Does anyone actually buy music anymore?

Drifting Away
Drifting Away Posts: 270
edited April 2006 in Other Music
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.
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    i still buy music.......i just don't have time to listen to it.:rolleyes:
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  • Eraserhead
    Eraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,981
    I buy CDs all the time. I'm not against cyber-pikeys, sorry, downloaders, but I prefer to own the physical album.
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  • eddies grrl
    eddies grrl Posts: 509
    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. :)
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    if i only were filthy rich I'd be buying new Cd's all the time. :D 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:
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    lol

    if i had a million whatever. i would certainly go buy every cd i have ever wanted
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    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....
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  • murph83
    murph83 Posts: 122
    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
    meme Posts: 4,695
    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*
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Not nearly as much as I used to.
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  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    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'
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  • AxlUlrich
    AxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    still and will always buy cds.
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    I still buy vinyl and cds. I don't own a computer. So that is that.
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  • cookie5798
    cookie5798 Posts: 396
    I buy all my music as the only computer I have access to is this one at work and I can't download!
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    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.
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    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.

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  • cowswithguns
    cowswithguns Posts: 35
    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
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    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.
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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    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.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    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.
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  • murphyJammer
    murphyJammer Posts: 120
    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.
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