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If your stream music rather than owning the album(s) you should be dragged out into the streets and murdered
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2019-06-12 at 5:33 AM UTCif you mean physical albums there are still a few record stores in any big city, or you can usually order directly from the musician/record label
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2019-06-12 at 5:38 AM UTCEvery record store near me usually wants WAY too much per CD for anything I want, and they typically don't have anything I want in the first place
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2019-06-12 at 5:41 AM UTCyeah, the small ones with the weird shit are even more expensive. that's the market I guess
typical price for an album on bandcamp is like $7-$15 and the bulk of it goes to the musician so I'm ok with buying stuff there if it's good. also they offer FLAC downloads of everything which is nice -
2019-06-12 at 9:50 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra yeah, the small ones with the weird shit are even more expensive. that's the market I guess
typical price for an album on bandcamp is like $7-$15 and the bulk of it goes to the musician so I'm ok with buying stuff there if it's good. also they offer FLAC downloads of everything which is nice
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2019-06-12 at 10:11 AM UTC
Originally posted by Misguided Russian The only bandcamp pages that I've encountered allow you to stream all the music. You can then download it for free.
I'm guessing you're talking about soundcloud rappers and the like?
yeah a lot of smaller artists will either release some stuff for free or let you 'choose your price'
they'll all typically let you stream for free (some have a limit to the number of tracks an ip can stream before you get a nag screen) but ask for payment if you want to download. -
2019-06-12 at 10:22 AM UTC
Originally posted by Jυicebox You enjoy music so much more when you buy physical albums. You get to admire the cover and booklet artwork and actually read the lyrics straight from the authors themselves, it's a much more personal experience
This.
The album becomes part of your life, you remember it as an entity.
With streaming or digital it's so cold and alienating, you lose that personal relationship with the album you get when you physically own it. -
2019-06-12 at 10:25 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra best option is bandcamp, the musicians get a much higher split than other high-profile places like apple and amazon music and the like, but it tends to cater more to the 'indie' crowd for a few reasons
The thing about bandcamp and self published stuff though is that it's always sold out -
2019-06-12 at 10:26 AM UTCSo how many albums do you own OPie?
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2019-06-12 at 11:45 AM UTCThat’s weird. You showed us your collection within the last year, and you had about 5 albums. Did you buy over 130 in the last year.
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2019-06-12 at 11:46 AM UTC
Originally posted by Technologist That’s weird. You showed us your collection within the last year, and you had about 5 albums. Did you buy over 130 in the last year.
You must suffer from brain damage.
And if you're talking about that picture of my room when it was all messy there was at least 20 to 30 albums stacked up near the boxes.
here is my RYM
https://rateyourmusic.com/~HikikomoriYume0
there are a few albums I probably haven't logged in yet that are in some boxes -
2019-06-12 at 1:30 PM UTCWhat's the difference
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2019-06-12 at 3:11 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-06-12 at 3:30 PM UTC
Originally posted by HikikomoriYume0 I'm the only person here who actually knows anything about music and I care enough about it to support the artists and own their albums.
You're just a consumer, you listen to something and then move on to the next flavor of the week.
no you got it wrong. the world and technology has changed. its the record industry that were so used to owning the only means to producing music that are now desperately trying to cling to the 20th century. nowadays everybody has the means to produce, save and transfer music at the touch of a button. and people don't expect to pay directly for digital files over the internet. that's what advertising is for. the next generation of musicians will be giving their music away through their own(or third party) sites and will make their income through advertising, ticket sales and merch. and all the fans will use their official sites knowing it will be more likely to be a good copy and virus free.
its the music industry that are the dinosaurs who can't accept that change is inevitable. if they did they could have held on to their share by becoming the third party site that new artists used to distribute their work. they're slowing change at the moment but it will still come anyway. its inevitable.
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2019-06-12 at 3:35 PM UTC
Originally posted by HikikomoriYume0 I used to do nothing but listen to albums all day everyday for practically a decade.
Back in my piratefag days I had a collection of over 100,000 + songs.
So yes, I do know more than you.
I have listened to more music than the majority of people ever could through several lifetimes, unless you happened to be a hikikomori.
the lyrics in those songs teach you about business, specifically the tech industry and how business is applied online over bricks and mortar?
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2019-06-12 at 3:39 PM UTC
Originally posted by NARCassist the lyrics in those songs teach you about business, specifically the tech industry and how business is applied online over bricks and mortar?
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Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price
Almost free
All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question
Of your honesty, yeah your honesty
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2019-06-12 at 5:09 PM UTCSpotify is so cozy and I get it free on my phone plan. Means I don't need to worry about organising my 128kbps mp3 collection. I landfilled all my CDs, tapes and vinyls long ago.
