How do you purchase your music (CD's/Vinyl's/Digitally)?

[beth]

Er why buy a vinyl record if you don't have something to play it on? Is that not somewhat pointless (you could support the band and actually get something usable after all..)

i don't see it as pointless (and usually you get an mp3 download when you buy anyway) but they're usually very pretty and make fantastic wall features hahaha.

[kasi]

cds, i love having the physical copy

[ColyTom]

Er why buy a vinyl record if you don't have something to play it on? Is that not somewhat pointless (you could support the band and actually get something usable after all..)

She said that sometimes there is no CD or download and she wanted to support them I think that is a legit reason.

Similarly, a purchased a System of a Down sealed boxset and have left it in the wrapper. I love the band so I am supporting them through having the boxset but I don't plan to listen to them.

[Plebings]

I mean now there isn't that much difference in price between CDs and vinyl, an extra £5 or something, and the people who buy CDs are mostly to have a physical copy anyway. I don't know anyone that would pay £7/8 on iTunes for a digital copy when they could pay an extra £1/2 pound for a plastic box, a disc for your car, album notes, etc.

(bit of a heavy generalisation but..) pop music is a completely different world to most other genres anyway, it's all about the singles, if you are a huge fan of pop, then great! I completely see why you'd want to go for downloads, 79p for a great song is much better than paying £8 for 2/3 great songs and 10 tracks of filler. This doesn't go to all artists obv and it's all dependant on your taste, but there are artists who (for me) make very good albums, robyn, nicola roberts, gaga, kelis. I do have much more respect for artists that have a much higher success rate for each song they put out, which is why I'm in love with the album format, I'd rather listen to 13 very good songs than 3 excellent songs and 10 ok songs. (Please don't take this too seriously, only slightly related)

[peteyt]

Er why buy a vinyl record if you don't have something to play it on? Is that not somewhat pointless (you could support the band and actually get something usable after all..)

I partly agree and partly don't. I know a lot of people like to collect stuff. But it annoys me partly when people collect things they don't intend to use e.g. I'm a massive Doctor Who fan of both classic and new who and when it comes to SC-FI people love to spend a load of money on toys and other merchandise that just stays in its packets.

I collect to have them. I have a massive collection of original Doctor Who stories on VHS that I keep in a box, but they get watched quite a few times, some many many times. I just wouldn't waste my money if I wasn't going to actually watch them. Maybe it's just me, but I remember seeing a program with James May. He likes to collect toys, trains etc and play with them, and paid a lot of money to get something so it wouldn't just stay in a box or something by a collector, but instead would get used as it was originally meant for.

[samsaBEAR]

Er why buy a vinyl record if you don't have something to play it on? Is that not somewhat pointless (you could support the band and actually get something usable after all..)

for me, because everything is so digitalised, the idea of buying a cd is pointless because it just gets put straight onto my ipod after purchase, and that said i hate buying the download, but not actually get anything that i can hold, so vinyl feels that void pretty well, and like beth said, it usually comes with the download anyway so it's win win

[Judas]

(bit of a heavy generalisation but..) pop music is a completely different world to most other genres anyway, it's all about the singles, if you are a huge fan of pop, then great! I completely see why you'd want to go for downloads, 79p for a great song is much better than paying £8 for 2/3 great songs and 10 tracks of filler. This doesn't go to all artists obv and it's all dependant on your taste, but there are artists who (for me) make very good albums, robyn, nicola roberts, gaga, kelis. I do have much more respect for artists that have a much higher success rate for each song they put out, which is why I'm in love with the album format, I'd rather listen to 13 very good songs than 3 excellent songs and 10 ok songs. (Please don't take this too seriously, only slightly related)

definitely agree

not here for the rihannas, katys and britneys of the world who have like 4 good singles then the rest of the album is filled with dog turd. i occasionally legally download singles but only if the rest of the album sucks, or if the album isn't out yet.

it's just that music is more of a business than an artistic thing for many artists who don't have much control of their career and don't really care about putting together a decent album, purely in it to make money.

that being said, i do quite enjoy ke$ha's album + ep, both of which i bought. i know she writes all of her songs and chooses what makes it onto the album, but i'm never that sure how much say she has in everything else like her direction etc. anyway i'm going rather off topic now bye

[Plebings]

definitely agree

not here for the rihannas, katys and britneys of the world who have like 4 good singles then the rest of the album is filled with dog turd. i occasionally legally download singles but only if the rest of the album sucks, or if the album isn't out yet.

it's just that music is more of a business than an artistic thing for many artists who don't have much control of their career and don't really care about putting together a decent album, purely in it to make money.

that being said, i do quite enjoy ke$ha's album + ep, both of which i bought. i know she writes all of her songs and chooses what makes it onto the album, but i'm never that sure how much say she has in everything else like her direction etc. anyway i'm going rather off topic now bye

from what i've heard off ke$ha i actually quite like the album, backstabber is a tune!!

[Vinnie:Safety]

Illegally.
Or stealing others iTunes purchases on the students macbooks and macs at school 8)

---------- Post added 25-10-2011 at 03:07 PM ----------

Nah I'm JK.
We all put our itunes music to the itunes library. Its like "tradition" like. So everyone shares songs, and we all have the same songs, Lol

[Judas]

from what i've heard off ke$ha i actually quite like the album, backstabber is a tune!!

i actually really think she's great. in one way her music is actually incredibly generic and "safe", but in another sense she is so different to any of her contemporaries and has serious balls and a great sense of humour, and it all shows in her music.

cannibal is better than animal though