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End of the CD coming...
bicostp:
I haven't bought a new CD in ages.
Used CDs, on the other hand...
Welu:
I've bought a total of two CDs for myself in my life. I do know people who buy CDs often enough though. My dad is one because he's in the car a lot and doesn't have nor want a way to hook up an MP3 player to it.
I've never seen local bands in my area sell music on USB drives but wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 25 Nov 2011, 16:34 ---I don't know quite why but I feel that my music is safer on CDs - I worry that if it only exists as a downloaded file, it would be easier to lose.
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Even though I don't have many CDs, I understand this feeling. Hence why I have three back-ups of everything.
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 25 Nov 2011, 16:34 ---I don't know quite why but I feel that my music is safer on CDs - I worry that if it only exists as a downloaded file, it would be easier to lose.
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I'm right there with you, I'm so paranoid about losing data. I back it up fairly often, but not often enough that it's impossible to lose something.
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 14 Nov 2011, 09:02 ---I guess there aren't many people left that give personal value to the medium. I do that... I like everything. Not just the cd... The booklet, the artwork,etc and to me it's kind of meh if that would only be sold as a file. Vinyls are unfortunately too expensive for me to buy so cds were always the better option.
I fully understand the environmental part of the issue but that's just the way I think about music and I will never change my mind about it.
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Count me in there too. I don't buy many CDs, but I REALLY want the ones that I buy. I probably have around 5 artists/bands that as soon as they release a new album, I run to the store (or amazon) to buy it. I love the artwork, the inserts and the collection aspect of it. I am starting to notice that a lot of bands aren't putting the same effort into the physical object as they used to. You could find full fledged 20 page booklets with all the song lyrics, great artwork, "thank you" pages from each band member....they were a neat little glimpse into the minds of the band members. Now...you're lucky to get any lyrics at all, minimal artwork and a link to the band's website. :-\
I feel like this is along the same lines as the e-book/"real" book debate....i think that no matter what there are going to be people on both sides. Yes, books have been around a lot longer than CDs, but I think that there are still a lot of people who want a physical object for their money, not just a file.
DrPhibes:
I still use and burn CD's becuase I need them to DJ :P
doombilly:
I'm in the process of ripping and redoing many CDs that I ripped with !#$%#$%!# Windows Media that now have locked me out of my own fair use. I'm hoping to get a big enough RAID to actually get rid of all this physical media. That said, I plan to keep on making CDs of our band's for sale at shows. We're going to record our 2nd Long Player in a few weeks. I'm still on the fence whether it is worth it to buy 1000 duplicated or just stick with Kunaki and have small numbers printed when I need them.
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