i always liked to go and buy albums of artists that i really wanted to support. maybe 5 a year. never liked the idea of paying for subscriptions but im considering it.

first notch was being able to share a playlist without needing to make a long mix, process it and upload it. so i would acquire many albums and listen to them, make a local playlist then recreate the playlist in spotify. i tried listening to it in spotify but the quality was garbage. i guess the paid version improves the quality.

i also wanted to check out an album on spotify but i couldnt figure out how to listen to it in order, only shuffle.

notch 2 a & b, so fast forward a few months and im now looking for a way to play different music for uber riders (more on that later). let me back up a little, i am trying verizons new unlimited (no limit on 4g, just has the potential to be delayed at anytime) so i was like let me test this unlimited out. streaming just wasnt realistic without unlimited data. so i was going to sign up for the 3 months $1 trial i remember seeing for spotify but saw its not currently available. so i decided to give google play a chance since it had a free 3 month trial.

notch 3 really has to do with the fact that you can get basically every album ever. for $10/mo its really not bad. so this year its been hard to stay up on new releases. when a new album comes out that i really want to hear but not ready to pay i have had a hard time finding it by other means. right now im looking back at lists and picking which album i want to check out and bam its there. not to mention the play music player sounds great. i use poweramp with custom eq settings and songs sound the same on play music player, or just about. the main concern i have about play music is the limit to amount of songs in a playlist. in my 2018 playlist i have over 300 songs. in a typical week i like to just put on my playlist of all songs that i really like, over 3,000 and just listen to that all week. from previous use of the free google music i remember it would repeat songs often. if i could listen to albums i downloaded on google play but didnt purchase in poweramp i might be sold. i can find the songs in poweramp but the albums that are cached as part of the streaming service are not playable only albums i downloaded.

on uber, i think conditions just lined up right for me. ive always liked driving for some stupid reason. i got a 3 row suv that i have a pretty good payment on but im upside down on so no real chance of trading it in for something more appropriate for me. so i figured why not make some money with it. its forcing me to interact with people and different personalities so who knows i might even develop people skills. after 3 weeks its looking like i can make decent change for the amount of hours im driving. so its gonna help me pay for my car, my phone bill, my streaming service and possibly some debt.