How I listen to music
This all started out as an experiment to see what is actually outside Spotify?
It is not that I am too romantic about how it used to be, but one thing I do feel is that when everything is on the same plattform, all the small non-mainstream stuff get swallowed up by the glossy highly marketed stuff. Also there is the whole money situation with Spotify… Ok I won’t go to deep into that.
Here is how I listen to music
- Thru some tips, recommendation or search I end up on peoples Bandcamp profile.
- I put their album in my wishlist.
- I listen to the album in the Bandcamp app on my iPhone or Mac (I have one of those M1 machines. They can open iPhone apps)
- If I like the album I buy it and download it in FLAC format.
- I store the files in my Dropbox folder in case I need to temporary free up some space in my computer.
How I play the files on my computer
On my computer I use a software called Cmus. It is a music player that you use in the terminal so I get that it is not for everyone, but I really like it! 
How I play the files on my iPhone
On my phone I use Foobar2000. You can download it in the app store. There is no auto sync feature and I transfer the files via cabled connection manually every time I buy a new album.
How I you feel about the experiment?
- I feel good supporting the people who made the music
- I enjoy playing music in an interface that isn’t filled with other stuff it wants me to click on
- I have a better relationship to the music I HAVE instead of feeling like I always need to find new stuff
- I also am much more aware of the music I spend time with compared to putting on a random playlist which is what I feel Spotify is trying to have you do.
- I still use Spotify a tiny bit, to check out stuff quickly, organize stuff for teaching, and for some podcast streaming
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