I Quit Music Streaming For A Month

I went without music streaming for an entire month, and I'm still alive to tell the tale! (My kidney's missing but that was something else)

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 why I did this
00:54 here's the game plan
02:17 tools, tools, I have to have my tools
03:23 the first week
09:08 how was it going so far?
10:30 things get tricky
13:06 my dads and best friends
14:04 am I a real audio gobbler?
16:24 the great CD hunt (2024, colorized)
18:24 the final days of January
19:09 pros and cons of my experiment
22:42 was it worth it?

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[mamanantucket]

Library employee here, hopping on to remind people that libraries tend to have large CD collections for patrons to browse and check out! Some libraries even have listening stations in-house, or disc readers you can check out. And it's free! I'm always going to recommend checking out your library's collection if you want to get back into physical media (bonus perk is that, at most libraries, it's also free to sign up for a card).

[astronaut]

I’m a high school teacher, and even the kids are talking about the importance of physical media nowadays. Universal taking their music off of TikTok was a huge wake up call to them tbh

[Patchnote.]

A good middleground is MP3 players. The physical size is pocket-compatible, and you get the convenience and breadth of a digital library with none of the distractions a phone desperately tries to seduce you with. I'm still using a SanDisk Sansa, and since physical buttons are king, even with wired earbuds I can still navigate tracks from pocket.

[charlesmoon]

HELLO MICHAEL T SNARE IM THAT DUDE YOU MET AT THAT ONE SHOW LAST YEAR (it was caroline polachek!!!) I hope you also are doing amazing as well and yes I still love Good At Falling :))

[grunklechubs]

The thing we take for granted with physical media is the art design. We only see the front cover on streaming when theres a back cover, liner notes, gatefold. Some records came with posters and lyrics and other goodies.

[cyanidejellyfish]

Who's up Mic'in there Snare rn

[draculawithglasses]

It feels expensive buying CDs because we’re all conditioned to not buy media anymore. Between Netflix, Spotify, free-to-play games, Game Pass, etc, we’re just used to not owning anything. It’s all subscriptions.

[callumcartini]

seeing mic in places other than him talking to cameras in his rooms [which are him talking to his cameras in OTHER rooms] was actually really nice to see! love your content man!

[dunnowy]

I actually find myself listening to the radio a lot because...I sometimes feel exhausted by choice. I also like the idea of people all across my city sorta maybe listening to the same thing at once. We're so in our own bubbles and disconnected from each other nowadays.

[mark]

As an avid vinyl/cd collector, I really enjoyed this video. Sometimes, I feel the need to reavaluate my consumption habits, and I think this video helped shed a light on that. Thank you, Mr. Snare (We need a full performance of Billions, though)

[chibacityblues]

That Electronic album you passed at 17:00 is super good, it’s a collab album between Benard Summner of New Order, Johnny Marr of The Smiths, and Pet Shop Boys! Highly recomend checking it out!

[PONCHEEZED]

I’m 24, I started buying CD’s regularly when I was 17. My first car didn’t have an aux port or Bluetooth connectivity. It gave me a deep appreciation for the format and the idea of committing to just one album.

I spent a lot of time driving to and from school and delivering pizzas, and it taught me to love prog rock/metal, specifically Periphery II. I spun that CD so many times in that old Jeep that it skips consistently at the end of the second track.

Not necessarily anything of importance or relevance, but it’s cool to see other people appreciate the format that people still think I’m crazy for enjoying more than Apple Music or Spotify.

[tommykruesofficial]

Bruhhhh I have been having so much fun listening to random unlabeled cassette's and CD's it's just overall exciting. An excitement that streaming could never offer of true random discovery. Not knowing what is going to be on there or play next is a musical thrill, Spotify just cannot do that.

[pixelbomb]

Hey, the Chicken Little soundtrack is surprisingly loaded tho.

[collinellsworth]

I decided to start revamping my CD collection this year too! I think owning physical copies of albums can really help you appreciate them more as “art” rather than solely “content.” Plus, it’s a more effective way to support smaller artists since lord knows streaming doesn’t pay well

[flapjack]

I absolutely DID NOT expect "Naacho Naacho" to be mentioned, but said mention did send me through several layers of dry wall. Really cool to here references to a song that my PARENTS listen to lol. Love your content!

[lucymorrison]

i like to listen to music off of CDs, the radio and digital files, i have apple music but i really enjoy sitting down and listening to stuff i own or stuff off of the radio

[djneon]

So my aunt started moving later last year and has been giving me CD’s as she cleans out her old home, the audio quality difference is amazing but what’s even better is discovering artist such as U2 or Honeymoon Suite, and it’s amazing how we’ve all paid to be convenienced. I don’t think my mom understands why I’m keeping so many but it’s the matter of what happens if digital media falls or we see a revival of CD’s like we are with vinyl. Overall I just really like the points your making Mic they truly resonate with me and keep me eager to find more artists (also I had that James Taylor CD before you lol)

[ackbae]

I also had the chicken little soundtrack on CD, it was absolute flames in my 5 year old pea brain mind and I am definitely not blinded by nostalgia

[sumitraspov]

When you mentioned at the end of the video that we should do something about the fact that we're losing touch with art that we love because of content (bad paraphrasing), that really hit me. I've been really hating jumping on a bandwagon, instead of listening to the random quiet/spacial music that I absolutely love