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Where do you buy your music??
The Eyeball Kid:
--- Quote from: Spinless on 05 Dec 2006, 23:06 ---I buy old music at record and used CD stores. I buy new music directly from the band, usually after seeing them live.
Earlier up there, Khar posted 'Buy music?'. He may have been joking, I don't know. But I'd like to hear more people who don't pay for music post in this thread about WHY they don't pay for it.
I buy the 'try before you buy' argument, and even the 'I'm too poor to afford music in the first place', because I'm there myself right now. But I DO think it's essential to support talent, the smaller the better. Owning something that's obscure isn't about having credibility, but it's about supporting the artist who need it most. This is why I tend to buy music directly from the band. Then I KNOW they're getting every penny.
Remember folks! Support talent! It's good!
Edit: I just realised Tommydski posted this same opinion in the 'inde music' thread, so there will be a similar discussion going on there.
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Why I don't buy the music I don't buy:
a. the band dosen't need the money. My Chemical Romance does not need me to pay $30 because i'm going through an emo phase. Springsteen, Dylan, Stones, whatever... great artists. not hurting for money
b. the band needs the money they'll make when i'll go to their show, which i don't if i don't give their music a try. i've seen the Fiery Furnaces twice, and i paid the first time, and i wouldn't have done that if i didn't pirate their CD
c. the label sends me the album because i'll review it and thus promote them or sends me a copy with a giveaway on my website. this is out of my control
why i buy the music i buy:
a. its easier to pay $10 for 18 Jam or Midnight Oil tracks then track down something online
b. i want to support the artist directly and i don't have a comp copy. this is big for local artists
c. i want to ease the pointlessness of my life by spending money on consumer goods that don't fit either of the above criteria, like paying $8 for a Springsteen album i could pirate
Hat:
My main problem with buying CDs straight from the bands is that live music venues sell alcohol. I go in long before the merch table is set up, and by the time I notice its even there, I am unbelievably drunk and broke.
And besides, the people who work at Skinnys are pretty decent to have a conversation with, they've gotten me into quite a few awesome bands.
The Eyeball Kid:
--- Quote from: Hat on 06 Dec 2006, 13:55 ---My main problem with buying CDs straight from the bands is that live music venues sell alcohol. I go in long before the merch table is set up, and by the time I notice its even there, I am unbelievably drunk and broke.
And besides, the people who work at Skinnys are pretty decent to have a conversation with, they've gotten me into quite a few awesome bands.
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Laura Imbruglia works at our local metal store... too bad i'm not into metal (which is why i'm into Laura Imbruglia). There are a ton of great indie record stores in Sydney... i like hunting through the second-hand bins at Red Eye, our 2 story, cooler then you indie superstore.
But i always come back to Ashwoods
i think various people from various bands work at various vinyl vendors in our fair city, but i can't remember who works where. my friends do though
robert g:
two local shops called The Bent Crayon and Music Saves. What's great is that they cover opposite ends of the indie spectrum: all the weirder stuff can be gotten at Bent Crayon, while the lighter, poppier Pitchforkian end of it can be found at Music Saves.
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