I’m similar to you. I started ripping my CD collection to mp3s around 2002, and I have them all on my boot disk and synced to both Dropbox and an external drive for backup.
Many of those CDs, which I started buying in 1986, are not available on streaming services. Over the years I have accumulated a lot of other nonstreamed music, including radio programs I’ve recorded, live music downloaded from the Internet Archive, purchased music from Bandcamp and elsewhere, and music I composed and performed myself for my own enjoyment.
It’s a bit obsessive, I admit, and the chances that my heirs will find the files and want to preserve them after I’m gone are slim. But I am happy I have them now.
Many of those CDs, which I started buying in 1986, are not available on streaming services. Over the years I have accumulated a lot of other nonstreamed music, including radio programs I’ve recorded, live music downloaded from the Internet Archive, purchased music from Bandcamp and elsewhere, and music I composed and performed myself for my own enjoyment.
It’s a bit obsessive, I admit, and the chances that my heirs will find the files and want to preserve them after I’m gone are slim. But I am happy I have them now.