Downloading your music vs buying your music

ziren · 06-22-2009, 08:27 AM

knowing you own an album of your favourite band is a great feeling, though you can not always buy it at where you live. Then downloading is a great choice.

RonaldSays · 06-23-2009, 09:09 AM

I buy all my stuff on CD. It's not out of principle since I also own loads of downloaded albums but at one point I noticed I have so many albums I never listened to because it's just to much. So now I only download some stuff from friends occasionally so I can at least give it a proper listen and for the rest buy CDs online. Over here (the Netherlands) CDs are just ridiculously expensive (around $20 for the newest main stream band album) so I get them from all kinds of online web shops.

I love to buy albums at concerts especially from smaller bands since it gives me the feeling I'm really supporting them.

ElephantSack · 06-23-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

You're a musician? what do you play? you in a proper band, doing gigs? if you do gigs, what kind of things you play? cover songs? I'm in the process of learning the guitar and I write alot. Best of luck to you

Well, first of all, thank you.

I play bass and backing vox in a 3-piece band with my brother on guitar and main vox and our friend on drums.

We call ourselves AFTERMATH.

You could call us Metal. You could call us Experimental. You could call us Experi-Metal, I guess. My brother and I have been playing in a band together for almost 12 years now. And yes, we started out playing covers.

ElephantSack · 06-23-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

It's also about giving a lot of money to people who had nothing to do with making the actual music.

Some bands like Radiohead have already found a way around that.

And you don't need CD's to have a successful music career, music predates the invention of compact discs by a few thousand years you know. There's a little thing called touring, which is where the bulk of a musician's income comes from in the first place.

Record executives make more from CD sales than the artists do, and I don't really feel too guilty about stealing from them.

See, what you have there, is a point. Yeah, I wish the physical album were more of a personal creation as far as it coming straight from the artists, but unfortunately the artists aren't the ones who own the manufacturing plants and distribution deals. Unfortunately. as beautiful and spiritual as music can be, the business aspect of it involves a lot of shaking hands with the Devil. At least in the beginning.

You know, stating the obvious has a tendency to make someone sound like a prick.

And believe me, I know a little bit about touring. I still work a dead end job so I can save up enough money for gas, food, emergencies when we head out on the road. Especially in the beginning, touring costs money. And that's where the merch comes in, including CDs. The benefits of touring really come when you get signed and receive touring support. Which brings me back to shaking hands with the Devil.

TheCunningStunt · 06-23-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

All i've seen you do since you've been here is bitch & whine about 'real fans' and it's getting really old.

So she's not heard the bands entire discography or been to gigs. Big ****ing deal, she obviously likes them based on what she's heard so she has every right to call herself a fan. She might go off them or she might get more into them, there's nothing wrong with that either that's how things work.

If you had made that kind of comment to me I would have bought that album, came & found you, then inserted it nice & deep into your anus.

Kinky.

But I disagree, listening to the charts and not paying for the music in anyway doesn't make them a fan, if they get more into music, then fair enough, they're a fan. Other than that, they are not.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-23-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Kinky.

But I disagree, listening to the charts and not paying for the music in anyway doesn't make them a fan, if they get more into music, then fair enough, they're a fan. Other than that, they are not.

I used to record songs I liked off the radio because I couldn't afford to buy every song I liked. Does that make me any less of a fan OF THE MUSIC?

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 06-23-2009, 06:31 PM

I have over 300 albums and haven't bought any of them. Maybe I shouldn't be bragging about that...

Antonio · 06-23-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonace

I have over 300 albums and haven't bought any of them. Maybe I shouldn't I be bragging about that...

*knock knock*

"hello, this is special agent Gibbs with the FBI"

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 06-23-2009, 06:39 PM

YOU WON'T TAKE ME ALIVE!!

Seriously if they chose me out of the 100 million plus people that download music each day i'd be super-pissed. Of course I could always sue them for discrimination...

LoathsomePete · 06-23-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

*knock knock*

"hello, this is special agent Gibbs with the FBI"

Fail! Gibbs is with NCIS NOOOB :P

And Sonace don't feel too guilty, I have 1778 albums, about 1750 of them are downloaded.

06-23-2009, 09:09 AM	#92 (permalink)
RonaldSays Amateur Drum Kit Wrestler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 155	I buy all my stuff on CD. It's not out of principle since I also own loads of downloaded albums but at one point I noticed I have so many albums I never listened to because it's just to much. So now I only download some stuff from friends occasionally so I can at least give it a proper listen and for the rest buy CDs online. Over here (the Netherlands) CDs are just ridiculously expensive (around $20 for the newest main stream band album) so I get them from all kinds of online web shops. I love to buy albums at concerts especially from smaller bands since it gives me the feeling I'm really supporting them. __________________ Want to know what I have to say? My Blog My Twitter

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~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I have over 300 albums and haven't bought any of them. Maybe I shouldn't be bragging about that... Last edited by someonecompletelyrandom; 06-23-2009 at 07:15 PM.

06-22-2009, 08:27 AM	#91 (permalink)
ziren Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 39	knowing you own an album of your favourite band is a great feeling, though you can not always buy it at where you live. Then downloading is a great choice.

06-23-2009, 06:39 PM	#99 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	YOU WON'T TAKE ME ALIVE!! Seriously if they chose me out of the 100 million plus people that download music each day i'd be super-pissed. Of course I could always sue them for discrimination...