Downloading your music vs buying your music

s_k · 02-28-2011, 02:25 PM

I download a lot, which is legal here, but I would too if it weren't.
When I like an album, I buy it. Meaning I buy an awful lot.
Downloading really causes me to spend a lot of money on buying music.

CanwllCorfe · 02-28-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

same there are also a handful of artists that I will blindly go buy their new cd without downloading it before hand.

For me it's Burial, and now Arms & Sleepers. Matador was more pop oriented than I'd expected, but Nostalgia for the Absolute was a HUGE departure from that. It's more dark and ambient driven than anything they've released thus far.

Badlittlekitten · 03-01-2011, 12:19 PM

Download. If I likey like, i buy it. Simple. Everyone should do the same.

Chrysalis · 03-01-2011, 03:54 PM

Downloading, it's a lot more convenient, and it will usually have what I want. I'll buy what I really like when I get the chance, though.

djchameleon · 03-01-2011, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Badlittlekitten

Download. If I likey like, i buy it. Simple. Everyone should do the same.

yeah same but I do wish that more proceeds from buying the album would go towards the artist. It sucks that everyone else has their hands in that pot. If you want to support your favorite artist just go to their concert and buy merch.

Howard the Duck · 03-02-2011, 02:24 AM

depends on my mood - i'm mostly an impulse buyer

Ben Butler · 03-02-2011, 09:22 AM

I buy all my music. I don't agree with downloading it, I think that is wrong personally.

Husky McDump · 03-02-2011, 09:36 AM

Ben Butler, you're limiting yourself to exposure of music if you don't download. As for me, I do a mixture of both (90% dl'ing 10% buying I'd say). The best way to support an artist is to see them live...MORE THAN ONCE! Buy a tee-shirt each time you go, it makes for one hell of a collection.

Ben Butler · 03-02-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Husky McDump

Ben Butler, you're limiting yourself to exposure of music if you don't download. As for me, I do a mixture of both (90% dl'ing 10% buying I'd say). The best way to support an artist is to see them live...MORE THAN ONCE! Buy a tee-shirt each time you go, it makes for one hell of a collection.

I know I am but I think it's the right thing to do. The music industry have reluctant to download and even embrace the internet at all until they found out that their market and lots of potential revenue could come from doing it. Personally, I think it's illegal.

Husky McDump · 03-02-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben Butler

I know I am but I think it's the right thing to do. The music industry have reluctant to download and even embrace the internet at all until they found out that their market and lots of potential revenue could come from doing it. Personally, I think it's illegal.

It is illegal to download music for free. But that doesn't mean that it's the best way to support a group that is very small. It would be different situation for mainstream music I would suppose...

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Husky McDump No Shirt Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 442	Ben Butler, you're limiting yourself to exposure of music if you don't download. As for me, I do a mixture of both (90% dl'ing 10% buying I'd say). The best way to support an artist is to see them live...MORE THAN ONCE! Buy a tee-shirt each time you go, it makes for one hell of a collection. __________________ not everyone can make it to the pros, some rise to the top, others down low.

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Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	depends on my mood - i'm mostly an impulse buyer

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Ben Butler Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Rudheath Posts: 393	I buy all my music. I don't agree with downloading it, I think that is wrong personally.