#when i want to play music out loud

[whetstonefires]

hey, random question! what platform/method do you use to keep your robust digital media when ripping CDs? i havent done it since i was a kid with itunes (when itunes let you upload your own stuff....) and wanted to start again

Platform...they are files?

Like, mp3s; I keep them in my hard drive and thumb drives and so forth. My 'music' folder has subfolders, mostly by artist, which have subfolders per album. I just. Have the files. In my computer. Very basic method.

I organize and play them through VLC mostly. Or, on devices that still have it, I have kept using Windows Media Player, because I'm comfortable with the UI and why not, but they're actively phasing it out so I can't recommend adopting it lmao. And ofc if you're in the apple ecosystem it's not remotely an option.

I don't know that much about macintosh tbh but afaik they do let you have a file directory where you put your files that you own, which is definitely what I consider to be the most sensible baseline, if you have a device with enough memory. And memory has gotten pretty cheap.

I don't know of any cloud client service that's actively catered to letting you upload stuff you own and then stream those files on any device you please without having to jump through extra hoops, and suspect it might not be a thing at this point because there is no profit in that and it's not free to provide. They really want you to have to pay money to access content that you don't own. Sorry.

I bet you could figure out a way to keep a reasonably large music library in the amount of free storage google gives you with an account, and then play from there, but I don't think it would be very seamless. Maybe even less so on iphone.

But if your phone of whatever type has or can be modified to have sufficient storage space, you really can just. Keep your music in it. And then play it. VLC is open source and very good, and they have it for apple; I definitely recommend it.

But you don't like, keep files in it, it's just a player and sorter. So it doesn't feel like it answers the question you asked exactly, sorry.

#ask #hoc est meum #axiolotl #music #tech #i still have an mp3 player #that i hook up by aux cable to a speaker #when i want to play music out loud #had very smug this holiday season when two people on two occasions spent an hour each trying to get their paid Spotify accounts #to work with the right combination of devices #to actually provide ambient music #while i could do so in thirty seconds flat after the second guy gave up #the first 'guy' was my sister at christmas who borrowed my laptop because she couldn't get her bluetooth speaker working #so she wanted to aux without tying her phone to the speakers #accidentally hard-booted it #and got hella DARVO and made christmas very bad for me #i'm still sore about this and this made me extra smug about 'winning' against spotify at new years lol #but also spotify demonetized most of their tracks so i get to make my penury and inflexibility into a moral stance now lmaooooo

[goldensunset]

i don’t think people appreciate enough how much restraint it takes sometimes to avoid biting people when even remotely overstimulated

#there’s this Adult adult woman in one of my classes. bless her heart she is so kind #but also fails to realize when people are busy or otherwise would prefer silence while working #she’s great to talk to when i want to! but just like. when i do not want to it’s like hhhhhhh #maam please do not be playing your vids out loud i know you’re excitedly showing someone #but the music i’m listening to right now while trying to focus is quiet and ambient and i’d prefer to be able to keep it that way #don’t wanna go overkill trying to drown ya out #peach rambles

[angelboybreakdowns]

im so tired

#its exhausting living here #im the bad guy in every situation #every time i dont accomodate her stupid bullshit whims im evil and creating conflict #dean you arent allowed to get lunch for yourself bc she wants to do a baking project &youre too Disgusting to be in the same room as her fo #*food #dean you arent allowed to listen to music out loud in your room but she can play her music in the living room while you have a migraine #dean you have to ask her what food she wants from town bc she doesnt feel like texting mom herself #dean you have to stop laughing because she thinks your laugh is annoying #dean you arent allowed to eat the bread that was bought for you because she decided she wanted it #dean you arent allowed to wear the one piece of mens clothing youve ever gotten to buy apart from plaid shirts bc she thinks youre too fat #dean you arent allowed to correct her when she says things about you that are objectively untrue #dean she wants to hang out in the living room go back to your room so she doesnt have to be around you #dean she wants a book for english class you have to give her one of yours #dean you arent allowed to be angry at her for ripping the cover off one of your favorite books & nrver apologizing that was years ago #dean you arent allowed to make plans with your friends this weekend bc she might want to hang out w her friends & wants to keep moms schedul #schedule open to drive her #dean you arent allowed to eat until she serves herself #dean if youre making food & she refuses to eat bc you were in the kitchen thats your fault #dean how dare you say her hair looks like sam winchesters #dean you cant be angry when she calls you fat & ugly & disgusting & tells you to kill yourself you shouldnt let it get to you #sui mention #dean you cant get new pants bc she wants to buy this dress that she’ll never wear #dean its not a big deal when she misgenders you she waa just joking #dean shes not ableist bc youre the only autistic person she thinks is faking it for attention #im just so goddamn tired

[bbreaddog]

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#personal #I don’t wanna jinx myself too early by saying this out loud #but I’ve started songwriting again #the last time I wrote anything that wasn’t for an assessment was 10 years ago #that’s so fucked up to think about #10 years is a really long time #and back then I wrote about my shitty life and my shitty family #but now I’m like #exploring fictional stories #this one song I’m working on keeps referring to ‘you’ #and I have no clue who that is supposed to be #idk who I’M supposed to be #but I’m having fun #and I trust that a through line will make itself known when it wants to #I think it also helps knowing more about music theory than I did as a teenager #and hearing how uncommon time sigs can work in my fav songs #like I understand the metrics of it now #so now I can play around with it #it’s really cool #I love learning and growing this way #I love being alive and well enough to be able to learn and grow this way #anyway #I don’t wanna be like #TOO excited about this bc who knows if anything will ever come of it #but. :) I’m a little bit excited :) #!!!!

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: February 17

“DYWTYLM” by Sleep Token

#song of the day #Sleep Token really saving my sanity as we navigate this dark and uncertain time without an upgraded sibling singalong playlist #had to go out into the snow on under two hours' sleep to get groceries #(the farmers' market gave me kefir cheese so any amount of suffering would've been worthwhile but I couldn't know that at the time) #and getting into Nick's car knowing there was music I could request that he could play loud as he wanted and I wouldn't want to cry #I mean blessing isn't even a strong enough term. baking a cake for the Sleep Token guy (his name is Vessel) as we speak #anyway this song sounds incredible in the original and then so odd sung acapella. like singing a bass line just a couple beats repeating #polar opposite of my lady indie covers. a song rendered fully unrecognizable when I wander the house mumbling it to myself #the verses do alright I suppose but the chorus is out of the question. the lyrics are so strong too real gut-punch lines #'and my reflection just won't smile back at me like I know it should / and I would turn into a stranger in an instant if I could #and there is something eating me alive I don't know what it is / maybe not that you conceal your feelings they just don't exist' #the whole song is like that it is so so so good. every new Sleep Token song I hear I'm like oh of course yes I see why these are fic titles #(Sleep Token catching up to Fall Out Boy and Hozier in terms of lines I've seen as fic titles. I mean we are really getting up there #and I am definitely not immune. if/when I put up those fanmixes y'all are gonna be seeing some Sleep Token let me tell you) #edit: it stands for 'Do You Wish That You Loved Me' I just realized I never said #didn't even pick lyrics that include it which is nuts when you realize that every verse does twice. whoops

[halseygray]

When iichliwp came out I did a amateur photoshoot with my old ass letter board and I figured now is a good a time as any to finally post it (I even attempted fake lashes so you know I was super serious lol)

#this is when I lived alone in my 4 bedroom college apartment #it was a pretty isolating time but I still miss those few months I had to be myself 24/7 and play music out loud #idk whatever mental state and place I’m at when I first listen to an album I always remember it anytime I hear the songs #anyway stream iichliwp for a juicy ass #halsey #if i cant have love i want power

[boygirlctommy]

ok i have like. the very rough outline for this animatic.

#my post #ripposting #really just need rhe quotes now bcus i know what parts of the song are which fights #oh my god. im gonna have to animate combat. #*frantically pulls up sad.ist* GIRL HELP HOW DO I DRAW FIGHTING #<- uses them as a ref for like every animatic i do lol #i just realized actually. this wasnt intentional but i totally am amking a sa.dist-style animatic rn #its even set to a 2w.ei song ToT #but anyways im sosososo excited for this :DDD the first 48 seconds are just them arriving at the BLOCK #BUT their pirate oath from what binds us is playing. ooo can i do effects on the audio? bcus i kinda want it to be abit echo-ey.... #but yeah and then chip as tay is all like 'we need to get these pirates inside!!' and the guard goes 'did we ever get a name for this crew? #and then theres like this moment of silence. and thats where chips gonna go 'the r.iptide pirates :)' and then BOOM LOUD MUSIC #thats where they fight shrek. i dont remember what that monster was i always called that fight the shrek encounter. then the hall w that #pirate dude!! then the tundra!! oh big j... then its MEAT ROOM TIME!!! and then DESERT ROOM!!!!! at 2:02 is when they start attacking each #other in the desert room :3 then its the center with drey!!! and then theres a quieter slow part. thats where nfw goes. #the song actually ends there but i looped part of it so it gets loud again :3 thats where the running away happens!! and then as it fades #out again thats where theyre safe on the ship and jay screams at her dad even though hes too far away to hear it and shes all like 'IM GONN #BE THE BEST GODDAMN PIRATE YOUVE EVER SEEN!!' and chip goes 'i dont doubt it sureshot :]' CRIESSS anyways then very quietly as the audio al #fades out gill goes 'im glad you got to shoot me' and jay goes 'me too lol' and that is where we end the animatic 👍 #its like 4 1/2 minutes long pray for me guys

[beef-strokinoff]

i'm pro-shoplifting except when it comes to discs in a thrift store. today i tried to purchase some old CDs and every single one i was interested in had the disc stolen right out of the jewel case!! the ones that weren't were so scratched up (or the case was broken, or the booklet was missing; i'm only buying complete) they weren't worth what the store was asking!!

i can't stream music and the aux port is broke in my car so all i can do for music is CDs. the only CDs i have right now are nirvana, outkast, meatloaf. and i am SICK of all these guys i want something else!!

#radio sucks no thanks #i could just play whatever music i wanted out of my phone but my speakers aren't loud enough when i have my windows down #i am NOT paying $2 for a CD if the back of it looks like you sandpapered it

[dangoarts]

living with roommates is fun /s

#sorry long rant in the tags #mmm yeah i'm gonna cover it a bit more i'm using my violence pass of the day #basically tldr people are loud and it's pissing me off #ok it's probably adequately covered let's start the rage fueled screaming #SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR GARBAGE ASS MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I WANT TO HEAR MY SILLY BLORBO REMIXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #literally i can hear the WORDS and THEIR WORDS through the goddamn WALLS #granted the living room is right next to mine but does common sound courtesy not exist #i'm walking on damn eggshells to be as sound conscious i can when i'm on call because i KNOW i get loud when i'm excited #and on the rare occasion i play video games without headphones and on the tv #i keep it QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! because i'm COURTEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #every time i raise my headphone volume it seems like they get louder to match #i am SO GLAD they're moving out this semester #goodbye it wasn't a pleasure #tw vent #cw vent #personal vent

[noxtivagus]

i'm so sleepy

#🌙.rambles #really wanted to do so much more today but. i did a lot #i'm really happy w yk yeah bio n literature earlier n then #earlier hehe me n apollo were chilling in our parents' room bcs our dad was playing the 1975 music out loud. bonding over music c: #n then. talking w my friends a bit but.. specifically i'm really happy i managed to. hmm. hopefully those words reached her #i know my friends well i think. more than it seems on the outside #so i really want to do things for them n i know how to convey it in such a way that it wld at least resonate with them more #but i really do hesitate that i'll do it wrong yk? or i'm low on energy myself #but. i'm just. personally proud that tonight at least i managed to tell help her a bit. i really had a feeling she hasn't been doing well #for. the past months. i'm so sick of hesitating i just want to reach out but i really get afraid sometimes n i'm sorry #sincerity n authenticity n honesty mean a lot to me but. my friends aren't usually. as Open yk #goddamn i can't write it well enough bcs i cld write how i perceive it specifically for each n every single close friend of mine #n i really just want to help in any way i can bcs i really do care #i'm. also just really for the friend i said earlier. i really just.. know how it feels to have that hope crushes n for it to #ah. i don't know how to write it but the words are in my head. i really wish i cld just call or hug my friends anytime to just reassure #them or listen or just be company. bcs i know how it feels all too well n when i'm managing a bit better like i am right now i just #want to make the most of it but.. sigh #i'm more. yk more of a writer than your average person. but #writing is just so hard at times isn't it? but i really want to do as much as i can #n then. i don't know i think i need to cry i think. i want to do so much #yk that horoscope.co thing. i'm not too big on astrology i just find it interesting but w scorpio sun & capricorn moon (bcs that's me) #read it again n it a bunch of not rlly resonated with me :^) ffs i just want to do so much n it hurts #bcs i want to be kind to myself but i'm in a constant battle of. yeah really trying not to push myself but it's so hard #when people are put in the picture. humans are social beings. it's inevitable n. it's just so.. it just feels so helpless for me i think. #bcs there's so much in me that wants to just be freed like. i want to be who i am with no restraint but. #there's just.. a lot too but. #thinking of earlier today n how i overcame my anxiety. n we. we bought the tickets. for the 1975. doesn't feel real but my motivation rlly #yeah. n then. fuck the pain i'm channeling that energy to my motivation instead but #i really.. need to sleep. i'm sorry i can't do more right now. i really want to. tomorrow. i hope. i will do more. but i'll rest now. #..n tonight somehow maybe telling you to rest wld reach you somehow. probably not but i'll just leave this here.

[yurigi]

I think taking breaks from using my phone significantly improves most aspects of my life, however there are some issues

#i accidentally hinged my mental health on constantly listening to music #and I don’t want to bother my family by playing music out loud #bc my dad has some good songs on itunes so i just play those from the smart rv #*tv #but i cant play them when anyones home bc they don’t like listening to music 24/7 #so i just end up using my phone for music #and then im like oh ill look at my last.fm oh ill watch an interview with depeche mode oh ill check tumblr #then boom i just go back to being on my phone all the time #and disconnected from reality #to the point where when im not using my phone i feel disoriented and distressed navigating life #and then theres the fact that i will soon have to start using technology for school again because term starts in august #and that leads to spending time using tech in an unhealthy way #i want to wait until artfight is over to take a major break #maybe august can be my mostly tech-free month until school starts

[oatbugs]

tell us about your transcendental experience !

waiting for the bus + some here most in tags .

• empty train with at least a hundred people in front of it, none of them boarding

• the feeling i have failed in something i love (AI, love, long story)

• my bag is soaked in the alcohol someone got drunk on but i really dont care (it made them feel so at one with the music and i could see it and if it means they had to, through a series of chance, spill it on my bag, that is okay)

• HEY TARO !! (multiple hundreds of people shouting this out loud. ringing in my head in the best way)

• people saying "please don't go i'll eat you whole i love you so i love you so i love you so" to each other in a concert hall

• transcendent nature of memory and its everbearingness makes me deeply disconcerted but also now i feel simultaneously glad we have this burden to bear (the burden of forgetting is perhaps even worse unless you forget everything at once, in which case it's [just like] death)

• sat down on the ground i sang out loud with everyone like really loud like really really loud and i closed my eyes and let the light wash over my eyes and the loud music was the most . calming experience i have ever had

#• and even if i didnt sing id be so breathless after every song i think this is what catharsis really feels like #• on the way back i wanted to cry at everything that was beautiful which was precisely everything #• the vibrations of music and the vibrations of trains are sometimes so similar #• the drummer played the drums in a way i have never seen them played . smooth and with feeling the way orchestral pianists play . #id trust him with my heartbeat . he scrunched up the sheet music and threw it at the audience at the end #• my noise cancelling headphones enhance certain frequencies so it sounds louder than normal my head is against the walls of the train #and i can hear its insides its so beautiful (the gentlest wailing i have ever heard followed by the sea and wind and metal turning against #deep metal i can hear the rocks under the wheels and something similar to liquid #im convinced the insides of trains are haunted by the happinesses and pains let go inside of them) #• listen to dissolve me by alt j but imagine it bigger and louder and more beautiful in a room #full of beautiful images and beautiful light and beautiful souls singing it out loud (SHE MAKES THE SOUND THE SEA MAKES ME KNEE DEEP!) #• i am see through soap sliver youre thin as i begin rubbing lathers up your state worsens on my skin and gold fatless finger to lip #got catcalled multiple times by the same person and and said so on the gc and my friend called me saying she has guy fiends in this city #that can protect me in a heartbeat and im she can pull whatever strings she wants but i did feel safe and loved when she said that #• i feel like i need to burst into tears i really want to cry #• i like boys i have decided and realised that i like boys . i think my attraction qualifiees even if i change my mind again later #(like the way they swipe their hair back and when they have sharp teeth and when their hands are pretty) #fuck what if he thinks i like him i think he does but i need him not to think that at all #asks #anon

[bakerysnake]

so i got my computer taken away and i don't have any other devices of my own 😐

#snake::fromsnake'sdiary #there's a vent later in the tags #i'm currently using a different browser with built in vpn in case my dad is tracking my computer or smth #said i wasn't studying well #(which i haven't been as much as before; he's right) #and i cried 😐 #but he didn't change the password; which i'm so thankful for #and i get it back for 30 minutes a day twice during break; 45 or so once a day when i've got school #so um yeah i'll be less active #which i was gonna do anyways cause summer break is over but i got stuck in this situation instead #fucking annoyed but it is what it is #if i wanna listen to music with headphones i have to do it in my mom's room where she can see what i'm doing #and my music will be playing out loud from right outside my room instead of inside it #annoyed annoyed annoyed #and my mind keeps going; you would've had to do this eventually anyways #which is true but it's getting excessive and i want it to shut up #let me vent a little #it's just telling me i would've had to do this at some point anyways and then that the reason i got caught is all my fault #and then everything's my fault #shut up mind

[girlsexbattle2]

missery missery missery missery missery mis

#meds cancled by the government #only thing thats a stimulant enough to work for me #new meds #suck asd #want to kill everyone in sight #my best friend keeps saying that im scary when im mad and if i get even slightly annoyed they start freaking the fuck out #this doesn't help anything #they tell me to listen to music and give me headphones cause mine are shit oc #my earbuds one is missing other broken apparently #i lost the earbuds they gave me #they act like im sooooooo fucking stupid #everything is so loud #im a violent dog i wish i didnt bite #ive been in school for thirty minutes and am shaking cause its all so loud #also they came into my car and started playing thier own music i didnt tell them to fuck off cause i really shouldnt need music anyways #if i would play my shit they would play thiers over it they were just joking but i couldn't say anything cause then they would be scared #bitching

[healthydoseofhedonism]

my only goal in life is to own a house and i feel like its the one thing that im never gonna be able to do

#like fuck man i just want a place i cant decorate and feel safe in #i want to host movie nights and dnd campaigns #i want to wear clothes i like #i want to hang queer art on my walls #i want to stop having hiding things #I want to stop washing my binder in the sink when the house is empty #I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY MUSIC OUT LOUD #i want to break shit and build shit and make it my own