Please do not ask me about streaming distribution
Quite some time ago I posted my recommendations for streaming distributors but things have all changed in a very bad way since then.
On Spotify, and listening to and collecting music
As a musician, I am often asked where people can listen to my music, and people express confusion about why my music isn’t on Spotify (aside from The War Machine, which is about why my music isn’t on Spotify).
I wrote this as an explanation of why I don’t support Spotify and why I ask listeners to return to buying and collecting music or, at the very least, moving to other streaming services.
Also, see Jeremy Blake’s very good video on this topic.
tl;dr summary: If you are able to, buy your music, ideally from Mirlo or Bandcamp. If you are going to pay to stream, use Qobuz or Tidal, and if you want to stream for free (and I totally get it! times are tough!), use YouTube Music or Pandora.