I’ll start with I have not researched alternatives to Spotify with my comments here. Reason I have always had Spotify is that it’s just so easy to see options to listen to and BAM I’ve got hours of playlists and podcasts right there. Reason I never tried to do any self hosted media (I have an Unraid server and access to music) is because I don’t know how to get the above item without having to go out and find artists, download music, setup playlist, etc etc. Any thoughts on my laziness?

https://youtu.be/hgcFdUIOf5M

I’m pretty sure this is the video I used to setup mine awhile back. I have my deluge docker networked into Gluetun. Everything else flows normal.