How much music do you buy?

[The Whole F/N Show]

I'm just the type the person the RIAA (record industry) is bitching about. I haven't bought a CD in a about year and that was just because I had a gift cerficate. I've burned everything that's in my CD changer. But if there is an artist that I really really like I might buy his CD. How about you?

 

[saint808]

if it is a commercial artist i download if i find someone on mp3.com or playing at a bar i like then i buy it...

 

[Lift Chief]

Download and burn most stuff unless theres something i really want the original of for some reason.

 

[Warik]

I have not purchased a popular music CD with the exception of Megadeth's "The World Needs a Hero" in quite a few years. Even with that CD, I felt that I was being ripped off.

I went to the music store at the mall the other day with my girl and saw several CDs that interested me and were ridiculously overpriced. $16.99 for some recent CDs. Old Metallica stuff for $17.99+. I saw some shit going for over $20.

The only CD in the store that I would have purchased was Beethoven's 9th symphony which sold for only $4. Only reason I didn't buy it was because I didn't like how the preview sounded.

But it's crazy. And they wonder why people are pirating the shit? Jeez.

The only CDs I buy are on the litttle bargain shelves at KMart or WalMart where they have compilations of a bunch of classical music for under $5. I find that more convenient than downloading shit online.

The real criminals are the RIAA because the artist literally gets pennies from the CD that costs less than $1 to burn and package. Who gets the other $15+?

-Warik

 

[gettinlarger]

There's a place near me called "Tunes," they buy CDs and sell them. A typical used CD ranges from 4.99-8.99. If it's something I want, I buy it. I download stuff a lot though.

 

[Night Fly]

Gettinlarger...I have the same type of thing here in my town. It's a lot of older stuff, though.

I generally burn most of my stuff now.

 

[casavant]

Most of my new music is of the burned variety as well. I think they're going to have to start dropping the prices drastically on commercial CD's pretty soon.

 

[Optimus B]

before i got a cd burner, i bought alot of cds. hell, i even paid like $35 for ice cube's "lethal injection". but since i got a burner (3 yrs ago) i haven't bought a single pre-recorded cd. i doubt i ever will again either.

 

[manny78]

usually I buy 4-5 vinyls a month. Never buy CD since I can burn them. Only reason I buy vinyl is cause I cant burn them or make copies lol

 

[Bullit]

I buy zero music now. None. Zilch. Nada. Zip.

Although CDs are way over priced I do think the RIAA is correct when they say that music dowloading will kill sales.

 

[Rotten]

I'm guilty too. I haven't bought a CD in years.

 

[HulkRow]

a couple a month, i end up buying 5-6 ceedees at atime veery few months, at anywhere between $21.95 to $39.95

 

[HappyScrappy]

When I was in college I would buy from Amazon and a local place - the local place for used cds. I would get about 2 a month or so.
Now I get about 2 or 3 a month (on average) from Amazon.

I have tons of mp3s - but for the most part, I'd rather have the cd.

were I a college student, maybe I'd do all the mp3 thing, but I really don't care that much and just like the cds.

same thing with software - in college when I couldn't afford it, I would get everything off the net.
now I can afford it, so I just buy it. that said - I didn't buy XP Pro, but then I stopped using that anyway once I saw that Home had everything I needed and used less ram anyway.

I guess everyone feels their own way about it - I still get mp3s every now and then - usually for things that I don't want a whole cd for (Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" comes to mind).
But if I like the band - Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, etc - then I will pick up the cd in a store or at Amazon depending on where I am (I used to do like $10K a year of online stuff delivered to me, now I do far less b/c I can't get stuff delivered to my apartment and my new work doesn't like packages... grrr)