Where do you get your music?
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Topic: Where do you get your music?
Posted By: condor
Subject: Where do you get your music?
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 08:16
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 08:37
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Hmmm.....cd's online from various prog vendors (Reckless in Chicago sometimes), but I sometimes will buy vinyl at used record stores in the area. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 08:40
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I search for and preview full albums on YouTube. (If I decide to order I go to Amazon, Bandcamp or the band's website.)
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 08:41
| mostly cd from Amazon---some lesser things I care about from itunes |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 09:16
from Svetonio  .Well, I'd say Bandcamp, Fundraisings (my last were Colin Bass and iamthemorning), 1st hand CD shops (the last Gilmour and the last Pink Floyd), and even down the road. Recently I've seen a guy from Sri Lanka selling a collection of RPI reprinted albums in a road market including things like Locanda delle Fate, Cervello, Garybaldi and so on. I remember to have bought my Thick as a Brick vinyl copy in a supermarket....let's say, wherever I find something interesting. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 09:31
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Amazon, 1st hand music shop, 2nd hand music shop, sometimes direct from band. Downloads are purchased from Amazon, iTunes, and eMusic and sometimes BandCamp. Once in awhile I make purchased on CD Baby. I also borrow music from the library and listen to music on Spotify and YouTube. So pretty much anyway I can. ------------- 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 09:35
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Amazon, Bandcamp, Presto Classical (downloads) |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 09:49
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Probably 1st hand music store, both physical store and online stores for vinyl. I also hit 2nd hand music stores for new and used vinyl. I buy from Synphonic (Greg W), Tonefloat, MusicDirect, Soundstage, Kscope......many others. -------------   
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 10:34
| Mostly from Syn-Phonic Music, Amazon second, and other sources, like used music stores (CDs or Vynil), or wherever I find something interesting. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 10:40
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Limewire. I live in 2004. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 10:40
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Online prog vendors like Syn-phonic (Greg Walker) and Laser's Edge, along with indie music shops and, if nobody else has it, a third party vendor on Amazon. I don't do downloads. I've bought only 2-3 CDs at Best Buy in the last 10 years. (In the '90s, Best Buy had a humongous selection loaded with indie titles and prog by Eloy, IQ, Pendragon, Renaissance, etc. Today they're basically an appliance and PC store with DVDs.) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 11:03
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Well if it's that kind of music, where you don't exactly get it right at first, then it's probably the woods. There is just something about walking around a forest with music in your ears.....and then by the flick of the magical switch, music that earlier seemed strange and impenetrable suddenly starts making sense...and you get it. Yep I'll go with the woods ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 12:07
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Limewire? You mean illegal torrent-ing? Also, I don't know how you get music from YouTube other than one of those websites that let you convert a YouTube video to audio. I used to take advantage of Amazon. Now I'm just sticking with Spotify and iTunes Store.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 13:11
You've changed. You're daring. You're different in the woods. |
Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 13:19
gggaaaahhhhh, i get music from A LOT of places. Youtube, Spotify, the library (which i chose just because  ), Amazon (w/ parents' permission), radio, internet radio (Pandora), and retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy (my personal favorite in regards to their CD collection). However, I'm confused on what's different between a 1st hand and a 2nd hand music/record shop. Any clarifications??------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 15:47
| ^ I believe "firsthand" means "new" and "secondhand" means "used". |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 16:30
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The last two albums I bought came from our local Sainsburys. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 16:36
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from bootleggers. ------------- |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 17:19
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^ I used to be a bootlegger but probably not in the way it's defined today; I would record live performances with a high-quality stereo tape recorder. I never published or profited from the material but it was challenging and fun. Ah the days of outlaw fandom. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 17:19
Ahhhhh, gotcha. also forgot to mention i use Windows Media Player almost constantly. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 17:44
| I check it out on youtube, buy on amazon. There's a good local second hand CD shop I sometimes find cool stuff in. |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 18:08
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Here in Northern Cal I hit the various Rasputin Records stores - In my city there are three excellent all-vinyl (new & used) record shops Everything else - Amazon, Syn-Phonic Music, Bandcamp, Presto Clkassical & Ebay - Youtube-  ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 18:21
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Wayside, bandcamp, Amazon, gigs, direct from the label, iTunes. Probably 70% from Wayside and bandcamp. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 18:57
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Discogs and a record store from my area (Buenos Aires) |
Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 19:37
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Synphonic 60% Amazon 10% Bandcamp/artists 10% Burning Shed 5% eBay 5% Wayside 5% Larson Imports 5% ------------- "I have seen the broken sky turn blue." http://gnosis2000.net/ratertodd.shtml" rel="nofollow - My Gnosis Ratings |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 19:55
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At first, it used to be mainly a 2nd hand music store before there were CDs. Then I morphed into using Wayside Music with mail order purchases (before the internet). And I mail ordered my Zappa stuff from Barfco-Swill. Anyone remember that? Nowadays, I order mainly through Amazon, though I've rediscovered Wayside Music as an online thing now. I get all my Hackett stuff strAight from the HackettSongs website. I've ordered a couple Big Big Train albums straight from their own website. It seems like I may have gotten my Anglagard albums that way too, but I could have a faulty memory there. In any event, I like going through artist-owned distribution outlets whenever possible. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 20:29
Approved! Play them to your friends and trade them with other music fan. Making money out of it is out of the question, of course. Took a few pictures at Crimson gigs over the years (sorry Bob, part of the thrill), the in-house staff clearly had strict directives about it and to see them on 'hunting' mode was quite hilarious. Haven't been caught yet but it came close a couple of times.  ------------- |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 21:45
| Mainly first hand store and Amazon... I guess in a somewhat even proportion. I wouldn't know which one to vote for. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 02 2015 at 22:52
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Online stores are my major source. Luckily I have an independent record store still kicking in town that eats up the rest of my purchases. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 00:25
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Mostly Spotify these days, although I still buy a lot of vinyl from second-hand record stores when I can find them. Unfortunately hipster trolls have 'discovered' vinyl so many used record stores have started to seriously inflate their prices. I still pick up the occasional CD off Amazon market, mostly obscure stuff that isn't available on Spotify. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 00:51
You're taking me back to days of illicit items shoved inelegantly into hidden pockets, tucked into body cavities, and disguised in packs of cigarettes. It was the Rock 'n Roll Squeeze, to be celebrated by sharing whatever it was you'd snuck in with everyone else who'd made it that far. A lost art. I can remember struggling in the dark between songs to flip the metal cassette, hoping the band wouldn't start-up before I hit 'rec'. A quick check of sound levels and a prayer that the loud headbanger next to me doesn't keep screaming during the quiet passages, and away we went. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 02:55
I transform in the woods  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: October 03 2015 at 04:08
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In approximate order of frequency: Amazon (usually from sellers like allyourmusic) Bandcamp Discogs eBay Other web stores (Wayside, Norman Records, ReR) From band or label direct via Internet / email At gigs (rare - I usually don't buy stuff at gigs) Second hand store (like, once a year) |
Posted By: Replayer
Date Posted: October 04 2015 at 14:24
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Likewise, in order of descending frequency: Amazon, Bandcamp, CD Baby, eBay, second-hand stores (usually classical music), other online music stores (but not iTunes!), band's website, live concerts. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 06 2015 at 08:14
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Chiefly these two: Kinesis: http://www.kinesiscd.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.kinesiscd.com/ Doug Larson Imports: http://www.douglarsonimports.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.douglarsonimports.com/ And on a more irregular basis: Bandcamp CDBaby The bands themselves Ebay (particularly seller get_importcds) Amazon (only when I get a gift card or when I'm shopping for wifey-poo I add a CD for myself) And on rare occasions when a band only sells via a single record company or distributor. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: October 06 2015 at 08:20
| Here, there and everywhere. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: October 06 2015 at 09:37
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For the last couple of years I've bought most of my albums at Record Fairs in the area I live and Record Shops mostly while traveling - about 70% used (but always in mint condition) and 30% used = 100% vinyl. Added to that I buy about 15-20 albums yearly through Amazon/Ebay and another dozen or so on Facebook&similar-forums for selling and buying records. I also pay for a local version of Spotify for streaming stuff I want to check out and make playlists. + I guess I spend about 150-200 € buying mp3's if I'm impatient or can't find the music anywhere else. I ripped most of my CD's years ago and don't buy or play them anymore.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 06 2015 at 09:42
| the first four options are valid, but specialised web vendors (such as Syn-Phonic) or directly from the band/artiste himself are prime sources as well |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 07 2015 at 10:32
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Amazon for new CDs. Record Surplus and Amoeba Records for used here in L.A. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: October 08 2015 at 23:12
| Being born in today's generation, YouTube is my prior source of listening to music. I buy a lot on ITunes too |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 09 2015 at 12:02
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Half.com, CD Universe, CD Baby (not much recently even though CD Baby loves me). ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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