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I miss the realm of physical media. Starting w/ tapes in 1990 (7 years old), and then CDs in 93, I had many of each. 100+ tapes at one point, 60 or so CDs over time. Streaming media is a no go for me, as I won't pay for Spotify or Tidal monthly, I have Prime, I don't want to mess with Prime stuff. Free shipping is all I really want/need. I download every song/album I want from YouTube on the YT frontend for Android (via F-Droid) called NewPipe, which I can download directly from the app. I look up a song, download Audio Only using the standard/max bitrate (br doesn't matter for me, though I think Hi Rez, cd quality (or even FLAC?) are options w/ NewPipe), and once it is in the Downloads folder, I transfer to MUSIC-MAIN on my MicroSD, and then copy everything over to the laptop every so often, as well. Only 300 songs right now, surprisingly. Seems like much much more. I want this massive glob of MP3s just to resort to, refer back to for long term, though I may dabble with physical media in the future. I'd likely go the "make mixtapes with reckless abandon and obsession" method again, as it worked well when I was a kid, lol.
Records, I want to love them, love the idea of them, I do not love them or want to bother owning them, collecting them, paying for them, investing in music rigs, etc. I was there at one point, gave up that ghost not long after getting into it. Headphones and MP3 suffice for a commoner and bottom feeder such as myself ;)
And the headphones are more broken in now. Will be used all day throughout the day. Right now I have the window open with war birds chirping their territorial hymns in the field just beyond, coffee going, cig going (maybe I can chase them off with some egregious puffs out the window?), and then plugging the drums with different tunes from said MUSIC-MAIN playlist.