So, how do you get music for your self-hosted server?

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Post by iron4o » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 8:19 PM UTC

So, how do you get music for your self-hosted server?
listen-to-euterpe.eu

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Post by JohnFen » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 8:28 PM UTC

I get the music for my server mostly by buying CDs and buying from Bandcamp.

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Post by dissahc » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 10:28 PM UTC

hey, i might have a good solution... i wrote https://github.com/waveplate/spotifm which allows you to stream spotify over icecast2 and control the playblack with a REST API

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Post by longitudinal93 » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 2:06 AM UTC

If you have a Deezer account you can use download lossless FLACs using various free apps.

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Post by mindslight » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 2:07 AM UTC

Pirate FLACs, go to shows, buy merch. You don't need to support the parasitic music distribution industry in order to support the bands you love.

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Post by greenie_beans » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 2:38 AM UTC

is it possible to slurp music playing through your spotify account?

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Post by tacticalturtle » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 3:53 AM UTC

For stuff that’s a decade or more old, you can find pretty much anything on CD on eBay for $3.

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Post by yownie » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 9:38 AM UTC

Youtube downloader rips / encodes, picard for tagging/id

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Post by hammyhavoc » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 12:01 PM UTC

mindslight wrote: post #5

Pirate FLACs, go to shows, buy merch. You don't need to support the parasitic music distribution industry in order to support the bands you love.

All very well saying this, but supporting bands that don't tour anymore due to the economic difficulty of it, UK venues closing, bands being in other countries et cetera makes this quite hard.

I would love to go to Augusta Camp in Japan and see COIL live. Always wanted to. Likelihood? Sadly, quite low with my health.

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Post by toastercat » Sat, Jun 08, 2024, 1:14 PM UTC

hammyhavoc wrote: post #9

mindslight wrote: post #5

Pirate FLACs, go to shows, buy merch. You don't need to support the parasitic music distribution industry in order to support the bands you love.

All very well saying this, but supporting bands that don't tour anymore due to the economic difficulty of it, UK venues closing, bands being in other countries et cetera makes this quite hard. I would love to go to Augusta Camp in Japan and see COIL live. Always wanted to. Likelihood? Sadly, quite low with my health.

You could still buy merch. I like buying vinyl and displaying it on my wall, personally.