AlexGuinness
The Collector
You Americans have access to such cheap music anyway.
I have made my views clear on this before, so will not repeat them all. Needless to say, there are a lot of people that think they deserve something for nothing.
I discovered Opeth on the first of the Candlelight Compilations back in the mid-90s. It was a budget priced sampler, showcasing some of the labels bands... Opeth and Solstice were my 2 great finds on that. Also some tracks from Emperor, Whores Of Babylon and a few others from what I can remember. Here in the UK it cost about 3GBP (most High Street stores currently retail CDs at about 17GBP).
So many of the labels have done this, so many people have been able to sample tracks by bands and decide if it is something they want or not. So many magazines have covermount CDs these days...
Thing is, just a few tracks is not enough for most of the people that say they just want to sample before they buy. How many do they need, the whole album?! I don't believe most of the people that say this, there are legitimate ways to sample but they are apparently not good enough for you.
I personally back most things up that I now get, but I will not download anything unless from a band or label website. Oh yeah, I buy a fuck load of CDs as well...
I have made my views clear on this before, so will not repeat them all. Needless to say, there are a lot of people that think they deserve something for nothing.
I discovered Opeth on the first of the Candlelight Compilations back in the mid-90s. It was a budget priced sampler, showcasing some of the labels bands... Opeth and Solstice were my 2 great finds on that. Also some tracks from Emperor, Whores Of Babylon and a few others from what I can remember. Here in the UK it cost about 3GBP (most High Street stores currently retail CDs at about 17GBP).
So many of the labels have done this, so many people have been able to sample tracks by bands and decide if it is something they want or not. So many magazines have covermount CDs these days...
Thing is, just a few tracks is not enough for most of the people that say they just want to sample before they buy. How many do they need, the whole album?! I don't believe most of the people that say this, there are legitimate ways to sample but they are apparently not good enough for you.
I personally back most things up that I now get, but I will not download anything unless from a band or label website. Oh yeah, I buy a fuck load of CDs as well...