This month in digital music libraries - March 2024
March 27, 2024 in digital music by Dan Gravell
This month we’re considering sociological explanations of music streaming, exploring musical artists, reviewing new musical NAS hardware and reading a couple of excellent music articles.
Sociological considerations of music streaming
A sociologist’s take on how streaming has affected how we experience music in a social context:
Streaming: an #introvert nightmare. https://t.co/99z0mPoDwy thanks @DrMJWalsh pic.twitter.com/Rq9pIvOhgM
— bliss (@bliss_music) February 26, 2024
Musical discovery
A new website by MusicBrainz to discover similar artists:
Our friends @MetaBrainz have launched this explorer as part of their @ListenBrainz project https://t.co/qzu2MFbEBu pic.twitter.com/uAeaFHD2mo
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 3, 2024
And then you can follow their work!:
You can keep up to date with your favourite artists' releases with muspy https://t.co/L1Vb0rQwXG pic.twitter.com/rr4T3Vv4Yp
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 5, 2024
Musical NAS
Audiophile grade manufacturers continue to release new gear aimed at people who want to store their own music library. Expect to pay a premium for this though!
A music storage system by @Lumin_Music - like a NAS, dedicated to music https://t.co/ZLRhRBwUz0 pic.twitter.com/JZFQWLGuxl
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 7, 2024
Lumin’s announcement was followed by a new, cheaper, version of the Roon Nucleus devices:
The new @RoonLabs Nucleus One, at $500, appears a more affordable entrypoint to Roon and music library storage but note: the Roon subscription isn't included and there's no storage... (other Nucleus devices had one year complimentary subscription) https://t.co/MBwYaU4Z5c pic.twitter.com/xQigGMj1JU
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 27, 2024
Pick of the musical articles
First, some musical-data-porn…
Next time you want to tell your kids "music ain't as good as it used to be" here's some data-porn proof (but you'd still be wrong) https://t.co/lByqIKRImq pic.twitter.com/7q5JgAlo89
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 11, 2024
I really love how this article is written - really immersive (in a good way):
Great storytelling article about how the @RollingStone 's "Greatest Album of All Time" list has recently evolved. https://t.co/mYobbTf5B7 Thanks @matthew_daniels and Chris Dalla Riva pic.twitter.com/0uFg85QceQ
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 25, 2024
… and finally
You might glance at the image below and chuckle “yeah, right, music on a floppy disk”… well, it ain’t (quite) April 1st.
Of course this is a thing. #hipstersgonnahip https://t.co/TcYCeoE37P pic.twitter.com/8urmEBgifE
— bliss (@bliss_music) March 9, 2024
Photo by Bruno Bučar on Unsplash
