I originally moved over to Deezer for a happy medium between Spotify and Tidal with Spotify not supporting the artists music in which they distribute the way they should be supporting them and Tidal simply being overpriced. Deezer gives me a comfortable subscription fee that helps directly support the artists with relatively the same, if not an even better interface than Spotify. However, you may be surprised to hear that I do not scroll through the main music homepage or use any of the recommended/pre-curated playlists, only my library. Not that there is anything wrong with those playlists or recommendations, but my time spent on Spotify helped me realize that there is no stronger opinion than your own, and that there is only so much replay value to random playlists that are not your own. I like Deezer because of its fairly simple feature to shuffle all of your favorite music in your library, tracks, playlists, albums, as well as not showing what plays next in the queue. I noticed this relatively quick, and set out to maximize my taste, and truly listen to music for the art, and the feeling that art gives you, not just for the name. So I stopped building a library of just favorite tracks, formed a shortlist with a wide array of artists, genres, bands, and began listening to music as objectively as possible to form a library of not necessarily just my favorite records of all time, but some of the best and most essential/influential records I have ever heard and connected to/gravitated towards, with my favorite tracks only consisting of records that come in separate CDs that I only really loved the given CD that is in my library (with the exception of two short fun songs lol, P&F was a prominent part of my childhood that really opened me up to the art of music and magic of it, Song 2 is quite frankly Blurs self-titled album in a nutshell and the first song of the band that I had ever heard that is just as easy to listen to now as it was back then, and Rebirth (2016) is just spoken word.), and as you can see, I have my genre preferences, and favorite artists (of all-time), which are those with at least three full-length records in this library. I see this as a shuffle that I wont ever skip, not just because of how deep it really is, but because for a track to be apart of a record that I love that I did not initially group as one of the best tracks to come from it, means there is always that chance for it to significantly grow on me and become one of my favorites, and perhaps prompt me to listen to the entire record again. I was in awe of this once I added the final record within the artist shortlist, in awe of how far my ear & appreciation for the art of music has come along in just this year alone, and finally being able to listen to the music for what it is, not just for exactly what I want to hear.
So what do you think? Any objections? What am I missing? Im working on my years playlist as well as you can see and many more, as well beginning the discography of N.W.A. member MC Ren. How many of these records do you have in your collection? Heres to 129 more records and 13 more bands/artists and nothing but intrigue and excitement which each first listen. Cheers, music fans, and thanks Deezer!
P.S.: Yes, even records released as singles (as well as EPs) show up in this library, but to reiterate, an artist/band must have at least three FULL-LENGTH studio records to qualify as one of my favorite acts of all-time. This is what listening to music for the art is like for me, & I will not have it any other way. Thanks for reading & feel free to give me a follow @Evan Ortiz to see how this grows (or shorten, hopefully not lol.)!
