Do You Purchase Music?

[Epidemik]

Reminds me of an Immortal Technique show I went to. The crowd was all riled up by the time he made it out onto the stage. His first words were: "Who here bought my cds?" (crowd cheers) "You're fucking morons! Pirate that shit, and save your money to come to the shows!" Brilliant.

-Some dude on the Internet

 

[Golden Taters]

I only use iTunes if I get a card from my grandparents for my birthday or something.

But CD's, yes I do. They are inexpensive anyways and I like having a collection then to just have a bunch of files on my iPod. I might download a certain song I like on the radio, but you can't do that for classics and really good albums (in my mind Nirvana's Nevermind, Alice in Chains' Dirt). You feel the pride of actually owning it that is hard to really explain.

 

[Diivox]

do you purchase porn?

essentially the same question

 

[Derrville]

Media Converter and Youtube is where I get all my songs from.

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

:nope:

 

[Houston]

One day I was feeling generous and brought "Late Registration" from Wal-Mart, got home and realized it was edited. I vowed to never buy new music again.

 

[CCBrink]

One day I was feeling generous and brought "Late Registration" from Wal-Mart, got home and realized it was edited. I vowed to never buy new music again.

Your first mistake was buying a CD from Wal-Mart. All of their CD's are edited.

I usually don't buy music unless it's one of my favorite artists. I have My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on pre-order from Amazon.

 

[calgaryballer]

I buy some via SubPop and Kerfmusic, primarily to support indie bands that I like or am interested in. Also do some on iTunes if I am feeling generous

But by and large, most of my stuff is torrent via Waffles or another torrent site

 

[f16harm]

In all seriousness, I've purchased ONE CD since 1999.

 

[St. Francisco]

I just use my Zune Pass...so I guess I do pay, albeit at a heavily discounted rate.

 

[relaxedanderson]

Obligatory RA reply to a music buying thread...

Obligatory RA reply to a music buying thread...

Yes, and I enjoy it.

Spending an hour or two in a proper record shop is one of the greatest joys in life that doesn't involve the exchange of bodily fluids and one of which that there will never be a digital equivalent.

Other than free tracks or samplers from bands and labels and a few youthful dalliances with Napster back in the day, I've only ever downloaded three albums.

-one paid for, 'Therapy' by Jim Lea
-one free and legit, 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead
-one illegal, 'Crush Depth' by Chrome Hoof

...and they were three of the most hollow experiences of my life. I derived such little pleasure from the whole thing that I have never properly listened to the first two and I have only been able to listen to the last one since I bought it (and then later the record company sent me a free promo copy as well).

Buying and owning records has been good to me. I've met great people from all over the world through them; sat up all night having brilliant discussions over them and even impressed a few girls with them - albeit mostly ones who were collectors themselves. All my records have stories attached to them and if I had to write an autobiography then I would do so with all of them piled around me. Scrolling through a playlist on my phone wouldn't quite have the same impact really.

Of course, if you're just listening to mainstream junk then you're probably better off downloading because all the money from the CD will just end up in the pockets of the suits and, to be fair, you may as well have them on a format as disposable as the actual music. But when you get down to the real creative stuff then the more money you spend means the artists and the decent labels and proper record shops will be able to keep putting out great music. I couldn't give a fuck if people download U2 or Black Eyed Peas stuff but when I hear people bragging about downloading stuff by artists that have to sleep in the van after gigs and have to get time off work just to go on tour then it makes me want to cut their fucking ears off, they don't deserve them.

If seeking out, tracking down, buying, savouring and then listening to a great rare gem of a record is the equivalent of flying to a remote, private, Fijian island for two weeks of naked sexual abandon with a wild, untamed, bronzed Goddess then downloading is the equivalent of picking the flaky bits off a second-hand Fleshlight and lubricating it with your own tears before forlornly pumping it over your flaccid cock as you look at your ex-girlfriend's latest holiday pictures on Facebook.

 

[FedEx227]

Media Converter and Youtube is where I get all my songs from.

Wow really? Doesn't the quality suck ass?

 

[padman59]

Yup. I still buy CDs now and then. If artists are offering lossless (FLAC, etc.) tracks for download, I'll buy those too.

I rarely pay for MP3s though. The ones I've gotten from Amazon have been free because of some promotional credit.

 

[wingsfan77]

I used to download music but I had problems with my computer by doing that so I stopped, I don't mind paying for music, $10 for a CD is nothing. Plus I like having the packaging where I can see the lyrics, and then I have a back-up should my computer screw up again.

 

[Champ]

I only pay for CDs that I have already downloaded and loved. Such as the last 2 Lupe CDs.

 

[Point Blank]

I haven't bought a CD in years.

 

[Maynard]

me neither. i never even rent movies and i dont pay for premium cable channels to watch shows like dexter, boardwalk etc etc. I DL all that stuff

 

[TimsGiants]

Only artist I enjoy enough to support. Think Candlebox last album I bought and Priest.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I buy some music...not all of my music is purchased.

In a perfect world, I'd have a ridiculous record collection, all purchased and paid for and I'd have a room dedicated to it where I could just kick back, relax, and listen to music in its most pure form...however, the world isn't perfect and I don't have the resources to put together such a thing.

So, for now...some music is bought and paid for and I'm able to listen to on a strong home theatre system occasionally...more music is digital. Sue me.

 

[Pitty]

:lolwut: