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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Buying from, and supporting the artist directly, IMO.

Many European metal bands host their own webshop selling their merchandise, records, cassettes and CDs; many small and independent musicians sell their songs on Bandcamp (US based website that does take a cut from each payment, 15% I believe goes to Bandcamp, so that is something to keep in mind)

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly, the benefit of streaming services is not being able to listen to music legally. It's discovery. Playing a song I like and getting recommended a similar song turn an artist I've never heard of has introduced me to a lot of great music. That's not something you can replicate by going to the webshop of your favorite band and buying their newest album.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's something you could recreate with a scrobbling service like last.fm (don't use last.fm though, they are owned by CBS).

A quick Google search leads me to ListenBrains, which is also American, but operated by a non-profit.

I've used neither service and my music listening habits never relied on algorithmic recomendations, so I could totally be talking out of my ass here. But it could be worth a look.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

The problem there is that scrobblers aren't nearly as convenient as a streaming service. With a scrobbler I have to actively check out recommendations. With a streaming service I can just have it play related songs until I get one I really like.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I find Bandcamp at least a great way to discover especially smaller musicians!

But I totally get what you mean, though. You can't have that experience buying from artist's sites.