Downloading your music vs buying your music

Freebase Dali · 07-10-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by morgos

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.

Having real albums is definitely awesome. I wish I had thought about it a long time ago before I got a bunch of those crappy CD book-cases and chucked all my jewel cases.
When I'm in my late years, I won't even have a decently preserved collection of CD's and their original cases, which will probably, by then, be as records are to us now.

There's just something tangible about CD albums you can have pride in and that can't be lost like MP3's due to hard-drive failures.

sidewinder · 07-10-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

There's just something tangible about CD albums you can have pride in and that can't be lost like MP3's due to hard-drive failures.

But they can be stolen, scratched, burned, water damaged, crushed, or taken away by tornado!

I've always been scared of theft or damage...my CD collection owns me.

morgos · 07-11-2009, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

But they can be stolen, scratched, burned, water damaged, crushed, or taken away by tornado!

I've always been scared of theft or damage...my CD collection owns me.

I feel ya, I know exactly what you're talking about. For the most part I take ridiculous pristine care of my cds now. After having a few bad experiences, I don't even loan them to people anymore. Half the time I don't even get them back, or if I do, they'll be scratched up or have the cases broken. I remember going over to a friends house a while ago that I hadn't been to for a while, and finding a few cds that I had let him borrow like 3 years ago. The cds were all beat up, and I haven't loaned anything since then. Now if someone wants to borrow something I just make them a burn.

TheCunningStunt · 07-11-2009, 05:16 PM

Theft?

The only people who would steal are scummy chavs, hopefully your music collection wouldn't catch their eye. If it does, that's a reflection on your music taste..

Vote With A Bullet · 07-11-2009, 05:26 PM

Major labels don't need my money, independent artists however, do.

djchameleon · 07-12-2009, 05:20 AM

The majority of the time I download but if there is a specific artist I really like or their album has at least 75% great tracks then I will buy it. When artists put out an album with 12 tracks and expect people to buy it when they only have 3 quality tunes and the rest is filler, they have a serious problem. I think the main reason they even put out albums like that is because they need to fill the album quota on their contract before it runs out.

morgos · 07-12-2009, 06:36 AM

Another reason I prefer purchase cds rather than download, is to support local business. In my town we have a couple really nice independant stores, and I would feel very guilty if I started downloading all my music and they went out of business. I enjoy talking with the guys who run these places, and I've discovered some great stuff that just happened to be playing when I walked in.

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Originally Posted by boo boo

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

For me it's less about feeling guilty for stealing something from the musicians, and more about just the fact that you're stealing. I feel guilty getting something for nothing, especially when I know that the product I'm getting took a lot of hard work from various parties to create. Just doesn't make ethical sense, especially not in a capitalist society. With that said, I will still download if what I'm looking for is way overpriced, hard to find, or will take like 3 months to ship. I'm generally not willing to drop more than 20 bucks for a cd, unless it's a double of course.

Freebase Dali · 07-12-2009, 06:53 PM

Yea nobody steals CDs around here... When they steal your car, they throw the CDs out.

TheCunningStunt · 07-12-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Yea nobody steals CDs around here... When they steal your car, they throw the CDs out.

If they're happy hardcore CDs they may keep them.

sidewinder · 07-13-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Theft?

The only people who would steal are scummy chavs, hopefully your music collection wouldn't catch their eye. If it does, that's a reflection on your music taste..

Uh ok. Times have changed indeed, but in the 90s CDs were commonly stolen from cars and homes (during parties and such). Easy money I suppose, when you could bring them to a used CD or pawn shops. Plus people didn't have a way to get music for free like today on the internet. So true thieves would steal to sell them, and "acquaintances" would steal them because they wanted them.

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Originally Posted by morgos

I feel ya, I know exactly what you're talking about. For the most part I take ridiculous pristine care of my cds now. After having a few bad experiences, I don't even loan them to people anymore. Half the time I don't even get them back, or if I do, they'll be scratched up or have the cases broken. I remember going over to a friends house a while ago that I hadn't been to for a while, and finding a few cds that I had let him borrow like 3 years ago. The cds were all beat up, and I haven't loaned anything since then. Now if someone wants to borrow something I just make them a burn.

Yeah I stopped loaning CDs out a long time ago too. I'll make them a copy before I let them walk out the door with a real CD.

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Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Yea nobody steals CDs around here... When they steal your car, they throw the CDs out. __________________

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TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Theft? The only people who would steal are scummy chavs, hopefully your music collection wouldn't catch their eye. If it does, that's a reflection on your music taste..

07-12-2009, 05:20 AM	#156 (permalink)
djchameleon A.B.N. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NY baby Posts: 11,451	The majority of the time I download but if there is a specific artist I really like or their album has at least 75% great tracks then I will buy it. When artists put out an album with 12 tracks and expect people to buy it when they only have 3 quality tunes and the rest is filler, they have a serious problem. I think the main reason they even put out albums like that is because they need to fill the album quota on their contract before it runs out.