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when_you_sleep OP wrote

yeah i agree on everything that you said, but sadly i don't deal very well with people, i get nervous and stuff like that, so it's kinda hard for me to just talk to people about the music that i like or going to small concerts and simply hang around.

so that's basically why i was looking for, idk, alternatives or something, and that's how i ended up using last.fm for a while until i realized i barely used it and now here i am wondering if this kind of tools help artists.

also i have a question, why do you use discogs?, i just want to know if i could also use it.

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__0 wrote

Well the discogs vs rym debate is a long one, i just feel that discogs has a better focus on the physical side of music, although you can find just about anything online now, i find that a lot of stuff as far as smaller labels and being able to quickly glance at who has released on them, i just find my flow with the site is a little more fluid, with rym I usually find myself on the charts… actually some fantastic lists on rym … i feel like making lists on discogs is way more tedious so only a few people do it … lots of great reviews on rym, its quite entertaining to read some if the more colourful reviews, whereas on discogs the comments on releases are more focused on the quality of the pressing, mastering etc … i just kinda think that each of these sites provides a different focus, it just helps to have various sources of info if you want a more complete view of things. Admittedly a small part of discogs for me is also the marketplace, i buy a lot of random cheap crap records on a whim and a lot of them i eventually sell online since most record stores dont want to touch any diy or local stuff with a 10ft pole. Ive had cases of releases being on rym but missing from discogs and viceversa …

Oh and as far as general awkwardness and feeling uncomfortable around crowds at venues i feel the same way most of the time … i used to go to a tonne of shows but admittedly I spend a lot of time on the couch in the back of the room, or there was one venue with a good zine collection and I usually spent half my time there reading haha I haven’t been to a show in like 3 years at least …

Its also very rare to find people to talk to about music, but like i knew some people who used to host listening parties, and have a few friends where we often get together and have a few drinks while digging though the records and putting random stuff on.

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when_you_sleep OP wrote

alright thank you very much for clearing up my doubts :), i really appreciate it.

and i think that i might as well go to a few shows just to listen to the music or maybe read a book, thanks again :)

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