Where do you download your music? - Page 2

**witweew** · 05-21-2008, 09:26 PM

Well, we could talk all day about the moral implications of illegal music downloading. There seem to be a fair number of people who back up their massive pirate mp3 collections with something about "the music industry is dumb" or "sharing doesn't hurt artists" or whatever. All a bit dubious for me -- is it coincidence that music sales started plummeting the exact moment in 2000 that Napster came out? And these days, a lot of artist are selling DIRECT on itunes and etc. -- so when u pirate their songs, you are literally deciding not to pay the person who made the music -- there is often NO record company involved now....

Anyway ... my take is that I tend to use iTunes not for any moral reason, but just because I HATE dealing with the two main problems with limewire/bearshare etc

Problem #1 -- spyware/virus/filth
Problem #2 -- lack of selection

I'm into techno/trance/electronic music almost exclusively, and a lot of the stuff is actually pretty HARD to find on limewire... I could spend hours looking for it but I prefer not.

I tend to search around on iTunes for compliation series that I feel have good selections, and then just buy whole compilations... recently I've been spending way too much money on this series -- http://electricnation2010.com/tracks

**Zen v.W.o.** · 05-21-2008, 09:36 PM

Downloading some songs is you know whatever to me...but to want to download an entire album is a cheap bitch move imo. I dont get it.

I need the real deal. The casing, booklet, cd, it's all gotta be there, and plus, if you like the band, you'll support the band.

It's like that with everything. You may think a fucking sofa is overpriced, or a car..but you arent going to break into the dealership or store and run off with the shit just because you feel they arent giving you a fair value.
Same deal with albums imo.

**Indifferent Clox** · 05-21-2008, 09:40 PM

piratebay and demonoid

**Indifferent Clox** · 05-21-2008, 09:58 PM

I refuse to download songs though, If the album/ ep isn't worth picking up the song isn't that great either, It's like downloading a scene from a movie... for me anyway. I understand that others feel much different about this.

**What Would Kevin Do?** · 05-22-2008, 12:39 AM

Blogs...

**Indifferent Clox** · 05-22-2008, 04:50 PM

Yeah I use some blogs sometimes as well.

**thedamndest** · 05-22-2008, 05:11 PM

Whose sock is this?

**road doggy dogg** · 05-22-2008, 10:16 PM

Note the date of the original post.

As for the actual question, a combination of torrents and soulseek
crossrine

05-21-2008, 09:26 PM	#41
witweew Junior Member Posts: 7	Well, we could talk all day about the moral implications of illegal music downloading. There seem to be a fair number of people who back up their massive pirate mp3 collections with something about "the music industry is dumb" or "sharing doesn't hurt artists" or whatever. All a bit dubious for me -- is it coincidence that music sales started plummeting the exact moment in 2000 that Napster came out? And these days, a lot of artist are selling DIRECT on itunes and etc. -- so when u pirate their songs, you are literally deciding not to pay the person who made the music -- there is often NO record company involved now.... Anyway ... my take is that I tend to use iTunes not for any moral reason, but just because I HATE dealing with the two main problems with limewire/bearshare etc Problem #1 -- spyware/virus/filth Problem #2 -- lack of selection I'm into techno/trance/electronic music almost exclusively, and a lot of the stuff is actually pretty HARD to find on limewire... I could spend hours looking for it but I prefer not. I tend to search around on iTunes for compliation series that I feel have good selections, and then just buy whole compilations... recently I've been spending way too much money on this series -- http://electricnation2010.com/tracks

05-21-2008, 09:36 PM	#42
Zen v.W.o. GO HABS GO! Posts: 4,018	Downloading some songs is you know whatever to me...but to want to download an entire album is a cheap bitch move imo. I dont get it. I need the real deal. The casing, booklet, cd, it's all gotta be there, and plus, if you like the band, you'll support the band. It's like that with everything. You may think a fucking sofa is overpriced, or a car..but you arent going to break into the dealership or store and run off with the shit just because you feel they arent giving you a fair value. Same deal with albums imo.

05-21-2008, 09:40 PM	#43
Indifferent Clox emerge Posts: 16,710	piratebay and demonoid

05-21-2008, 09:58 PM	#44
Indifferent Clox emerge Posts: 16,710	I refuse to download songs though, If the album/ ep isn't worth picking up the song isn't that great either, It's like downloading a scene from a movie... for me anyway. I understand that others feel much different about this.

05-22-2008, 12:39 AM	#45
What Would Kevin Do? Ninja Mod, Esquire Posts: 12,676	Blogs...

05-22-2008, 04:50 PM	#46
Indifferent Clox emerge Posts: 16,710	Yeah I use some blogs sometimes as well.

05-22-2008, 05:11 PM	#47
thedamndest A Property of Matter Posts: 25,543	Whose sock is this?

05-22-2008, 10:16 PM	#48
road doggy dogg wekasauce Posts: 106,878	Note the date of the original post. As for the actual question, a combination of torrents and soulseek crossrine