Opium Den

self hosted music library to stream to my phone, and also share with friends. implement fun things i would like to have in a streaming service. The goal is to do this in a way that encourages supporting living artists more directly, while still progressing in th enjoyment of music, not just regressing.

Listen, I fucking love spotify. leaving all of my playlists is going to hurt real bad. Ive been building them for over 10 years and I must say that there are some bangers there. That being said I may download my catalogue some way and perhaps keep some of thos eplaylists alive...

But sadly Spotify evil :(

In a story that is very familiar in the world of music they have consistently exploited their artists. The straw that broke the camels back for me (and many other people such as KGLW) was their investment of over $800 million in Helsing - a German private military company that produces AI powered military drones. The CEO of Spotify also joined the board of that company as he continues to funnel money from spotify premium memberships to the creation of war, rather than.. musicians.

But i think in this modern world we have a great opportunity to access artists' music directly, and thus also support them directly, with a significant reduction in people skimming off the top, or worse.

I think there are also positive effects of having music be less based on instant gratification & a mentality of collection.