Do you still buy physical albums?

Guybrush · 01-28-2010, 12:37 AM

I used to buy CDs, but while I may pick up something now and then, I'd much rather buy downloads. Physical mediums are nice, but when digital formats are available, I see it as a bit of a waste basically. We don't need to print CDs, make plastic cases, little booklets, send them around the world with transportation and hire people to sell them in the stores. Compared to digital distribution, it's just - you know, excess. It's like taking a jumbo jet to work when a stroll would suffice.

The real work of the artist(s) is in the music, not the artwork (which can also be digitized) or the plastic that comes with it.

View Poll Results: How many of your albums are tangible?
None, I download everything.	22	13.75%
A few but mostly I just download	62	38.75%
Its about 50/50	26	16.25%
Most of them but I still download a few.	25	15.63%
I buy all of my albums in hardcopy.	25	15.63%
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01-28-2010, 12:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I used to buy CDs, but while I may pick up something now and then, I'd much rather buy downloads. Physical mediums are nice, but when digital formats are available, I see it as a bit of a waste basically. We don't need to print CDs, make plastic cases, little booklets, send them around the world with transportation and hire people to sell them in the stores. Compared to digital distribution, it's just - you know, excess. It's like taking a jumbo jet to work when a stroll would suffice. The real work of the artist(s) is in the music, not the artwork (which can also be digitized) or the plastic that comes with it. __________________ Something Completely Different