I consumed huge amounts of music during the golden age of Turntable.fm (and later plug.dj, to a lesser extent). Since totally losing my playlists during each sh

I consumed huge amounts of music during the golden age of Turntable.fm (and later plug.dj, to a lesser extent). Since totally losing my playlists during each shutdown, I'm wary of any future similar services. Discovering Bandcamp has been great, though. On the listener side you have a "collection" of music you've bought, a "wishlist" of music you haven't paid for but plan to at some point (most albums are fully streamable before buying), and a "feed" where you can follow artists you like to keep track of new releases. You can also follow other listeners with tastes similar to yours, for which the Bandcamp site provides recommendations. When there's nothing new in the feed, the "discover" tab and the Bandcamp Weekly podcast are both good ways to explore new music. I would love a device like the one you describe. Having shopped for dedicated MP3 players recently, the current gold standard seems to be the Sansa Clip+, and even that device is relatively dated. As long as it supports normal USB-stick-like file/folder management, without some iTunes clone to wrestle with.