Setting up Streaming for your own Music

This is part… what? Four in the series on owning and keeping your own music instead of streaming. There is one critical peice I haven’t gone over though. But… How Do Listen Music? The easiest way to enjoy your digital music before everything became mobile and phone based was that you created a music folder on your computer and like, dumped all the album folders into it. or maybe organized them like ...

January 1, 2026 · 4 min · Ame the Squirrel

Buying Music in 2025

Recently, I wrote about bandcamp and the dangers of not backing up and why I buy music. In this next of the series, I want get into how I actually get music right now. ...

October 30, 2025 · 7 min · Ame the Squirrel

Why I Choose Ownership over Unlimited Access

Sneaker Pimp’s “Becoming X” … Yep, that’s the whole post. The entire reason I buy almost every track of music I enjoy is because of Sneaker Pimp’s “Becoming X.” ...

September 25, 2025 · 7 min · Ame the Squirrel

Use Bandcamp, but Do Not Trust Bandcamp

To prevent burying the leede. Buy your music, but make sure you download it in the best format you can and keep it backed up. Do NOT trust services like Bandcamp, Amazon, or Apple to keep your music you purchased. My Relationship with My Music Library I have made it no secret I love music. I love consuming it, decorating time with it, DJing, making it, all of it. Outside of a very brief stint in the 1990’s with Limewire and in the 2010’s with Spotify, then Apple Music I have always been buy on buying and having my music collection. ...

April 29, 2025 · 5 min · Ame the Squirrel