I’m starting to use discogs, but would like to do a simple spreadsheet as well for easy sorting. I also like s spreadsheet for having one page of “have” and one page of “want” for record shopping.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Discogs can export a datasheet for both collection and wantlist! It'll make two separate files, but you can merge them on excel I think
I buy what I can find at the time if I’m at used record stores, flea markets, yard sales, thrift shops, etc... The rest I just buy new when I find something that piques my interest. There’s no rhyme or reason to my vinyl buying really. Even though I know I really need to get some sort of charting going. I rarely buy duplicates, but it does happen on occasion.
that's why I want to start cataloguing methodically
Discogs is cool because if you buy ON discogs, you don't have to add the new purchase manually.
RYM is cool because I love to give bad reviews now and then
(anyways I have more stuff catalogued on discogs so I probably will continue there)
Ever since my laptop melted down and I lost most of my FLAC, I almost exclusively use Spotify...it kinda works...
I am all Apple Music and vinyl. No in-between anymore. Im in process of selling about 2k CDs now.
I'd be interested if you had anything you considered a good 'starting point' for Stoner/doom/drone etc.
Well, you could start at the beginning with bands like Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, St. Vitus, Pentagram, and Trouble. That can kind of branch a couple directions. As far as stoner rock/metal; in the early-mid 90's I was listening to bands like Kyuss, Sleep, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Masters of Reality, Monster Magnet and even early Queens of the Stone Age. High on Fire is one of my favorite bands of all time and, though I don't really think of them as stoner or doom, they get lumped in with that often, with good reason I suppose.
Another road off of the Sabbath caravan, in the more doom-ey direction, leads to Candlemass, Cathedral, Electric Wizard, The Obsessed, My Dying Bride, and later the mighty YOB in the mid 90's. In the last decade many of those bands remain active, Sleep has a new release for instance. Also in the last 10 years there have been some pretty excellent acts in this vein, and also some that are just kind of related or share some commonality. Bands like Graveyard and Uncle Acid have become massive, but there is also Red Fang, Monolord, Elder, Windhand, Pallbearer, Khemmis, Spirit Adrift, etc. That should keep you busy for awhile and I am sure you'll stumble into many other that are excellent like Dead Meadow, Melvins, Weedeater, Bongripper, Witchcraft, Sunn0))), Paradise Lost, Earthless, Acid King, Goatsnake, etc. etc.
Edit: I know I missed some boys, my intent was not to give a best of list. Also, aware my timeline might be a little off, but I think the OP will get the point.
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Clearly I need to explore further!
The nerdy side of me likes the fact that I can track/catalog the specific pressing I have of an album via Discogs. That said, sometimes that is too far down the rabbit hole. I can get caught up in trying to hunt down specific colors or deluxe releases of albums I want on vinyl, and then I never buy them because I'm constantly hunting based on availability, price, etc. In the end, I try to keep in mind that I want the music on Vinyl in particular, but the point is to listen to it in all it's crackling, vintage glory. So maybe that limited edition green and blue splatter with bonus poster insert is non-essential...
Go on YouTube, look for a channel called "Stoned Meadow of Doom", and start into the black hole of videos that will suck up around....eeehhh...14 years of your life.
I hate Spotify. They take all that money and almost nothing goes to the artists. I wonder why most bands keep putting their stuff there, especially bands that in the past have fought against this kind of exploitation.
It's kinda like if bands were afraid to disappear from the world if they are not on Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, Amazon and all those crap companies that have taken control of basically everything
I have been thinking about this thing a lot lately. Did you know that FUGAZI sell their stuff on Amazon? The crappiest of all crap companies? Treating workers like s@#t and not paying taxes and producing tons of unnecessary package? What the f... ??
I have been thinking about this thing a lot lately. Did you know that FUGAZI sell their stuff on Amazon? The crappiest of all crap companies? Treating workers like s@#t and not paying taxes and producing tons of unnecessary package? What the f... ??
I would have loved to go the same route but buying everything again would be too expensive and sometimes I still buy CDs when vinyl is too expensive (sadly they are too often overpriced because of this vinyl hype of the latest years, I can't afford spending 25€ or more for ONE record)
In the USA they are still a bit cheaper tho.
unfortunately if you are not on there you will be forgotten. everyone i know uses some sort of streaming service and never doenload or purchase physical copies. there is just too many bands to choose from. if you are not on there, some other band that is similar enough to you will be there.
now if all artists agree to boycott them then that would be different but that ain't happening. also 99% of the rights belong to the labels, the adtists have no say in how the labels choose to distribute the music.
You're right. But I think that bigger bands would have been in the position to boycott them and give an example. But if even people like Fugazi ot Black Flag give up on this, what should SMALL bands do? I am disappointed about the indie scene in general but especially the bigger names fhat really don't NEED any of these "services"
What was the whole point of DIY ethics and all that blah blah blah? Selling records on Amazon? Feels like an empty facade now
the labels were losing money and sales before streaming. napster basically killed the industry 20 years ago. the general public does not want to spend money on music anymore, at least not more than the $10 per month for streaming. you can be DIY but the reality is no one will hear your music.
honestly i have no desire to own and house thousands of CDs or LPs. and now managing my digital library has become a pain. need storage space and backups or pay for cloud storage. with cloud what happens if your provider goes bankrupt?
streaming is as hassle free as it gets.
I tend to buy LPs from the bands directly or MP3s from Bandcamp but usually stream when actually listening. Even if I own the digital, they're getting a little extra over me streaming my own copy through Plex or whatever.
