Download fever

"I don't have the money so it's ok to steal them". It's sad that this attitude is so common among young people (those who grew up with the internet).

I download to discover new music/artists. Once I like what I hear I usually puchase the cds and then get rid of the downloads. It's a form of research.

I use Limewire but i will try out Soulseek. I don't want to deprive musicians of money but i find record companies stance on all this a bit hypocritical.Sony,for example,sell/sold the walkman in all its guises.What were we meant to be recording??Spoken word?? I'm sorry but I refuse to accept that dabbling in P2P to make informed choices re a band i don't really know,thats not bad is it?? I also like to own original CD's for the liner notes etc etc so i still buy original product.

I agree with almost everyone here + I download lots of files every month, because I think it's a cheaper and faster way to discover new bands, or to get a preview of "that new release" you've been pondering whether it might suck or not.

Although I must add... nothing beats the thrill of listening thoroughly for the first time to a prog album, and actually falling in love at "first-hearing".

Well, when you buy a CD from an indie band off of their website who do you think gets the money? I'm not talking about King Crimson or Yes or Rush. Lesser known bands that many of you like depend on fan support to keep prog'in on. If anything, you should buy multiple copies of their CD's and give them to all you friends for birthdays or christmas. 

Some of you may be musicians, some of you may get into a band, some of your bands may work hard enough and invest enough money to make an album and put out a CD. At that point you'll want to sell the cd's, then you'll understand.

Edited by gabbel ratchett

i agree, the artists dont see it all, AND we're not talking about everyone as a whole, we're talking about the individual, just because they outlawed stealing, doesnt mean there arent going to be people that steal whether you think its right or not, if im against downloading, then im against downloading, its not oging to stop a huge group of people from doing it, so as an individual it doesnt make much of a difference.

jiggajake wrote: gabbel ratchett wrote: and when your favorite indie bands quit making new albums because they can't recover their production costs I'll bet you'll wonder why. if its that far off, then i doubt the 10-15 bucks would not have saved them.

10 bucks x 1000 downloads or file shares = $10,000.00, thats not chump change kids.

 

sometimes downloading is the only way to get any recordings of rare band, impossible to obtain even through specialized stores.

I love original CDs too.

and when your favorite indie bands quit making new albums because they can't recover their production costs I'll bet you'll wonder why.

As a Mac user I have Limewire. Not too bad