Where do you get your music?

ListenBrainz
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if not from a streaming service like spotify or radio program?
I’m just curious how people listen to thousands of songs a month if they don’t come from either of these sources

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I used to buy vinyls and then cassettes and then CDs later on and when mp3s came about I used IRC and the Warez scene and then bittorrents… Nowadays I just listen to one of the few free tier streaming services.

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Purchased downloads (Bandcamp), ‘non-purchased’ downloads, Bandcamp streams, some of my own ripped CDs, some manual submission of vinyl and cassette listens.

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Purchased or free downloads (mostly Bandcamp), digital files ripped from the CDs or cassettes I’d purchased years ago. For sold-out/rare stuff, I use soulseek.

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I suspect that some of the people hanging around here simply have huge collections. I have a little over 10,000 digital files, mostly CD-rips and Bandcamp purchases and I consider myself small fish.

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Purchased downloads from Bandcamp, Qobuz, and occasionally other platforms or from the label itself.
And vinyl & CD from various record stores, mostly Antwerp. Sometimes Discogs. And alsothrift store finds. Occasionally I purchase vinyl & CD on Bandcamp too.
I rip my CD’s to have them available anywhere anytime.

And I listen to radiocentraal.be if I’m not playing there myself.

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I’m one of those weirdos who still buys CDs and downloads.

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I like my flimsy round piece of plastic and its booklet, 107,000+ ripped recordings. I also have a few hundred older pieces of vinyl that I’m the process of putting together the process of ripping to digital. Some digital downloads, 30 Days of the Dead, NoiseTrade (Bluegrass Ramble), some Bandcamp, some bootleg concerts/festivals. I came into the world of bootleg festivals very late last year, most good ones (I want) are not available for download anymore, but are showing up on youTube. I love live Doc Watson performances, what a treat.

I will say it’s getting much harder finding older used CDs. My go to company “Declutter” closed down in June, they were having a fire sale of buy 1 get 1 free which I abused as much as I could. I find eBay is making searching harder and trying more than ever to maximize profits, I am about to stop buying all together as the fun of finding old releases just gets harder.

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Mostly Bandcamp, sometimes Youtube.

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I personally collect vinyls, cds etc. but I usually listen to music from Spotify, Youtube Music or also Vinyl/CD rips.

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A lot is from my digitalized CD collection. Newer stuff mostly purchased or free downloads from various services over the years: Amazon Music, Jamendo, 7digital, and nowadays Bandcamp.

I also do buy CDs sometimes, but rarely :smiley:

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Youtube (not YT music), because other platforms don’t have a serious part of my music

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Nicotine+ on the soulseek network.

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spotify free is actually usable here in libya, usually that
sometimes soundcloud because complete lack of ads over the years
always wishlist, never buy for bandcamp
and a bot to get illegal flacs from deezer (or wherever it takes from i dunno)
or youtube (revanced)

sorry but bills come first