Buying Music

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What do you buy?

CD - single
1
1%
CD - album
31
38%
download - individual tracks
40
49%
download - album
10
12%
 
Total votes: 82

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Re: Buying Music

#16 Post by Dragonfire »

I buy all my music, singles and albums, off of iTunes. Occasionally I will buy a CD, but that's really only if it's convenient, because I find the albums on iTunes are cheaper. I will burn the albums from iTunes onto CDs so I have a hard copy though.

I just like how convenient the downloads are. And since my truck only has a cassette player, I can't use CDs. I can plug my iPod into an adapter that goes into the cassette player, and I use that often.
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Re: Buying Music

#17 Post by thelilbear »

I only buy CDs if it's one of my absolute favorite bands, and I know I will listen to all of the tracks. Otherwise I just buy individual tracks off of Itunes. It's perfect for me, even before Itunes, I hardly ever listened to every song on a CD, unless I REALLY liked the band, so this way saves me lots of money.
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Re: Buying Music

#18 Post by halfbakedbliss »

I buy the album if it's in print, and collect CD singles for certain artists. Don't really bother with the online stores, but do p2p.
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#19 Post by Kidwaiy »

Download individual tracks is what I do. :D
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Re: Buying Music

#20 Post by Siouxper »

I download individual songs from iTunes. But before then, I just bought the entire CD albums.
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Re: Buying Music

#21 Post by Kiyone »

I only buy CDs for amazing bands that I think are worth it, and even then I usually won't.
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Re: Buying Music

#22 Post by Smart Duck »

I tend to buy CDs more than anything else. And find free downloads from legal places. This would be a lot better for me if: A. My iPod hadn't died, B. Most of my CDs weren't at the bottom of a box in a storage place, and C. I had a computer in my room.
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Re: Buying Music

#23 Post by Cerise »

I can hardly find the music I like on CDs, so I download individual songs. The last CD I actually bought was probably two years ago, and I have no memory of what it was.
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#24 Post by Siouxper »

Cerise wrote:I can hardly find the music I like on CDs, so I download individual songs. The last CD I actually bought was probably two years ago, and I have no memory of what it was.


I don't remember ever buying a CD, ever. Seriously, either it was a gift or something, but I don't think I have ever bought a CD before.
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#25 Post by Alex »

I download 90% of my music. I tend to download an artists' album, but don't really buy it unless I like a few of their songs.

I actually prefer to buy compilation albums instead of just an ordinary album from an artist.
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#26 Post by pipsqueeek »

I always buy CDs. I don't think I've ever downloaded music, actually. I like having the actual CD, and liner notes are <3, especially since a lot of the music I listen to, you can't find the lyrics online. Also, most of my CDs I buy straight from the artist, at concerts or festivals or somewhere, and I'd rather pay a little bit more to have it go to them and not some store or company.
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#27 Post by 3lla »

i only ever really buy CD's of my favourite bands, singles aren't really worth it. I try not to get too many CD's since I already have a collection that could fill a really big room!
So I find downloading alot more convenient.
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#28 Post by Asthaloth »

I'll usually buy the CD, but in the (Getting far more common as my taste broadens even further) event that I can't find it I'll have a look on iTunes.

Then put it on CD, thus bypassing Apples stupid anti piracy thing quite nicely.
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#29 Post by yanni.depp »

I worked out that if I bought all the albums on my computer I would have spent $95,400 AU dollars

so I download a lot, but I still buy albums and EPs (never singles)

I bought 4 last week :D
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