Comments on: POLL: HOW DO YOU GET YOUR MUSIC?

By: hayisforhorses

hayisforhorses — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:56:06 +0000

Hey no love for vinyl in this poll! Generally i tend to pick and choose the things i want most when it comes to stuff that is in print. If i download it tends to be rare or obscure stuff, i aint paying over a grand for a sorricide cd or legend lp but i will download it if a reissue isnt easily available.

By: Leviathan696

Leviathan696 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:53:51 +0000

this is fucking sad as hell… i use to go there all the time…. the only good thing is that i was able to get like 10 cds for like 2 or 3 dollars each…new gojira, trivium, oceano, unearth, the faceless, six feet under, obscura….

By: DemonicLemming

DemonicLemming — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:05:14 +0000

Torrents for full discographies, usually. If a band is good enough and they’re near me on tour, I’ll go to their show and buy some of their shit directly from them. I despise the RIAA enough to never touch a cd again, especially with the ungodly stupid prices of cds, and the ever-dwindling track numbers on most. I don’t bother with singles, either, unless it’s a really weird one-off (sorta like a couple BEP songs, I know I’ll get flamed for that >.< ). If I like one song from a band, I’ll probably like most of them, and if not, fuck, it’s experimentation with new stuff. Also, as eclectic as my collection is, if I actually bought every single album, I’d be living in a cardboard box eating rat right now.

A book takes a hell of a lot longer to make than a cd, from initial draft to final edited copy on the press, and most trade paperbacks go for $8. I just can’t justify $20 for a cd based on that. I’ve legally bought 90% of the books I own (roughly 2500 right now), and never had a problem doing that. I bought NIN’s Ghosts and The Slip online, because they were worth the price. The problem, as much as anything else, was the constantly increasing price of cds vs the financial power of the buying market (teenagers, mostly). A lot of kids like a lot of music, and with cds at $20 a piece, they just can’t afford it (hell, I can’t afford it). If record companies had knocked cd prices back down to $10 each, I guaran-fucking-tee increased sales would have offset the lower price.

Another big reason was the iPod thing – ripping every single cd to a hard drive (which is now, I believe in some cases, illegal, which is utter bullshit) is a pain in the ass. Why buy a physical cd when I could just get the digital version, toss it on my Creative Zen or iPod, and burn a cd if I wanted a copy for my car? Digital downloads are just a lot more flexible and efficient i=with today’s technology.

By: nick

nick — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:16:47 +0000

I use the .rar blogs. They’ve turned me onto a ton of great music that I’d never know about just by reading magazines or cruising myspace. But like a lot of working stiffs I make just enough to get by month to month. So I have to make smart choices with my money; buy all the cd’s I like and go hungry, save the money I’d spend on a couple cd’s and use it for a concert where I’d see three or four bands, or stop listening to music altogether and obey the law…..

And speaking of “Illegal” downloads, that term bugs the shit out of me. Downloading music through unlicensed channels is copyright infringement (which is a civil rather than criminal matter) on the part of the provider but the downloader isn’t committing any specific crime I’m aware of. All those people that were being sued were sharing their collection so others could download it. People weren’t getting sued for simply downloading music as far as I’m aware. And besides, is downloading music any different than going to the library and listening to the same cd over and over again? I did that as a broke ass teenager. Or how about buying used? The bands don’t see that dough but it’s perfectly acceptable.

By: Luis Eez

Luis Eez — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:02:22 +0000

Anyhoo, thank God for Generation Records and Kims Video.

Right?

By: i think

i think — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:46:58 +0000

id buy but i dont have money.. if i like a cd, such as alive or just breathing ill buy it. if its just for an odd song or two im not buying it…

By: bob

bob — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:43:29 +0000

i understand the point of this poll but there’s no option for people like me who download everything and then buy it when it’s released/they have the cash.

By: sierraviridian

sierraviridian — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:01:34 +0000

I adore buying CDs. I love opening them up for the first time, and browsing the pictures. My biggest dream was always to go to the Virgin Megastore. It’s a shame I’ll never get to now…

By: miguel_g(Peru)

miguel_g(Peru) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:22:10 +0000

I hate downloading with a passion, but at the moment I’m jobless so it’s the only way I can get to hear the new albums by my favorite artists. I love that feeling of opening a new Cd, the smel of it, the booklet, the artwork an all that.

By: Louis

Louis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:15:50 +0000

I hate downloading. I only download stuff that is completely out of print or like someone said before bands three song demos that aren’t available anymore. I just actually bought about 25 cds last week and I’m going to Princeton Record Exchange this weekend to probably buy 25 more.

By: Malacoda

Malacoda — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:05:18 +0000

Independent record stores own.

By: Matthew Grant Anson

Matthew Grant Anson — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:13:18 +0000

If I pirate a bands complete discography I buy at least one album from them. For example, I pirated Mastodon’s complete discog based off the fact that they were named Mastodon. Ended up loving them, I now have Crack the Skye, Leviathan, and a shirt. (both albums are actual CDs. I’m a big believer in the CD experience, a la Tool.)

By: Mark G.

Mark G. — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:34:08 +0000

I haven’t downloaded an album since 2006 when I got a job and could buy CD’s. I deleted all of the downloaded music from my hard drive and bought copies of all my albums. When you download the album, you don’t really have the album. It’s hard to explain. It’s not really about money to me as much as it is about the intimacy. When you actually own the CD (or Vinyl. Whatever you’re into), you have proof that you own the album. You have the cover art to look at while you wait to go home (or to the car) and listen to it. You can read the lyrics along with the album, anticipating the next song while you do so… and I’ve always had a weird desire to read the “special thanks” section.

I just like to have a copy, I guess. Downloading music sucks. I didn’t even like it when I did do it.

By: hibernum

hibernum — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:23:32 +0000

Today there is really no reason to pirate music anymore. With sound samples on amazon.com, free streaming on bands’ websites, and samples on myspace, etc. there are plenty of legal avenues to try before you buy.

It was really stupid for record labels to sue individuals, as they were going after their own customers. It was stupid to shut down take a leak and steal this song if it was just a song or two (which it was if I recall correctly).

I haven’t bought an album that was a dud in years thanks to the internet. I still buy albums because I know what I want, thanks to free clips and sample tracks. I don’t think I am the only one who would have been more supportive of the record industry if they didn’t try to fuck the future in the ass. Here’s a hint, you can’t fuck the future in the ass because it is always six inches away from you.

Than again, maybe this is all Apple and itune’s fault.

By: metalguy

metalguy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:05:40 +0000

i used to steal music, then one day mt limewire stopped working, saying i needed to update something that couldnt be updated. i tried torrents, but they wont transfer to my itunes. does ANYONE know a good place for free music. i also realy dislike stealing music, and would buy if i had money

By: metalvinny

metalvinny — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:29:42 +0000

There is ABSOLUTELY no excuse for stealing music anymore. With myspace, trig, bebo, imeem, isound, ilike, facebook, youtube, vimeo – you CAN hear a band before purchasing. The “I want to hear an album before I buy” excuse holds NO water anymore.

By: metalvinny

metalvinny — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:28:11 +0000

You are the reason stores are closing!!!

By: dr j

dr j — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:04:55 +0000

That’s a good attitude, if you don’t throw money at something, you don’t care for it.

By: dr j

dr j — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:01:15 +0000

I never download single songs. I download full albums from .rar blogs and then purchase the albums from Best Buy or a local music distributer close by my house if I like them unless they are commercially unavailable; but I still get the full LP and I still listen to them in order. Plus I’m sure that even in your day, people bought many CDs based off singles they heard off of the radio and only listened to that one song, despite the rest of the songs on the album being available.

By: r

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:17:05 +0000

I buy online (Amazon) music of bands I know or with very good reviews, for local (Peruvian bands) I buy them in independent stores. For unknown/not so sure bands I download some tracks or the album…