I still buy physical copies of music and will continue to do so for as long as I can. I may download the odd track from an album I'm not fussed about having, i.e. a soundtrack.
I still remember the early days of PC's and the numerous aborted download efforts due to lost connections etc. Yes I know things have moved on but still.
Other than that I like to actually physically see something for handing over my cash.
I don't buy much these days, but when i do i like a CD, I like the art work and to read the lyrics, I'll copy it onto my ipod and keep the cd in the car..
I buy cd's of my favourite rock / metal artists at the cheapest price possible & then rip them to mp3 for the rest of my playback devices. I stopped buying cd singles when they stopped including videos & made them less value for more money. If I buy a single mp3 from whatever site, then I pay for it the once, then make numerous copies, so that I have 1 for each of my devices.
I buy cd's of my favourite rock / metal artists at the cheapest price possible & then rip them to mp3 for the rest of my playback devices. I stopped buying cd singles when they stopped including videos & made them less value for more money. If I buy a single mp3 from whatever site, then I pay for it the once, then make numerous copies, so that I have 1 for each of my devices.
Pretty much what i do Rock /Metal also , i love having hard copies it turns out as bruce willis found out if you have all downloaded music you do not necessarily own the rights to pass it on after you die.
I don't buy many new releases now, but if I do I'll probably buy on itunes unless there are special editions then I'll buy the CD. A lot of songs I've been after you can't get on itunes, or certainly not the orginial recording. There's a That's Entertainment store near where I live where you can get 2 or 3 CDs for £5 so I'm always buying stuff from there. It usually works out cheaper to buy a compilation CD that has 3/4 songs you want than downloading the tracks from itunes.
When I was much younger I used to like getting the CD booklet as it had new photos of the star (didn't see as many celeb photos of certain stars before the web) and sometimes they had lyrics to the songs and they usually had a dedications page on the back .
That's really ironic, as I used to love LPs (I'm in my 40s) for the same reason, and was HORRIFIED when CDs came out that wonderful informative sleeves became a flimsy, uniformative sheet or booklet.
Have to say that I rarely bought CDs anyway. This is because I would often find I only liked two or three of the tracks anyway, so didnt want to buy a whole album. I always did prefer to buy singles. So for a long time now, I've just bought and d/loaded a track here and a track there from online sites.
I think I have only bought one CD in the last 3 or 4 years. That was a £5 compilation box set that I found in a bargain bin in the supermarket and I keep it in the car.
All of my CDs in the house are ripped and are in a box in the attic.
I listen to a lot of music on my phone so I download loads of songs on that. I do occasionally buy CDs but only when it's someone whose music I love - the next one I'll be buying is the Stereophonics new album when it's released next month.
I bought my first music in 1986. Cassettes and vinyl albums up to about 1990, but I didn't buy many of those (About 60 in total. Still have them). Then CDs. Probably have about 300 or so. I had pretty much all the music I wanted on CD before I ever started using the internet. Have bought a few CDs since then, but they're mostly ancient jazz recordings. I occasionally buy a CD from a charity shop for 50p or so. I'd never buy music downloads.
I have ripped some of them onto my hard drive to listen to as background music when I'm online, but my CDs are in everyday use in my old music centre, and in my car. I did buy an MP3 player a few years ago, mainly for use at the gym. It conked out, and I didn't replace it. Don't really like using earphones/headphones.
Download. It's not ideal because that means it's lossy MP3 (I prefer to rip my CDs using lossless WMA) but given the way most modern albums are recorded there seems no point trying to achieve hi-fidelity. In fact the lossy nature might hide more bad than the good it loses.
Pretty much what i do Rock /Metal also , i love having hard copies it turns out as bruce willis found out if you have all downloaded music you do not necessarily own the rights to pass it on after you die.
I still buy CDs and still buy the occasional LP as well
I download the best tracks from CD and LP to an MP3 player but that's really just for the car, train and holiday. I can't imagine ever having downloads and an MP3 player as my main source of music
Not an iPod owner these days though I've had various versions of mp3 players since they came out. So pretty much everything I have is vinyl, cassette or CD, and mostly CD. Saying that, I d/ld an album to the Kindle over Christmas just to see what it would be like, and it'll do fine for journeys. I prefer the sound of CDs over the system I have at home.
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I still remember the early days of PC's and the numerous aborted download efforts due to lost connections etc. Yes I know things have moved on but still.
Other than that I like to actually physically see something for handing over my cash.
Never pay for downloads.
I love browsing for unusual tapes, cd's and albums at car booties. They do take up some space though.
Pretty much what i do Rock /Metal also , i love having hard copies it turns out as bruce willis found out if you have all downloaded music you do not necessarily own the rights to pass it on after you die.
As he wants to with his daughters.
Lately i've been gradually replacing my pirated music with CDs. These i buy second-hand from Amazon for about £0.01 (plus £1.26 shipping).
I download very little
I can, about 2 days ago on Ebay !
That's really ironic, as I used to love LPs (I'm in my 40s) for the same reason, and was HORRIFIED when CDs came out that wonderful informative sleeves became a flimsy, uniformative sheet or booklet.
Quite possibly.
All of my CDs in the house are ripped and are in a box in the attic.
I have ripped some of them onto my hard drive to listen to as background music when I'm online, but my CDs are in everyday use in my old music centre, and in my car. I did buy an MP3 player a few years ago, mainly for use at the gym. It conked out, and I didn't replace it. Don't really like using earphones/headphones.
The Bruce Willis thing was a myth I'm afraid.
http://www.theweek.co.uk/media/48852/willis-v-apple-myth-media-jumps-itunes-issue
It's still an interesting point though.
You look at i tunes terms and conditons who does own the copy you download as with physical CDs.
The bit about Bruice Willis suing was i think far off the mark but the general point remains true however.
Think i will stick with hard copies.:)
I download the best tracks from CD and LP to an MP3 player but that's really just for the car, train and holiday. I can't imagine ever having downloads and an MP3 player as my main source of music