Recent content by Psy-Q

Yeah, that's a good point. There's a recurring theme: 1. People download to preview and then purchase whole albums. I thought I was one of the few ones who actually did this, but reading here, it seems to be the norm, which is great :) 2. The major labels aren't really required for...

Some labels have deals with Google to get paid for each playthrough, but I believe that only affects your clip if you use the AudioSwap feature to swap in approved audio, and that's usually only the major labels in there. But: Look at how many bands officially upload their own stuff to YouTube...

Fjoergyn - Sade et Masoch Ásmegin - Arv Immortal - All Shall Fall Metsatöll - Hiiekoda Agrypnie - Exit Agrypnie - F51.4 Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant Hypocrisy - A Taste of Extreme Divinity It's a mix of old and new, but hey :) That's just a part of last month's purchases! Scary.

The selling and buying also has very interesting implications on the music download market. If I buy a CD, I can sell it to other people or trade it for other CDs if I grow sick of it. If I buy a downloadable track, I can do nothing of the sort. I can't transfer the MP3s to a stranger even if I...

Wow, thanks for all the survey responses and the discussion :) I think that when this survey finishes, I might have to do another one to find out how the average metalhead branches out into other genres and how they support them (CD purchases, concert visits, merchandise purchases? etc.)...

One of my favorite metal CD stores (Knochenhaus in Zürich) had to close a few months ago, and I was pretty shocked because I thought that metalheads are one of the few groups that still buy real, proper CDs (for whatever reason, audio quality, packaging, anything). It seems it's not like that...