I grew up with music everywhere. CDs at home, records at my parents’ place. Scanning spines, pulling something out, studying the cover while the first track played. Making my own compilations — carefully chosen tracklists, hand-written labels, cases lined up in exactly the right order. There was something about curating a shelf. Deciding what went next to what. Rearranging things until they felt right. And when friends came over, they’d always end up standing in front of it. You’d spot something you’d never heard of, pull it out, ask about it. That’s how you discovered music — browsing someone else’s collection.
Streaming changed that. I love what it gave us — access to everything, anywhere, instantly. I’m not going back. But something disappeared along the way. The covers vanished into apps. The shelves went empty. The collection became invisible.
I started Spine because I wanted both: all the access streaming provides, with the physical presence it took away.
Not a vinyl revival. Not a digital photo frame. Something new — a permanent display for the music you actually listen to, connected to the library you’ve already built.
— Ricardo Amorim, Spine founder.
