That's why the "You must buy the album to get this song" marketing crap pisses me off so much.ĮTA: I should note that for me, "new" artist is anyone who came on the scene in the last decade, lol. or I can buy about 30 songs I know I like from a variety of artists. If I budget myself $35 to spend on music a month, I can either buy two albums from two artists with about 26 songs, some of which I may not like. I will say that I have bought so many Beyonce, John Mayer, and Maroon 5 songs at this point that it about adds up to one album each. The last time I bought a CD of a "new" artist was Keith Urban, and that was only because he was opening for the Eagles and was getting such high recs from my fellow Borderers! I just don't want to spend $15+ dollars unless I know I'm going to like the majority of it, and I don't know that with new artists. For instance, I own music by artists like Adele, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, The Black-Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, Daniel Powter, Daughtry, David Cook, Edwin McCain, Enrique Iglesias, The Fray, Jason Mraz, Lady GaGa, Ne-Yo, Nickelback, OneRepublic, Paolo Nutini, Plain White Ts, Rihanna, Shakira, Usher, 3 Doors Down, 30 Seconds to Mars, etc., but only a few songs each. If it's new music, I'll almost always just buy one or two songs. I also find that I don't buy CDs anymore unless it's a proven artist that I already like a lot. I have recently subscribed to a music service so I don't have to use iTunes for just that reason.) Storing them on your computer can start taking up a lot of space unless you lower the quality so the file is smaller.ĮTA: I think I'll go with CD, but still burn 'em all to MP3 for my iPod. inevitably they will need to be replaced and then you're out of luck. Finally, if you download from iTunes, you only get to put the song on five different machines before it becomes unplayable and you have to buy it again. On the other hand, said mp3 players don't really allow you to hear the sound in all its glory, nor do your average computer speakers. I can listen to a vast array of music any time, anywhere, by just pulling my iPod out of my purse. Also, nothing beats the portability and convenience of immediate downloads and mp3 players. However, I love that I can download one song from an album and not have to shell out $15+ unless I really do like it all. Plus, there's something to be said for hearing the song in the context of the album. MP3s are highly convenient but artwork is pathetic (yeah, you can download some, but what do you do with it? Load it onto an ipod where it's not displayed, or displayed very tiny). They're easily scratched and damaged, however. You can rip them to MP3 without too much effort if you want to do that. The cassette tapes are more durable up to a point, but then they start to lose sound quality as they age and that tape gets run across those heads time and time again.ĬDs are portable, have the artwork (although smaller), have high sound quality, and give you a physical object to hold onto. LPs have great artwork, but the music sounds all scratchy, they're ungainly to carry/store, and you can't play them in the car or take them anywhere.
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