TheBig3

You don't what at all?

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rageangel132

I don't buy albums as often now because I mostly use Pandora and Songza. What's great about those services is that they help you discover new artists. If I like an artist enough, I'm going to pick up their CD. Even though streaming services are gaining in popularity, artists are not compensated enough by them. That's why digital downloads and physical media will not be replaced anytime soon.

I also believe that you don't have to buy music in order to call yourself a true fan. Being fan means you enjoy the music, plain and simple. I might be a fan of a band I heard on the radio, but it's not my obligation to go out and immediately by their CD.

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butthead aka 216

streaming is more than enough. the future is already here. theres no sense denying the inevitable and clinging onto physical music when it's obviously going by the wayside. i also don't think physical copies makes you any more of a fan than anyone else. i actually hate people like that in all aspects of life. trying to justify their fanhood through some meaningless medium. whatever man.

Astronomer

Streaming isn't enough for me. I need to know that I own the music so that I can take it with me wherever I go and listen to it wherever I am. I listen to music at my computer in my own house, but I also listen to it in the car, on the train, on a walk, at the gym, etc. Yes, you can still access streaming in all of these instances but it's not always reliable, I don't always have the greatest network/Internet connection, especially when I'm mobile or out of range (I'm not sure how Australia's networks compare to those in the US but I often go out of range where I have no mobile phone coverage).

But this doesn't mean I need a physical copy of the album/song. I download/purchase most of my music digitally so I don't have actual physical copies of it. But I still would rather OWN it than stream it due to the aforementioned reasons.

Also, my car only takes CDs (no aux) so I use CDs a lot still as well... Often when I purchase musical digitally or download it I'll rip it to a CD so that I can listen to it in my car.

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Paedantic Basterd

WHY doesn't every car have an AUX input, and why is it so difficult to put a CD player in there that has one? That, high-fuel mileage, and the basic functions of a car are all I want in my transportation.

Zer0

I don't even have a CD player in my car I have a cassette player, which I can use a cassette adapter to hook up my iPod to. I find it funny how some obsolete technology can have its advantages over more recent technology

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Don't know if this point has been brought up. But Briks, you seem concerned that others might not consider yourself a 'fan' if you do not hold physical copies of an artists music.
But my question is really who are you trying to justify yourself to? If you're a fan of something, only you can determine that.

That is up to nobody else's interpretation, that is for you to make the decision as to whether you like something or not.

Owning physical copies of CD does not mean you like an artist any more than someone who doesn't, circumstances vary. Is a man from Singapore less of a fan of Manchester United because he doesn't regularly attend games at Old Trafford as opposed to someone who lives 10 miles from the ground.

It doesn't matter what you own of the subject or how much you know about it, if you enjoy and support the subject in question, then you are a fan. Sure, there probably are varying degrees of fan; from casual to hardcore but like I said if you enjoy the music, you're still a fan.

Astronomer

Well I'm pretty sure most cars being manufactured these days do have AUX inputs, but unfortunately I can't afford a brand new car, so my model is an old one, when AUX was yet to exist in cars and CDs and tape cassettes ruled the way.

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Isbjørn

I prefer CDs and MP3s because:

-I can take the music with me
-I support the artist by buying his/her music
-It makes it a lot easier to listen to get to know the music.

I think it's important to know an artist's catalogue. By buying albums rather than streaming the music, you have a much better opportunity to get to know the catalogue (I always listen to the whole album once I've bought it). You also do a much better job at supporting the artist. As someone previously mentioned, streaming services pay the artists much less than we think.
Maybe I have a different definition of the word "fan" than you have. I think it's about enjoying (and knowing) the artist's music as well as supporting the artist.

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djchameleon

Yes but the same thing goes for buying CDs. they get paid way less. If you want to really support your artist that you are fan of, you buy merch at their concerts. I don't feel like you need to own physical media to be considered a fan. In this digital age that's such an old fossil of an idea. You can get to know an artist just as well by streaming as you can be buying the physical album. You don't even have to have a strong internet connection anyways because if you have an mp3 player then you can just take the mp3 files that you do have and use that to take them everywhere with you. I do that.

I can stream albums first and if I like them just download them on the spot since I'm still a Zune customer paying to rent these files....grrr that idea gets under my skin but yeah.

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