Does anyone actually buy music anymore?

Drifting Away

With the extremly easy access to music now, how many people actually buy it?

I know lots of people who have a huge unpaid for collection.

brain of c

i still buy music.......i just don't have time to listen to it.:rolleyes:

Eraserhead

I buy CDs all the time. I'm not against cyber-pikeys, sorry, downloaders, but I prefer to own the physical album.

eddies grrl

i do. i like having the cd to hold & look at, the artwork, etc. i guess i'm a tactile sorta person. downloading only gets me so far.

eMMI

if i only were filthy rich I'd be buying new Cd's all the time. but cause I'm not, I buy them whenever I can.
so yes, people do still buy music.

I know a girl who actually dislikes CD's because they're so much "trouble" , she's too lazy to stand up and push play or change the CD. :eek:

Brisk.

lol

if i had a million whatever. i would certainly go buy every cd i have ever wanted

intodeep

I buy cd's quite often.

I also get burned cd's from friends though. I don't download much illegal music but i do get a number of cd's from friends telling me oh you have to check out this band etc etc also i've asked some buddies to burn cd's to help complete my collection of some older artist....

murph83

I always buy cds, i actually wish i didn't buy as much as i did, i have an addiction to music stores i think. I can't walk buy one without going in and buying something. I like having a real copy of a cd, it makes me appreciate it more and take care of it. If it is burning I just neglect it and it gets lost or damaged. Also, I am trying to build my cd collection, i'm currently around 200 original cds.

meme

I do... except for boots. I have to say, this downloading system I can't make work, so I have friends burning them for me (not too many... just four or five) and I give the price of the bootleg to charity.

*shrugs*

blackredyellow

Not nearly as much as I used to.

brhf9

i still buy it. when i was younger i used to buy everything that i liked. if i listened to a song anywhere i would go to the store and buy the cd but now i'm a little more 'picky'

AxlUlrich

still and will always buy cds.

even flow?

I still buy vinyl and cds. I don't own a computer. So that is that.

cookie5798

I buy all my music as the only computer I have access to is this one at work and I can't download!

catefrances

apparently i buy too much cause i got put on a three month ban that will end on april 25th. the ban also included books, which totally sucks.

but i do have to admit i broke the ban just once (last week or the week before), which is stellar performance by me.

so now it's 20 days and counting.

PissBottleMan

I buy a majority of my stuff through iTunes now. Easy to use...relatively cheap.

If I really like a band, I will make the effort to go out and buy the physical CD.

PBM

cowswithguns

There's nothing like the actual cd. I buy far too many. I love the whole package, artwork, booklet, etc. I collect vinyl too.

I have nothing against downloading as it's an easy way of trying out new music genres. If I like what I hear I usually go and buy it.

I do find it sad, in this age of downloads, that album artwork could one day be a thing of the past.

Echoes

I donwload lots of albums, but I've probably bought 60 CDs so far this year. I too prefer to have the physical copy in my hand.

adam42381

I buy lots of cds still. Of course, I also download illegally to find what I like. I'm not going to pay to download one song to see if I like the band. I usually go to cdnow (amazon) and they let you preview 30 seconds of each song. You don't get the whole thing but usually a good enough feel of whether you'll enjoy a band or not.

Echoes

I actually will buy CDs I've heard good things about or am curious about even if I haven't downloaded them already, so I guess I don't live hard and fast by the rule that I need to have heard it by downloading it first.

murphyJammer

I buy the albums, I read the liner notes, I read the acknolwedgments and thank yous. There are still a few of us out there.

fada

I will always buy music. I like going into shops and discovering good music. I do download songs off limewire but I don't download albums.

Foix-Alive

I download some songs, and when I have money, I buy it!

I love the Original Albums... the cover-art is nice! and the CD desing!

I want buy Led Zeppelin IV this month! :P

Maarten

I'm still buying records! (Every PJ record of course, for example)
One of the goals in my life is owning évery Neil Young record he has ever recorded... Right now I have only 14 records so that's still a long way to go, but it's worth it!

MCG

I buy the records of bands I like. Most times if I've never heard something and I'm not too sure about it I will download it, then if I like it I will buy the record. No sense giving $20 to a band for a cd you hate. If anything all that downloading does is allows me to preview potential purchases.

enharmonic

I still buy CD's because I refuse to pay good money for MP3's. I can make my own MP3's with CD's. Plus, I like the artwork whenever a band bothers to make it interesting

tremorsinmytree

I will never stop buying cd's and vinyl, my girlfriend thinks I have an addiction, when i take the wrapping off a new disc the first thing I do is smell it, nothing like the smell of a new disc, does anybody else do this?

transplant

I legally download more than I do purchase the physical copy. Rarely is artwork that interesting to where I would look at it more than once.

besides, finding room to store CD's is becoming a pain in my ass.

obble

Remember than your computer will peter out and die one day, CD's will stay with you forever. I generally download songs that lead me into buying CD's.

pjl44

Absolutely...love browsing at Newbury Comics, love having the actual cd and art, love the quality of sound vs my iPod.

As a matter of fact, today's run was:

Twilight Singers - "Blackberry Belle"
Rainer Maria - "Catastrophe Keeps Us Together"
Queensryche - "Operation: Mindcrime II"

I'm afraid to listen to O:M II...could wind up with some serious buyer's remorse.

dCowboyPJ

I buy all my music. I buy cds all the time. I buy way to many actually. I hate having just a downloaded copy of an album.