I like collecting CDs because I like to see my collection fill up. It feels much better when it actually takes space and is not just an image on a Spotify playlist
Man, what a topic! The main problem today is that we can have everything and pay literally nothing. But when you have too much, you don’t give it the proper time to listen, watch, etc. You don’t get the excitement we used to get. Waiting in front of a store the day your favorite album was released, finding that horror movie you were looking for so many times, seeing your friends jealous because you found that rare album before them, or simply discovering hidden gems in the music store randomly. Also, when Spotify/RUclips didn’t exist, it didn’t matter if you liked the album you bought or not. You had to listen to it until the next month when you had enough money to buy something new again, often ending up liking the album. 😂 I miss those times, goddamn. P.S. We were born the same year!
Physical Format for life, love collecting My CD's, touching the object, and inside the booklet you have Infos, credits, photos, interview, lyrics that you can sometimes found anywhere else
I may be just 20, but I love my cd's and I always look forward to aquire new ones. Sometimes I hount for cds, because they are sometimes sold at local markets. I also like the fact, that listening an album from beginning to an end it gives you a special experience, it's a journey.
An album. Great point, listening to a whole album is a wholly different experience to some songs. Even the short weird intro tracks have a meaning and listening to a whole album is a journey.
@@roaming740 , sounds like a personal problem, bro . . . In other words, are you saying that you're unable to sit there and listen to a full album, unless you have to push a button to pop out a CD OR change out a vinyl OR hit stop and open to switch out a tape? You lack enough basic self-control to . . . avoid clicking skip (and thus avoid playing other songs and other albums before the current album is done)? It's one thing you're like, "LOOK, SAM, MY 'ADHD' MEANS I ALWAYS HAVE TO SKIP THIS ONE SONG I HATE!". But that's not what you're saying. Also, as a sidenote, stop using "ADHD" as an excuse for lack of basic self-control.
@@SamBrockmann yea man it is a personal problem but when you got all the music in the world in one place its tuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!! point with CDS and vinyl is that you only had one or two at a time that you could listen to or you had to borrow from friends. or at least thats how it was back in the day... but i wasn't around then so idk really I'm only 16
I like having physical media because I don't trust companies to store what I paid for. And the reason is that when you pay for digital content, you pay only to license it, not to own it. You pay for them to ALLOW you to listen/watch/read it. But that license can be taken away. Netflix can take your favourite movie down any moment. A band might decide for whatever reason to take their music away from Spotify. Amazon can erase stuff from your Kindle. Aside from that, wi-fi access isn't always available. Sometimes electricity is out and a book doesn't need to get charged. And all of this without even mentioning the beauty of the object itself. I'm 7 years older than you, and lived through the last period of the tape swapping era. Those were good times.
I'm 41 years old. I've been listening to metal since I was 13, and I started being interested in music even earlier. I collect CDs, cassettes and vinyls. I have an MP3 on my phone to listen to while outdoors. I have never even considered using Spotify etc.
I'm 20 and have 119 CDs and 1 tape and am gonna keep it going. I try to buy everything I love on CD, because that's how you truly own something. it's the same with DVDs. Unfortunately some music I like (electronic) is never on physical media
me too, CD is always my first choice. a lot of stuff I like is not available physically though so I buy my own blank cassettes and record onto them, making the J-Cards myself in photoshop.
Same here, I'm 20 as well and I collect mostly CDs but some Vinyl too and I also collect DVDs. For me it is just nice to look at your collection and the "journey" you made to get everything 🙌
im 16 year old.. and im collecting cassettes! i like having the physical music in my hands and the "raw" sound of them, and it helped me discover new music (cause most like 99% of my cassettes are from my step mother that was into punk,rock and a bit of metal and grunge) like yeah i know most nirvana 'nevermind' songs but listening to it on the cassette made me discover the songs i literally never knew existed AND my step-mother was very into the punk scene where i live so she has a lot of cassette made by her friends that were in bands! i love owning cassettes thats all
I'm a Gen Z'er (an older one, I turn 20 in a month, but still) and I couldn't agree with you more. I inherited a pretty decent sized vinyl collection that I've since added a lot to and also own maybe 30-40 or so CDs. I use streaming services when I'm out and about since I don't own a portable player, but the act of sitting at home by myself listening to a physical copy of an album is so much more intimate, especially with vinyl since every record has its own pops and crackles that add just a drop of character to each one. Also, my grandpa and I used to listen to a lot of these together and the thought of building onto his old collection and someday passing it down to keep the cycle going makes me pretty happy.
I like physical media primarily because I like to own my stuff, and this goes not just for music, but also movies, television shows, anime, and any other forms of entertainment. I like owning that things I enjoy, so I can't be told by a record label or streaming service "oh, you can't listen/watch this because it's not available in your region." And there's also a number of albums that exist that were never on streaming in the first place, such as the Black Faith album from Cancer, which I absolutely adore.
We're about the same age and it's eerie how close we share these opinions. I do have my own great reasons for enjoying physical media and I gotta share them. Putting on a CD, Tape, or record unplugs me from a screen. At 35, I'm outright tired of the news. It is draining that the device I can communicate with also exposes me to so much shit that shouldn't effect my day. Sure I should keep an eye on the world, but it's too much sometimes. So I get off the computer, get off the phone, grab an album I like and that's all that's around me. Sometimes I'll read a book or a comic while the music is going. For however long it is, my music room is peace and it's the only place I am at. Secondly, shopping at a record store is a borderline religious experience. I enjoy discovering new things and getting a random album from a band I've never heard of and maybe even a genre I might never thought to try. It's not an algorithm seeing what I listen to and just recommending me new bands in the same genre or style(Which is still cool) but there's a chance I get a dud or open myself to finding stuff I'd never consider. Great video btw dude.
I'm really happy that you made this video. I'm 27 years old and I buy cd's and prefer to listen music on RUclips. Fun fact; Most CD's being sold today are most of the time rock and metal. There is a store in Belgium where they sell cd's under every genre. Jazz, classic, pop, every spot is as good as empty, except the spot where the rock and metal CDs are, that spot is PACKED. There are very kind people that recommend each other CD'S and its crazy how in depth they talk about the music. Like "oh that last album was good but at this song they lost their sound and went the commercial route" blah blah. and so on It's crazy 🤣
You will never get the same experience from listening to singles that a software recommends you compared to listening to a full album that you can take in your hands💿 Love the dutch angle in your office. I will always buy albums, even though there are not many coming out that interest me atm. Greetings from Lotasticland
In my childhood there wasn't internet around. You could only listen to music on cd or on cassette. However that era still stuck in my mind. I love it. Now I have cassette player and some albums. It's a great pleasure for me
its the same with movies, just going onto netflix and seeing thousands of films you honestly dont feel too connected to and can just click it feels boring and effortless, the pure JOY of owning the dvd/vhs etc and physically being able to look at the art and special features just feels so much more purposeful. Plus a lot of older films (in my personal case, many horror films) just aren't on many streaming platforms at all and physically owning something that is difficult to find in todays day feels sm more special
I was born in 1999. I personally love collecting Physical Media for music and movies. I have a large collection of Vinyl and CDs and I've gotten more into collecting cassettes lately, finding both old school bands and newer underground bands that release cassettes, I find it's fun and adds to the experience of listening to my favourite bands. I still use RUclips an band camp for streaming (I don't like Spotify) but it doesn't feel as fun or impactful as actually picking up and album and setting it up to hear it in full.
For me it's a matter of comfortability. I spend a lot of time in public transport to get to my job and returning home so Spotify and RUclips are straight forward options for me because I can listen to a shitload of albums in a daytime. Also, for the gym it makes it easier. But, if I really like an album or an artist, I want to have it on a physical format, so I totally endorse your points in the video.
Damn, I love this video. This is a whole lot of why I love physical media in one video, but the bit about albums as a format being a better conveyance of the artist's intent is my favorite part. I still buy vinyl and CDs largely because I think I get more out of listening to an entire album than I do listening to one catchy song. Listening to a song is taking a walk. Listening to an album is going on a journey.
Within the last few years, I've gotten back to collecting up physical media. I used streaming services primarily for a good bit, but if I wanted to listen to say...Headless Cross by Black Sabbath, I was out of luck, because it wasn't on any streaming sites. Not only that, but I love to look for new Black Metal specifically, and I feel like buying the physical media is like getting a small piece of the band. Not only that, but in an age where we don't own the things we buy digitally, I can hold up this Unholy Calamity cassette and say "I own this!" Your point, Sir, about the album being indicative of where the band is in life at that time? Love that. its very true.
I am exactly the same age like you Farvann and don't know if that's the reason I totally agree with you or not, but I feel the same way regarding music and even video games feels the same way for me. I own around 200 albums mostly on cd's and when I am searching for an album, it means that I want to listen to that album at that moment and don't have to wait until the ads are done like in youtube and stuff, I can touch the case and even remember pretty much when I bought them and how long I have been with them whom I was with during that period of time. Those kind of things may sound dumb but for me it does matter. Like it also takes me back in time and I can say how depressive or happy I was and just memories comes into my head. New technology is fine but not for everything and will never have the same touch as old stuff. I can barely imagine how my grandfather was when listening to his music in the 50's, I think those feelings and memories stays with you until you die.
What I really like to do when buying a new CD is to take the booklet and to read all the lyrics while listening to the song. That always gave me a deeper connection to the band when I realised that the lyrics touched me in any way. My best example for that would be the former german black metal band Eis (or Geist in the good old days) Btw your video editing skills are over the top
I just got into collecting CD's and tapes almost accidentally, but once I started I don't regret. I agree with most of your thoughts: owning something physical, not just an image, supporting the artist, treating album as a whole, as a piece of an art, not just another track on "Super-duper best metal 2024 spotify playlist". There is something in it, that tells me this is the right way. And to be honest - if most people do something - I do the opposite, if they're using digital - I go physical. Great Video!
Long live physical albums! i too grew up listening to cassettes and cds. Saving up money to buy a cd and read through the lyrics and enjoy the artwork while listening to the album as a whole is just an experience. I also have mp3 players for convenience, but its starting to bug me that bands are doing more singles and digital releases. I hope the physical album as an artform never dies.
I've got probably 1000, 1100 CDs after a bit over a decade of serious collecting and with my streaming library I listen to roundabout 800 different artists. Some got one album, or at an average something between 10 to 15, but others like Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa and Johnny Cash got 70+ studio and live recordings... That's quite an enormous amount of music I'ld have to purchase. I use streaming, RUclips, bandcamp, my vast array of CDs and I'm thinking about getting into tapes. Therefore I'm trapped in the middle - I'm an avid streamer but most of my own money not needed for living and so on are spent on physical media.
The memory you shared about the cassette player recording your favorite radio song was exactly like my memory! As a kid, I felt so powerful being able to make a tape of the songs I liked best at the time - my very own mixtape. Doing a digital mixtape is fine for me, though. It may be that I’m just lazy. Good video. Smart. Thought provoking. Thanks.
I have the same weird connection (very emotional) with few albums, the first I ever got. The first real physical media I ever got (original stuff, i had few dozens of cassetes I made by recording stuff from radio, just as Farvann did) was a Korn and their "Issues" album. it was a gift from my sister. I was already into more metal stuff bacl then but it was a gift and I loved it, i still love it and enjoy listening to that album using cassete player. The second, my first CD album, was Nile and "Into their darkened shrines". I bought it myself and it is one of my most emotionaly valuable things I own. I cannot agree more - real physical media is more than just music, it is real, hard memory of a moment in time, snapshot of what you felt and loved back then. Digital stuff lack that.
Sweet memories of buying Maiden vinyls as a teenager and spending hours and hours looking at the sleeve designs. I still believe the music experience is more than the audio: it’s the entire package: the visuals, the tactile experience of handling the physical medium.
I couldn't agree with you more on this subject. I truly appreciate the physical media format for CDs with the art in the booklet and how I can collect it and keep it on a shelf. Collecting music is a hobby of mine that I have always had since I was 13. Every CD I own has a back story, and I have hundreds of them.
Damn, at 49 I guess I'm one of your oldest followers. But you're right, a few years ago I foolishly got rid of almost all my CDs, thinking, hey, with the internet, I don't need these anymore. Stupid I know. You're also right about the album format. Most rock and metal classics are great from start to finish. But you got me thinking about maybe starting a new project, focusing more on individual songs as opposed to a coherent album sequence. Could be a nice challenge. Anyway, keep up the good work my friend.
I listen to Spotify damn near daily, purely through either being at the gym or when driving. Though being an avid CD collector, scouring countless sites to find obscure releases gives me a rush unlike any other and when I find another release I've never heard before but catches my eye, then I check it out and it is absolutely phenomenal that I forget what album I was looking for in the first place as a consequence of me buying that CD and a shirt, maybe a patch... that is the real rush of music. Well, that and the Canadian prog rock band Rush. That too is M.U.S.I.C.
I definitly prefer physical media. Got a ton of CDs, a good amount of vinyl and quite a few tapes. I like my tape collection the most. There are some really rare ones among it. I just love the vibe you get from collecting physical music. I can embrace it more, because you have to search for it, look up what shop sells it, maybe have to wait until it arrives and after all the waiting you can enjoy your new music
42 here. Collected Vinyls & tapes like a MANIAC between 2007 & 2018… then I slowly stopped. I own about 700 vinyls (~500 LPs & 200 EPs) and ~200 tapes. Some gems in there of course, some 1st press limited hand numbered shit. But it cost so much and takes so much space. Also the equipment! Badass pro tape players from the 90´s & top notch Sony Walkman before they stopped doing them. I had to stop. Now RUclips has some unbelievably underground stuff uploaded which I’m thankful for. Most i have the physical format but it’s in a box somewhere hahaha
Great video, I started my collection because I loved (and still do) the artwork. It´s my favorite addiction to achieve a physical vinyl or CD and dive into the music in detail.
We have a choice these days and I like that. You can use a physical format, a digital format or both. I'd say circumstances pushed me towards a digital format. No CD store in sight or at least no albums I'd want to own. Before Spotify I had my iPod Schuffle. You couldn't have more than 300 songs there and I had to chose carefully which songs to add. Now that I use Spotify I have discovered a lot more music. I love having multiple playlists. I have to admit that at the start of this decade I had this mentality "why would you buy physical albums when everything is digital these days". Needless to say I don't think like that anymore. If I have a chance to get my favourite albums I would. Physical media makes music seem more real. Also I agree that listening to an album is a journey. The same song can sound different to me depending on whether I am listening to it on a album vs the playlist.
Only two years older than you. I agree with everything that you said here. For me, the ritual - the work - of dubbing and labeling cassette tapes from CDs and vinyl records that I own makes me feel closer to the music. 📼
Absolut. Ich bin nochmal 10 jahre jünger als du und habe quasi mit dem Untergang der CD angefangen mir meine Musik zusammen zu sammeln. Seit einigen Jahren jetzt auch Vinyl. Und es ist einfach ein anderes Gefühl eine Platte oder CD von vorne bis hinten durch zu hören
I never comment on videos, but I needed to here. The way this video is composed and edited deserves some props. From the start, from the printed stats to scene of the car moving back and forth I know took time and thought. You have gained a new subscriber, well done! PS, I am also slowly building a vinyl collection and enjoying physical music much more as well.
I'm 20, and I have a CD collection that I started just a few years ago from scratch. There are several reasons for that: 1. CD quality is CD quality. Everything else is questionable. Even Tidal serves lossy garbage as lossless when it can. 2. By buying an album, I'm supporting its creator far more than I would by paying for a subscription service (which I still do, but it's mostly for finding new music). 3. As you also said, they can remove music from an online service, but they can't remove CDs from my shelf. 4. CDs are cool and retro to me. 5. I can put a CD in my player and listen to it without using my computer (which always leads to distractions). 6. CDs often come with tracks that aren't available on streaming services, and the lyrics booklet is guaranteed to be accurate, unlike online lyrics. 7. Unlike vinyl, CDs are still convenient to use, sold by most bands, and reasonably affordable, and unlike cassettes, they sound good. Digital also has the advantage of being rippable.
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I have been into physical media since I started listening to music. I bought CDs and ripped the albums on my computer and put them in my MP3-player (now smartphone). I try to listen to bands that should suit my taste on Spotify, but I tend to get bored very quick. I wonder if that's because the accessibility makes it hard for me to connect with new music. I went to a physical record store yesterday. I usually buy CDs online, but now I realize it's not the same experience as visiting a physical record store. A nice song started playing on the speakers, so I asked one of the guys working there what I was listening to. I left the store with one extra CD (Old Star by Darkthrone). I liked that!
Nice work man. I never really got into that second wave vinyl craze but still love my CD collection and like to purchase physical copies of the albums of my favorite bands. Here is the twist though… I just rip them into WMA format at higher bitrate and store then in a second (music dedicated) phone with no SIM card. So I have the convenience and can still que up the entire album or play by genre or my own created playlists. Maybe I’m somewhere in between haha😊
What has sold me on trying to get into physical media is having found an older band I liked just for them being taken off streaming that same week. Then to find out there’s one copy of the record on discogs going for almost $200. I guess that makes paying $30 for a record feel more reasonable even if it’s not something I can do often
I started collecting blu-rays a few years ago because finding the streaming service with the movie I want to watch now can be annoying, and also shows that swap streaming service like divorced parents having the kids every other week.
When I put on a vinyl I decide to dedicate the next hour to listening to an album. That's definately a difference to listening to music while I take a walk or mow the lawn.
there are a few reasons i prefer physical media 1. Albums i like get taken off streaming sometimes 2. I like giving bands i liken money and supporting them 3. Collecting things is really fun and records come with cool stuff like lyric sheets, posters ect 4. Going to record stores is the best way to find local bands 5. I'll always prefer albums to playlists Also so cool to see Korgonthurus mentioned i absolutely love them
This is something I have been thinking about more and more over the last few years. Like I don't care as much about the ownership. I guess. If I can listen to it, I can listen to it. I do love streaming services. Especially since I can download stuff. I take the bus everywhere. With my phone I can have a ton of music, audiobooks, movies, games. Whatever I'm in the mood for. And if I see a recommendation for a band, I can find them and listen to them in seconds. Bur I also do feel like there is a slight disconnect now. Part of it as you mentioned, the album. It's so easy to just find the song I like and just listen to that. And I find myself doing it more and more. Every now and then I'll find myself looking at the list of songs, and I wonder why I haven't listened to them yet. I also just don't connect with the music itself as much anymore. If you listed a band who's CD I owned, I can probably talk about the album. I can still have a pretty good idea of how it sounds. And not just the genre, but really hear it in my head. But I probably couldn't tell you about half the albums I listen to now. With jumping from one to the next so much and with so much available, I can just listen and move on. Back when we had to buy an album, actually going to get it, having to constantly put it in, seeing the cover with it in my hand, having to listen all the way through, let alone needing to put money down to get it, I was more mentally invested. And I've been craving that again. Because the only CDs I buy now are ones from shows. I usually try to get a shirt and a CD to support the band. But even those I mostly just rip onto the computer and throw it on my phone, and that's if I can't just download it through the steaming service. Unfortunately I am in between places right now. My CDs are packed. I don't have room for a sound system. But I am hoping to only be here for another 6 months or so. So I decided to get ahead of the curve, and I actually now have a few albums. Once I can get to someplace more stable, I would love to get some sort of set up where I can just play music and relax. Maybe have a chair for reading with my books nearby so that I'm not reading in bed. And then I won't also have to worry about a roommate that needs attention every 30 minutes if I'm not locked in my room. But I actually really want to connect with the music I listen to again, and I'm thinking this will probably be a great way to do it. Also, I was also born in 89. So that's fun.
I am a Little bit older then you but I am completely with you. Specially the 3. topic. And to add, due to the point the a band „caged“ themselves for some certain time to a studio and here point where the magic kicks in and some unforgettable stuff gets created! Also a different point is that you sometime force yourself to here album again and again to understand that record. My example was Manila Road and Crystal logic. I hear so often that this is a great album so I bought it. I know necropolis from the Visigoth cover so I like that but the rest I can’t get into. I have in my head I bought it, I pay money so i have to try it even more. And at one point it kicks in and I understood the album. And then I love it. I think that never happens with streaming.
F Sauce here. Man that Video is awesome shot and edited! 😮😮😮 Great work!!!! To the topic i get your point and mostly agree but i tendet to scratch many CDs pretty badly, lose them or they were raind on. So i keep my special CDs in my basement and sold a lot of it or gave it to my friends. But i also mostly listen to full albums from Bands but not from spotify, i download them from yt 😅
Unfortunately here in Iran we can't have access to physical foreign musics especially Heavy metal, because it's forbidden .hence we have to use the internet to download or stream it .
Yep, I love vinyls, but the prices are getting ridiculous, and sometimes you won't even get a lyric sheet with them, not to mention an actual booklet... so I mostly went back to CDs, only occasionally buying vinyls.
I really respect your opinion! It’s always nice to see people go the old-school way as far as how they purchase and listen to music. It has a certain charm to it that listening to music on streaming does not have. As a sidenote, I have a feeling you might have watched one of the latest videos from Rick Beato. He would agree with you on almost everything you said!
Hello. Nice video! I love vinyl Because when I listen to it, I am sure that the player will not receive a message from work. And as you rightly said, the album should be listened to from beginning to end if possible. I have Spotify, but it's more of an earplug on the commute. But when you go on a trip, there is a Walkman and two or three favorite cassettes. Which become even more special with each trip. It is as if you are writing down your travel memories on them. Although only music is recorded there.
While I do use Spotify for the convenience (listen at work etc), and love it for the music recommendations, I also still prefer physical media. The feeling when you get a new album that you’ve wanted, and play it for the first time. Or when you take out an old favourite, and you can basically hear the music just by holding it in your hand. 🤩
There's only 4 record stores left in my country, so it's rare & expensive to find albums I actually want to buy, but once I get to own it on CD, it elevates my enjoyment & attachment to the album/artist. For some reason, I also find myself listening to the whole album on CD, while on (streaming) music apps I often switch to sth else after a few songs. I don't think it's possible to buy all music you like on physical media, unless you have much disposable income & devote your life to it, but it is awesome, if you get to own CDs of stuff that means most to you (I recently got such a holy grail). Tldr: Nothing wrong with listening to music just digitally, but it's nice to get physical albums that mean most to you.
I love buying CDs and vinyls because even tho the albums I buy are albums that I already listened to, it’s still amazing to listen to them on my record player and it sounds better, heavier, and louder so I’m with you when it comes to listening to physical music but I do use Spotify probably because I’m a 12 year old kid and I use some Morden stuff but to a honest I would rather only listen to CDs and vinyls and cassettes for the rest of my life then Spotify
Im already a subscriber but this video would be one of the ones that would turn a casual watcher into a new subscriber. Great topic and content on this subject and i feel very similarly. Also, you are quite articulate in your thoughts in a language that isn't your native tongue. well done, you speak better than most the americans i know haha
Nothing against streaming networks, but when you mentioned that these also suggest to you music you would probably like... well... I like it better when a friend recommends me something, because that usually doesn't concern a specific genre of metal, but they know me and know what gets me going. Seeing as we're very close in age (I'm two years older) I understand exactly what you're trying to say. I've had my first Judas Priest CD since 1997 and it has become a bit of a family heirloom. :D
I have collected CDs for 25 years now (cassettes first) but I also listen to music on Spotify almost daily. You can do both for different reasons. Anyways, I agree with you.
I like to listen digitally as a way to filter through the sea of music and then buy records and tapes for things I know I want to listen to in the future. I usually don’t use spotify though, lots of bandcamp and other digital sharing. I even spent months systematically going through the alphabetical list of Black Metal bands on MA a little bit each day and downloading any bands that remotely interested me
I like physical media. I've gotten a nice collection of vinyls over the years, some new, some from 60's, 70's and 80's. Vinyls are especially great, there's always a"hunt" associated with them and the dopamine hit of finding something you were looking for or even weren't looking for but it's a release from you're favorite band or artist, is unlike very little else on Earth. On Bandcamp I'm waiting until Bandcamp Friday (coming up sep 6th!!!) To buy physical media from new artists I've discovered over the past year. I've already got an Igorrr and 2 SunnO))) vinyls, Fit for an Autopsy, Ohio Players, and Redman vinyls in the past year alone. And yeah, setting aside time dedicated to music, with a device dedicated to playing music....there is something intangible there that is beautiful
I listen to music using both, physical and digital format, but I prefer physical. And apart from everything you said, the art of the albums is also awesome: the cover art, the design work... even the freaking logos of the bands.
I only buy CDs if I absolutely love the album and have done so for an extended period. Spotify I feel is best to get to know other albums that I may buy. Nice video 🍻
Last weekend I got the first and only record by 4 Non Blondes on CD on a second hand market for just 1€. I didn't know any of their songs before, except for "What's up", but I gave it try and they are one of my favourite bands now. I think I would have never listened to the full album on a streaming platform. Some months ago, I bought the entire LotR Story as an audio book for just 4€. I rarely buy any CD's in a regular store anymore because they're to expensive, just from rather unknown artists I stumbled upon to support them, but you will find records of the "big names" on nearly every second hand market. I was born in 2002 and none of my friends really understands why I still have a MP3-Player instead of paying for Spotify, but it's just a totally different feeling to listen to a full album instead of listening to a playlist on shuffle.
Some physical albums have a story. My 7th Son lp I bought when newly released, had in on the steering wheel of my bike, had to cycle home half an hour and it started to rain. So you try and try and try to keep it dry and I almost succeeded, for one tiny spot halfway the sleeve opening. Dent and it dried up a tear. Now, 35 years later, I still remember me cycling home, trying to save the 25 gulden ( 22,50 Deutschmark at the time, a lot of money for me ) costing record safely home. And the joy or reading the booklets / inner sleeve, checking the sleeve art for Easter eggs, trying to guess the artist, looking at the label itself. We were - and sometimes still are - living the music. And that's why I still buy my cd's, tapes and lp's ( I refuse to call it vinyl, I'm not a bloody hipster ). Streaming is fine to listen to when busy with other things and to keep track of new releases and old discoveries but if possible and I like it and it's not crazy priced I'll buy it.
Interesting fact about cassette tapes - in the past, cassettes contained not only music, but also games - yes, games! So, in order to copy (pirate) a game, it was broadcast on the appropriate wave on the radio, the rest of the city recorded the "broadcast" and could also enjoy their copy :) This is how it was done in the 1990s in Eastern Europe
I fully understand what you're on about, I still kept all my cd's from earlier and can't get rid of them but I do prefer streaming in the car now, and when taking a shower or doing a task somewhere in the house... the randomness of the playlist and discovering new music even that way with smart shuffle is quite okay... that being said, when I wanna take the time to really listen to music I would never use spotify, maybe play a whole album, specific songs I wanna listen to in detail, if I wasn't a minimalist I'd probably buy a retro vinyl player and have myself a whole collection, but that would be totaly contrary to calling myself a minimalist and enjoying being able to move quite easily etc. :), a small whisky collection and 4 guitars and a guitalele is probably the only thing not rly minimalistic in my place but some hobby's are okay to have, but I wouldn't call anyone a boomer or old to prefer vinyl, cd's, taking the time to connect with one specific artist and ignore the fact u could discover a lot more in that same time frame but on a much more shalow level... I'd call it respectfully and interesting, I can go on a one artist/band journey sometimes though, but for me that's more like searching all kinds of youtube videos, listening on spotify on shuffle but only to that specific artist and get to know the songs/albums that way while driving, cycling, ... or just sit down and listen usually searching for more information as well like age, if they already passed away then when and how, former bands they were in, colabs, personal life stuff I stumble on (that being said I also think whatever the artist wants to keep private about themselves, even if that means pretty much everything personal it shouldn't be put out and kept private). All that really gets me close to an artist as well even when it's a different path in a way.
I definitely feel like effort made to listen to music does make the music you're listening to have more gravitas. While I have adapted to the modern era of playing music via a streaming service, I do recognize there is something missing
I remember in my youth listening to the music of a CD I had bought just based simply off of the album art and the appeal of the band/album name. I would look at the lyrics in the CD booklet as well as the art, the acknowledgments, etc. as I listened. It gave so much more importance to the music I was listening to. It's such a different and more satisfying experience than typing in a band name on RUclips Music and listening to a single track to see if the band appeals to me. That's the thing - I didn't specifically spend money to listen to it, so there's less interest in giving it a chance to truly sink in. It's entirely possible I've listened to and written off bands that could have possibly become my favorite band ever simply because there's no feeling of obligation to listen to an entire album all the way through multiple times.
I like Physical Media because I enjoy having true authentic media. No ads in the middle of it all. No subscriptions. It feels more personal and raw feeling. Sometimes when I listen to vinyl it feels like I'm being taken to a time machine when the band recorded it in the studio and I'm sitting there watching. Physical Media rules
Hey Farvann, i enjoyed your video and your thougths process. Listening to the album as a whole is the standard for me. I really like to buy CD´s after a concert, when i really enjoyed the show and music. And to support the band, i´m surprised why this isn´t a topic in your video. Please correct me if i´m wrong but i thougth the bands earn almost nothing from streaming, but from merch sales they do!? Grüße
I think we are losing ability to listening to music. As You said many people use it as a background for their activities because it's easy but they end up listening to music only while doing anything else. If we are putting an effort to get an album everything changes. Sadly everything goes "faster" now so it's hard to explain that listening itself is a beautiful activity and it hits very different this way. Yep! 90's boomer here too ;)
Dude i pretty much only use CD! Theres a real special feeling to actually have a physical, real thing from a band you love. Granted i still use spotify for things when it is unavailable to get, im planning to get it soon, etc EDIT: I am only 25. I was born in 1998 but i grew up without internet when i was younger. We used cds that i still own, some are up to 30 years old still lol
Prior to Spotify I discovered new music through RUclips, and before that through friends and going to recocordstores spending hours digging through the shelves and if an albumcover looked interesting giving it a listen before deciding whether or not to buy it. In a way Spotify (and co) is the new tape-trade of days gone, it gives small artists a chance to find an audience without having to go to a label (with the chance of being turned down). Also without labels artists can work at their own pace, without the pressure of a contract demanding certain numbers of songs and albums to be produced within certain time frames.
I 100 percent agree. I recently lost my ENTIRE collection of physical media after my divorce, but I had a good collection of DVD, Blu Ray, caskets, CDs, vinyl... I loved it all, and felt it gave me a connection to the bands. But now that everything I've collected over the past 20 years us gone, and record stores are getting harder and harder to find, I don't think I'll ever get that feeling back. I envy you.
@T_ELE-GRAM-YTFarVann music has been my life since I was around 14, and having that collection of music grow and grow over the years made me feel like I was apart of something. Once I get back on my feet, I'll start collecting again. Till then I need to find a way to fill that void and be there to support my favorite bands any way I can. So unfortunately, streaming is the only thing I can currently do. I really miss that feeling tho
I love and still use CDs. When I will record albums of my band, I will release it on CD and no only on streaming like Spotify or Deezer. Also I have got some tapes and sometimes listen it. I would like to buy some new ones. I always interesting about vynil, but I still didn't bought it.
Your thought on this topic is pretty romanticized, and that's good. These things can be extended for many more things in general. We stopped appreciating things but also craved about them and it's kinda delusional
I'm 54 years old and Gen X and still using audio cassettes to record my music and still find it nostalgic just too bad that other companies besides Maxell don't make them anymore
I like collecting CDs because I like to see my collection fill up. It feels much better when it actually takes space and is not just an image on a Spotify playlist
Man, what a topic!
The main problem today is that we can have everything and pay literally nothing. But when you have too much, you don’t give it the proper time to listen, watch, etc. You don’t get the excitement we used to get.
Waiting in front of a store the day your favorite album was released, finding that horror movie you were looking for so many times, seeing your friends jealous because you found that rare album before them, or simply discovering hidden gems in the music store randomly.
Also, when Spotify/RUclips didn’t exist, it didn’t matter if you liked the album you bought or not. You had to listen to it until the next month when you had enough money to buy something new again, often ending up liking the album. 😂
I miss those times, goddamn.
P.S. We were born the same year!
Now there should be a collab with Rick Beato shitting on digital music
Physical Format for life, love collecting My CD's, touching the object, and inside the booklet you have Infos, credits, photos, interview, lyrics that you can sometimes found anywhere else
I may be just 20, but I love my cd's and I always look forward to aquire new ones. Sometimes I hount for cds, because they are sometimes sold at local markets. I also like the fact, that listening an album from beginning to an end it gives you a special experience, it's a journey.
An album. Great point, listening to a whole album is a wholly different experience to some songs. Even the short weird intro tracks have a meaning and listening to a whole album is a journey.
@arhexirthewistful5891 , you realize that the Spotify still shows albums, right?
@@SamBrockmann yea but adhd takes over and makes you skip songs and play other songs and albums
@@roaming740 , sounds like a personal problem, bro . . .
In other words, are you saying that you're unable to sit there and listen to a full album, unless you have to push a button to pop out a CD OR change out a vinyl OR hit stop and open to switch out a tape? You lack enough basic self-control to . . . avoid clicking skip (and thus avoid playing other songs and other albums before the current album is done)? It's one thing you're like, "LOOK, SAM, MY 'ADHD' MEANS I ALWAYS HAVE TO SKIP THIS ONE SONG I HATE!". But that's not what you're saying.
Also, as a sidenote, stop using "ADHD" as an excuse for lack of basic self-control.
@@SamBrockmann yea man it is a personal problem but when you got all the music in the world in one place its tuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!! point with CDS and vinyl is that you only had one or two at a time that you could listen to or you had to borrow from friends. or at least thats how it was back in the day... but i wasn't around then so idk really I'm only 16
@@roaming740 , how did you avoid switching CDs or vinyls constantly, like a crazy man? 🤣
I like having physical media because I don't trust companies to store what I paid for. And the reason is that when you pay for digital content, you pay only to license it, not to own it. You pay for them to ALLOW you to listen/watch/read it. But that license can be taken away. Netflix can take your favourite movie down any moment. A band might decide for whatever reason to take their music away from Spotify. Amazon can erase stuff from your Kindle.
Aside from that, wi-fi access isn't always available. Sometimes electricity is out and a book doesn't need to get charged. And all of this without even mentioning the beauty of the object itself.
I'm 7 years older than you, and lived through the last period of the tape swapping era. Those were good times.
I'm 41 years old. I've been listening to metal since I was 13, and I started being interested in music even earlier. I collect CDs, cassettes and vinyls. I have an MP3 on my phone to listen to while outdoors. I have never even considered using Spotify etc.
Personally I like physical media for 4 reasons: I actually get to have it; collection; perpetuity; and it's not dependent on the internet to work.
Amen brother !
And you can always sell it so it's a sort of investment.
Also the photos and other things they add to the covers and stuff add so much to look at while listening to it.
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I'm 20 and have 119 CDs and 1 tape and am gonna keep it going. I try to buy everything I love on CD, because that's how you truly own something. it's the same with DVDs. Unfortunately some music I like (electronic) is never on physical media
me too, CD is always my first choice. a lot of stuff I like is not available physically though so I buy my own blank cassettes and record onto them, making the J-Cards myself in photoshop.
Same here, I'm 20 as well and I collect mostly CDs but some Vinyl too and I also collect DVDs. For me it is just nice to look at your collection and the "journey" you made to get everything 🙌
im 16 year old.. and im collecting cassettes! i like having the physical music in my hands and the "raw" sound of them, and it helped me discover new music (cause most like 99% of my cassettes are from my step mother that was into punk,rock and a bit of metal and grunge) like yeah i know most nirvana 'nevermind' songs but listening to it on the cassette made me discover the songs i literally never knew existed AND my step-mother was very into the punk scene where i live so she has a lot of cassette made by her friends that were in bands! i love owning cassettes thats all
That's awesome!!
I'm a Gen Z'er (an older one, I turn 20 in a month, but still) and I couldn't agree with you more. I inherited a pretty decent sized vinyl collection that I've since added a lot to and also own maybe 30-40 or so CDs. I use streaming services when I'm out and about since I don't own a portable player, but the act of sitting at home by myself listening to a physical copy of an album is so much more intimate, especially with vinyl since every record has its own pops and crackles that add just a drop of character to each one. Also, my grandpa and I used to listen to a lot of these together and the thought of building onto his old collection and someday passing it down to keep the cycle going makes me pretty happy.
I like physical media primarily because I like to own my stuff, and this goes not just for music, but also movies, television shows, anime, and any other forms of entertainment. I like owning that things I enjoy, so I can't be told by a record label or streaming service "oh, you can't listen/watch this because it's not available in your region." And there's also a number of albums that exist that were never on streaming in the first place, such as the Black Faith album from Cancer, which I absolutely adore.
We're about the same age and it's eerie how close we share these opinions. I do have my own great reasons for enjoying physical media and I gotta share them.
Putting on a CD, Tape, or record unplugs me from a screen. At 35, I'm outright tired of the news. It is draining that the device I can communicate with also exposes me to so much shit that shouldn't effect my day. Sure I should keep an eye on the world, but it's too much sometimes. So I get off the computer, get off the phone, grab an album I like and that's all that's around me. Sometimes I'll read a book or a comic while the music is going. For however long it is, my music room is peace and it's the only place I am at.
Secondly, shopping at a record store is a borderline religious experience. I enjoy discovering new things and getting a random album from a band I've never heard of and maybe even a genre I might never thought to try. It's not an algorithm seeing what I listen to and just recommending me new bands in the same genre or style(Which is still cool) but there's a chance I get a dud or open myself to finding stuff I'd never consider.
Great video btw dude.
I'm really happy that you made this video. I'm 27 years old and I buy cd's and prefer to listen music on RUclips. Fun fact; Most CD's being sold today are most of the time rock and metal.
There is a store in Belgium where they sell cd's under every genre. Jazz, classic, pop, every spot is as good as empty, except the spot where the rock and metal CDs are, that spot is PACKED. There are very kind people that recommend each other CD'S and its crazy how in depth they talk about the music. Like "oh that last album was good but at this song they lost their sound and went the commercial route" blah blah. and so on
It's crazy 🤣
One of the best points I’ve heard about albums, is that they’re essentially an artist curated playlist of their own music
You will never get the same experience from listening to singles that a software recommends you compared to listening to a full album that you can take in your hands💿 Love the dutch angle in your office. I will always buy albums, even though there are not many coming out that interest me atm. Greetings from Lotasticland
In my childhood there wasn't internet around. You could only listen to music on cd or on cassette. However that era still stuck in my mind. I love it. Now I have cassette player and some albums. It's a great pleasure for me
its the same with movies, just going onto netflix and seeing thousands of films you honestly dont feel too connected to and can just click it feels boring and effortless, the pure JOY of owning the dvd/vhs etc and physically being able to look at the art and special features just feels so much more purposeful. Plus a lot of older films (in my personal case, many horror films) just aren't on many streaming platforms at all and physically owning something that is difficult to find in todays day feels sm more special
Man, this was such an awesome video dude!!
I was born in 1999. I personally love collecting Physical Media for music and movies. I have a large collection of Vinyl and CDs and I've gotten more into collecting cassettes lately, finding both old school bands and newer underground bands that release cassettes, I find it's fun and adds to the experience of listening to my favourite bands. I still use RUclips an band camp for streaming (I don't like Spotify) but it doesn't feel as fun or impactful as actually picking up and album and setting it up to hear it in full.
For me it's a matter of comfortability. I spend a lot of time in public transport to get to my job and returning home so Spotify and RUclips are straight forward options for me because I can listen to a shitload of albums in a daytime. Also, for the gym it makes it easier.
But, if I really like an album or an artist, I want to have it on a physical format, so I totally endorse your points in the video.
Damn, I love this video. This is a whole lot of why I love physical media in one video, but the bit about albums as a format being a better conveyance of the artist's intent is my favorite part. I still buy vinyl and CDs largely because I think I get more out of listening to an entire album than I do listening to one catchy song. Listening to a song is taking a walk. Listening to an album is going on a journey.
Within the last few years, I've gotten back to collecting up physical media. I used streaming services primarily for a good bit, but if I wanted to listen to say...Headless Cross by Black Sabbath, I was out of luck, because it wasn't on any streaming sites. Not only that, but I love to look for new Black Metal specifically, and I feel like buying the physical media is like getting a small piece of the band. Not only that, but in an age where we don't own the things we buy digitally, I can hold up this Unholy Calamity cassette and say "I own this!" Your point, Sir, about the album being indicative of where the band is in life at that time? Love that. its very true.
I am exactly the same age like you Farvann and don't know if that's the reason I totally agree with you or not, but I feel the same way regarding music and even video games feels the same way for me. I own around 200 albums mostly on cd's and when I am searching for an album, it means that I want to listen to that album at that moment and don't have to wait until the ads are done like in youtube and stuff, I can touch the case and even remember pretty much when I bought them and how long I have been with them whom I was with during that period of time. Those kind of things may sound dumb but for me it does matter. Like it also takes me back in time and I can say how depressive or happy I was and just memories comes into my head. New technology is fine but not for everything and will never have the same touch as old stuff. I can barely imagine how my grandfather was when listening to his music in the 50's, I think those feelings and memories stays with you until you die.
What I really like to do when buying a new CD is to take the booklet and to read all the lyrics while listening to the song. That always gave me a deeper connection to the band when I realised that the lyrics touched me in any way. My best example for that would be the former german black metal band Eis (or Geist in the good old days)
Btw your video editing skills are over the top
I just got into collecting CD's and tapes almost accidentally, but once I started I don't regret. I agree with most of your thoughts: owning something physical, not just an image, supporting the artist, treating album as a whole, as a piece of an art, not just another track on "Super-duper best metal 2024 spotify playlist". There is something in it, that tells me this is the right way. And to be honest - if most people do something - I do the opposite, if they're using digital - I go physical. Great Video!
Long live physical albums! i too grew up listening to cassettes and cds. Saving up money to buy a cd and read through the lyrics and enjoy the artwork while listening to the album as a whole is just an experience. I also have mp3 players for convenience, but its starting to bug me that bands are doing more singles and digital releases. I hope the physical album as an artform never dies.
I've got probably 1000, 1100 CDs after a bit over a decade of serious collecting and with my streaming library I listen to roundabout 800 different artists. Some got one album, or at an average something between 10 to 15, but others like Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa and Johnny Cash got 70+ studio and live recordings... That's quite an enormous amount of music I'ld have to purchase. I use streaming, RUclips, bandcamp, my vast array of CDs and I'm thinking about getting into tapes. Therefore I'm trapped in the middle - I'm an avid streamer but most of my own money not needed for living and so on are spent on physical media.
The memory you shared about the cassette player recording your favorite radio song was exactly like my memory! As a kid, I felt so powerful being able to make a tape of the songs I liked best at the time - my very own mixtape. Doing a digital mixtape is fine for me, though. It may be that I’m just lazy.
Good video. Smart. Thought provoking. Thanks.
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I have the same weird connection (very emotional) with few albums, the first I ever got. The first real physical media I ever got (original stuff, i had few dozens of cassetes I made by recording stuff from radio, just as Farvann did) was a Korn and their "Issues" album. it was a gift from my sister. I was already into more metal stuff bacl then but it was a gift and I loved it, i still love it and enjoy listening to that album using cassete player. The second, my first CD album, was Nile and "Into their darkened shrines". I bought it myself and it is one of my most emotionaly valuable things I own. I cannot agree more - real physical media is more than just music, it is real, hard memory of a moment in time, snapshot of what you felt and loved back then. Digital stuff lack that.
Sweet memories of buying Maiden vinyls as a teenager and spending hours and hours looking at the sleeve designs.
I still believe the music experience is more than the audio: it’s the entire package: the visuals, the tactile experience of handling the physical medium.
I couldn't agree with you more on this subject. I truly appreciate the physical media format for CDs with the art in the booklet and how I can collect it and keep it on a shelf. Collecting music is a hobby of mine that I have always had since I was 13. Every CD I own has a back story, and I have hundreds of them.
Damn, at 49 I guess I'm one of your oldest followers. But you're right, a few years ago I foolishly got rid of almost all my CDs, thinking, hey, with the internet, I don't need these anymore. Stupid I know.
You're also right about the album format. Most rock and metal classics are great from start to finish. But you got me thinking about maybe starting a new project, focusing more on individual songs as opposed to a coherent album sequence. Could be a nice challenge.
Anyway, keep up the good work my friend.
I listen to Spotify damn near daily, purely through either being at the gym or when driving. Though being an avid CD collector, scouring countless sites to find obscure releases gives me a rush unlike any other and when I find another release I've never heard before but catches my eye, then I check it out and it is absolutely phenomenal that I forget what album I was looking for in the first place as a consequence of me buying that CD and a shirt, maybe a patch... that is the real rush of music. Well, that and the Canadian prog rock band Rush. That too is M.U.S.I.C.
I definitly prefer physical media. Got a ton of CDs, a good amount of vinyl and quite a few tapes. I like my tape collection the most. There are some really rare ones among it. I just love the vibe you get from collecting physical music. I can embrace it more, because you have to search for it, look up what shop sells it, maybe have to wait until it arrives and after all the waiting you can enjoy your new music
42 here. Collected Vinyls & tapes like a MANIAC between 2007 & 2018… then I slowly stopped. I own about 700 vinyls (~500 LPs & 200 EPs) and ~200 tapes. Some gems in there of course, some 1st press limited hand numbered shit. But it cost so much and takes so much space. Also the equipment! Badass pro tape players from the 90´s & top notch Sony Walkman before they stopped doing them. I had to stop. Now RUclips has some unbelievably underground stuff uploaded which I’m thankful for. Most i have the physical format but it’s in a box somewhere hahaha
Great video, I started my collection because I loved (and still do) the artwork. It´s my favorite addiction to achieve a physical vinyl or CD and dive into the music in detail.
We have a choice these days and I like that. You can use a physical format, a digital format or both.
I'd say circumstances pushed me towards a digital format. No CD store in sight or at least no albums I'd want to own. Before Spotify I had my iPod Schuffle. You couldn't have more than 300 songs there and I had to chose carefully which songs to add. Now that I use Spotify I have discovered a lot more music. I love having multiple playlists.
I have to admit that at the start of this decade I had this mentality "why would you buy physical albums when everything is digital these days". Needless to say I don't think like that anymore. If I have a chance to get my favourite albums I would. Physical media makes music seem more real.
Also I agree that listening to an album is a journey. The same song can sound different to me depending on whether I am listening to it on a album vs the playlist.
Only two years older than you. I agree with everything that you said here. For me, the ritual - the work - of dubbing and labeling cassette tapes from CDs and vinyl records that I own makes me feel closer to the music. 📼
Absolut. Ich bin nochmal 10 jahre jünger als du und habe quasi mit dem Untergang der CD angefangen mir meine Musik zusammen zu sammeln. Seit einigen Jahren jetzt auch Vinyl. Und es ist einfach ein anderes Gefühl eine Platte oder CD von vorne bis hinten durch zu hören
I never comment on videos, but I needed to here. The way this video is composed and edited deserves some props. From the start, from the printed stats to scene of the car moving back and forth I know took time and thought. You have gained a new subscriber, well done!
PS, I am also slowly building a vinyl collection and enjoying physical music much more as well.
I cant even imagine not listening to full albums
I discovered black metal through spotify. And it still sugests me many good songs.
Yet I absolutly understand each of your points.
I'm 20, and I have a CD collection that I started just a few years ago from scratch. There are several reasons for that:
1. CD quality is CD quality. Everything else is questionable. Even Tidal serves lossy garbage as lossless when it can.
2. By buying an album, I'm supporting its creator far more than I would by paying for a subscription service (which I still do, but it's mostly for finding new music).
3. As you also said, they can remove music from an online service, but they can't remove CDs from my shelf.
4. CDs are cool and retro to me.
5. I can put a CD in my player and listen to it without using my computer (which always leads to distractions).
6. CDs often come with tracks that aren't available on streaming services, and the lyrics booklet is guaranteed to be accurate, unlike online lyrics.
7. Unlike vinyl, CDs are still convenient to use, sold by most bands, and reasonably affordable, and unlike cassettes, they sound good. Digital also has the advantage of being rippable.
I have been into physical media since I started listening to music.
I bought CDs and ripped the albums on my computer and put them in my MP3-player (now smartphone).
I try to listen to bands that should suit my taste on Spotify, but I tend to get bored very quick. I wonder if that's because the accessibility makes it hard for me to connect with new music.
I went to a physical record store yesterday. I usually buy CDs online, but now I realize it's not the same experience as visiting a physical record store.
A nice song started playing on the speakers, so I asked one of the guys working there what I was listening to.
I left the store with one extra CD (Old Star by Darkthrone).
I liked that!
Nice work man. I never really got into that second wave vinyl craze but still love my CD collection and like to purchase physical copies of the albums of my favorite bands. Here is the twist though… I just rip them into WMA format at higher bitrate and store then in a second (music dedicated) phone with no SIM card. So I have the convenience and can still que up the entire album or play by genre or my own created playlists. Maybe I’m somewhere in between haha😊
What has sold me on trying to get into physical media is having found an older band I liked just for them being taken off streaming that same week. Then to find out there’s one copy of the record on discogs going for almost $200. I guess that makes paying $30 for a record feel more reasonable even if it’s not something I can do often
I started collecting blu-rays a few years ago because finding the streaming service with the movie I want to watch now can be annoying, and also shows that swap streaming service like divorced parents having the kids every other week.
Born in 1978. Love Tapes, Vinyl and CD. I catch de Vomiscum Satanas vinyl in live ... and get all the autograph band ^^
When I put on a vinyl I decide to dedicate the next hour to listening to an album. That's definately a difference to listening to music while I take a walk or mow the lawn.
there are a few reasons i prefer physical media
1. Albums i like get taken off streaming sometimes
2. I like giving bands i liken money and supporting them
3. Collecting things is really fun and records come with cool stuff like lyric sheets, posters ect
4. Going to record stores is the best way to find local bands
5. I'll always prefer albums to playlists
Also so cool to see Korgonthurus mentioned i absolutely love them
This is something I have been thinking about more and more over the last few years. Like I don't care as much about the ownership. I guess. If I can listen to it, I can listen to it.
I do love streaming services. Especially since I can download stuff. I take the bus everywhere. With my phone I can have a ton of music, audiobooks, movies, games. Whatever I'm in the mood for. And if I see a recommendation for a band, I can find them and listen to them in seconds.
Bur I also do feel like there is a slight disconnect now. Part of it as you mentioned, the album. It's so easy to just find the song I like and just listen to that. And I find myself doing it more and more. Every now and then I'll find myself looking at the list of songs, and I wonder why I haven't listened to them yet.
I also just don't connect with the music itself as much anymore. If you listed a band who's CD I owned, I can probably talk about the album. I can still have a pretty good idea of how it sounds. And not just the genre, but really hear it in my head. But I probably couldn't tell you about half the albums I listen to now. With jumping from one to the next so much and with so much available, I can just listen and move on. Back when we had to buy an album, actually going to get it, having to constantly put it in, seeing the cover with it in my hand, having to listen all the way through, let alone needing to put money down to get it, I was more mentally invested. And I've been craving that again. Because the only CDs I buy now are ones from shows. I usually try to get a shirt and a CD to support the band. But even those I mostly just rip onto the computer and throw it on my phone, and that's if I can't just download it through the steaming service.
Unfortunately I am in between places right now. My CDs are packed. I don't have room for a sound system. But I am hoping to only be here for another 6 months or so. So I decided to get ahead of the curve, and I actually now have a few albums. Once I can get to someplace more stable, I would love to get some sort of set up where I can just play music and relax. Maybe have a chair for reading with my books nearby so that I'm not reading in bed. And then I won't also have to worry about a roommate that needs attention every 30 minutes if I'm not locked in my room. But I actually really want to connect with the music I listen to again, and I'm thinking this will probably be a great way to do it.
Also, I was also born in 89. So that's fun.
I am a Little bit older then you but I am completely with you. Specially the 3. topic. And to add, due to the point the a band „caged“ themselves for some certain time to a studio and here point where the magic kicks in and some unforgettable stuff gets created!
Also a different point is that you sometime force yourself to here album again and again to understand that record. My example was Manila Road and Crystal logic. I hear so often that this is a great album so I bought it. I know necropolis from the Visigoth cover so I like that but the rest I can’t get into. I have in my head I bought it, I pay money so i have to try it even more. And at one point it kicks in and I understood the album. And then I love it. I think that never happens with streaming.
F Sauce here. Man that Video is awesome shot and edited! 😮😮😮
Great work!!!! To the topic i get your point and mostly agree but i tendet to scratch many CDs pretty badly, lose them or they were raind on. So i keep my special CDs in my basement and sold a lot of it or gave it to my friends. But i also mostly listen to full albums from Bands but not from spotify, i download them from yt 😅
I love physical media but the price you have to pay for every vinyl, tape etc and the bad accessibility made me distant from them.
CDs are typically very cheap
Unfortunately here in Iran we can't have access to physical foreign musics especially Heavy metal, because it's forbidden .hence we have to use the internet to download or stream it .
CDs of music are illegal in Iran? @@mkh0sajjad
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Yep, I love vinyls, but the prices are getting ridiculous, and sometimes you won't even get a lyric sheet with them, not to mention an actual booklet... so I mostly went back to CDs, only occasionally buying vinyls.
I really respect your opinion! It’s always nice to see people go the old-school way as far as how they purchase and listen to music. It has a certain charm to it that listening to music on streaming does not have.
As a sidenote, I have a feeling you might have watched one of the latest videos from Rick Beato. He would agree with you on almost everything you said!
I appreciate the affort you put in this video. Keep it up 💪
Really enjoyed this, would love to see you do more stuff like this.
Hello. Nice video! I love vinyl Because when I listen to it, I am sure that the player will not receive a message from work. And as you rightly said, the album should be listened to from beginning to end if possible. I have Spotify, but it's more of an earplug on the commute. But when you go on a trip, there is a Walkman and two or three favorite cassettes. Which become even more special with each trip. It is as if you are writing down your travel memories on them. Although only music is recorded there.
Always love tapes cds n vinyl, the art and what not, totally agree farvann
While I do use Spotify for the convenience (listen at work etc), and love it for the music recommendations, I also still prefer physical media.
The feeling when you get a new album that you’ve wanted, and play it for the first time. Or when you take out an old favourite, and you can basically hear the music just by holding it in your hand. 🤩
There's only 4 record stores left in my country, so it's rare & expensive to find albums I actually want to buy, but once I get to own it on CD, it elevates my enjoyment & attachment to the album/artist. For some reason, I also find myself listening to the whole album on CD, while on (streaming) music apps I often switch to sth else after a few songs.
I don't think it's possible to buy all music you like on physical media, unless you have much disposable income & devote your life to it, but it is awesome, if you get to own CDs of stuff that means most to you (I recently got such a holy grail).
Tldr: Nothing wrong with listening to music just digitally, but it's nice to get physical albums that mean most to you.
Still have my cassettes i collected in the 80s/90s👍and i still purchase cds every weekend love having physical copies👍
I love buying CDs and vinyls because even tho the albums I buy are albums that I already listened to, it’s still amazing to listen to them on my record player and it sounds better, heavier, and louder so I’m with you when it comes to listening to physical music but I do use Spotify probably because I’m a 12 year old kid and I use some Morden stuff but to a honest I would rather only listen to CDs and vinyls and cassettes for the rest of my life then Spotify
Im already a subscriber but this video would be one of the ones that would turn a casual watcher into a new subscriber. Great topic and content on this subject and i feel very similarly. Also, you are quite articulate in your thoughts in a language that isn't your native tongue. well done, you speak better than most the americans i know haha
Nothing against streaming networks, but when you mentioned that these also suggest to you music you would probably like... well... I like it better when a friend recommends me something, because that usually doesn't concern a specific genre of metal, but they know me and know what gets me going. Seeing as we're very close in age (I'm two years older) I understand exactly what you're trying to say. I've had my first Judas Priest CD since 1997 and it has become a bit of a family heirloom. :D
I have collected CDs for 25 years now (cassettes first) but I also listen to music on Spotify almost daily. You can do both for different reasons. Anyways, I agree with you.
I like to listen digitally as a way to filter through the sea of music and then buy records and tapes for things I know I want to listen to in the future. I usually don’t use spotify though, lots of bandcamp and other digital sharing. I even spent months systematically going through the alphabetical list of Black Metal bands on MA a little bit each day and downloading any bands that remotely interested me
I like physical media. I've gotten a nice collection of vinyls over the years, some new, some from 60's, 70's and 80's. Vinyls are especially great, there's always a"hunt" associated with them and the dopamine hit of finding something you were looking for or even weren't looking for but it's a release from you're favorite band or artist, is unlike very little else on Earth. On Bandcamp I'm waiting until Bandcamp Friday (coming up sep 6th!!!) To buy physical media from new artists I've discovered over the past year. I've already got an Igorrr and 2 SunnO))) vinyls, Fit for an Autopsy, Ohio Players, and Redman vinyls in the past year alone. And yeah, setting aside time dedicated to music, with a device dedicated to playing music....there is something intangible there that is beautiful
Yes, yes it. I love collecting. Same goes for games for (older) consoles
5:10 an Album for me is also something like a new Chapter of the band
I listen to music using both, physical and digital format, but I prefer physical. And apart from everything you said, the art of the albums is also awesome: the cover art, the design work... even the freaking logos of the bands.
I had no choice but listen to the full album in late 90's and 00's.
I only buy CDs if I absolutely love the album and have done so for an extended period. Spotify I feel is best to get to know other albums that I may buy. Nice video 🍻
Last weekend I got the first and only record by 4 Non Blondes on CD on a second hand market for just 1€. I didn't know any of their songs before, except for "What's up", but I gave it try and they are one of my favourite bands now. I think I would have never listened to the full album on a streaming platform. Some months ago, I bought the entire LotR Story as an audio book for just 4€.
I rarely buy any CD's in a regular store anymore because they're to expensive, just from rather unknown artists I stumbled upon to support them, but you will find records of the "big names" on nearly every second hand market.
I was born in 2002 and none of my friends really understands why I still have a MP3-Player instead of paying for Spotify, but it's just a totally different feeling to listen to a full album instead of listening to a playlist on shuffle.
Some physical albums have a story. My 7th Son lp I bought when newly released, had in on the steering wheel of my bike, had to cycle home half an hour and it started to rain. So you try and try and try to keep it dry and I almost succeeded, for one tiny spot halfway the sleeve opening. Dent and it dried up a tear. Now, 35 years later, I still remember me cycling home, trying to save the 25 gulden ( 22,50 Deutschmark at the time, a lot of money for me ) costing record safely home. And the joy or reading the booklets / inner sleeve, checking the sleeve art for Easter eggs, trying to guess the artist, looking at the label itself. We were - and sometimes still are - living the music. And that's why I still buy my cd's, tapes and lp's ( I refuse to call it vinyl, I'm not a bloody hipster ). Streaming is fine to listen to when busy with other things and to keep track of new releases and old discoveries but if possible and I like it and it's not crazy priced I'll buy it.
Interesting fact about cassette tapes - in the past, cassettes contained not only music, but also games - yes, games! So, in order to copy (pirate) a game, it was broadcast on the appropriate wave on the radio, the rest of the city recorded the "broadcast" and could also enjoy their copy :) This is how it was done in the 1990s in Eastern Europe
Farvann talking about psychical media, what a good day
I fully understand what you're on about, I still kept all my cd's from earlier and can't get rid of them but I do prefer streaming in the car now, and when taking a shower or doing a task somewhere in the house... the randomness of the playlist and discovering new music even that way with smart shuffle is quite okay... that being said, when I wanna take the time to really listen to music I would never use spotify, maybe play a whole album, specific songs I wanna listen to in detail, if I wasn't a minimalist I'd probably buy a retro vinyl player and have myself a whole collection, but that would be totaly contrary to calling myself a minimalist and enjoying being able to move quite easily etc. :), a small whisky collection and 4 guitars and a guitalele is probably the only thing not rly minimalistic in my place but some hobby's are okay to have, but I wouldn't call anyone a boomer or old to prefer vinyl, cd's, taking the time to connect with one specific artist and ignore the fact u could discover a lot more in that same time frame but on a much more shalow level... I'd call it respectfully and interesting, I can go on a one artist/band journey sometimes though, but for me that's more like searching all kinds of youtube videos, listening on spotify on shuffle but only to that specific artist and get to know the songs/albums that way while driving, cycling, ... or just sit down and listen usually searching for more information as well like age, if they already passed away then when and how, former bands they were in, colabs, personal life stuff I stumble on (that being said I also think whatever the artist wants to keep private about themselves, even if that means pretty much everything personal it shouldn't be put out and kept private). All that really gets me close to an artist as well even when it's a different path in a way.
Didn't know Durbatuluk was on spotify btw, just added everything in the queue so it will be non stop Durbatuluk for a while :), also I'm 33 y.o.
I definitely feel like effort made to listen to music does make the music you're listening to have more gravitas. While I have adapted to the modern era of playing music via a streaming service, I do recognize there is something missing
I remember in my youth listening to the music of a CD I had bought just based simply off of the album art and the appeal of the band/album name. I would look at the lyrics in the CD booklet as well as the art, the acknowledgments, etc. as I listened.
It gave so much more importance to the music I was listening to. It's such a different and more satisfying experience than typing in a band name on RUclips Music and listening to a single track to see if the band appeals to me. That's the thing - I didn't specifically spend money to listen to it, so there's less interest in giving it a chance to truly sink in. It's entirely possible I've listened to and written off bands that could have possibly become my favorite band ever simply because there's no feeling of obligation to listen to an entire album all the way through multiple times.
I am 53 years old. In my private music collection more than 1500 cd's (and it only grows ))
I like Physical Media because I enjoy having true authentic media. No ads in the middle of it all. No subscriptions. It feels more personal and raw feeling. Sometimes when I listen to vinyl it feels like I'm being taken to a time machine when the band recorded it in the studio and I'm sitting there watching. Physical Media rules
Cool transitions
You are absolutely right. Listening to music is not just one song. It is about the album.
Hey Farvann, i enjoyed your video and your thougths process.
Listening to the album as a whole is the standard for me.
I really like to buy CD´s after a concert, when i really enjoyed the show and music.
And to support the band, i´m surprised why this isn´t a topic in your video.
Please correct me if i´m wrong but i thougth the bands earn almost nothing from streaming, but from merch sales they do!?
Grüße
Love this. Collecting vinyl is super fun for me
I think we are losing ability to listening to music. As You said many people use it as a background for their activities because it's easy but they end up listening to music only while doing anything else. If we are putting an effort to get an album everything changes. Sadly everything goes "faster" now so it's hard to explain that listening itself is a beautiful activity and it hits very different this way. Yep! 90's boomer here too ;)
i have the same cd player, great quality tbh , also the headphones that come with it are rly good , i like they didnt just put some low quality ones
Dude i pretty much only use CD! Theres a real special feeling to actually have a physical, real thing from a band you love. Granted i still use spotify for things when it is unavailable to get, im planning to get it soon, etc
EDIT: I am only 25. I was born in 1998 but i grew up without internet when i was younger. We used cds that i still own, some are up to 30 years old still lol
Prior to Spotify I discovered new music through RUclips, and before that through friends and going to recocordstores spending hours digging through the shelves and if an albumcover looked interesting giving it a listen before deciding whether or not to buy it.
In a way Spotify (and co) is the new tape-trade of days gone, it gives small artists a chance to find an audience without having to go to a label (with the chance of being turned down). Also without labels artists can work at their own pace, without the pressure of a contract demanding certain numbers of songs and albums to be produced within certain time frames.
I 100 percent agree. I recently lost my ENTIRE collection of physical media after my divorce, but I had a good collection of DVD, Blu Ray, caskets, CDs, vinyl... I loved it all, and felt it gave me a connection to the bands. But now that everything I've collected over the past 20 years us gone, and record stores are getting harder and harder to find, I don't think I'll ever get that feeling back. I envy you.
@T_ELE-GRAM-YTFarVann music has been my life since I was around 14, and having that collection of music grow and grow over the years made me feel like I was apart of something. Once I get back on my feet, I'll start collecting again. Till then I need to find a way to fill that void and be there to support my favorite bands any way I can. So unfortunately, streaming is the only thing I can currently do. I really miss that feeling tho
I love and still use CDs. When I will record albums of my band, I will release it on CD and no only on streaming like Spotify or Deezer.
Also I have got some tapes and sometimes listen it. I would like to buy some new ones.
I always interesting about vynil, but I still didn't bought it.
Your thought on this topic is pretty romanticized, and that's good. These things can be extended for many more things in general. We stopped appreciating things but also craved about them and it's kinda delusional
Yes,and live gigs as well
your beloved signed album
I'm 54 years old and Gen X and still using audio cassettes to record my music and still find it nostalgic just too bad that other companies besides Maxell don't make them anymore