Your online & offline music ~ which collection is bigger?

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
I only tend to buy singles. Only have a few albums. I mainly wanna hear a song before buying it. I can\'t stand albums that have 12 songs and only 1 of them is decent.

What kind of music do you listen to? I think someone who listens to pop or rap is more likely to buy singles, as opposed to someone who listens to metal, alterntive and so on.

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Example:  I have around 70-80 Tori Amos cds.

*points and laughs at the freak*

J/K buddy

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
What kind of music do you listen to? I think someone who listens to pop or rap is more likely to buy singles, as opposed to someone who listens to metal, alterntive and so on.

Mainly Alternative, Some rock, some metal, some pop, very little rap, But no Techno, I hate techno.

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by Samwise
*points and laughs at the freak*

J/K buddy

It\'s okay. You should see my shrine. I also have all her videos / some tour stuff / rare LP\'s  / Autographs / rare box sets (My pride is one that only 250 was made). The list goes on and on. Not to mention me buying her newest cd last week at midnight.

*withholds comment*

[Living-In-Clip]

I\'m a loser, it\'s okay!

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip

As for this being "unwanted turf" - as long as we don\'t go namking Kazaa and talk about stealing things, it\'s fine. There are plenty of legit MP3 sites out there.

Yeah, I don\'t believe in free file sharing, that\'s for sure.  If you use a free-file sharing service, you run the risk of getting a virus, a bad file, or a lawsuit. Plus, downloading all those files to listen to them is cumbersome.  Not all subscription-based services are convenient either.  iTunes only lets you preview 30 seconds of a track, then you have to buy it for 99 cents and then download it to hear the whole thing.  I use Rhapsody, which is great because I get unlimited listening to just about anything I can think of, and it\'s cheap.  Sometimes there\'s just no substitute for getting the commercial CD from an artist whose music you know you\'re going to really like.  But if you just want music playing all day and you\'re usually around a computer, you can\'t beat something like Rhapsody.

Here\'s what I\'m referring to, btw -->http://www.bestbuy.com/rhapsody.  I\'ve had a lot of fun with it and the trial is free, so try it if you get the chance.  I don\'t think there are more than 4 or 5 of these services out right now, but I\'ll just bet there\'s going to be a ton of them before long.  When you think about how many people use computers now, it makes more sense to have all your music right there in front of you at the click of a mouse, don\'t you think?

[Living-In-Clip]

They are already popping up everywhere, but there doesn\'t seem to be one single reliable source on rating these services.

One big hurdle these services will have to get over is selection. Someone like me, won\'t even consider buying a single track off them, because 99 percent of the time, they don\'t carry the music I listen to. Selection will be the key.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
As for this being "unwanted turf" - as long as we don\'t go
namking Kazaa and talk about stealing things, it\'s fine.  

*coughs uncomfortably*

*twiddles thumbs and looks up at clock*


Well.....it\'s gettin\' late. See you guys later.

offline, last album i bought, rage against the machine live

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
It\'s okay. You should see my shrine. I also have all her videos / some tour stuff / rare LP\'s  / Autographs / rare box sets (My pride is one that only 250 was made). The list goes on and on. Not to mention me buying her newest cd last week at midnight.

I have her undies.

10 bucks and they are yours.

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
They are already popping up everywhere, but there doesn\'t seem to be one single reliable source on rating these services.

One big hurdle these services will have to get over is selection. Someone like me, won\'t even consider buying a single track off them, because 99 percent of the time, they don\'t carry the music I listen to. Selection will be the key.

Well, I don\'t know about you, but there isn\'t much new music these days that I care for ~ at least as far as popular music goes.  With the exception of a few emo bands like Coldplay, Travis, Guster, etc., anything new these days is based on image, lifestyle or attitude, rather than actual musical inspiration.  Metal, Rap, Pop, and most country and rock have become a process of selling image and attitude for as much $$$ as possible to whomever will pay... anyone from advertisers to the mall rats.  that\'s why most commercial music comes and goes relatively quickly.  Only the artists whose music is truly based on the joy of the music itself are the ones who have a chance of lasting.