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And they mocked me for my WoW subscription 😗 (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (24 children)

...are people really paying for a music subscription service to listen to the same music on repeat? I pay a service because I listen to like at least 4 new albums every week, minimum.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I pay for Apple Music (well, technically I get it as part of Apple One) for one reason: the library matching function. I have half a gig of mp3s on my home computer, many of which are not on any streaming service, and apple makes them all available to every device I own.

    For me, thats worth the monthly price.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can host it yourself without paying apple.

    You'd literally be paying yourself back after not much time at all.

    I like Plex amp but there are quite a few options.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I've used PlexAmp. It's shit. It tries its best, but it can't make up for the flaws in plex's underlying library system. It also requires having a library host running all the time. Apple host the music for me and I can make library changes from any of my devices.

    I've tried a number of other self host options, as well, and none of them come close to the feature set in Music. I even wrote my own web app to do it way back in the 2000s, just so I could implement my own UX. This is still better.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    It took me 10 listens to get into Jimi Hendrix. You are consuming quantity but quality requires effort.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    This is making some significant assumptions, don't you think? That I sample the buffet does not mean that I don't also cherish and return to familiar recipes.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I'm assuming you have a similar amount of free time as me and are not able to fit in enough listens to become familiar.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I have no kids, no pets, and a job where I can listen to music the entirety of my shifts while working. I have music on in some capacity probably an average of 12 hours a day. 4 albums a week, even when listening to them each 6 six times, is a fraction of my listening.

    Music listening is my primary "hobby" and interest.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    In that case, what are your top 5 undiscovered gems that need 5+ listens to appreciate.

    What are the modern Captain Beefhearts?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dunno if I go actively searching for difficult music, so I may not have the best answer for that specifically, but here are 5 albums I consider hidden gems or underappreciated:

    Horse Bitch - RIP Pistachio

    Tattle Tale - Sew True

    Gaytheist - The Mustache Stays

    Codefendants - This Is Crime Wave

    Irist - Gloria (actually an EP, if you'll allow it).

    These probably won't take you 5+ listens to appreciate, but I do think they're smaller releases worthy of greater attention. Hopefully that's close enough for you. ✌️

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    or self inducing yourself into liking by listening to it so much

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    I don't this works with all music.

    The first few listens I thought it was garbage. But I decided it must be me who is wrong, not everyone else.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Or, that taste is subjective and that there is no right and wrong. You are allowed to not like something others do.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    This is true, but you should really give something a good few listens before you come to a conclusion. Good things can turn bad just as much as bad things turn good.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I truly wonder where in my post I implied that I am drawing significant conclusions without giving something a good few listens. Again, I think you are making assumptions of my listening habits based on severly limited information presented to you.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Because if I listened to a minimum of 4 new albums a week then I wouldn't have the time to repeat any.

    It was applying your statistics to my habits.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No, I think you’re absolutely right and it’s comforting to know there are others who do this too. I have a kind of 3-5-7 trial period for getting into new music. If it’s crap but I want to give it a chance, I’ll do 3-5 album plays; if it’s ok but has potential I might not see, 5-7 plays. Anything challenging but enjoyable gets minimum 10 plays.

    About the self inducement, that is making me question myself a little. There are things that I’ve tried over and over to get into that I just cannot no matter what, but I’m seriously questioning if it really is possible to “make” yourself like something through type of, I guess familiarity?

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