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I've pretty much stopped purchasing CDs. The only way I support artists is by going to their shows when they come to town. Do you guys still buy CDs?
by mikeyur 18y ago
I've pretty much stopped purchasing CDs. The only way I support artists is by going to their shows when they come to town.
Do you guys still buy CDs?
- parenthesis 18y agoI still buy vinyl.
- unalone 18y agoInteresting to see how formats progress: back when CDs were made, they could hold more than vinyl so they became the norm. Now that storage is best handled digitally, a lot of people are going back to vinyl because there's no need for a go-between format.
- HeyLaughingBoy 18y agoWhat if they don't come to town?
- joeyo 18y agoMaybe they will go to someone else's town?
- Tichy 18y agoYes - why not? Delivery from Amazon only takes two days, and then I have DRM free MP3s and the CD.
- abstractbill 18y agoBecause the band sees an incredibly small fraction of the price you pay for a CD.
- patio11 18y agoThe programmer sees an incredibly small fraction of the price I pay for videogames, and that never bothered me either. I know the general "I support the band but hate the big megacorp behind it" is popular in some places on the Internet, but at least here, I can come out and say "I don't think the people who provide capital and marketing are parasites".
- abstractbill 18y agoI don't "hate the big megacorp" at all. I just think it's no longer necessary.
- jeroen 18y agoThat same band still chooses to work with the big labels. I might not buy cd's as a protest against the way the labels behave, but I don't see the need to protect the bands from the labels. If the bands don't like to work with the labels, then they can refrain from doing so and sell their music themselves.
- Tichy 18y agoWho is forcing them to put out a CD, if it is not worth it for them?
- froo 18y agoWell, if I like a song/album enough, I will actually buy it. I know its an unpopular opinion in many circles on the net, but I have no problem supporting creators of content, whether that be Music, Software or TV/Film. The only issue I really have is with the stupid licensing/distribution deals which make it seemingly impossible at times to actually obtain that content. At times it's often easier just to grab something off bitorrent than to actually pay for it. There is something seriously wrong with the system when the path of least resistance is often unlawful.