How do you do your music these days? Albums, playlists, radio?

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tbodillia@reddit

FM radio. New music comes on, I check them out on youtube and download what I like. Stores removed CDs but added LPs.

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TheRealCabbageJack@reddit

Playlists. Digital music was a game changer for me - I usually only like one or two songs on an album

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Onyx_Lat@reddit

Same. My playlist is like 13 hours long and contains everything from Abba to Metallica lol

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Big_Statement_3337@reddit

I am an album person on my streaming services. What do you guys do with those giant playlists? Just hit shuffle every time and hope you get something different?

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Kal-Roy@reddit

Yeah I just hit shuffle. Everything is different. If it plays 2 of the same genre in a row I’m surprised. If it plays three then I know it’s just fooling with me.

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Kal-Roy@reddit

My main playlist is 118hrs long with about every type of music.

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apollemis1014@reddit

Child's play! Mine is close to 280 hours. 🤣 I've been loving the hell out of the smart shuffle. It's turned me onto so many more songs.

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eatingabananawrong@reddit

Daylight. Surrender to the algorithm. It's quite fun to compare what you have been offered with others.

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colcatsup@reddit

A mix. Playlists for newer stuff. Classic albums I still stream the album. I might skip around but no more so than I did on CDs.

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jamatosoup@reddit

I do Spotify as well, my library is chock full of different playlists depending on mood etc.

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ExtraAd7611@reddit

Archive.org live music archive, because I'm cheap and lazy.

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idontknowyou2294@reddit

Radio, vinyl, cds, and YouTube music on my phone when I'm out. I have a lot of playlists, but the one I listen to most is just a liked songs list.

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Longster_dude@reddit

I jam out on elevator rides, grocery stores, and hold music. Yes, I feel old as dirt.

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Kamikazi_Junebug@reddit

https://youtu.be/6wdHa1hlqr0?si=yorm67qJqoJ8PE-y YouTube

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kevbayer@reddit

Mp3s on my phone and Spotify on my desktop

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HECKYEAHROBOTS@reddit

Apple Music Playlists. I synced a very large mp3 collection to it a few years ago via the music match thing. Took like 5 days on a 1 gig fiber line.

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TripMaster478@reddit

Spotify with a membership. Everything's at my fingertips especially with the crazy data package I have now. I play it all day at work on a speaker everyday.

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Still the odd cd if I feel like a treat, usually just Cure - disintegration other than that whatever catches my ear on soundcloud downloaded to a stick and played through a usb on a dvd player with an old yamaha reciever with big speakers.

This streaming soundbar thing is shit.

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ZogemWho@reddit

I have a few playlists that are +10 years old with heuristics to add stuff which I can approve/deny. So, it’s a large varied stream that evolves.

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chapaj@reddit

YouTube Music

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jhm-YNWA@reddit

Spotify. It can almost read my mind.

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reachers_toothbrush@reddit

I just listen on youtube. I've never been not able to find and obscure or long forgotten song.

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Turbulent_Ad8656@reddit

Spotify playlists and checking out an artist or album. If I really like it I’ll get the cd. In the car it’s mostly satellite radio and some streaming

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ChrisBourbon27@reddit

YouTube at home. CD's in the car.

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

Me too; also U-tube music when exercising and working ( I work alone as a janitor) Do you use YouTube or YouTube music?

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ChrisBourbon27@reddit

Regular YouTube

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

Have you tried u-tube music? I really like it; for when I'm just listening. It saves battery and plays songs automatically that; it's easy to skip to another song.

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AddLightness1@reddit

Transferred all the cds to digital long ego, then continued to buy digital. Have copies of entire collection on micro sd card in the phone, on pc hard drive, and in my nas that I can access from anywhere. Expanded the collection a lot when I discovered The Internet Archive. Don't always have internet or cell service, and I despise commercials. Refuse to pay subscription fees.

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Repulsive-Tea6974@reddit

CDs, Bandcamp and Prime Music because it’s free. Occasionally Sirius because my wife still gets it for $5.99 a month.

Fuck Spotify.

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PeterMahogany@reddit

Burned CDs to iTunes, sync to phone, plug into car.

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earthican-earthican@reddit

Oh good, it’s not just me!!

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NextPrize5863@reddit

And you still have the cds just in case

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killslikeaninja@reddit

Same!

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Batmaniac7@reddit

This is my choice, also 👍

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mvcjones@reddit

Apple library (probably antiquated method now.)

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earthican-earthican@reddit

Me tooooo!!! We are so old

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shake-dog-shake@reddit

I hate playlists and Spotify. We are missing out on the whole story of an album. It pisses me off. In honestly, I have converted to Spotify and playlists.

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earthican-earthican@reddit

My town has not one but two, yes two, awesome independent radio stations. I listen mostly to those because each one has tons of different (volunteer) djs and each dj has tons of interesting music that they bring in, so I basically hear every song I’ve ever liked, plus new stuff, plus stuff from genres I’ve never listened to on purpose but am happy to listen to if someone else (aka a volunteer dj) is like, “Hey! This is music I want to share with people!”

Love my local independent radio stations. (KRVM and KWVA.) (and I also still listen to “iTunes” - it’s not called that anymore, but I still use it the same way I have since whenever we started ripping cds into iTunes. Haven’t switched to streaming music.

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Queasy-Extension6465@reddit

Radio, I'm too worried about our nation and want to be able to hear when tragedy is happening. I always think when listening to canned music I'll miss something important.

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abbys_alibi@reddit

Pink Floyd, Moody Blues and Fleetwood Mac are albums - usually vinyl. But I did upload them, way back in the day, to my music app.

Everything else is in a specific mood/activity playlist.

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AlanStanwick1986@reddit

I still have albums at home but listen to Spotify at work or the Sirius app. FM radio is dead to me.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I still buy CDs . But I like to rip them to MP3.

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MTkenshi@reddit

Same. I've got hours and hours of music saved on a card in my phone.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I was wanting something independent from my phone.

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fedexmess@reddit

Same. What are you using to rip and play? I recently discovered Media Monkey. Paid Windows app (android version to) but it's what Windows Media player should be. WinAmp was resurrected for a brief period, but it went kapoot again. Foobar2000 can't seem to not screw up displaying album art for me, so gave up on that. I want to migrate to Linux at some point because of the direction Windows is going and rythmnbox is about the only thing I can stomach and it's not great.

I also miss the prevalence of good, dedicated mp3 players. Sandisk made some nice ones at one point. Everything sold on Amazon now is....

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

Just Windows Media Player. I was using iTunes on an older computer.

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Rungi500@reddit

FLAC is the only way to go.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

I find FLAC wasteful. There's no real advantage past MP3 320kbps.

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WishieWashie12@reddit

Same. There is just something about listening to the songs in order on an album. The way some leads into others, or tell a story when listened as a whole.

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

I have an Innioasis G3 MP3 player with close to 6,000 tracks on it. I like to put it on shuffle when I'm mowing or driving.

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La-Belle-Gigi@reddit

This is the way.

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RipArtistic8799@reddit

Spotify is basically winning, but I still listen to LPs in my living room, out of spite.

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Embarrassed_Angle_59@reddit

Couple ways. Full on system with Cambridge Audio AXR100 with Schitt Midgard and Lokius for headphones and EQ, Dual record player with a Vincent Audio PHO 701 phono stage. DC+Drop Æon Closed X, and more headphones. Klipsch RP 600 MII speakers. For mobile I go Hiby R4 DAP with Thieaudio Oracle Mk3 and Divinus Velvet Wide Bore tips. For decent tube sound on the go I add the Muse Hifi M5 Ultra to the mix.

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vase-of-willows@reddit

YouTube

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Forsaken-Garlic-42@reddit

I feel like I'm the minority but Sirius Satellite has for me the old school vibe of terrestrial radio with DJ driven channels. I will do Apple music if I want a specific track or album. I'm scared by having lived through album 8-track cassette and CD eras and never ever want physical media anything ever again. To be honest it feels freeing to lose the clutter. Side note Kindle for books no to dead tree media also.

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MissBandersnatch2U@reddit

Radio and Amazon Music unlimited

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AaronTheElite007@reddit

Apple Music. Heavy and loud \m/

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Reasonable-Mirror-15@reddit

Spotify for me. I have playlists and albums. It just depends if I want to listen to a specific artist or a genre of music.

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marsee@reddit

Playlists and albums on Apple Music as well as streaming radio stations like the Lounge 94.1 out of Humboldt. They’re fun. I also have CDs in my car still.

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Erok2112@reddit

Plex/Jellyfin media server. Half MP3, half FLAC files. Now that Plexpass is $80 freaking dollars, I had to find a new way to stream outside home so now I'm playing with TailScale which is pretty cool.

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Cominghome74@reddit

Ipod or CD

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shehulud@reddit

MP3 in the car on a usb drive.

Amazon Music.

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GarionOrb@reddit

Usually full albums, unless I want a lot of variety so I just shuffle a massive playlist I made on Spotify. Still listen to CDs in the car and vinyl at home.

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nonotburton@reddit

Mostly YouTube and XM radio.

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giraffe-zackeffron@reddit

Most of the time, I go to Apple Music—>songs—>shuffle. I listen to so many different genres of music, I like to just let it play randomly. Hank Williams, then slayer. Then Amy Winehouse. Then Mozart, Iron Maiden, Charles Mingus, burning spear, on and on and on. I’ve built a few playlists but rarely listen to them. If I’m in the mood for some,thing specific, I’ll listen to it. But 99% of the time, it’s just song shuffle.

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melanybee@reddit

Alexa, play (name of artist) on Spotify or Pandora in the kitchen (Sonos player) and let it continue the vibe. Or play “80’s alternative” which chooses a playlist for me. But lately I’ve been also choosing specific albums and sitting down with the lyrics available on Spotify.

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Dramatic_Syllabub837@reddit

I have thousands of physical albums an CD’s and still actively collect. However, I use Apple Music/Spotify for day to day listening. I typically use one of their curated playlists, or pick a specific album/artist I am in the mood for. This is generally so I don’t have to stop what I’m doing to flip a record or grab a different CD.

If I’m specifically sitting down to vibe to tunes, I’m 9/10 playing my records.

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Plantagenet_Smith@reddit

I have a digital copy of everything I listen to on my phone (shh... some of it is pirated) for listening in the car. At home I have youtube premium so I get music videos with no ads.

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Wisertime25@reddit

Spotify, albums and playlists. CD's, record albums, old iPods that still work. Best of all worlds.

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Haunting-Ad-8029@reddit

Mostly SXM / Satellite Radio, primarily 80s and First Wave. Sometimes 70s or 90s or Lithium. For Christmas, I'll listen to some of those channels.

I like the DJ chatter, they'll share what the artists are doing now, maybe a story from back in the day, etc. I've found out about and attended concerts because of that chatter.

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proscriptus@reddit

Spotify and SoundCloud. Glitterbox radio is my jam.

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PussyFoot2000@reddit

I pay for YouTube premium. It's pretty, pretty, pretty worth whatever I pay. Like $15. It's worth it just for the no commercials

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camcaine2575@reddit

I enjoy watching reaction videos. I'm selective but I enjoy people younger or from different demographics hearing for the first time a song from an artist I love. Their excitement or amazement brings me joy. Of course, there are fake ones and you usually can tell. Being kinda introverted, it's like listening to music with friends.

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Silly_Leather9619@reddit

Currently YT music through my Bluetooth in the car. Or YouTube playlists on my laptop.

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tsmcpeak@reddit

Sirius and Amazon playlists

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Oh_Witchy_Woman@reddit

I am wanting to go back to CDs, I want my artists to get more tangible payment than streaming

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Ok_Dragonfruit_4099@reddit

iPods like the other cool kids. No seriously, iPods are cool again. r/moddedipods r/ipodclassic

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Minirth22@reddit

YouTube Music or YoutTube, mainly playlists but I do turn on artist radio sometimes. I’ve never been an album person, I’ve always listened to individual songs and curated mixtapes, but I’m checking out a lot of albums I’ve missed.

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

CDs in my vehicle. U-tube music; through my cell phone; when exercising and working (I work alone as a janitor)

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Snoo_96358@reddit

I listen to tje radio in my car because I can't be bothered to deal with android auto...otherwise pandora, better algorithms.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

I still like the radio via phone app.

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guppie-beth@reddit

I ask Alexa to play whatever I want. Lame but true.

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CactusRaeGalaxy@reddit

YT

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shlomitisfeisty@reddit

Yes.

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Myfanwy66@reddit

I’m in KSHE land.

But mostly listen to vinyl or CDs at home now - no commute as I am full-time WFH.

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TucsonGal50@reddit

I use Spotify but make my own playlists.

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dublblind@reddit

I always check out the year end lists of best music from various websites and music critics and add stuff that looks interesting to my playlist. That's how I found out about "Heavy Metal" by Cameron Winter, which then led me to Geese who are my current musical obsession.

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Active_Video_3898@reddit

Oddly enough, I like AccuRadio although if you listen long enough you can tell when they’re cycling through the same songs on specific playlists. Still, it feels comfy to me.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Radio and a flash drive of every song I could possibly want.

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TheMiloG@reddit

Radio, Spotify, cds, vinyl, cassette. In that order. 🤘

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vonbonds@reddit

Apple Music

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Winter_Ratio_4831@reddit

Spotify, Sirius, local radio

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lectroid@reddit

I burnt all my cd’s. They’re on my phone. I push them through my car’s aux cable. I don’t do any streaming on music at all.

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OtherworldDk@reddit

Mp3 from torrent downloads

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Entire-Order3464@reddit

Albums. Always albums. Whether it's vinyl or my iTunes. I don't stream.

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Cultural_Industry303@reddit

Spotify Playlists and Sirius

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RedditSkippy@reddit

Spotify, Sirius, and YouTube.

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Craig1974@reddit

Apple music..

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Aggressive_Power_471@reddit

I never got into records because they are expensive. I listen to Sirius (turbo and octane or the 10 spot) or Spotify and occasionally buy CDs still to support artists I like (yes I am a Swiftie since Tim McGraw came out).

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enosuo@reddit

I usually queue up my entire Plex music library (350+ artists, 10k songs) on random to get a good jump off point when I'm passively putting music on. When I'm actively listening, it's albums all the way.

Spotify to catch new music, and if I like it, I buy the high res version and add to my library.

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CuriousPixels7598@reddit

Apple Music! This made me think that the last time I listened to music on the radio was probably 20 years ago.

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ILoveLandscapes@reddit

I use Spotify. I have several albums saved that I like to listen to add an album level, and also a few few key playlist. I’ve been curating a 90s playlist over several years that has more or less become perfection. Every time that plays, I’m transported back to high school.

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unclejoe1917@reddit

Albums in the house and satellite radio in the car.

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No_Calligrapher_3278@reddit

Thumbdrive in the car. I don't personally want Sirius XM because I still like listening to exactly what I want to listen to. FM is mostly commercials. I actually like listening to music, it's my therapy.

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diedforyourzyns@reddit

A mix of both really. Playlists for upcoming festivals or shows. Albums when they drop and a few that I just enjoy front to back.

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ZoneWombat99@reddit

I was all about Spotify and streaming, but then I learned how little artists make from Spotify plays.

Also I got tired of Spotify inserting AI-generated music into my playlists (even "hits of the 70s, 80s, and 90s" although it's much worse with jazz, EDM, etc).

Then I learned that Spotify 's TOS and EULA give them full rights to any data you enter on their site or app, including your name and image.

So now YouTube music and/or my own music files ripped from my thousands of CDs one year when I was bored

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PrettyFly4Wifi@reddit

Seeing how the majority of us Gen Xers don't listen to terrestrial radio anymore, I feel better having just retired from my 25 year radio DJ career in March.

I'm actually surprised at myself for how little listening to radio I do; and I'm someone who was passionate about it. I went to the very top of the industry and now I can't be bothered by a commercial. Part of me wishes I was still doing it, but radio circles the drain as the companies try to remain relevant.

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Effective-Breath-505@reddit

Depends on my mood ... and my workday or weekend. Albums of an entire band on Apple I've downloaded, or Shazam playlist, or user created playlists of themed genres or decades.

Digital music has changed the way I listen to be honest.

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OutOfEffs@reddit

I buy on BandCamp, but also listen on Spotify.

I use Taper's Section for stuff from the Live Music Archive (so. many. Mountain Goats. shows.).

I have a metric fuckton of mp3s that were ripped from CDs of things that are not streaming anywhere.

Got my now 15y/o an iPod Classic for their birthday a few years ago and that thing literally never leaves their person. I'm so jealous bc I dreamed of that shit when I was their age, lugging a bunch of mixes everywhere in my lunch box purse so I could be ready for any musical situation.

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TheRabidBadger@reddit

Spotify at work, Sirius XM in my car.

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alfundo@reddit

18000 mp3s and a 500 gig phone. I’m genx, I don’t pay for radio.

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pingpongwatch@reddit

All my favorites through the years on one giant playlist

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thebestjonbrown@reddit

YouTube premium music on all devices. I use playlists and the custom playlists that YouTube makes for me. The custom ones that YouTube makes are pretty good actually, nice mix of all music I like, both classic and new. I also watch a lot of YouTube on the TV so YouTube premium with mo commercials is pretty awesome.

I don't think I've used a CD in 10 years or so. All streaming now. It's actually awesome being able to call up any song or band on any platform or device.

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ny7v@reddit

Spotify, SiriusXM, and the local non-commercial jazz station on HD radio.

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O_G_Till_Infinity@reddit

I'm a big a Spotifier. Just wish the artists were compensated fiarly.

O.G. Till Infinity - Rap music for the O.G's

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Due-Day-45@reddit

I buy digital albums and listen mostly to albums, but also make mixes. For running definitely album. Rarely Apple Music, and then it’s an album followed by the algorithms taking over.

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krush_groove@reddit

Downloaded files

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threedogdad@reddit

I very rarely listen to music but when I do I use pandora. I prefer silence though, or a podcast/audiobook.

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ddodeadman@reddit

I only listen to music while driving, and that is mainly 10 minutes or less to and then from work. So, I just turn on Pandora to a "station" that it makes from a whatever random song I felt like listening to that morning/afternoon.

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KLLR_ROBOT@reddit

YouTube

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Bender077@reddit

Ripped all my CDs to MP3 years ago and have them all on a NAS drive at home. Sonos hardware all over the house, accessing the music library via a Plex server.

Entire library in iPhone and iPad as well, for when I am not at home.

Very good to listen to my stuff, not so good for discovering new music…

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rhiannonirene@reddit

My kids play stuff off their phones. Idk what app. Thankfully at least my oldest has great taste in music! I break out an ancient cd every once in awhile while I’m cleaning

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SirMixSalah@reddit

Spotify

I make my own playlists, but I also like and ise the 6 Daily Mixes they provide

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SqualorTrawler@reddit

To discover new music:

I have an account on YouTube I use only to curate musical playlists. I upvote/like, and add to a playlist anything I come across that I enjoy. I ignore anything which the algorithm wants me to listen to that I've heard before, and I'm careful not to search on anything old on this account.

Over time the algorithm starts feeding me more and more new music (or new to me, music) that I like.

I have a text file in which I then enter anything I really like and go hunting for the mp3.

The mp3 is then added to my archive, which gets burned to a USB stick, which is what I listen to in my car.

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HornetParticular6625@reddit

Mostly playlists, but occasionally radio

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IM_The_Liquor@reddit

Sirus xm radio, mostly. I have my iTunes as well.

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FinleyTheSchnauzer@reddit

YouTube Premium music app. Love it.

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TheSpitalian@reddit

Amazon Music Unlimited. I have my own playlists but sometimes I’ll let it play stuff based on what it thinks I would like based on my playlists.

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Lvngmyjoy@reddit

My Pandora app knows me too well….

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oboingadoing@reddit

Playlists from my Plex server. The biggest one being around 10k songs. I hit shuffle and go. It has a dj feature that will play 2 from the same artist and that makes the playlist infinite really because the second song doesn't need to be in the ctual playlist, just in my library. I like the surprise of it and gives it a radio feel still. I have over 100k songs in the library.

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Redbud-3@reddit

Spotify

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KurtStation68@reddit

Streaming, vinyl, and CD - my cassettes are too fragile. I have apple music with my phone plan.

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we-are-NWs@reddit

This won't be popular, Suno.

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darose@reddit

Either Sirius ... or my (still working) iPod classic!

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JavierLNinja@reddit

YouTube music.

Sometimes an album, sometimes a playlist, more often than not a simple "hey google, play 1990s grunge music" (for example) and let it build an infinite playlist based on my request.

And other times, I just use the "liked" auto-playlist, which shuffles all the songs I've ever liked on the platform

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noshu@reddit

I let YouTube Music create a mix based on whatever song I feel like listening to in that moment. I'll put on a Cure or INXS song and the YTMusic mix is usually excellent.

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_miles_teg_@reddit

I still like listening to full albums when I listen to music on Apple Music.

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grahsam@reddit

Mostly FLAC files on my phone or computer. Some vinyl, not CDs as much anymore. Occasionally, Tidal at work.

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Roguefem-76@reddit

I have mp3s and videos saved to my phone and computer, and watch videos on YouTube. I have CDs, but saving them and just opening the files is easier.

(I've also been known to save stuff off YT.)

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chrisll25@reddit

Anyone still use soulseek?

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rachinreal_life@reddit

I use Tidal but I still listen to music the same way I always have for thw most part - an album will come out and, if I love it, I'll listen to mostly that one album on repeat with the odd new release in between, similar to how I used to listen to the radio or watch music TV in the olden days.

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1tiredmommy@reddit

I heart radio app ( the 80’s station mostly) or playlists on YouTube. My kid is still showing me how to do the playlists and find the best videos for them. So many I had chosen had annoying talking or things going on at the beginning besides music or singing and apparently there’s a way to get around that.

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humble_cyrus@reddit

Spotify or SoundCloud. I pay for Spotify but get the free SoundCloud.

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Avasia1717@reddit

in the car: radio or CD’s

in the garage: radio

in the house: spotify playlists, CD’s, or sometimes vinyl.

on my computer and phone: single songs on youtube.

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abb00769@reddit

iTunes and my local independent radio station. (They play a diverse and eclectic mix, similar to the college radio when I was in school.)

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worm0316@reddit

While albums can be fun but the best is to find new music and keep adding to playlists. I thought I’d be paying for Apple Music for my kids. While they enjoy it, after the end of each month we look at the previous month to compare and I listen to way more artists per month. By July I had reached over 1000 different artists.

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tequilavip@reddit

I shuffle all ~20k tracks via a Samsung SSD plugged into my vehicle.

At home, I shuffle the same library via MediaMonkey. USB out of PC into a audio interface for D/A conversion into a 20x2 watt amp/volume control into a powered 12” sub into passive bookshelf speakers. I had a Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 system for years, but wanted more low end.

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fuhnetically@reddit

Spotify and CDs

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truthcopy@reddit

Apple Music. Mix of ripped CDs of the last 50 years and streaming. Sometimes playlists I’ve built. Sometimes Apple suggested lists. Sometimes albums. There’s no one answer.

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classicsat@reddit

Radio, and what pops up on my Youtube feed. Usually reaction videos, or a Sina cover.

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navitimer806@reddit

Apple Music playlists and albums typically, but at home when in the mood for physical mediums I still break out the vinyl, CDs, and SACDs.

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dylandrewkukesdad@reddit

Apple playlist

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majesticalexis@reddit

YouTube

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ccourter1970@reddit

Apple Music mostly. Playlists I create every few months (current one has 578 songs on it), and sometimes Apples curated playlists, and then My Station. Occasionally iHeart Radio Lost 80s.

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NorCalFrances@reddit

I still buy CDs or download entire albums so that I can listen offline and never lose access.

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defiantnoodle@reddit

Buy metal on Bandcamp and put the albums in a playlist

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FutureGeist@reddit

Satellite radio in the car. YouTube music, Mixcloud, and Pandora for streaming.

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NoPanda5634@reddit

Apple Music. I have a lot of CDs, but alas no CD player to play them.

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Impossible-Company78@reddit

Pretty much the same. Apple Music or Sirius.

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Valuable_Ad1211@reddit

I like to listen to whole albums. Mostly Apple Music but still listen to vinyl as well.

I can’t stop listening to live King Gizzard shows on Bootleg Gizzard on Apple

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liddybuckfan@reddit

I still have my whole vinyl library! Mostly I use Apple Music. I also love Sirius XM too.

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alienchar@reddit

Spotify, Relisten and music saved on my phone.

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fightwallace@reddit

I have a huge vinyl collection and do listen to them, but mostly Spotify.

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Sitting_pipe@reddit

Apple Music, Vinyl, and CD

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wieldymouse@reddit

Either interesting looking videos on YouTube or whatever I have in my library on Amazon Music.

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jessek@reddit

Apple Music. Albums.

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YourGuyK@reddit

Spotify favorites 90% of the time. Very rarely I'll do an old album.

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Ollie-Arrow-1290@reddit

SXM (Boneyard, Hair Nation, 70's on 7, Classic Rewind\Vinyl), a curated Pandora channel, or MP3s on my phone.

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WolfAtNeck@reddit

Siriusxm in my car or if I have good cell service at work. I use Amazon music most of the time at work because I can download for when I'm inside customers buildings.

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harley_hot_wheelz@reddit

I use Spotify and I bounce between albums and playlists. Depends on my mood really. If a band I like releases a new album, my young self gets excited and listens to the full album until all lyrics are learned. Then I add my favorite songs from that album to a playlist or two.

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LetsBNiceYall@reddit

Playlists & Spotify. Sometimes I'll pull up an album when I get nostalgic.

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ZombieAlarmed5561@reddit

Radio

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cg325is@reddit

Only Apple. I won’t listen to ANYTHING with commercials. Apple thru IPods, Apple CarPlay, Apple streaming through Sonos. We got rid off all our albums and cassette and I recreated all my old mixed tapes into playlist on Apple.

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VecchioDiM3rd1955@reddit

While driving I normally listen the radio, I've found a couple of interesing stations on DAB, and there's a classical/jazz/avantgarde radio both in FM and DAB. Otherwise I listen to CDs or vynils.

Bandcamp is intersting to find new music, sometimes I buy CDs if I like the band.

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PerpetualRestart@reddit

I download all of my music and then I own it and it's on my phone and my laptop. There is a great website where the music is cheap and they literally have everything. Since all my music is on my phone, I just play it anytime I want through my car and home Bluetooth speakers or headphones. I can also create playlists as well.

https://www.iomoio.com

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Marquis_de_Bayoux@reddit

Sirius or a thumb drive with my CD collection burned to it when I'm in the car.
Youtube or Spotify free if I'm looking for something specific when at home.
Pandora for background tunes while fixing dinner at home.
My CD collection if I want to listen to something I own and am familiar with at home.
Spotify free in the car for podcasts.

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Perfect_Beat_5942@reddit

So many Spotify playlists. I have a giant “new stuff” list that I listen to when driving. I then use that to make genre/mood/occasion specific lists that are a mix of stuff I know and stuff that’s new to me.

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MikeW226@reddit

I finally broke down and got Apple Music a few years ago. I just have Playlists and for some bands/artists I have their band name as a Playlist ... but I don't really split out into albums...just bands/artists. I still bring CDs with me in the car...my older Toyota actually has a CD player ;O)

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Flat_6_Theory@reddit

Apple Music/playlists. This way my music is always available. Bonus for no more scratched CDs or respooling cassette tapes.

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ibrahim0000000@reddit

I play Venice Radio Classic online on my iPad:

https://www.veniceclassicradio.eu/player/new/vcr.php?ch=0

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Phantomtastic@reddit

Mostly whatever music app I’m using set to shuffle. I rarely listen to music as albums.

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These-Educator-1959@reddit

I do mostly playlists on Amazon.

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Expensive-Ferret-339@reddit

My phone playlist is the default-I have it on a couple of iPods as well-but I stream too.

I can’t get the mix of genres I like streaming-I like to hear Talking Heads followed by Beyoncé, then maybe Billie Eilish or the Hamilton soundtrack, but if I want to hear current music, streaming has it covered.

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Mouse-Direct@reddit

Spotify

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typhona@reddit

I've had Pandora from day one. My 4 main channels are all pretty well trained so that I dont get a lot of off the wall (compared to the rest of the station) songs or bands.

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smith4498@reddit

Albums on Spotify

Live concerts downloaded from Archive.org or other sources

I have tons of CDs but I'm just too lazy to deal with them. Plus, I haven't bought one in a long time. There's a lot of newer artists I listen to now that I don't have have any physical media of.

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JarJarsBastardSon@reddit

YouTube, Pandora, Apple.

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GarthRanzz@reddit

Mostly mood/tv/movie driven playlists I’ve created on Apple Music. Lately I’ve been stuck in a grunge/alternative mood.

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Ianthin1@reddit

Playlists, but often for a single artist so it’s like a greatest hits or general compilation.

I hit up genre specific playlists too, especially for new music, to stay fresh. And I’ll do albums for older stuff that would have been listened to that way when it was new.

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oldernwiser65@reddit

Apple 🍎 everyday

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Biza_1970@reddit

I like the MIX app. Lots of different styles of music mixed for hours. As a Gen X, they have great 70s, 80s, 90s mixes. Highly recommend DJ Starting from Scratch 80s Mega Mix vol 1 and his ‘Cottage Cheese’ mixes.

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cbrworm@reddit

Modern stuff, single songs or playlists. Stuff from the past, albums.

I stream probably 75% of my music.

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BreakfastAcceptable8@reddit

In the car, satellite radio or HD radio (depending on which car I'm driving). Also do a lot of streaming either Amazon music or Pandora

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Author_Dent@reddit

I’ve been a shuffle kind of guy since I could put five discs in the changer and put it on complete random.

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boybrian@reddit

I tend to listen on Spotify but I am in the process of organizing my digital music. I also have my CDs and acquired a NAD receiver and CD player for when I want to listen to those, especially the organ music or Wendy Carlos- I don't think she allows her works that she has control of to be streamed.

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glendon24@reddit

Albums on Spotify. I have a workout playlist but other than that I prefer listening to entire albums.

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Kal-Roy@reddit

Records, cassettes, playlists, and stream albums

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truejabber@reddit

Apple library song list. A-Z. Then repeat.

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Deep-Ad-9728@reddit

YouTube or C89.5 app

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jcsnipes1969@reddit

Mostly vinyl at home.

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stonemadcaptain@reddit

At home it’s CDs and vinyl, but Apple Music in the vehicle and work.

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Drewness326@reddit

Vinyl albums, Pandora: I have a wide range of stations, playlists that are usually concert set list and often I will just play the discography of a band from first album through to their last.

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Iko87iko@reddit

Albums, cassettes, cds, stream, archive.org

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Shad0wF0x@reddit

Spotify mostly on random shuffle. I usually listen to albums while I run or when I'm doing a set chore where I can't touch my phone without washing my hands or taking gloves off (like cleaning the bathroom or something). I still listen to mp3s on my PC and use YouTube lofi sounds for studying some stuff or just watching music videos.

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CircusFreakonLSD@reddit

I do a lot of driving and I have a CD player in my car but I don't use it... I only have a few CDs these days and they're put away in a box rn. I use YouTube music, which works for me because it knows what I like and I don't have to put in much effort at all... I turn my car on and the music starts, its rare I hit skip.

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Ok-Ad5108@reddit

Vinyl

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QuiJon70@reddit

I have no respect for the use of streaming radio as it has all but broken the music industry and the reason why seeing a 40 year old band costs hundreds of dollars now.

Being finding cd are practically non existent now. I buy the music I want and throw it on a thumb drive and plug it into my car.

Then I rip a back up cd to store just incase one day I might need it cause media companies like apple and Amazon etc are crooked as fuck.

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Chicagogirl72@reddit

Car radio and Alexa

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Daredrummer@reddit

99% Spotify premium.

It's easily my favorite service. I have nearly every album ever recorded in my pocket, and between Discover Weekly and Release Radar, I find a new band or song to like almost every single week.

I adore it. I couldn't possibly imagine having this in the 80s and 90s.

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Bibliophile1998@reddit

I will use our college kid’s Spotify if she’s not using it but mostly listen to audiobooks via our library’s Libby app. I did just purchase my first CD in two decades and was SO excited to blast it on the 3+hour drive home from dropping off the college kid at school o my to realize the car does not have a CD player oof.

Given the state of things, I might migrate back to physical copies.

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Busy_Log_7128@reddit

How doo you dew, sir.✌️

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vamartha@reddit

Sirius and YouTube music.

Mostly my own playlists on YouTube and Classic Vinyl with a tiny amount of Lithium thrown in on Sirius.

(Hubby prefers Lithium and I prefer Classic Vinyl. I have no idea why he doesn't listen to Octane.)

And I mostly play music on a Google Mini or my phone when I'm at home.

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Britpop_Shoegazer@reddit

Spotify, XM radio (XMU is my favorite channel), KCRW, and BBC Radio streaming.

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readingitatwork@reddit

Once I found college radio, and also independent radio stations, I've mostly stuck with those.. . . Once upon a time there was a streaming service through Yahoo, yahoomusic, and it was awesome. I could listen to a friend's station to see what m music they were listening to.

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TheSkepticCyclist@reddit

Albums. Always have and always will. If a band can’t make a good album, they aren’t worth listening to. If they focus solely on making hit singles, they aren’t worth listening to.

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Cantech667@reddit

Apple Music and SiriusXM. I have a bunch of playlists on Apple Music, and I like starting radio with an artist I like. This way, I hear more of that artist, as well as discovering a bunch of other music.

In the past month, I’ve bought two physical media, the first in probably 15 years or so: Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii on Blu-ray, and the Beat set for the concert, as I’ll listen to the albums through Apple Music. I saw Beat live last year, and it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen.

Years ago, I had hundreds of records, then moved on to cassette and CDs. I’ve pretty much ditched physical media in favour of streaming. I don’t have a hi-fi set up, and I find streaming to be very convenient, and it does the trick for me.

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ccoates09@reddit

LP's, CD's YouTube music, ProgRadio

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Htiaf26101@reddit

I use the radio, free Spotify, CDs, music library of mp3s. And I don’t mind commercials because I’m generation x and I’ve always been accustomed to them lol.

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japhia_aurantia@reddit

I like whole albums, but I make my own playlists as well in my offline music player. I still download albums and occasionally songs from iTunes and sometimes Bandcamp - I'd rather direct as much of my money to artists as possible, rather than the black hole of Spotify. I do have free desktop Spotify on my laptop that I use to find new music and test-listen to albums.

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No_Science_8600@reddit

Playlists and Sirius. I only listen to music in my car and sometimes when I go to sleep

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jwgd-2022@reddit

For just random listening, my “Liked Songs” playlist on Spotify. CDs for more intentional listening.

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hellomodern@reddit

YouTube Music at home. I pick a song and let the service create a playlist for me. Same in the car, or I listen to a variety of radio stations, or nothing. I enjoy both old and new music and a variety of genres so there is never a shortage of things to listen to and it keeps things fresh.

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MaxBulla@reddit

a couple vinyl albums most evenings when the family is in bed. depending on the day's workload a few during the day.

otherwise qobuz playlist of recommendations i have picked up online, through mates, etc. great stuff goes on the vinyl wishist, good stuff stays, bad stuff disappears forver.

never been a radio guy.

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The_Real_Fufishiswaz@reddit

YouTube Music

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Fuzzteam7@reddit

I loaded tons of cds on my mp3 player years ago and that’s my go to for whatever mood I’m in. If I want something different I turn on the radio.

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thetrickstergib@reddit

Apple Music. I have around 10 albums I have selected and then just select ‘create radio’ from certain tracks. Bad I know as we should be listen to albums as pieces of work not tracks here and there…

20yrs ago I had every CD imported, all the album artwork sorted, extra tracks added. Everything. No idea where all that went.

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Fun-Fig-7948@reddit

I did the same with my CDs, downloading into iTunes, artwork was a chore, and initially paid that $27 annual fee to have it in the cloud. I have noticed that over time it has deteriorated, some albums have disappeared, tracks got relabelled as a different album and artwork. I have kept some CDs and have tried to delete and add them to my now Apple music library due to this. But some keep glitching after a short time. It’s disappointing but not entirely surprising.

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MaximumJones@reddit

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LV-42whatnow@reddit

SiriusXM and Spotify.

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ZanzerFineSuits@reddit

I'm one of the few stalwarts on Sirius/XM. That and my thousands of songs on my iPod.

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scaper2k4@reddit

I do a couple of playlists on my phone. I use BandcCamp to find new music. I do not stream music on any platform, since they're designed to rip off a majority of the musicians who use them (you put more money into a musician's pocket by buying one song from them than you would streaming them).

It's tough out there for people who aren't Taylor Swift or Metallica or any of those bigger acts. Shirley Manson has been speaking about this at Garbage shows. There's no way for musicians to make any real money anymore. You can't live off of $12/month from streaming. David Lowery from Camper Van Beethoven has been talking about this since the beginning of the streaming "revolution." There's no money in it, and you the fan are worse off.

So hit up places like BandCamp and the homepages of those bands and musicians and get your music directly from them whenever possible. And if you have to stream (not all of us can afford to buy entire albums, digital or otherwise), go buy just one song. Any platform will do. Seriously. We all love music. Our youth was defined by some of the greatest music out there. Let's support those musicians the best way we can.

Also, BandCamp should pay me for proselytizing for them.

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HistorianJRM85@reddit

i listen to mp3s on an mp3 player (a nice one though).

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AnotherBaldWhiteDude@reddit

99% playlist 1% vinyl

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SleeplessMikAndi@reddit

Most of the time, I go without listening. My work is too noisy and music is often too distracting. When I do listen though, it's Spotify.

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musicjunkee1911@reddit

After His day of rest, on the eighth day God created the album format.

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PepperDadMe@reddit

Find new music on Spotify and then buy from Amazon or iTunes. Very occasionally a full album, but mostly single tracks

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MixCalm3565@reddit

YouTube and our cd collection.

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evlswtmn@reddit

I’ve been mostly Spotify or pandora back and forth between them, but I have been enjoying finding new music on TikTok. Turns out if you start watching music that’s what the Algo starts showing you. Who knew it could be used for good lol.

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nowandnothing@reddit

I mostly listen to audiobooks now, if I listen to music in the car it is classical music only.

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CowboyJeeper1@reddit

Spotify for the win

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Gloomy_Shallot7521@reddit

Spotify- I have multiple playlists and some saved misc songs or albums, podcasts too. I explore a little when I have time and can look at the links from my favorites to other artists. Youtube for some newer music that I get recommendations for on Reddit. Local radio station for classic rock (I think I died a little the first time I heard them play Nirvana.)

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niff007@reddit

Spotify - albums and playlists

YouTube or Bandcamp for certain things

Spin albums on the turntable at home when im in the mood

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GrandElectronic9471@reddit

Mainly whole albums for me. I'll switch to playlists every once in a while when nothing sounds appealing. I usually like to use Spotify Artist Radio to find groups that are similar to what I'm currently listening to but sometimes just generic genre playlists are good to. Can find some good stuff by listening to weird subgenres of your favorite style.

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tdawg-1551@reddit

Spotify. I create my own lists. I got tired of the same crap on the radio (only listen in the car driving) and not hearing what I want. I have a lot of different music interests

I have 4 playlists.

Classic rock from the 60s and 70s.

80s hairbands and other stuff I like from that era.

Metal playlist which is stuff like Metallica, anthrax, Ozzy, Tool, that sort of stuff.

And a standard pop playlist with all sorts of past and present pop songs.

I'll play one on shuffle until I hear them all, then move to the next list.

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comradb0ne@reddit

Stream on Spotify away from home. If I find songs I like I buy them on apple or Amazon and add them to one of my itunes playlist.

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adenovir@reddit

Spotify playlists. I especially love their “Alt Now”playlist and often branch out to see what songs show up on a radio playlist made from a song I like. Not very nostalgic, I get tired of hearing the same old songs from my youth every day.

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Xer-angst@reddit

Albums at home, live concerts on my tv if I can't be there, and live recordings in my car and at work.

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ebeth_the_mighty@reddit

I don’t listen to music anymore.

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Recynd2@reddit

Apple Music. Worth every penny.

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contrarian1970@reddit

I'm old school. I do have a couple of thousand albums on CD, cassette, or dollar bin vinyl LP record. However, I'm finding in my fifties that the gym is where I have the patience to listen to all of the very subtle background instruments and vocals. My hobby is finding a really CLEAN vinyl rip of an album I already own and adding it to my phone. A few crackles and pops are worth it to get that sweet sweet midrange punch that makes it feel like you are in the same room with the Beatles or Bob Dylan. Finding those 1950's and early 1960's rips even if it's mono can be like hearing the music for the first time. Modern pressings of "newly remastered" vintage tapes are usually a waste of fifty bucks even if it's 180 gram and sped up to 45rpm for detail. If the tapes are degraded, there is just sonic information that isn't there. Paul McCartney's bass guitar is particularly diminished on so called "remastered" albums like Please Please Me and Hard Day's Night.

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slowlybecomingmoss@reddit

Mostly I stream xpn. Sometimes I do playlists or “stations” on Apple or Sonos

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spudmasher1969@reddit

I listen to Spotify a lot, but I'm really lucky to have a kick ass independent station here that plays tons of great music with no commercials! 91.7 WMSE. They stream too at wmse.org Every three hours the dj changes and so does the style of music, free form radio like it should be! Over the air is not dead!

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Outrageous-You-4634@reddit

Pandora playlist of about 800 songs plus in "discovery mode"

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Nazz1968@reddit

CD’s, college radio (in the car), and YouTube.

I used to have a massive vinyl collection, but let go of 90% of it in recent years because I never replaced my old stereo equipment after it gave out 7-8 years ago. I turned a serious profit, having bought most of the vinyl in the 80’s and 90’s when it was cheap, and all of mine was in excellent condition. I kept about 3 dozen of my absolute favorites.

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The_Observatory_@reddit

Vinyl, iPod, CDs, YouTube, Live Music Archive on Archive.org, Sirius XM, bootleg recordings of shows I attended and recorded, Bandcamp

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BoursinAndBrioche@reddit

Apple music Playlists. Satellite radio feels like the liminal space of media to me, if that makes any sense. And regular radio? Sucks balls. It seems like they play 2 songs and then do 10 minutes of ads. I really miss my local radio stations of the 80s. Literally everyone listened to a particular morning show with prizes, skits and the newest music. Now its all just bitchin about politics and ads.

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dlc741@reddit

Playlists and Pandora mostly. Albums when I'm in the mood for that album.

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Pressman4life@reddit

I-pod plugged into the car, Cd's, just got the new warning CD, Keep me fed 👍
Alexa at home. Spotify and Trex aftershokz at work.

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PrettylightedUMphrek@reddit

Streaming services, I have 5 different services depending on my mood 2 of them are very artist specific centric though. At home it’s vinyl

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Cczaphod@reddit

Volume: Twitch and Spotify. Relaxation time: LPs and Laserdiscs. I've got my own personal MTV in Laserdiscs, concerts, music video compilations, etc.

I listen to music pretty constantly, so much of it is online.

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daemonhat@reddit

depends on where i am. if i'm at work or driving, i'm either listening to music already on my phone, listening to videos on youtube, or listening to podcasts, usually conan o'brien needs a friend, on spotify. at home i don't really listen to music.

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Traditional-Win-5440@reddit

YouTube Music playlists when cooking or doing chores.

Full albums (CD or vinyl) when relaxing with the family.

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DenThomp@reddit

Spin albums on occasion, Spotify I mix it up, sometimes full albums, sometimes playlists I create. CD’s are collecting dust. Cassettes are still on the shelf, have a working tape to tape player. Listen to my old band tapes now and then wishing I could play like my old self. Have an 8 track in an old car that runs a little fast so these relics are seldom broken out for now.

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b_o_m@reddit

Spotify playlists, and YouTube for current /new release stuff in the car or in the office. CDs and vinyl albums at home. Occasionally FM radio when the mood strikes in the car, but I hate commercials soooo much these days it's hard to keep the radio on for any significant amount of time.

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