3/16/2023 0 Comments Spotify redeem vinyl![]() It was so fulfilling to stand in a room with my fellow music lovers and see which albums caught their attention. I couldn’t believe how much fun I had looking through box after box of records. I’ve been super into 80s synthpop lately, so naturally, I snagged some albums from the likes of The Cure, Pet Shop Boys, and Depeche Mode among others. Before I knew it, over an hour and a half had passed and I resurfaced for air with 11 records in hand that just had to be part of my budding vinyl collection, much to the detriment of my bank account. It was just like looking through CDs at a music store back when I was a teenager but even more exciting somehow. I was immediately absorbed by the experience. Spend 10-15 minutes casually looking around for three or four of my favorite albums across a variety of genres, and then head out to lunch. ![]() ![]() I’d only intended to pop in and out of my local record store. I wasted no time making my way to the biggest record store in my area, but that’s when my experience took an unexpected turn. I’d purchased a couple when I first got my turntable, but if I was gonna survive an entire week with that as my only audio input, I needed to go buy more before the week began. I was thinking about all of this recently, and it hit me how desperate I was to do something about it and reconnect with music. It eventually became background noise to me, like an accessory I had to have yet never paid much attention to anymore. ![]() ![]() I was thrilled when I could finally upgrade to an iPod, and I’m pretty sure I actually cried tears of joy when streaming music services were first announced.īut as I’ve spent more and more time with Spotify (and eventually, SiriusXM, Tidal, and YouTube Premium), I think I slowly started to take music for granted. I even shamelessly toted around one of those ridiculous binders full of CDs. As far back as I can remember, I’ve always had some means of listening to it within arm’s reach. So recently, I did just that and I have a lot of thoughts about the experience. I also bought my first turntable a few months ago and have wondered what it’d be like to only listen to vinyl for an entire week. I listen to music every single day-it’s one of my favorite things in life. ![]()
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