What do you use to download music?
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Topic: What do you use to download music?
Posted By: Sagichim
Subject: What do you use to download music?
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 07:44
| Are you using any software to download music from? Which one did you find is the best for progressive rock? |
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 07:48
 Let's ensure this thread stays on the right side of legal please.
I use internet explorer and the band's websites. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 08:03
| Let me explain myself better, I understood there are some softwares that can help you find your music, even the rare stuff, staying on the legal side, anybody knows what i'm talking about? |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 09:52
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I use the Zune software and use their Zune Marketplace which has a pretty nice collection of prog. I have a Zune Pass which is a monthly subscription so its all legal downloads. They are DRM protected but you can play them on up to 3 computers. Cannot burn to CD unless you buy the songs.
Microsoft recently announced this service is moving to Xbox Music, Zune name is going away and reportedly will offer over 30 million tracks.
I just downloaded The Inner Road-Visions album as I just read the review on PA......I had never heard of The Inner Road, so a new find for me and obscure I guess.....but it was on the Zune Marketplace. -------------   
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 09:54
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My laptop ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 10:18
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^ U so funny I foogot to 'raff -------------
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 11:13
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when I download I use Itunes or amazon for mp3's That's rare though- I still like buying CD's for some reason ------------- |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 11:24
 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Catcher10 wrote:Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 11:46
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Do you work for the FBI? ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List 
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 12:26
| In the rare case that I buy digital music, it's either from iTunes or it's from Bandcamp |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 12:38
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In the rare case that I buy digital music, it's either from iTunes or Amazon.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 13:25
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Spotify's good for listening ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 13:54
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I like buying cd's too but i can never keep up with the amount of albums i'm interested in, so i have to download what i can. It makes me wonder how would my cd wall would look like if i was rich?!! |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 13:55
I don't know about you, but if I was rich, I wouldn't have a CD wall, I'd have a CD vault. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 13:58
I like to break into record stores.  ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 14:26
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^ Dirty Boy! Itunes, Bandcamp, Amazon sometimes, any other ways the band offers to download through. Bandcamp is the future though. Honest. A legal way for bands to give their music for free. That's great honestly. So much music is pirated anyway, by giving the buyer a chance to donate, he might actually pay something, even minimal. Also Recommended Records shopt (rermegacorp.com) offers free shipping and has a f**king amazing inventory. So when I feel the urge to buy something physical many times it's from there. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 15:03
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95% Amazon, 5% Bandcamp. I use Spotify to listen as well. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 15:52
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I've only bought from Amazon and iTunes ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: June 07 2012 at 16:12
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I hold prog musicians hostage and make them play music for me while I fap furiously. EDIT: Sorry, I'm in a weird mood, haha ------------- 
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 03:34
------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 03:35
lol ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 03:35
Oh, and a few on bandcamp and a few on Souncloud ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 09 2012 at 05:54
Using my psychic powers I find all the rare and hard to find stuff and download it directly into my mind.  I've only actually paid for three downloads. The first was King Of The Mountain which came out before Aerial was officially released. The second was Bass Communion vs. Muslimgauze EP, because it was only available for pay that way. The last was the Porcupine Tree Futility EP for the same reason. Both of those I made hard copies of with CD booklets I printed out. So I've used itunes, Amazon, and the Burning Shed site, respectively. No special software required. For finding the music, any browser and a little persistence will do. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: June 24 2012 at 10:55
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Well, I can think of a few good reasons for choosing CD's over mp3's (1) The music on CD's is not compressed ... I think (2) CD's often come with some booklets and album art to look at. (3) You can buy thousands CD titles for pennies at your local flea market, whereas for an mp3 album you'll be asked to pay at least 6-7 bucks, but could be twice as much on Amazon. (4) You can't accidentally delete, damage or lose data from a CD, unless you do something foolish to it. At the same time, my lady wife had accumulated a gigabyte or two worth of iTunes songs on her Mac when the hard drive quit. Data recovery guys said they could try for $300.00 and "see how it goes". Never again!
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 24 2012 at 12:21
| Always bandcamp. I haven't even been to (insert sketchy blog that used to be a SR staple here) in ages |
Posted By: Terra Australis
Date Posted: August 14 2012 at 18:42
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Speaking of downloads I was just reading an interview with Martin Orford from 2009. Many years ago, while purchasing cds from his online store, I corresponded with him and found him to be a decent guy. Illegal downloading has had a big effect on him. I was wondering how people feel about the state of downloading now as compared to then. Orford. Martin 22/09/09 ttp://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61454" rel="nofollow - ttp://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61454 ------------- Allomerus. Music with progressive intent. http://allomerus.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://allomerus.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Cloud Forest
Date Posted: August 15 2012 at 06:32
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if you are one of those people,who dont care for quality use itunes. But if you own bad ass sound speakers,the easiest thing to do is to go to second hand shop store,to buy original cds close to nothing. -------------  |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 18 2012 at 22:38
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I download from the Zune Marketplace with a subscription, its the only way I will get music online. Played thru my home system its pretty sweet. -------------
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: August 19 2012 at 06:31
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I'm an old-fashioned old fart and I still want to have my music on CD (apart from my many old vinyls) with its artwork, lyrics, credits etc.
I have an mp3 player which is rather crappy and I only use it when I go on some holiday trip, and I surely have some music on my computer but I would not like the idea of having most of my music in a hard drive, I like being able to see it physically, look around the shelves to decide what I'm going to play, and touch it, open the sleeve or case, have a look at the artwork or lyrics while listening.
I too have suffered a couple of unrecoverable computer crashes and I am not very disciplined with back-ups.
Playlists may be very handy but I have no problem getting up to change the CD every 50 minutes (I don't even have a CD charger).
I admit having quite some CD-Rs copied from friends original CDs but the vast majority of my collection is undoubtedly original CDs.
I am a smoker and when I think that I spend in a pack of cigarettes nearly the same as what a CD costs, downloading music to save a couple of euros does not make any sense.
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: August 19 2012 at 09:29
Since you mentioned "playlists" ... There is a vast ocean of mass-produced, pre-digested commodity music for entertainment of the broad population. It is engineered to be consumed in any quantities and in any order. The smallest standalone unit of such music is the typical 3-4 minute pop song, while the true quantum is probably the 30-second sample that we can hear in commercials etc. An arbitrary playlist is a handy tool, assisting in consumption of such music. But, there is nothing wrong with that, as long as you can opt out and choose what I call quality music. If you haven't seen this, you may want to sneak a peek: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrvzgq_steven-wilson-interview-2011-part-1_music, where Steven Wilson is discussing the playlist/jukebox mentality that has evolved to meet the instant gratification needs of he present day consumer society. |
Posted By: brodieshenton
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 02:43
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I use Google Chrome Browser to listen and download music. ------------- http://www.spammer.html" rel="nofollow - spam |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 02:46
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whatever happened to albums? ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 02:56
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Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 06:08
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I use a brick attached to a vinyl player using a piece of sticky tape that spins at 70rpm which rubs against a piece of tin foil to create enough friction to spark a connection that summons a group of flying magnets to attract nearby bats who have a diet that includes an excess amount of iron. ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 06:22
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Bandcamp, Soundcloud or the band's website with Internet Explorer. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 07:24
You may need to recalibrate your turntable using one of these:   ------------- What? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 20 2013 at 08:12
Wow, who keeps that much music on a PC without a backup? Although I do recall a musician who kept his latest album on a laptop with no backup and lost the lot. I forget who it was now.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: March 22 2013 at 04:35
That both makes me laugh like a drain........ and cringe painfully!
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Posted By: deafmoon
Date Posted: September 05 2013 at 14:18
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Almost all my music is purchased via mail order cd and then I burn it to my PC. I use some of the online sites to preview music though, which is a nice thing. Years ago, I would buy my share of not so stellar music. But, hey that's what ebay is for right? I purge my collection every so often, so it all works out. ------------- Deafmoon |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: September 10 2013 at 23:58
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I've only bought mp3's from Amazon and d'load it using their cloud player. First thing I do is burn it to a CD so I can listen on the laptop or stereo (and of course do regular backups of my music directory).
Oh ya, the other place I download from is Robert Fripp's DGM. Every Monday they feature what's usually a free download of something called "Mister Stormy's Monday Selection". Sometimes it's an alternate take of a well known Crimso song, sometimes it some Frippertronics, other times it could be the isolated bass and drum part to Cirkus...it's always something interesting! ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: September 11 2013 at 00:12
qft but also Bandcamp has a lot of great music (including the music linked in my sig  )------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: September 11 2013 at 10:38
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I rarely download, as I usually buy my CD's. Occasionally I'll buy music videos from itunes because I'll get gift cards for it. I have some Amazon mp3 credits piling up but I haven't used them. Are they usable on anything you want? |
Posted By: poeghost
Date Posted: December 15 2013 at 19:24
| I use Amazon. |
Posted By: StaaViinsZ
Date Posted: March 06 2014 at 03:55
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I highly recommend E-music for buying music, or Amazon if looking for retail priced but they basically have everything. Other than that, you can discover music with Spotify, Beats Music, Pandora, and even just look up band names etc. on Youtube. Usually, you'll find at least one song you can listen to on Youtube by the band you're interested in, unless they're ultra obscure, in which case, look them up on Amazon, then Ebay, and if you don't find them Try iTunes. After that, who knows, call your local record store, you never know. Look for the band on Google. If they are kindof obscure like a band I know called Zihard, they may be very hard to find and expensive, and their website may be on the better side of things. ------------- "Let us scream like Tom Mallicoat, and whisper like Geoff Tate, for the difference between the two is nigh." |