app to be able to transfer music from your PC to Ipod or vice versa... Last time i tried connecting my ipod to a PC, it was trying to delete everything on my Ipod that i have collected over the years because it assumed i didn't own them.. I fkng hate apple because of this!

@kenkaminskyj3170 4 ай бұрын

@@Madzguy007 nstall "ROCKBOX" on your ipod and you dont need itunes to load files on it.ITS FREE ,running it on my 6th Gen Classic today 10/03/2024

@hifirulezzz 5 ай бұрын

The problem is a greed. They ditched media, physical stores, manufacturing, packaging, shipping and increasing prices after all. If files would cost $0.5 everyone would be buying, at least older generations. Youth is adopted to have everything and right now.

@samdmc04 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you included iTunes in here. It really doesn't have everything as you say, but it's really not bad at all! I still buy iTunes tracks here today, to DJ with at home and with friends.

@samdmc04 6 ай бұрын

And I use it on both macOS Sonoma and Windows - as well as buying on my iPhone, it's great. I use Bandcamp as my secondary service, and stream my general listening on Spotify, generally, unless I have it on my fairly extensive music server.

@flottenheimer 5 ай бұрын

Hi Spencer, what software do you use for the playback and organisation of your digital music library?

@spencers-adventures 5 ай бұрын

Right now I’m just using Apple’s Music app on Mac and IOS and I’ve been having a good time with that. I may look into another solution in the future but I’m liking this one for now!

@bassa8333 4 ай бұрын

I use Musicbee on Windows, and PowerAmp on Android, both work great. VLC for Android is also great.

@yevsey169 5 ай бұрын

I didn't expect to watch this video and found out this guy is also a Canadian into indie country and old folk / blues. We're out there!

@spencers-adventures 5 ай бұрын

Heck ya buddy! I think the indie country artists are some of the best kept secrets in the music industry right now. Sierra Ferrell, Billy Strings, Dean Johnson, they’re all greats. Gems On VHS and Western AF are doing the lords work with their channels. Thanks for the comment!

@Anon-qs2jd 6 ай бұрын

I just use Audials and record my FLAC tracks via Tidal. Def a grey area in the copyright realm but it works well for me. It will even auto-tag things for you and upload the metadata.

@DeafEars5723 5 ай бұрын

I use good old ITunes. I use Apple Music for almost anything I listen to (Mostly brostep and it’s many microgenres) so it’s great to find a great track, and then come home and being able to buy the exact file I just got done listening to.

@MonkeyPunchZPoker 6 ай бұрын

I've been getting into City Pop and would love to know of some kind of service I could buy tracks from. For music that wasn't even all that popular in Japan 40 years ago I doubt I'll ever find a place. I guess I'm stuck with KZfaq rops.

@overlordh1254 6 ай бұрын

They also keep removing uploads of city pop songs due to copyright, but there is literally no other way to listen to it unless you want to buy a used vinyl record from 30 years ago.

@TheBlueGoldenHawk 5 ай бұрын

@@overlordh1254 you can thank weird old businessmen and even some of the old artists themselves for that. They have seniority and in Japanese culture, there's no chance the younger employees more open to streaming/digital sales can convince them to change until they retire or pass away. CDs are still regularly sold in places like Tower Records in Japan, which is actually kinda cool, but also until recently, came at the detriment of overseas/digital availability

@allurevibe 6 ай бұрын

I’d stay away from iTunes I’ve purchase music from them years ago. I recently remembered and tried to go back and download the albums just to find out they’re not in my account anymore.

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

why didn't you copy them into an external drive?

@allurevibe 6 ай бұрын

@@bsnf-5 I was 21 just trying to load up a bunch of music onto a 160gb ipod classic getting it ready for deployment. I didn't know when I'd be able to get more music or when I have time to actually use my laptop again lol

@drifter402 5 ай бұрын

HD tracks also has some much better alternative remasters on it such as for Thriller or American Idiot. Other services only have the brickwalled versions.

@titus9895 6 ай бұрын

Can anyone suggest a portable MP3 player? I prefer not using my phone because I've noticed that I struggle to fully disconnect and immerse myself when listening to music on the phone

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

I’ve heard good things about this MP3 player (though I do not have it). Here are some links from my last video Sandisk Clip Jam (USA): amzn.to/47zC38E Sandisk Clip Jam (Canada): amzn.to/3SiXExr

@MarksterC 5 ай бұрын

A modded iPod Classic is never a bad choice :)

@ravenbom 6 ай бұрын

I like hiking and streaming is unreliable in remote areas, and I used to be a musician and frankly, I like to listen to albums as a collection of feelings and ideas, rather than just singles, so I still buy music as I discover it. Also, a lot of times the singles aren't my favorites, so I like the dive into and artist's library. I do find a lot of stuff from youtube, but that's in part because I look at the bands coming to town and give them a shot on youtube first if I don't know them.

@butterbagboy 6 ай бұрын

Look and see if your library has Freegal, free downloads every week, huge catalog, but not high res at all, but good enough sound for an iPod

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

Great idea, I’ll take a look! Thanks

@mangokraken 5 ай бұрын

I still use my Ipod Gen 5 with the Wolfson audio chip (iykyk) And i have some pricey, wired, in-ear buds which amplify the experience. Sure I use my Spotify with wireless buds when it's more convenient to do so but I always buy the music from musicians I love just to support the artist and put it in the Ipod My Ipod is filled with music I have bought, no illegal downloads. It's my private collection of music that means something to me. Corny I know.

@MobileDecay 5 ай бұрын

I started buying cds and ripping them to flac to play on my hi res hiby players. I can’t bring myself to pay more for files than a cd. I only buy the files if no cd exists. Previously I was using Amazon HD.

@chickenpie9698 5 ай бұрын

In all honesty, if I was after building a music library to unshackle myself from streaming services with the aim of saving money in the long run, I think the best way to go about it would be just to rip a load of CDs and Blu-rays. When downloading my entire music library from Tidal on my phone, it's sitting around 250-300GB so not too much to fit on a second hard drive really and I have plenty of spare space among my online storage to back all of this up. Sure, I can pay to digitally 'own' an album but quite frankly, I''m still reliant on that service itself existing in the future so I'm much happier looking out for used CDs to rip and then sell back on if I want to. Currently trying to go through my digital library from Tidal and build my own collection over time so I can eventually cut ties and just have streaming services for music discovery. I'm only just starting to make my way through systematically and am making my way through artists alphabetically but it feels pretty worthwhile for now even if I'm yet to add anything from an artist with a name beginning with B yet...

@burymeintulips 5 ай бұрын

there's too much music i listen too that just simply wouldn't be on these services. maybe one day

@mnewm21 5 ай бұрын

The problem will be when it is no longer affordable for a band to release music on physical media or they have to take back ownership of their music catalog as Ms Swift has (by re-recording albums) so that she can do what she wants with it. Fine if you are arguably the most successful artist of modern times but not so if you are a normal artist. What can you do if your label stops producing physical media? An example of physical media disappearing is in Australia where Disney has decided not to release any of its properties anymore on physical media and the only access you have to it (legally) is through Disney+ or buying at great expense from overseas! Subscription services drive me nuts and I refuse to buy into them. The two I have are Prime (for shipping purposes) and Spotify which I use for finding music I like and listening to music I cannot afford to purchase on disc myself as it is either out of release or not on physical media.

@yannisgk 6 ай бұрын

after downloading the tracks , how do i add them in an ipod ??? (except itunes?)

@rtyt2007 6 ай бұрын

Add the files to a folder where you can keep them organised and add that folder to your iTunes library

@yannisgk 6 ай бұрын

THX!!!@@rtyt2007

@MarksterC 5 ай бұрын

By removing the “except itunes” part of your comment. You can add your own music to iTunes by adding a folder to your library

@benjaminjwilson6694 4 ай бұрын

Tim Freehan is the artist and the song is Where's the Fire. do any of these have that masterpiece?

@SuperBoomshack 4 ай бұрын

I have 2 old school iPods with all my CDs collected and each has over 52000 songs on them; i have no need for Spotify

@matthewshields2841 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting out there positive vibes with digital music. I’m a bit less sanguine. For me, it’s more like paying upfront for a lifetime of streaming. Would that mean I stream a track ~ 100 times? Very unlikely with my use case, as I’m refreshing my tastes constantly. I love the Bandcamp shout, but I’d stick with physical.

@NomadOverNormal 6 ай бұрын

Dope page, Spencer.

@Solitaire001 5 ай бұрын

I've always been concerned about the loss of physical media just for this very reason. Although streaming is okay as a way to sample music, if I want to keep a song/album I purchase it. That is only way that I can be sure to have access to the music that I buy.

@julius43461 5 ай бұрын

It's 2024 and I still don't know what Spotify is used for exactly. Never stopped using my phone as an mp3 player.

@begingus 5 ай бұрын

What do you mean? It's basically a service you pay for to hear any song you want without having to buy it. For your average consumer that doesn't care to buy and just wants music the most convenient way possible it's a no brainer. It's honestly better than just having mp3 in your phone. You don't waste memory storing all the songs and the quality is on par with .flac files. And basically any song you can think of is there. You can even download songs for offline use. I'm quitting because they barely pay the artists and Id rather not have my money go to a middle man.

@julius43461 5 ай бұрын

@@begingus Yeah that's what it sounds like to me, but I am such a slow adopter that I missed it completely. I mostly listen to all kinds of older music that I have on my PC for a very long time. Ever since I got a phone with 512GB I just keep all the music on my phone as well. Occasionally I play something new from You tube. I am obsessed with "owning" stuff, and any kind of software as a service thing really puts me off.

@XxSovietSupremoxX 6 ай бұрын

Which device do you recommend? Similar to iPod.

@cyph3r76 5 ай бұрын

I use a Shanling, sounds great.

@the_rustydoornob1164 5 ай бұрын

For iTunes I have an eclectic taste but nothing like obscure artists aside from the smaller musicians ik from my friends but I’ve found nearly everything I could’ve ever wanted on iTunes, just gotta look up some things a certain way to get them to show up

@PTSOPHOTO 6 ай бұрын

longtime 6+ year Spotify user here. I want to convert to buying high quality files but isn't this process going to be a lot more expensive if I would be planning to replace close to 1000 songs from Spotify? Also another thing is Spotify makes it easy to find out when an artist releases a new album. how would you go about keeping up to date without a service like this?

@TheMikirog 6 ай бұрын

Can't speak about other services, but if you follow Bandcamp artists you get emailed when they release new stuff. Prices on albums are generally cheap (digital downloads) and you get a discount if you get their entire discography. Prices do vary from free / $1 an album to proper release prices.

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

I’ve heard some people say they use Spotify free to get music recommendations still. I have always done well just watching music videos of bands on KZfaq and using the recommended videos. Also subreddits for the genre you like I’m sure would be another great option! To your other point, I’d say it’s definitely going to cost more at the outset to acquire a lot of owned music from scratch compared to renting from Spotify, but that’s because you are only renting it. I also had Spotify for around 7 or 8 years, and in that time I paid nearly $1000 to them for their services, but now that I quit, I have nothing to show. If I paid that same $1000 for around 1000 songs, that’s something at least. It’s not about winning at the outset for sure, but it’s about the long game. I won’t buy the 1000 songs I listened to before right away, but maybe the 30-40 I’ve been listening to. It’s all about taking your time and being intentional for me. Thanks for commenting buddy!

@AlbedoAtoned 5 ай бұрын

Not in the long run. The quicker you switch from Spotify, the more you save. Spotify's paid plan is 11 dollars a month. In a year you would have paid 132 dollars + taxes on it. In 6 years that balloons to 792 dollars. In ten years that is 1320 and because of the nature of subscription services, you can't guarantee access to those songs. Songs could get taken off the service and not available to listen to. Basically, Spotify seems cheaper in the short run because you pay a little to access a large library, but over time you will end up paying more than if you bought the songs. The latter is much more flexible given you don't need an internet connection and can play the songs on pretty much any device. If it's about avoiding the upfront costs, you could just "acquire"" the music some other way and then every month or two pay for it bit by bit. As bad as that may sound, artists basically make nothing from Spotify, so even if you were to buy just one song from them, you would do more good for them than paying for spotify over the course of several months. Alternatively, build up a collection legally, then ditch it when you feel comfortable. If possible, switch to the free tier during the transition.

@Wahinies 5 ай бұрын

The only think missing is being able to stream from smart speakers. I started to mess with an AirSonic server but it would be quite a pain to setup and maintain and I mess with linux and containers all the time. Nevermind the layperson that just wants it to work..

@spencers-adventures 5 ай бұрын

That’s fair! I have a Bluetooth receiver I added to my stereo and I can play my music from my computer to the stereo quite easily. Just something simple I picked up on Amazon. But for smart speakers I’m not sure how that would work. Thanks for the comment!

@HypeXesk 4 ай бұрын

iPods require itunes to work which originally was only on mac computers, perhaps a depreceated android would be a better fit as it has way more capabilities for similar prices

@kenkaminskyj3170 4 ай бұрын

install "ROCKBOX" dont need itunes to install files(albums etc) also lets you play FLAC Hi Res, running rockbox on my 6th Gen classic today 10/3/2024 no probs better than apple itunes . its free

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Fr💀

@madmuffinz 5 ай бұрын

I love how I know more than you when it comes to 'having' music

@joeys-wooden-spoon 6 ай бұрын

This is an idea I am working towards after cancelling my subscriptions after years of use.

@Bren71319 6 ай бұрын

Actually, ITunes Store has all the Allan Holdsworth albums. Not exactly “pop”…

@RAM_845 6 ай бұрын

You can "Download" your music. "Buying" is basically renting the track...we do not OWN digital media if the services and take it from you.

@TheJuanCorp 5 ай бұрын

truly amazing what you've done with No Mans Sky!

@iKiNGiTGK 5 ай бұрын

So what do you use to organize/play music on your phone etc?

@spencers-adventures 5 ай бұрын

At this point I’m just playing everything through Apple’s Music app, which still works for playing your own media through. No complaints with that. On the computer I have a MacBook so it’s the same situation. Thanks for the comment!

@bassa8333 4 ай бұрын

Poweramp and vlc work great, also Musicbee on Windows (not as pretty, but gets the job done)

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Music speed changer💀

@UnitedWeStandFreedom 4 ай бұрын

I'll stick to my cds and records these music sites can always go down or your device hard drive can also currupt then you'd be screwed . Cd's you can always reburn them on to a new device.

@dang75790 4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Plus CDs sound better

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Bit rot:🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

@OceanSoul1969 4 ай бұрын

This would cost a fortune. I used to buy my music from Amazon and use iTunes to put them on my iPhone, but things were always getting screwed up. A random track wouldn’t play or they wouldn’t be where it was supposed to be. So I just went to streaming.

@MegaJojje123 5 ай бұрын

i like to buy the non compressed files of songs, in other words the "wav" file.

@deanarmstrong4703 4 ай бұрын

Another way of building the collection on a tight budget is visiting Op Shops (Thrift Stores) and picking them up for .50 or $1. Rip them then donate them back to the store.

@LoneWolf16583 5 ай бұрын

Hello 👋…. I could use some help… I’m trying to get back into listening to music but Cd’s I want are outrageous prices… so I saw this video and thought I would ask… I’m into 70’s, 80’s and 90’s Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal 🤘 and I’m having a very hard time finding cds like Badlands and Vinnie Vincent’s Invasion Digitally !!

@spencers-adventures 5 ай бұрын

Yeah Vinnie Vincent will be tough to find for sure. Rare discs are thrift stores I think paired with luck. But those will be tough to find. We’re talking Vinnie Vincent who hopped in Aces spot in Kiss for a couple albums right?

@chillg4mer 6 ай бұрын

What do you guys use to store all your music files?

@netnomad47 6 ай бұрын

Computer, SD card, or USB drive

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

thumb drive, you could use burn cds, burn bd-d, or even burn DVD-RAM or DVD-R.

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Sd card in my phone 💀

@DavidMorley 6 ай бұрын

Bandcamp. It's the only thing that still pays the artist directly. It makes a real difference...

@humanbean7884 5 ай бұрын

A tip I've heard from lossless music collectors: use lossless purely as a storage medium, and copy them as high quality mp3's for downloading to your phone/mp3-player. It'll save space and won't give noticeable loss in audio.

@londonskaterboi 5 ай бұрын

if you already purchased the vinyl then the digital files should be free. records used to be sold with a digital download code, not sure why they stopped?

@londonskaterboi 5 ай бұрын

btw bandcamp still provides digital dowloads when purchasing physical media

@gilbertpillbrow6978 6 ай бұрын

You can remove the DRM protection from any digital content.

@typetalk3726 6 ай бұрын

They make it difficult and illegal(DMCA Section 1201).

@NeverlandSystemZor 5 ай бұрын

I DO like Spotify and DO use it... but I STILL get files and physical media when I can, too. The things I REALLY care about, I buy a copy and if it's a digital copy, I BACK THE FILES UP at least two times.

@bsnf-5 6 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. Just recently thought about riping and burning cds, as an addition to normal thumb drive storage. This video comes in good timing. Much better to stay off Spotify and other sites like that, they try to control our wallets and that's not worth it

@sharkhanjeel 5 ай бұрын

You have my respect You gained a new follower

@BaddBadger 6 ай бұрын

If people see my iPods they always ask why i still have them. I then have to explain that i only just bought them in 2202, when they were a bargain! I've lived long enough to find out that newer isn't always better. I do miss records, but realistically i'm not going to begin collecting them all over again (for one thing, records in the UK now cost literally ten times what they did back in the day). But having been an amatuer music maker all my life i just can't help but view Spotify etc as pure evil. I could make a billion dollar company if i was allowed to sell other peoples work! So it's Bandcamp all the way for me. Not just as a customer either, as plenty of people i know sell their own creations on there. So it's not just about supporting the creators, it really is about finding music that the big companies just won't ever have. Plus there are often amazing deals on there.

@John-ni5pr 6 ай бұрын

This is a great way to own your music, my problem is how to find new music?

@typetalk3726 6 ай бұрын

Bandcamp/iTunes

@kurukururin 5 ай бұрын

the only problem is you need to be a millionare to buy all the albums you want like that. i built my collection of physical media by buying used at flea markets and second hand shops. a cd is like 1-2 dollars and then you own it and can rip it to digital if you want. even huge amounts of cd's can be stored without jewel cases and take up minimal space. the only problem is you cant give the cd's away after you ripped the files to digital, cause you need to own the cd to play the digital file. i wonder if its legal to lend a cd to a friend as long as they dont make copies of it? anyways, 1-2 dollars vs 15-30 dollars? totally worth it. maybe you can dig a hole somewhere and store your cd's there if you dont want them in the house ;D

@spencers-adventures 5 ай бұрын

I agree the cost vs CDs used is hard to stomach! However I will say that’s the average for higher end music on that one site, but albums can be purchased for much less, I haven’t spent the $15-30 so far myself just by searching around through the different services for the music. Also you can buy individual tracks on some of these services for much lower prices so if you only want one or two tracks that helps too. Thanks for the comment!

@danielsanichiban 6 ай бұрын

except if you live in Australia or some other places, and half of the catalog is unavailable for purchase because of territorial rights and all that old BS that won't go away

@spencers-adventures 6 ай бұрын

Terrible! Can a VPN help to get around this?

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

@@spencers-adventures maybe but pirating 100% can💀

@lucin_4 6 ай бұрын

most ppl use streaming services for the convinience so if ur gonna do this why dont you just pirate music atp.

@kevinwong_2016 6 ай бұрын

Fr💀

@v7001.ver4 4 ай бұрын

sovlseek chad

@djshineboy 4 ай бұрын

And the most stupid comment goes to… 😡

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

@@djshineboy you 💀

@djshineboy 4 ай бұрын

@@kevinwong_2016 Thx!

@VileStorms 5 ай бұрын

Or you can set sail for the high seas ;)

@JonnyInfinite 6 ай бұрын

iTunes store is NOT lossless, though it is converted from 24/96 to 256 AAC. Quality is very good though, it's about 95% of the quality of a CD I would say

@dorego3658 6 күн бұрын

bro whats the outro music?

@spencers-adventures 6 күн бұрын

I made it!

@LoungeAndChillMusic 6 ай бұрын

Bandcamp rules, as an artist myself Bandcamp is the best. Building your own catalogue is always the best because if for instance Spotify goes bankrupt you don't have anything and have to start all over again to build your collection.

@eagle2D2 5 ай бұрын

KZfaq has just about any song you could want. Get software that converts video to MP3, there ya go!

@kevinwong_2016 4 ай бұрын

Fr💀💀

@mongo2044 4 ай бұрын

iTunes is AAC 256 lossy NOT ALAC lossless. However, AAC 256 sounds so very very close to 16/44 lossless (CD), it is still good. But Apple should charge less.