Do you prefer downloading over buying? Why (favorite bands, albums, title)

Bane of your existence · 09-06-2007, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MHDTV

Sorry, I just have no sympathy for the millionare rockstars who's albums I illegally download. I buy my indie by the way, if only because there's no place to download it online.

I've never found an album I could buy that I couldn't download. It's usually easier for me to find it online than in a store.

=ladyface= · 10-08-2007, 07:09 AM

I buy my CDs and I wouldn't have it any other way... I love having a huge a physical collection and not a file full of mp3s.

There's nothing like walking into a friend's room and finding stacks and stacks of well-loved CDs to have a look through. It's not so fun just looking at a load of titles on a computer screen.

ProggyMan · 10-08-2007, 11:04 AM

Don't you get satisfaction out of looking at your computer screen and seeing a ridiculous amount of songs and playlists? Or the look on your friends faces when they see your massive collection. Or when they see Radiohead and go "who the **** are they?", and you laugh and say just the biggest rock band in the world.

=ladyface= · 10-08-2007, 11:25 AM

I don't think I've ever known a person who doesn't know who Radiohead are.

No, I think stacks and stacks of CDs look far more impressive, especially when you see that a person's gone out of their way to get hold of some harder-to-find albums.

~~bleedingmind88~~ · 10-08-2007, 11:26 AM

downloading! its so much easier to get a discography and way cheaper!

ProggyMan · 10-08-2007, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by =ladyface=

I don't think I've ever known a person who doesn't know who Radiohead are.

No, I think stacks and stacks of CDs look far more impressive, especially when you see that a person's gone out of their way to get hold of some harder-to-find albums.

Yah, well, I'm 14 lol.

Jonz · 10-08-2007, 11:35 AM

Definately downloading. I haven't purchased a CD in years. Besides, in the tiny town I live in, the 1-2 music shops we have stock mainstream crap, and mainstream crap only. Anything I listen to would require being ordered in, which I can't be assed doing/waiting for.

15min download > 2 week wait

Also, the fact I don't own a CD/record player means they'd be useless to me. I'd encode them once to the PC, then they'd sit and gather dust...

Kevorkian Logic · 10-08-2007, 05:06 PM

I dunno, I have this weird thing about buying cds/records. Yes, I do download, but there is something about owning a hard copy of it.

Dr_Rez · 10-08-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MHDTV

There's absolutely no reason to buy.

Thats dumb to say. There is a great point. To support and help the bands you like.

I download everything except my favorite bands i really like and care about. I buy everything from websites or store. And i am glad to do so.

Dr_Rez · 10-08-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The-Starving-Artless

yea i stell it i aint got no money

haha, yea money is a real bitch. if cd's were less money then id also def get more

10-08-2007, 11:35 AM	#37 (permalink)
Jonz Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 93	Definately downloading. I haven't purchased a CD in years. Besides, in the tiny town I live in, the 1-2 music shops we have stock mainstream crap, and mainstream crap only. Anything I listen to would require being ordered in, which I can't be assed doing/waiting for. 15min download > 2 week wait Also, the fact I don't own a CD/record player means they'd be useless to me. I'd encode them once to the PC, then they'd sit and gather dust... __________________

10-08-2007, 05:06 PM	#38 (permalink)
Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	I dunno, I have this weird thing about buying cds/records. Yes, I do download, but there is something about owning a hard copy of it. __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

10-08-2007, 07:09 AM	#32 (permalink)
=ladyface= Sounds Like Disco Tetris Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 346	I buy my CDs and I wouldn't have it any other way... I love having a huge a physical collection and not a file full of mp3s. There's nothing like walking into a friend's room and finding stacks and stacks of well-loved CDs to have a look through. It's not so fun just looking at a load of titles on a computer screen.

10-08-2007, 11:04 AM	#33 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Don't you get satisfaction out of looking at your computer screen and seeing a ridiculous amount of songs and playlists? Or the look on your friends faces when they see your massive collection. Or when they see Radiohead and go "who the **** are they?", and you laugh and say just the biggest rock band in the world.

10-08-2007, 11:25 AM	#34 (permalink)
=ladyface= Sounds Like Disco Tetris Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 346	I don't think I've ever known a person who doesn't know who Radiohead are. No, I think stacks and stacks of CDs look far more impressive, especially when you see that a person's gone out of their way to get hold of some harder-to-find albums.

10-08-2007, 11:26 AM	#35 (permalink)
~~bleedingmind88~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: westland, Mi Posts: 18	downloading! its so much easier to get a discography and way cheaper!