This month in digital music libraries - July 2025
July 25, 2025 in digital music by Dan Gravell
This month: owning your own content, and avoiding ‘pushed’ content, backups and a bunch of music-not-really-tech-related stuff.
Self hosting and sovereignty
Apple pushing content, again, this time into a ‘private’ wallet.
When you claim you're the champions of privacy, then start pushing ads into a private _wallet_ (think about that metaphor for a second) don't expect to retain that trust daringfireball.net/2025/06/more...
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 3 July 2025 at 16:04
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So what’s the alternative? Some would say self-hosting. Here are some start points for setting up your own self-hosted music network.
"Self-hosting changed the way I listen to music" by @arthi_chaud arthi-chaud.github.io/posts/self-h...
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 11 July 2025 at 17:38
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And don’t forget the backups:
So important for #selfhosted music collections! it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/m...
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 20 July 2025 at 10:47
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All about the music
When you’re not listening to music, how about listening to some documentaries about music?
This list of the best music podcast (episodes) includes my fave @500songspodcast.bsky.social www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/the-18-bes...
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 5 July 2025 at 16:02
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I found this article from the 90s telling as to just how much has changed.
A view on playlisting from a different time... reason.com/1999/10/01/p... by @dropoutnation (I think!)
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 13 July 2025 at 17:41
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A fun related-artists explorer.
Simple premise, fun to explore! artistnode.fun
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 29 June 2025 at 16:01
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Finally, turning high-brow, here are a bunch of freely available tracks demonstrating the development of electronic art-music since 1937:
A history of electronic music in 476 tracks (electronic art music, that is, not David Guetta) www.openculture.com/2025/06/the-...
— bliss - automated music library management (@blisshq.com) 9 July 2025 at 18:17
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See you next month!
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