Music

via Nic Wise (@fastchicken@mastodon.nz): @timbray@cosocial.ca Finally found time to write up how I use Plex + Plexamp. Thanks for asking (the world) and prompting me to actually write the words

A practical guide to self-hosting your music library with Plex and PlexAmp as an alternative to Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming services. Resonates with anyone who has accumulated a large MP3 collection over the years and wants to maintain control over music they’ve actually paid for.

Casey Liss rejoins the program to discuss his new app Callsheet and to give David and Stephen a tour of the apps and services he uses to manage his media.

via Keith Daggett: This …

I kind of can’t get this “song” out of my head …

I recently attended a concert from Derek Gripper who specializes in reproducing various African string artforms. (If he’s performing near you, I highly recommend going!)

via Federico Viticci: If you care about music metadata, the best app for liner notes – the excellent MusicSmart by @mactanaka – got a big 2.0 update and it somehow got even better.

via Rust Trending: JasonWei512 / code-radio-cli: 🎵 A command line music radio client for https://coderadio.freecodecamp.org, written in Rust. ★227

via Peter Cohen: Jessie Ware’s new album is out and it SLAPS from start to finish.

via kottke.org: A video demonstration of the 13 levels of complexity of drumming. This was super fun and informative to watch – I didn't know much about drumming going into this and now my appreciation for this art is off the charts.

via Brian Marick: I use Roon (“The audiophile player for music fanatics”). It’s technically good, but the UX… has problems.

Me (on Facebook, now deleted):

Anyone have a favorite (Mac-based) music player for the music already on your laptop?