Would you / Do you pay for digital music

[homi29]

just curious as to what sufuers views on this are

[Guest]

i dont , but i probably will because im getting sick of searching for stuff

[freecat]

Only when it's worth it. I listen to trance and rock. I get the cds that are immortal. The other ones, I listen to them once and trash them. I would love to pay directly the autor to buy the cd, i'd buy more in this case.

It makes me so sick to pay 20€ for a cd and know that the guy who produced it and really deserve it after all only gets a little part of the cake (at leat for little producers, the big ones they have plenty of money anyway) and not have the real cd and covers in my hand neither. I prefered real cds.

Dematerialization of music is quite sad too. Our parents enjoyed having their vynils and collect them, we enjoy(ed) having our cds and collecting them, our kids they'll have to collect stupid binary files on computer.

[polishmike]

I pay for a "downloading service" and I also buy mp3s. I try to buy straight from the label/artist if it possible.

[poopslush]

Only time I'll pay for digital music is when its 320kbs mp3s of tunes I cant get or afford on vinyl. Thats pretty rare though.

[mike lowrey]

I've never bought digital music and probably will not atleast in the near future. I like the concept of an actual album, whether its CD or vinyl, I like to own it in a tangible form.

[polishmike]

Only time I'll pay for digital music is when its 320kbs mp3s of tunes I cant get or afford on vinyl. Thats pretty rare though.

That's pretty much what I buy. I don't buy vinyl and sometimes singles are not available on cds.

I was same way as Mike, I always wanted the album, cover and all that stuff but I realized that I have 10 shoeboxes of cds in my closet and most of them are ripped to my computer. I'll still buy some nice releases that I want to own but it's rare.

[homi29]

for those who buy music online (mp3s)

where do u get it from and how much do you pay?

i never really felt the need to own something so intangible

[barcelona]

i illegally download most music

if i feel the need to support a band, i'll buy the cd.

but i go to live shows fairly often and generally overpay for tickets, thats my justification.

[ghostdeini]

NEVERRRR!!! my money is mines and it's a dog-eat-dog world out there, playa. I got mouths to feed, namean?

[isoform]

prolly will not pay for digital music when i can easily get it for free. i support the artists by going to shows and buying merch and if they're self-released/independent and i really like them -- then i buy the physical CD-R/CDs out of guilt.

when i get settled and money for a quality turntable i'll start a vinyl collection.

and if in some parallel universe when P2P is eradicated and everyone is forced to pay, i won't purchase anything less then Flac/Lossless. for more than 5dollars. screw that. but that day will never come...i won't let it (and i'm sure thousands of others won't either). :]

[le_chic_garcon]

I don't count this as paying but if someone gives me an itunes gift card then I use that. That doesn't count as paying though because it's not my moneu.

[notesee]

I used to buy a shitload of CD's when I was younger, nowadays I just download. Most of the music I listen to I can only find on obscure blogs anyway.

However when I have some more money to spare, I would like to add to my small vinyl collection.

[lazytiki]

I still buy a lot of CD's.. the PDF inserts just don't do it for me.

[casual_coal]

I used to buy Cd's and some digital but now I just download all my music

[keagan]

beatport for dl

discogs for vinyl

Most of the stuff I buy on vinyl I can't find anywhere else (dubplates).

I don't buy cd's. I think cd's are a waste. If I want the artwork and all that i'll just buy it on vinyl.

[Guest jmatsu]

beatport for dl

discogs for vinyl

Most of the stuff I buy on vinyl I can't find anywhere else (dubplates).

I don't buy cd's. I think cd's are a waste. If I want the artwork and all that i'll just buy it on vinyl.

please post pics of your awesome vinyl collection k? thanx

[polishmike]

discogs for vinyl

Discogs? as www.discogs.com user build music database?

[keagan]

yes, sometimes I buy off of juno but if I can get it on juno I can usually get it on beatport or junodownload

i've only got like 400 or so records, it's not awesome enough to take a picture