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rialisis:
Buy? What is this concept of handing over monies for desired music?

Just kidding. I have this store near where I live called Sounds Perfect. Its a small place and privately run. It used to be great. I know the guys who work there and get on well with them. I used to go in there and find Chris behind the desk, just restacking the library of cd's behind him. He'd wlecome me and I would just say to him;

"What should I buy?"

Then he would just ask what sort of mood I'm in, which would depend on what I've been listening to recently and then he'd recommend some band I never heard of before. It was great because I walked away with something new everytime and you could tell he got a kick out of trying to sell me something. The best thing about having a store that isn't a  market chain around is that the guys who work there are pretty much listening to CD's all day. But the said CD's are their choice and not accomodating a mass population. They're like a 1st line to releases that slip under the radar to me, especially bands I wouldn't usually consider but might end enjoying. Listening to new stuff is pretty much what they're paid to do.

Gridgm:
i stalk all the independant places (fortunatly i live veryclose to melbourne)
missing link
gas light
metal mayhem
dirtcheap
dragondly
...and jb hi-fi but they're not independant

greenMonkey:
I've purchased the majority of my music in the last few months from Amazon.com, although with Dischord releases I just go through the label (because they are excellent).  Before this my main source of music was ripping CDs from my local public library, because my county library system has a surprisingly good stock of the music I like.

I refuse to buy from legal online download services, because I would much rather A) have a physical copy of the music, B) be able to rip it at higher quality, and C) not just 'rent' the music.

Hat:

--- Quote from: Gridgm on 06 Dec 2006, 08:12 ---...and jb hi-fi but they're not independant

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I actually felt real guilty about buying my stuff at JB, but they are a pretty big sponsor of 4ZZZ here, and I thought it was pretty awesome, considering they don't even stock most of the bands ZZZ plays.

The Eyeball Kid:

--- Quote from: Hat on 06 Dec 2006, 00:50 ---I generally only buy music by local artists nowadays. Its a bit of a copout, but there are some spectacular acts here that are probably never going to get the level of recognition American and European artists get, and I'll never be able to afford to buy all the new albums being put out both domestically and overseas, so I almost always choose Australian bands when I'm looking for music.

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You should buy directly from the bands... i've been to shows where I just buy albums from all the bands on the bill. I feel guilty buying Aussie music second-hand from Ashwoods, but if it keeps the store going then its good, since that place is also an independent Sydney instiution... they'll talk about music and the guy will rant about the lameness of Nick Cave
but yeah- buy Aussie and buy directly from the artists

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