Hi folks, first post. Just wanted to kick off a potential discussion, I don’t use streaming at all due to poor artist rates and the behaviour of certain CEO’s
At the moment, I’m at a sizeable vinyl collection around sixty and growing, mainly European Hard Rock/Metal, however I do have the odd HipHop type album too (Young Fathers)
I’m the type of guy who will buy an album based off the cover, which has introduced me to lots of cool stuff, but I was just wondering as I’m getting older, how are people finding new music in 2025?
Finding? Mostly through shows watched, games played, recommendations from others, looking through bandcamp and listening to digital radio stations or looking up music we hear on youtube, owncast, peertube etc.
Buying? Mostly digital (DRM Free only, FLAC, manually transcoded to opus). We don’t currently really have a CD or Vinyl player and just use our devices to play music instead, sometimes over bluetooth.
Good shouts, I’ve never heard of Peertube or Owncast, looks like I’m doing some googling!
https://owncast.directory/ for current livestreams on owncast