Is buying music on CD, vinyl, cassette or via download best?

The Batlord · 07-16-2016, 10:18 AM

Not gonna pretend like I'm not an entitled asshat. It's far easier, cheaper, and more productive to go on a week-long downloading binge than an hour-long CD store splurge. That's pretty much killed any pretensions of "supporting the artists" that I might once have had. Proud thief.

**Exo** · 07-16-2016, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Not gonna pretend like I'm not an entitled asshat. It's far easier, cheaper, and more productive to go on a week-long downloading binge than an hour-long CD store splurge. That's pretty much killed any pretensions of "supporting the artists" that I might once have had. Proud thief.

You see, I'm the same way. I support the bands I listen to by buying t-shirts at the shows I see. I'm going like once a week at this point.

innerspaceboy · 07-16-2016, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Not gonna pretend like I'm not an entitled asshat. It's far easier, cheaper, and more productive to go on a week-long downloading binge than an hour-long CD store splurge. That's pretty much killed any pretensions of "supporting the artists" that I might once have had. Proud thief.

I hyper-rationalize my blatant thievery. I download ~100 album archives every few weeks, but I consider it research material to inspire actual purchases I otherwise never would have made. My bottom-line rationale is that my average spending is $1200 a year on music while the average American spends $57 on physical and digital media annually. I spend more than the next 21 consumers combined.

Based on my spending, I'm not the guy killing the industry.