your question:

12/23/2022 Christian

Hey Trevor,
The new Convulsant album is phenomenal, keep up the great work!
I was thinking to myself as I was streaming it....how do you consume new music these days? I'm sure that I don't need to list all the problems that exist with streaming platforms (for both artists and consumers), but I am less sure of the best alternatives technologically, sonically, spiritually, etc. There also seems to be a lack of representation for experimental music on platforms like Spottily, and so it can be hard to discover new and interesting stuff.
Are you in on the vinyl thing? Do you still buy CDs? Do you have a preference on how I should be procuring / imbibing your own music?
That's technically three (or more) questions, so I'll stop now.
Thanks again!

my answer:

I still favor CDs soundwise. It baffles me that vinyl made a comeback being an inferior audio experience. But you know, demand, supply, etc. I still buy used vinyl — mostly obscure stuff no one wants in thrift stores like 20th century classical music. I recently bought a bunch of CDs at a TOWER Records in Japan. It was thrilling. I type all this as I listen to the last Little Dragon record on Spotify. I will soon be (should have done it already) switch to Tidal as it pays the artists more fairly. But streaming doesn’t pay shit. I like to use streaming for research and when I find stuff I like, I buy it, which of course, helps to add more plastic to the planet. So, I will be buying Slugs Of Love on CD, then burn it on my ancient laptop so that I can put it on my more ancient ipod. I don’t listen to music on my phone. I still have a fair amount of my own CDs that don’t seem to be selling. I hope I don’t have to throw them in the ocean one day.