sillyhatsonly
As stated, my reason is that I was paying Spotify more money for less music and I was unhappy with that. You pointed out yourself that musicians barely get by in the streaming era so I would rather support them on Bandcamp (I know it has it’s own issues) or buying physical media whenever possible rather than pirating. Streaming platforms may make music you want to listen to seemingly affordable and accessible but that’s not the case for everyone. This is my personal experience.
it’s easier to just sub to something like Apple Music… literally $110/yr for all the music that exists.
As others have stated, not all music exists on every streaming platform. That alone is enough of a reason for me. I recently canceled my longtime Spotify subscription because the price kept increasing while my library kept decreasing. I actually don’t pirate music when I can help it because I’d rather support artists on Bandcamp or purchasing physical media directly. If I can’t do that then I head to Soulseek!
Hard to narrow down favorites because my feelings change often, but these 5 have been in rotation most often lately (in no particular order)
- King Woman - Celestial Blues [doom]
- System of a Down - Toxicity [alt metal? nu metal?]
- Violet Cold - Empire of Love [post-black metal]
- Liturgy - 93696 [black metal]
- Thou - Magus [sludge]
And I’ll say that I don’t necessarily think these are the best albums ever… I don’t think I could ever make up my mind about that! Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s picks.
