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Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again
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this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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There are literally two albums that I love that I can't find on Bandcamp or piracy, but they are literally the only thing keeping my Spotify subscription alive right now.
I think I'm just going to have to stream them into my DAW and do a poor man's rip, then cancel this shit ass.
Seriously? Like, finding and buying those two CDs used would be cheaper than maintaining a Spotify subscription.
No kidding. Consider the possibility that this was the first avenue I pursued and was nevertheless stymied in my efforts.
One of the bands only sells vinyl outside of Spotify (I have the record on Vinyl, but the process of digitizing it is similar to recording straight from Spotify but harder), and the other band is based in Mexico and doesn't have a digital marketplace. In both cases I've literally emailed the bands offering to overpay for raw digital files but haven't heard back yet. I am seriously considering flying to Guadalajara to catch them live and pick up a CD there. They don't really tour in the US north of Texas.
But I'll keep my eye out for CDs.
That does seem like a pickle. There is a band that is (well, WAS) LOCAL to me and I still couldn't get digital files. I was bitching about on reddit a while back, and I got a DM from someone who sent me an email with the files. They're in 320mp3, but better than what I had before.
Good luck with that, and have fun in Guadalajara if you go!
Well you just hooked me up with the album I'd all but given up on, so thank you tremendously. Since I at least have the other album on Vinyl, I think I am going to pull the trigger and cancel my Spotify now. Now I don't exactly need to go to Guadalajara, though I hope to see Porter live one day.
Thanks again for your help!
I hope you go to the show anyway.
I regret not going to shows of artists that just can't be seen anymore
I know I will eventually. I also just really want to support them, and will buy a copy of all of their albums whenever I am able to. I don't even speak spanish but their music just lights me up.
What are the albums?
Are they on Deezer? If so, look into deemix-gui.
I'm not familiar with Deezer but will investigate. Thank you!
Has there been a new maintainer for deemix? Can you use it again without paying for a Deezer subscription?
No, development is still stalled. You need to pay if you want the really high bit rate flac downloads. I pay and can use Deezer as a backup to Jellyfin in the event there's a song I don't have and I'm driving. I was looking at music fab, but it's expensive, the Spotify downloader has worse quality, and doesn't grab the cover art, which is probably a deal breaker for me.
Check if they're on Tidal, Deezer or Qobuz, then your problem is solved
Thanks! I wrote off Tidal as an also-ran like a decade ago and haven't heard of the others so these were not on my radar at all. I will check them out. I didn't even know Tidal was still a thing!
The reason is that you can find lossless rippers for all of them, so you could archive the files and use them anywhere
shirt-dev/zspotify will do fine actually downloading the audio.
Edit: The original repository got nuked and this seems to be a fork. Proceed at your own discretion (I used the original repo and a dummy account)
Zotify?
@modifier Now I'm curious what these magical albums are, that are not on the internet!
They are on the internet, but only streaming on the Big Bads. If you can find me a hookup I will be forever grateful.
The first Album, and the toughest case is an album by a band called Porter from Guadalajara. I have all of their albums except for my very favorite, Las Batallas.
The second album really should be on Bandcamp, and probably will eventually, since the band has a page there. It's the most recent and self-titled release from an awesome little band called Mo Lowda and The Humble.
All else aside, I highly recommend these bands to anyone who likes good rock music. Both albums are no-skip for me but two standout tracks for each: for Las Batallas you have got to check out "Himno Eterno" and "Hombre Maquina". For Mo Lowda, "O.O.Y.O" and "Dog At The Pound"
The irony of these being the two I haven't been able to add to my Plex library is that these are probably the two most prominently featured albums on Spotify Wrapped last year.
I just realized you dont speak spanish. Anyways, I got you with the porter album but for some reason I cant send you a DM so heres the "link".
/file/0i0zdiod15qq0uj/Porter-Las_Batallas.zip/file
Its on mediafire.
¡¡¡A huevo, Porter!!! Ese ya lo tengo, namas deja lo subo a mediafire o algo.
And heres the molowda one:
/file/0axze87gwx3awif/Mo+Lowda+and+the+Humble.zip/file
Also mediafire c:
Amazing! Thank you so much. I said F you to Spotify earlier this afternoon with the help of you and another Lemmy user. I hope I can help someone else as much as you've helped me.
@TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee answered above
Going overseas makes so many albums disappear due to "muh licensing" and "technology and convience stinks" (*cough* japan)
So many musics are not available beyond catching limited sales and/or physical only.
Newer stuff isnt as bad but the <2010s are often pretty hard to find.