lol first thing i see on quobuz site is Mount@in Go@ts.
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:13 (seven months ago) link
"If you're interested in DJing, Tidal is pretty good too."
i'm not interesting in Djing other than my once every blue moon fumblethumbs version of it at local places when people are desperate and then i just do vinyl anyway. though beatport does have virtual Dj tools you can fuck around with. i'm just interested in new electronic music that i haven't heard. and good sound.
now that i'm working in back at the shop i can actually listen to whatever i want in peace all day.
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:16 (seven months ago) link
as far as new music goes, all i really care about is metal/hip hop/edm. for the most part.
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:18 (seven months ago) link
(and even with hip hop i am kinda succumbing to old man 80s and 90s nostalgia and youtube has all that basically. they have all the new stuff too.) (i listen to 90% of the new metal i hear on youtube as well. and old metal. 400 album demo tape playlists. you would think it would all be too much at some point.but that point never arrives.)
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:21 (seven months ago) link
beatport is good at curating genre new releases. deep tech hype tracks of the week! i dig it.
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:23 (seven months ago) link
how good is tidal with classical and also experimental/avant garde? probably a silly question. probably tons of stuff.
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:30 (seven months ago) link
because i am stupid and old i always forget how much better YT Music sounds compared to regular YT. i always forget to click the Music link. like a lot better! i'm gonna get cooler speakers for my desktop. it really does make me work better.
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 18:09 (seven months ago) link
I think it tops out at 256kbps though. I like the UI but hafta use Amazon Music for actual listening.
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:11 (seven months ago) link
I think Tidal is supposed to be the best one for classical?
Also I think Qobuz had the Tzadik catalog before it was widely available on streaming, I first heard of it when Whiney was doing his complete Zorn project (or maybe they were only available for dl??).
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:12 (seven months ago) link
I like Qobuz best for classical, it's very high-rez and also has the booklets which are essential to me for vocal music.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:22 (seven months ago) link
Ooh, if it has liner notes for jazz then it's over
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:23 (seven months ago) link
beatport cheapo plan is: AAC 128kbp/s
hmmmm that doesn't seem like its as high a number as 256...
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 18:24 (seven months ago) link
this sounds so cool on the little external speakers i'm using. imagine if those speakers were not so little!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxYDkDTFgF4
― scott seward, Monday, 30 October 2023 18:26 (seven months ago) link
xp Yes that will sound like gar-bazge
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:26 (seven months ago) link
I am an Apple Music user. A lot of their stuff, particularly classical, is now lossless. Also, I cannot stand the Spotify UI.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:26 (seven months ago) link
Didn't Apple launch an entirely separate service for classical(?)
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:32 (seven months ago) link
Maybe? I haven't seen it. It's still a part of their overall service.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 30 October 2023 18:33 (seven months ago) link
I love Qobuz would really encourage people to try it out
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 October 2023 19:04 (seven months ago) link
I think the Apple Music ClassicalApp is currently iPhone/IOS only (it’s not available for my iMac).
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Monday, 30 October 2023 19:11 (seven months ago) link
the Bandcamp app is worth a try, although you may need to fiddle with your library to get it to suggest the type of music you want to hear
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 30 October 2023 19:19 (seven months ago) link
Booklets are common on Qobuz for more recent releases, pop/jazz/classical/whatever
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 30 October 2023 21:53 (seven months ago) link
I've been an Apple Music subscriber since they started. There's certainly been some bumps along the way, but I think it has steadily improved and is a solid product now. Previously was a Spotify subscriber, but got frustrated with their playlist/offline song limits, which I'm sure have probably been lifted by this point, and lack of local music integration. Every time I do open Spotfy by clicking on a playlist or something, I'm just WTF is this interface, it's so confusing to me. But that could just be a lack of familiarity. I'm so used to Apple Music and finding what I want.
― Jeff, Monday, 30 October 2023 22:54 (seven months ago) link
I also think Apple has significantly improved their discovery mechanisms, they always have lagged behind Spotify there. Frequently I turn on the autoplay similar songs so it just continues after I finish a playlist or album and I've discovered a lot of new stuff that way.
― Jeff, Monday, 30 October 2023 22:57 (seven months ago) link