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I\u2019m the founder of Byta \/ byta.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n New Skee Mask, Cloud Nothings and Daniel Avery LPs. New Mary Lattimore<\/a> is beautiful. Plus a little Gill Scott Heron<\/a> and as always some early Guided By Voices<\/a> for good measure. Been revisiting Palace Music again recently, since Drag City records are now on streaming services. Honestly though, still listen to Ride The Lightning a least once or twice a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Via friends, like it always has been but now it happens online. I found out about Rolling Coastal Blackouts via @wichitarecs<\/a> insta. Lots of Facebook. Used to like Spotify\u2019s Discover Weekly but that got pretty predictable pretty fast. Four Tet\u2019s playlist is exceptional. Plus always try to remember to scan Mix Mag\u2019s \u201cBest New Techno\u201d. Jay from Sloan\u2019s \u201cThe Jaylist\u201d too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I still check records via local promoter\u2019s gig listings a fair amount. If I hear about a new record or band I Youtube it first. If I am going to check something out digitally I prefer the visual element instead of Spotify (only service I subscribe to) which gives me zero vibe around the band\/artist. Even if I can\u2019t hold it in my hand I still want some sort of visual context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I still check P4K reviews but purely for the score and solely out of habit. I read longform articles about music but never reviews. Used to buy and read Sonic Magazine<\/a> here in Sweden but not sure if they even publish the physical magazine anymore? Good Spotify playlists though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My stereo and records have been in storage since 2016 so I listen 100% digitally. I ripped then sold all my CDs back in London anyway so when someone gave me a CD last year and I had no idea what to do with it. When I was a radio plugger it was pretty easy to listen to music 8-10 hours a day. For some reason now I can\u2019t seem to listen when I work. So pretty much exclusively listen to music when walking. Aside from when I am watching live stuff Youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My artist and label friends send me a lot of early records via Byta<\/a>, PR types usually via Byta or other \u201cwatermark promo services<\/a>\u201d. Otherwise, I\u2019m not in a rush to hear everything right away so generally happy to wait until it\u2019s on Spotify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Listening only digitally it\u2019s pretty noticeable how ephemeral everything actually is now. Most of the time it\u2019s not a problem but other times it has weird effects. For example someone passed me a private Soundcloud link of that last Ariel Pink record and I remember liking one track in particular but didn\u2019t register the name. Cut to listening to the album on Spotify and slowly realising that song disappeared at some point. Was it on the private streaming link but then not on the actual release or did it get pull off Spotify after release?! Either way I can\u2019t find the private listening link again so it\u2019s like the song never existed! One point in favour of physical advances, or ripping a stream depending on how you see things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I basically only use iTunes to listen to the odd record I own though which doesn\u2019t exist on Spotify, say a couple of Built To Spill albums or Dre\u2019s The Chronic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Short answer is I can\u2019t keep track. I stream anything I receive via Byta because I can actually find it in my account. Seems all the downloads (Watermark Services<\/a>, Dropbox<\/a>, WeTransfer<\/a>) I receive get moved to a folder to be added to iTunes at some point in time yet which never comes.What are you listening to?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you find new music?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Service and why?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Have not bought a record in a record store in years. Plus, no record player means no mail order vinyl either sadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhere do you do most of your music listening?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do find and listen to pre-release music?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
I like deleting my Spotify app and re-downloading things again over time to avoid listening to the same records over and over. I share Spotify links a fair amount but mostly just tell people to google shit. Again same as it was before, just digitally,<\/p>\n\n\n\n