yeah, but i'd rather that than a shelf full of crap.

It wouldn't be all crap though, i mean i buy only stuff that i really really like but that doesn't mean it has to all be perfect 10/10 music. If i was that fussy my music listening habits would be very dull!

yeah, i see what you mean, honestly i wouldn't be that restrictive, i mean if it's like an 8/10 i'd still buy it. i'll download albums first to see if i'll consider putting my money towards it, i don't want to waste my cash on average to crappy dribble.

besides, if those average bands really want my money they should make better albums, haha :D

Yes I like that too. I will always put freshly bought albums aside and I spin those in turns so I will at least listen to them properly a couple of times. That's why I don't do much downloading anymore. It just grows out of hand and I just am not able to listen to it all.

That's the problem with downloading, it can get really out of hand. Especially if you keep a list of music you want. The problem for me is that I'll have a few bands I want to check out, but then once I get to a blog that has some of that I'll look through to see what else is there. At the point, it's all over and I'll end up with hundreds if not thousands of new songs. It takes me like a month to get through all that new stuff, not contacting anything new I buy or get from friends. Now, I just go on a downloading spree once every so often and get some new stuff; if i don't like it pretty fast and it doesn't have potential I sometimes won't even listen to the full album... I know, it's bad, I just don't have time. If I didn't listen to music for like 12 hours a day I wouldn't even have time to listen to anything more than once or twice. Thank god for technology so I can have my music anywhere :D.

It definitely gets out of hand. I miss having access to only the albums I purchase, and actually spending time with them. Now we all have short attention spans and always looking for the next thing, not giving everything a proper chance.

This. I couldn't agree more. I was showing someone my Itunes yesterday and totally realized I haven't listened to half the crap I have.

idk, but it seems that you guys have to try to keep a steadier pace when getting albums. i mean, getting new music is great, but you gotta know when to stop and start at a time, otherwise you get flooded with stuff that you may end up not listening to.

idk for me, i get a couple albums at a time, but once i get them, i go through them ASAP. i also rate each song and go through everything at least once, so if i stop between albums, i can know where to go by play count or if it's not rated.

like right now i have some albums backed up that i just got a few minutes ago, but it's nothing a day or two of going through them can't fix.

I download first and if I like it I buy it later.

I very rarely download any music, except sometimes just a track or two to help determine if a cd is worth buying. I find that after actually shelling out cash for a cd, I'm more motivated to give it a proper listen. Plus, I like reading the liner notes of the album and looking at the artwork while listening to it. Half the appeal of buying music to me is knowing that eventually I'll have a really badass music collection, and I'll be able to display all of it on a shelf or something.