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Do you buy music?
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Hat on 29 Dec 2007, 01:20 ---I guess I am saying maybe things have just gotten kind of complicated and I guess I'm slightly bothered that a group of people who profess to and do really seem to love music as much as a lot of people here do, would consider buying new music anything but a very high priority.
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I do consider it a fairly high priority. The other night was a CD release party for a local band and I spent the last ten bucks in my wallet on their EP instead of getting anything else. Once again, though, I have a lot of stuff I have to pay for and sometimes it really comes down to "be a recluse for a week" or "don't buy music." About a third of the time I wind up actually going with the first option.
Music isn't a particularly inexpensive pastime and unfortunately I have quite a few pastimes. The difference between this and saying "I'd buy more albums if I had more money" is simply that I don't buy as many albums.
It blows, though. I wish I had enough money to buy albums. It's almost too much as it is to be working a part-time job and going to university full-time though so I can't really earn a whole lot more. Things will probably change in this regard once I'm paid for working forty hours a week with a degree.
valley_parade:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 29 Dec 2007, 09:45 ---"I'd buy more albums if I had more money" is simply that I don't buy as many albums.
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That's why I go with the used vinyl. I can pick up two at the local antique stores for what a new CD would cost.
Instead of buying albums though, I should really save up and get a functioning turntable.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: Hat on 28 Dec 2007, 20:36 ---I will never figure out what you people are doing to your CDs to render them such a flimsy and unusable format.
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This is a Sony CD Walkman:
It is bulky, not only large but an awkward shape. It holds one CD at once, extra CDs must be carried seperately, in cases to prevent scratching. If the CDs do become scratched they will probably not work. Such a player jogs even with anti-shock. It has no additional functions apart from being a CD player.
This is a Creative MuVo:
It is less than a quarter the size of the walkman, is nigh on indestructible, functions as a memory stick, and can carry around 10 albums worth of songs at good quality. It also has a voice recorder.
This is an Archos 605:
Though only slightly smaller than the CD walkman, it has a far more practical shape and comes with a protective case. It has an 80 gigabyte hard drive, which can store thousands of albums, not to mention it can play back video files and e-books, not to mention record off of a television as a sort of pocket TiVo, or play music and video files from the internet on the GODDAMN TV.
What I am trying to say is, why would I ever want to touch a CD again? I won't get better sound out of one, and I won't get artwork at a size worth having, both factors that, I think, justify the existence of vinyl. The CD is digital technologies retarded child. It's bulky, expensive and flimsy.
However, I refuse to buy mp3s. Ever. I r hypocrite!
Chrasstor:
There's no record stores that sell the albums that I listen to where I currently live.
So no.
I download.
Tom:
Same here.
There was a thread about downloading music awhile back and several people agreed with the idea that bands should be more focussed on making money from touring and merch than there CD's. I'd get you a quote but I just got up and feeling pretty tired.
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