[kusokurae]

Not using streaming services help somewhat, but I'm not looking forward to having to vet artists I come across for whether they did any substantial original thinking or work for themselves. Tired of snake oil foolishness.

[nartho]

Subscribing to magazines of genres I like, consulting reddit and forums and using youtube to get an idea, and then buying losless files is what i've been doing.

[ErigmolCt]

Between AI-generated content and people chasing trends or algorithms, it can feel like everyone's just remixing the same stuff endlessly