Do you think it matters more...

[More Murder]

if you buy the album or just have the music? I always thought metal was mostly about the music, so as long as you had it didn't matter how you got it. Do you think you have to purchase the album, or will the mp3s do just fine?

I might buy an album when I have the money and really want it, but other than that most albums probably aren't worth purchasing unless you are really sure about it.

 

[Demilich]

they sound better when you steal them.

 

[skeptik]

Sounds like someone's trying to assuage a guilty conscience.

 

[Ender Rises]

Download them to hear them, buy them to love them.

 

[Zack]

I've tried many times to convince myself that downloading is better/cheaper/easier (which it is), but I have an addicition. I just love CD's

 

[Ender Rises]

CD's are so much better, IMO. you get more music.
And WMA's are smaller than MP3's for those of us with an MP3 player.

 

[Dän]

Download them to hear them, buy them to love them.

yep
nothin wrong with dl tunes to see if you dig, but if you do like an album then you should buy it, if for nothing else, to support the artist who made the music

 

[More Murder]

yes, but how much of that money do they really see?

 

[Dän]

more than if you dl the music

 

[Zack]

about a dollar an album I think, depending on the contract.

 

[-Demonium-]

I always buy CDs, but if i still had a downloading program i would only download songs to see what a band is like. So instead i just download samples (or whole songs) from the Band's website.
And buying CDs is not illegal

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I don't DL because I have a stone age 'puter, so I purchase CD's. Technology is for nerds anyway.

 

[Nico]

yes, but how much of that money do they really see?

That's not important. If the label spends $8 per copy of the CD and sells them for $10, that's a pretty tiny profit margin. The label is the one who who made the investment of releasing the album (and promoting it, possibly paying for the recording, and in some cases, touring). If they can take the financial pressure off the band, than they deserve the tiny profits.

 

[Alex78]

Download them to hear them, buy them to love them.

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[Carcassian]

That's not important. If the label spends $8 per copy of the CD and sells them for $10, that's a pretty tiny profit margin. The label is the one who who made the investment of releasing the album (and promoting it, possibly paying for the recording, and in some cases, touring). If they can take the financial pressure off the band, than they deserve the tiny profits.

.

 

[hibernal_dream]

How does buying from ebay or pawn shops support the artist?

 

[Nico]

It doesn't, but from experience, most people who post here only use ebay to get out of print and rare material.

 

[Carcassian]

What he done said ^

 

[Dj]

Download them to hear them, buy them to love them.

+1

 

[Zephyrus]

I always buy CDs, but if i still had a downloading program i would only download songs to see what a band is like. So instead i just download samples (or whole songs) from the Band's website.
And buying CDs is not illegal

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