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Community weekly poll: In what format do you buy your music most often?
- 10/19/06 4:56 PM
In what format do you buy your music most often?
by Marc Bennett - 10/19/06 4:56 PM
In what format do you buy your music most often?
CDs
Tapes (where do you find them?)
Vinyl
MP3s, etc. (which music service?)
Other (what is it?)
I don't buy music
I rarely buy; I "rent"...
by John.Wilkinson - 10/19/06 3:08 PM
In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I go the subscription route (WMA DRM), where each month a fee is paid so that I can download as much music as a I want along with the associated licenses. Of course the licenses expire rendering the music unplayable if the subscription ever lapses, so I don't own the songs, but that's fine by me particularly since I'm not the one paying the subscription fees. 
When I do purchase songs it is usually by CD, which I rip to my computer and sync with my PDA. However, I still have plenty of records, cassette tapes, etc laying around that I am converting to digital format.
John
Itunes
by jmarkar - 10/20/06 2:48 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
Itunes did it first and they deserve the loyalty for a bit longer.... I just hate the proprietary thing since I don't even have an Ipod..... Just can't stomach giving that much money for a $30 dollar music gizmo.
Why use ITunes when LimeWire is free?
by marygib - 10/21/06 2:57 AM In reply to: Itunes by jmarkarTraditionally, in the past, I had bought CDs. My first music purchases were vinyl, until 8-tracks hit the market. From there, I progressed to cassettes and then to the occasional CD purchase. Through the years, my need to purchase and collect music was less rational.
After the purchase of an incredible sound system for my computer, I began downloading music from ITunes (at $.99 a song). I already had the software for burning CDs so ITunes gave me the option to choose what I put on a CD. I like a variety of music so I wanted CDs that offered an array of different artist and genre (types).
My daughter is young, single, works in the medical field, and goes to college so her monies budgeted. Periodically, we have “pajama parties” at her apartment to maintain our friendship, shop (I buy, of course), and watch movies. We also listen to some of the latest music (that she has a better feel for) and some of the oldies, which is my expertise.
I noticed that she downloaded and burned an extreme amount of CDs and questioned her buying so many songs via internet. She is the one that set me off on a different course. She learned from a friend about LimeWire and had been using it for months. It is a free service and offers the same music as ITunes.
After finding out about LimeWire, I began my using it exclusively. I have burned quite a selection of CDs for myself. I also have a sister that feeds me information on specific songs that I download and burn for her.
LimeWire is very user friendly for searching, downloading, and sorting music. The only dilemma faced was to move the downloaded songs from the LimeWire software program file to “My Music” folder. I have been and remain a dedicated LimeWire consumer.
Because LimeWire is mostly *illegal*...
by John.Wilkinson - 10/21/06 8:25 AM
In reply to: Why use ITunes when LimeWire is free? by marygib
Most (over 90%) of the content on Limewire and other P2P networks and torrents is illegal. One person will buy copyrighted content and then mass distribute it over such networks, giving it to others for free. The term for it is Piracy, something the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and others are cracking down on. It has resulted in tens of thousands of lawsuits (punishable by fines per song you upload/download as well as jail time) and the forcible shutdown of numerous P2P networks. Limewire itself is currently being sued and is expected to be forced out of business in the coming months.
Aside from that, P2P networks open a hole in your computer's security system that can result in all kinds of infections, instability, data loss, privacy invasion, etc.
For those two reasons I strongly urge you to reconsider its use and uninstall it, then scanning your computer with your antivirus and antispyware software as soon as possible. Governments around the world are looking to make examples and the more you engage in its use the more likely you are to float to the top of their lists.
John
I buy mp3s without DRM
by dgriffin - 10/20/06 3:44 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I buy mostly mp3s these days, but only those without DRM as I have 4 mp3 players of varying ages, PCs at home and at work and a CD player in my car which can cope with mp3s. I refuse to buy music which I cannot play on all these devices. Luckily I buy mostly classical music these days (from eClassical), and have already converted my pop CD collection to mp3 format (THAT took a long time as I have several hundred CDs).
MP3s from MSN Music
by jayhelman - 10/20/06 4:18 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I purchase and download music from MSN Music.
Are SACD & DVD-A dead yet?
by punterjoe - 10/20/06 4:32 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
Having invested in players for these media, I look for those formats - especially surround mixes. Although fresh titles are so rare I think the formats are comatose if not O.P.D. Otherwise I buy used CDs from stores or new CDs sold directly by artists @ live shows.
The theme is getting the best quality original & repurposing it for the ways I listen - downmixing 5.1 to stereo AAC/MP3 for iPod & in-car listening and frequently crushing the dynamics for the often brutal car/subway listening environment.
Don't buy music
by KewlEugene - 10/20/06 5:09 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
If your sick of paying too much for music and sick of DRM then quit buying CDs. That is the only way things will ever change to favor the consumer instead of moving toward a system where you'll end up paying every time you listen to a song. The government will never do anything about it because the publishers have too much money and power. If you buy a CD shouldn't you be able to listen to the music on it anywhere and on any device you want to use? I bet if we all stopped buying music things would change in short order.
Ok, I'm off the soap box.
MP3
by jimth - 10/20/06 7:29 AM In reply to: Don't buy music by KewlEugeneWhy buy music when you can download for free?
Try to find a the happy medium: don't be a total sponger...
by Nikita - 10/20/06 9:17 AM In reply to: MP3 by jimthRahn_Bless, don't you think it's not bad sometimes to pay a couple of bucks to the musicians whose music you adore? In the end music is their job and bread. You yourself don't work for free, I suppose...
Good Art is not Utilitarian by nature
by F.A.$.T. - 10/21/06 9:14 PM In reply to: Try to find a the happy medium: don't be a total sponger... by NikitaI once accepted the whole ''support the artists who live off the music'' thing, but I realized how plastic and artificial that idea is. Art should not be created above all everything else to make money. You should be able to listen to an ''artist's'' work anywhere, anytime.
I suppose the medium here is artists making money off concerts and memorabilia. The issue was created by the recording industry because of falling profits.
Music has been sadly turned into a business trying to maximize profits. Too often when a musician is introduced, the first (and sometimes only) thing mentioned is how many albums they sold. It's a gauge of success, but I'd much rather hear something about the actual music!
Personally I like CD and the freedom to put the tracks on your mp3 player, listen to it in all its glory of a premium stereo or in the car.
I rarely buy music, because ....
by Watzman - 10/20/06 5:45 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
Am I the only one that feels that all the songs I want to hear have already been written .... for the most part before 1975 .... and I already have them?
Well, if not all, then almost all.
Today's music .... isn't MUSIC ... it's noise
Yes, dad
by kstebleton - 10/20/06 7:29 AM In reply to: I rarely buy music, because .... by WatzmanYes Dad -
I'm sorry I left the radio on so loud in your car.
My uncle said today's music sounded like a bunch of plumbers shouting down a drain pipe. That was in 1969. This is probably what he thought of much of your collection! I was 7 when I first heard that comment.
Personally, I found a lot to like in Limp Bizit and Linkin Park. Tool is cool. I've taken my daughters to concerts by these artists and ... while we have a generation gap, it's not over the music!
Buy the new Weird Al CD that came out recently - you'll laugh to the lyrics lampooning society AND be exposed to the real songs that your kids are enjoying.
Don't be such a stick in the mud!
Format for Music
by 1-4 - 10/20/06 6:03 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
It is almost like books, I just love to hold and possess them. I buy CDs just as I used to buy records many years ago. I am going to have to get with it though, my wife just got me an iPod with a bunch of gigs so I guess from now on the music goes on that - if I can figure out how to operate it.
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