| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 5/26/2009 7:45:34 PM | | So orginally I just downloaded everything and just recently I started buying Cd's again and also getting my friends to buy em again. Since with CD's you get other extra little things that you don't get with downloading. Plus u get an awsome CDcase and pictures of the artist | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 5/29/2009 4:29:53 PM | yeah cd sales have been in the tank for many bands, but my band Ammo Blast and a couple others have been doing great with itunes and amazon mp3. you get that world wide sale at a great cost.
yes ammo blast is on myspace. | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 5/30/2009 2:33:46 PM | | I had to buy AC/DC's most recent CD beause they refuse to licnce to Itunes/Amazon/Napster/etc. So, I ripped it, and put the disk away..... | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 5/31/2009 11:37:50 AM | | Sure, I still buy Cds. If I see something in the store that I like, I will pick it up. For me, it is difficult to find the music I like in stores (at least the albums that I haven't already found). This is especially true of bands that put effort into creating cohesive albums and artistic cover art. Unfortunately, most stores only carry greatest hits records, so I'm left wanting more. I use Napster and Youtube to 'discover' bands that I wish to dig into further. Given my tastes, I have only found one album worth buying. That was Ten Years After's 'Cricklewood Green'. Found it on sale, too! | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 6/1/2009 8:15:12 PM | | I have pretty much stopped because of the insane overpricing for a piece of plastic. I don't care about the liner notes, I can find em online eventually anyway and can just burn the songs onto a disc from iTunes and make a CD label and it still would cost me less then buying the damn CD in a store. | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 6/6/2009 12:08:02 AM | This is a topic I was once assuredly clear cut on but recently have somewhat changed my stance on.I was a manager at a small,independent music store for over 4 years where our
staying open depended on cd sales primarily.This was not the only reason I was anti-down
loading though because I'm a musician myself as well.I have seen record label after label
get rich more or less from their signed artist's creativity while the artists themselves saw
little or no revenue.Even with this factor,I still stood strongly for actually buying cds due
to the fact that when I support an artist's release I like to have the"whole package"so to say.
I always wanted their intended artwork,special packaging,lyrics,etc.and even though this
stuff can be downloaded as well,it just wasn't the same to me.As downloading began to grow
more it caused many aspects of music and music retailers to suffer completely though in the fact of releases becoming harder to locate,stores carrying less,and ultimately people
buying releases less.After our store was forced to close and the U.S. economy slowed all
together,I began having to download certain releases due to the fact there was nowhere to get them close and not having the needed to cash to buy them.Mind you,I went from where
I would buy an average of 2-3 cds per week( I did get them at cost/discounted)to being unable to get any period.I do make a once-a-month 250 mile round trip now to go buy my
cds at a retailer but I cannot afford all I'd like so I do rip/copy/burn certain harder to find
cds.I do NOT download single songs or tracks on a whim,only more obscure entire cds.The
one good thing(?)I think this dilemma has brought about is the artists taking more control
over their own product in the forming of their own publishing,labels,distribution,etc. and
other aspects of what they themselves created and should hopefully be able to profit from. | |
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Erzeal
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Joined: 6/2/2009
Msg: 181 | |
| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 6/6/2009 8:40:32 AM | Yea, I just bought the new Greenday and Phoenix records the other day on cd.
I love cds. Of course that's mostly because i cant afford and ipod. | |
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Posted: 6/7/2009 12:36:29 AM | | im an on and off drummer so i guess you could call me a musician, i would never download music because i think its taking away from the long hours that the artist put in, time away from his family and friends so he could make music for us to enjoy our day more; plus the album info comes in handy when i wanna learn more about them too | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 7/1/2009 4:02:36 PM | i prefer to buy cds to kind of see what the band/artist created.
i wold only download music free is to listen to bands to see what i like then buy them later.
i did my first buy on itunes last week from the thick of it | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 7/1/2009 7:46:31 PM | | I do. My iPod broke, so I don't want to spend a couple of hundred on a new one, so I just keep my CDs handy. I have well over 180 now. | |
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astock
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Joined: 6/25/2009
Msg: 185 | |
| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 7/1/2009 7:59:21 PM | | do blank cd's count? i usually only buy them when i need a hard to find song for a wedding reception. other than that i have enough DJ friends that i can get absolutely anything i want | |
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| are there still cd buyers out there
Posted: 7/1/2009 8:14:29 PM | | I've been a musician most of my life, and I've worked in the business of music at the label end of things to the Sam Goody store on the corner. I buy CD's on occasion, but I download just as much. As a musician I've had my music downloaded because I put it out there for that reason. At $15 -$16 per cd these days from a retail outlet, you're being sooo ripped off and gouged. In 1988 when cd's were packaged in those large cardboard long boxes, it added an additional $1.50 or more to the total cost of the disc. When they did away with those boxes and went to the jewel box, you'd think that the savings might get passed on to the consumer - the ones who support the bands and keep the retailers and labels afloat, but no - it just boosted the profits of everyone but the bands. Now they have us buying the cheesy little cardboard jewel boxes - even cheaper, but the savings go to the labels and the few retailers left. I'm all for free enterprise, but the practices of some of the labels (Sony) border on tyrannical. And to be completely honest, I don't care if Lars Ulrich get's to buy a new $250,000 car or not because I bought the new cd at a used cd store or that I copied on from a friend. I gags me to have to buy a cd, but I still do it from time to time when I want to actually see something tangible for my money. But that's just me. | |
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