Music/Illegal Downloading Habits

[Corny]

there is legal music on piratebay .. lots of it, and not just there
that being said .. i don't really spend much money on music that (if the riaa and co would make the laws) i shall not even "own" to copy it on whatever device i want to have it on.
as I said, there is much good, free music out there. also there is last.fm

I show my support for my bands through going to their concerts, and open air festivals.
sadly it seems THE thing to make money now .. muse (whom i adore) for example wanted 34 EUR 2 years ago .. this year it's 56 EUR .. minimum .. wtf? if they go on like that, no thank you.

 

[Lukeee]

Illegally downloaded albums: 0

Legally downloaded albums: 0

Illegally downloaded singles: 0

Legally downloaded singles: 0

Physical copies of albums/singles: 0

Amount spent on music in 2009: £0

 

[PabloZed]

Illegally downloaded albums: 0

Legally downloaded albums: 0

Illegally downloaded singles: 0

Legally downloaded singles: 0

Physical copies of albums/singles: 0

Amount spent on music in 2009: £0

Exactly the same for me. I mostly listen to old CD's in my collection (that I bought). From time to time I will look up a song and listen to a free sample and that satisfies me.

 

[bibiboy]

I always buy my cds

 

[miaedu]

Seems like the only people that buy cds anymore are Susan Boy;e fans. Almost all her sales were physical cds.

http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287241

 

[gsdx]

Illegally downloaded albums: 0

Legally downloaded albums: 0

Illegally downloaded singles: 0

Legally downloaded singles: 0

Physical copies of albums/singles: 0

Amount spent on music in 2009: £0

Exactly the same for me. I mostly listen to old CD's in my collection (that I bought). From time to time I will look up a song and listen to a free sample and that satisfies me.

That goes for me, too, except that the '£0' would be a '$0' for me.

 

[gsdx]

the majority of albums are bought by those who are aged 40 plus, and this age range prefers physical copies.

That would be me in both instances.

 

[jubalon]

I've probably bought about 100 cd's this year, give or take. I'm not sure how many illegal downloads I've committed, but I listen to some albums that I haven't gotten around to buy yet.

I work part time in a record store, so I get discounts and I get to have a look at the overstock cd's before the customers do. Naturally, I get many great deals that the ordinary customer wouldn't get.

Regarding the whole debate about illegal downloading, I'm of course sad that people buy fewer cd's. I'm pretty tired of the discussion, and I'll be surprised if someone ever manages to convince me to believe that there's nothing wrong about illegal downloading.

When it comes to cd-sales, it's very obvious that the 40+ generation is the segment that buys most cd's. And that's reflected in what kind of music that is promoted as well. It's sometimes horrible to stand there and sell people pure (polished and commercial) shit on a plastic disc, but that's what the industry has to do to survive, I guess. As far as I can see, the part of the industry that suffers the most is the commercial pop/r&b and especially hip-hop geared towards people from 16-25 (or so). I sell very little of that. I'm suspecting the increase in "tween" entertainment (Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana etc.) is because it's a group with much more purchasing power, as the parents will buy anything that's the must-have of the month. At least we sell bucketloads of it.

Even though the record industry is pretty much fucked, there are still some surprises with small (and good) bands that somehow manage to succeed. And it's allways nice when that happens.

I'm glad I'm only working there part time while studying though. If I had it as my full time job, I'd probably be unemployed in a matter of years.

 

[bluedragon4]

I don't even know where to go to download illegal music. I buy used CDs a lot and go to the local library. My Itunes library is really large. Almost 6,000 songs. I do buy from Itunes but usually separate songs and not a whole CD. I keep my library up to date with all the newest singles. Not sure what I spent in the last year though?

 

[pigface]

Illegally downloaded albums: 0
Legally downloaded albums: 0
Illegally downloaded singles: 0
Legally downloaded singles: 0
Physical copies of albums/singles: can't recall exactly - about 25

I have never D/L any music or video ever; it's not a format I have any interest in at all. I like buying a real, physical recording.

 

[Lord Booticus]

Ironically I just bought a CD from Play.com.

The illegal download debate is a very interesting one. But who are the people losing money? Is it the artists that we love? Or the music companies?

According to this Times Online article its not the artists that are losing. There's also a group of British bands that feel the record lables tyranical view of pirating aren't in the artists best interest.

Apparently IFPI have also found that pirate downloading isn't effecting the music industry as badly as the music industries want you to believe. The whole, completely ridiculous view that ever song pirated is a sale loss has been challenged by their findings.

But to be entertained, musically, by the debate her's a little sing song: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL9-esIM2CY&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[BeMused]

I don't know the numbers. It usually depends on my financial situation...

 

[frankfrank]

Illegally downloaded albums: 0

Legally downloaded albums: 0

Illegally downloaded singles: 0

Legally downloaded singles: 0

Physical copies of albums/singles: thousands!

Amount spent on music in 2009: at least $5,000 (plus much more to resell)

Bold and underlined, where my responses differ from Lukeee...

I have NEVER downloaded and kept a song on my computer, legal or not. There are a handful of links to songs on YouTube, etc. which reside in my Yahoo email folders, but only there - not on my computer.

the majority of albums are bought by those who are aged 40 plus, and this age range prefers physical copies.

That's me, just as it's gsdx!!

 

[Donovan]

In my iTunes library, I have 2650 songs (not sure how many albums), which is a total of 14.7 gigs of music on my hard drive. I did not purchase or have anyone purchase a single song, nor do I have many CDs.

 

[RestlessDevil]

Illegally downloaded albums: 0

Legally downloaded albums: 0

Illegally downloaded singles: 0

Legally downloaded singles: 0

Physical copies of albums/singles: ca. 250

Amount spent on music in 2009: about $8000

 

[MindBlast]

I'm not sure of the current situation here in Canada with regard to legality (for some reason I thought that here blank CD and DVD have taxes on them which go to the record companies to make up for downloading partially?).

In any event, downloads then if I like 50% of the songs on an album or more, I'll buy the physical copy. The reason for buying the physical disc is that I can get a much better rip out of it than what's available for download.

 

[carniolus]

I get into a sort of hype on a particular piece of music or a particular group or whatever and I usually go and search the internet for anything available. And when I find it, of course I will download it!
There are even groups out there on the www where users with similar music interest can share music that is not commercially available (out of print or so) and I'm guessing those kind of downloads might even be legal?

The problem is that many peculiar or rare pieces/performances (that usually grab my attention) aren't exactly floating around like they do for some pop-shit (which tends to be all over the place) so many times I'll only find excerpts or individual songs instead of entire albums or full performances.
So I still go out and buy quite a lot of cd-s. Most of my money though, goes into concerts and live performances, because it's still the best way to experience music. Buying a cd from the musicians at the end (and maybe even getting it signed) is then a nice memento from a good concert or so

 

[GamerBear]

The music I buy I usually rip onto MP3 to my iTunes, the CD's are just sitting there looking all nice and brand new.

 

[scains]

I buy all my music - that said I've not bought much that has been released this year.

 

[MindBlast]

The music I buy I usually rip onto MP3 to my iTunes, the CD's are just sitting there looking all nice and brand new.

I can't stand iTunes. I refuse to use it. I just rip directly to my hard drive in FLAC (not MP3) while avoiding that intermediary step.