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This is pretty neat:

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Obviously the "music industry" claim that "the internet ruined CDs" is suspect; it's just that the bands are now getting the lion's share of CD revenues instead of the diamond pinkie millionaire "executives" of ancient times.
 
honestly, I have too many other things to spend time and money on besides buying and listening to music. I'm saving for instruments and spending time playing. Besides, I have the Beatles Remastered Box Set, what other music do I need?
 
CDs. The only downloads I've bought are King Crimson concerts and Radiohead's two latest albums (kind of - I got the deluxe set which included the download).
 
Don't remember the last "new" music I bought.  I think most recently I've bought a few songs of iTunes, but mostly I've burned them illegally from the library and my dad.
 
StubHead said:
Obviously the "music industry" claim that "the internet ruined CDs" is suspect; it's just that the bands are now getting the lion's share of CD revenues instead of the diamond pinkie millionaire "executives" of ancient times.
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There are certainly many other ways of getting music than buying it on CDs. The disk-making industry enjoyed a brief surge during the '90s because everybody on the planet had to replace their vinyl album collections. Once that was done, of course sales dropped dramatically. Then, many of the new sources of music don't force you to buy a whole disk's worth of crap to get the one or two songs worth listening to. You buy what you want, and leave the rest where it belongs - in the bit bucket. In many/most cases, the whole CD belongs in the bit bucket. Witness the band "Death From Above 1979". I'd almost pay to never have to hear any of that again, while I'd certainly never pay to listen to it. A painful amount of new material falls in that category, which is why I rarely buy any music, period. I'll buy the occasional disk from an independent band just to encourage them and the business model, but that's it.
 
I listen to it on Rhapsody to see if I like it, then I buy the cd, sometimes from the band at their show.  I like having the physical album.  
 
Cagey said:
StubHead said:
Obviously the "music industry" claim that "the internet ruined CDs" is suspect; it's just that the bands are now getting the lion's share of CD revenues instead of the diamond pinkie millionaire "executives" of ancient times.
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I rarely buy any music, period. I'll buy the occasional disk from an independent band just to encourage them and the business model, but that's it.
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Do you even like music, Cagey? I mean, I love the whole "seasoned vet type guy tells it like it is" bit, but I guess I assumed most people into custom guitars at least enjoyed a lot of music....just teasing ya.  :headbang:

I mostly buy from Amazon downloads - usually cheap, good quality, no spam, they already have my credit info. I liked Emusic a lot, until they introduced "variable pricing" which just ruined the whole setup.
 
The library system here has been very good to me.  I order things on interlibrary loan and they send it right to the branch a few blocks from where I live.  Just this Friday they had 35 discs waiting for me, and it was my 3rd visit in a week.

I do like to buy CDs directly from the band if I catch their show.  On Friday night we saw Marah and I bought another one of their CDs.

By the way, if you've never seen or heard of Marah, I highly recommend that you check them out.  They are one of those bands who give you more musical entertainment than you paid for.  It was honestly the best show I've seen in several years.
 
I buy a lot from the bands direct at shows, I do buy cds as I like to have the hard copies, I find most of the stuff I buy now is from guys recording in the 40s thru the 70s however
 
I prefer CD's. I hate the authorisation crap that comes with paid downloads. Not being able to play it on any device just like that is a huge turn-off.
I hardly ever buy newly released CD's by the way. There is so much great older music on CD that can be had for just a couple of bucks, either new or used... I think the last couple of years I paid an average of around €5,- for a CD.
 
I prefer CD's too. And they usually comes cheaper than downloads. I have bought a few things in iTunes which I couldn't find on CD's.
 
Baskruit said:
I hate the authorisation crap that comes with paid downloads.
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No kidding. The music and movie recording industries both seem to be obsessed with thinking up new ways to make their products convoluted and undesirable for paying customers. Oddly enough, the music and movie industries in general are both growing annually. It's just the disk makers who are hurting. They seem to have a wildly unrealistic perception of their value in the face of digital reality and are killing their own businesses the way a mother rat will eat her babies if she feels their safety is threatened.

But, they've got to realize pretty soon that they're the buggy-whip makers of the 2000s. Nobody needs them anymore. If they don't change their business model real soon, they're all going to dry up and there'll be no more nose candy, or gas for the yachts and jets.
 
What authorization crap? Never dealt with any of that - I've always insisted on purchasing rights-free tunes in common formats.
 
Baskruit said:
I prefer CD's. I hate the authorisation crap that comes with paid downloads. Not being able to play it on any device just like that is a huge turn-off.
I hardly ever buy newly released CD's by the way. There is so much great older music on CD that can be had for just a couple of bucks, either new or used... I think the last couple of years I paid an average of around €5,- for a CD.
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Buying second hand off the Amazon market place is fantastic. Hell I got 3 Bill Joel Cd's for 1p each (not including the £1.24 postage) but you can find plenty of great Jems for real cheap, last year I spent about £200 in about 70/80 cd's pretty worth while I think. :)
 
The best if you're a jazz fan is FYE or Amoeba Records.  90% of used jazz cds are under $3.  I bought 4 albums the other day for less than $10, it was great.  I got a really nice Stephane Grappelli cd for $2. 
 
Second had CDs when possible. Amazon or eBay or google shopping usually finds what I'm looking for.
Then the first thing I do is rip to PC with Sound Forge 44/16 and then convert to MP3 with Lame/Razorlame at usually 320.

I rarely ever hear it off of the CD.
 
I don't like any file compression less than AAC, I can really hear the "holes" in an MP3 conversion. I have a thousand or so CD's...  :icon_biggrin: The only problem is that nowadays, you can get tricked into buying a CD that's got so much machined music on it it already sounds awful. I don't believe that Pro Tools is automatically evil, it's what's done to the files while they're in Pro Tools. If the producer feels the need to time-shift, re-EQ and re-amp the guitar licks, you either need a new producer or a new guitarist. Perfect plastic machine music, eeeee.... in the good old days, bands used to take a year to make an album because they were on DRUGS, not because they every song has 14 PERFECTLY-synched rhythm guitar tracks.
 
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