do people still buy music?

[levemircento]

with almost everything downloadable these days even back catalogues of stuff and all on MP3, do people out there still buy their music?

music industry cant make much £ these days, can they?

When I was much younger [17-19], I used to bedroom DJ, bought everything on 12" vinyl, and 7" singles too for the odd pub night - that paid for my own type of music. Its amazing now that the music collection I had back then would have to fit in a van at a huge weight, and would now fit in a small mp3 player the size of a memory stick!!

The advent of MP3 is the saviour of the party DJ imo, it can all be done on a laptop now plugged into an amp, and the DJ doesnt technically have to buy his music anymore, if he chooses not to.

modern technology eh?

 

[Venters]

I haven't bought any music since my entire CD collection was re-homed by an ex.

 

[Cian]

I do, excessively.

 

[fenton_jd]

There are times when I need to listen to a good 'casual music' compilation.

Bit of Pop, R 'n' B. you know the stuff.

That sort of thing, I download illegally as its total crap but with a catchy tune or beat.

When it comes down to the music that I specifically like (progressive trance, underground stuff) I always download the album first, if I like it I'll go and buy it.

 

[MisssportyGT]

I want to buy Kings Of Leon cd for my car but got no money

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[Focus Owner]

download most or use brothers disks

 

[MiG]

CD's are still the best quality option. Unless the Rip's in VBR -V0, then MP3's are not as good as CD's, IMO.

Also with the CD you have it forever so if the digital copy goes you can recreate it with the latest codecs ect, whereas a MP3 you have to transcode it and lose more quality on it.

 

[Chas Uno]

I used to buy music all the time. I still do buy second hand vinyl whenever I pass by second hand record shops - I always keep an eye open for a rarity or limited edition album/ single from the 70's/ 80's/ 90's. They tend to cost anything from 20p up to a few quid. The last CD I bought was over a year ago - The Enemy's "We'll live and die in these towns". I heard it, I liked it, it was a good price (£7.99) so I bought it. The only reason why I don't buy any new music these days is because most of the current new bands are really not my cup of tea. That leads me to torrent commercially unavailable rare tracks/ albums from my favourite bands.

Also, with a vinyl album collection of over 900 albums I've got plenty to keep me going. Got a few hundred CD's and zillions of MP3's too.

 

[CLXCraig]

I have bought about 4 in the last month or so, only 'cause they're compilations and it would take years to download. They were all bargains from Tesco though. It ends up on the ipod eventually though.

 

[The Beard]

I still buy CDs, mainly because I'm an old Luddite. I didn't get a CD player until
about 2000. I also buy quite a lot from second hand dealers, although my LPs and turntable are in the loft.

 

[Vimto Rolf]

if i hear something particularly good eg paramores last two albums then ill buy it otherwise it gets downloaded. ill usually hear a track then download some more of that bands stuff to get a few examples of the bands stuff then buy the cd.

so will probably buy nickelbacks new album and black ice and possibly katy perry's new album tomorrow.

 

[toad101]

i don't download music as mps's sound awful, i usually try to buy sacd's as they're much better than cd's

 

[Cian]

i don't download music as mps's sound awful, i usually try to buy sacd's as they're much better than cd's

All ten or so released a year, though?

Last time I saw an SACD on sale was in a display in the Virgin Megastore in Dublin

That has been a SuperValu supermarket for a good three years at least now!

 

[toad101]

All ten or so released a year, though?

Last time I saw an SACD on sale was in a display in the Virgin Megastore in Dublin

That has been a SuperValu supermarket for a good three years at least now!

there's plenty about if you know what to look for, its become more difficult since they started putting cd's in sacd cases

 

[bulldog5046]

i pretty much just listen to the radio now, i download the odd album but its usually just club music mixes i like.

Kiss is my life

 

[Captain Mike]

sorry what do you mean by

"buying music"

you have to pay for it?

 

[levemircento]

sorry what do you mean by

"buying music"

you have to pay for it?

that was why I asked, myself personally havent bought music in any form since at least 2000, now if summat comes out I will torrent it [album], or limewire it [if its just a single]

music has always been copied and distributed illegally pretty much since the cassette came out, CD's werent able to be copied at first, players alone were mega expensive back then!! but with the popularity of computers and re-recordable CD's/media etc, then the MP3 era which we are in now, just lead me to wonder how the music industry actually survives at all.

 

[Eklipze3k]

i don't download music as mp3's sound awful

I can't say I agree with that, 320kbps MP3's will sound as good as any CD, and will still allow you to fit around 10 albums onto 1 CD for any headunit capable of playing MP3's, which certainly makes long journies easier as no fumbling in the dark looking for that album you're sure you brought with you

But in my case I buy approx 1 CD a year, and generally that'll be a local band to whom I'm lending my support ...

 

[Chas Uno]

that was why I asked, myself personally havent bought music in any form since at least 2000, now if summat comes out I will torrent it [album], or limewire it [if its just a single]

music has always been copied and distributed illegally pretty much since the cassette came out, CD's werent able to be copied at first, players alone were mega expensive back then!! but with the popularity of computers and re-recordable CD's/media etc, then the MP3 era which we are in now, just lead me to wonder how the music industry actually survives at all.

A lot of bands have turned to regular gigging to bring in revenue. Note the number of 80's/ 90's "reunion" bands getting back together and doing a "classic tour" set list for example (Human League - "Dare Tour", Gary Numan - "Teletour", Killing Joke - "First two albums in their entirety" etc.) Years ago touring was done as a loss (it was really expensive) but the idea was to promote a new album as record sales was where the money was. With so many purpose built venues it's now much cheaper to tour and bands can actually make good money out of gigging alone. Problem is, established bands do well as they have the name and reputation to fill the venues, but unestablished up and coming bands don't have that luxury. They can neither make money from touring nor from record sales so it remains to be seen as to whether we will ever get a next generation of bands becoming household names or whether music will just fossilise with the older established bands.

Time will tell...

 

[Chas Uno]

I can't say I agree with that, 320kbps MP3's will sound as good as any CD

Isn't the CD sample rate 128kbps? CD is old technology so unless it's some mega sized orchestra playing a piece of classical music I doubt if a bog standard CD playing an uncompressed a 128kbps track will sound much different to the same track played at a higher sample rate via MP3.