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05-05-2017, 03:36 PM
Why I want my own music in the age of streaming
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Sorry, Spotify — I have ** interest in your streaming. When it comes to the music I love, I'm possessive to a fault. I want to own it all.*
Case in point: on April 14, Kendrick Lamar (http://mashable.com/category/kendrick-lamar/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) released "DAMN.", his latest opus. I immediately bought the album on iTunes, because a version in my preferred format, vinyl, won't be available until July. (https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/kendrick-lamar-an**unces-vinyl-release-of-damn/) *
Legit just purchased a digital download album like it's 2007 but y'all KENDRICK
— Brett Williams (@bdwilliams910) April 14, 2017 (https://twitter.com/bdwilliams910/status/852892758146723840)
I wasn't alone in buying "DAMN." (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/arts/music/kendrick-lamar-damn-billboard-debut.html), but after a quick poll of friends, I was among the only ones without an active streaming service membership. I don't often buy digital albums, but I insist on keeping all 7,928 songs I've accumulated over my musical lifetime on my iPhone. That's just a few short of the 30 million-plus available instantly on Spotify (https://press.spotify.com/us/about/) — but every single one of them is mine.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/05/i-want-my-own-music/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Sorry, Spotify — I have ** interest in your streaming. When it comes to the music I love, I'm possessive to a fault. I want to own it all.*
Case in point: on April 14, Kendrick Lamar (http://mashable.com/category/kendrick-lamar/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) released "DAMN.", his latest opus. I immediately bought the album on iTunes, because a version in my preferred format, vinyl, won't be available until July. (https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/kendrick-lamar-an**unces-vinyl-release-of-damn/) *
Legit just purchased a digital download album like it's 2007 but y'all KENDRICK
— Brett Williams (@bdwilliams910) April 14, 2017 (https://twitter.com/bdwilliams910/status/852892758146723840)
I wasn't alone in buying "DAMN." (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/arts/music/kendrick-lamar-damn-billboard-debut.html), but after a quick poll of friends, I was among the only ones without an active streaming service membership. I don't often buy digital albums, but I insist on keeping all 7,928 songs I've accumulated over my musical lifetime on my iPhone. That's just a few short of the 30 million-plus available instantly on Spotify (https://press.spotify.com/us/about/) — but every single one of them is mine.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/05/i-want-my-own-music/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Sharing (http://mashable.com/category/sharing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech Column (http://mashable.com/category/tech-column/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vinyl (http://mashable.com/category/vinyl/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Mp3 Player (http://mashable.com/category/mp3-player/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Streaming Music (http://mashable.com/category/streaming-music/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Uc3fQMzlrdQ