So I'm a fan of Owl City and some of you may not know but they have a new album that comes out tomorrow. However, about a week and a half ago, a rip showed up on torrent sites everywhere on the net. So since I liked the group I thought I'd download it and give it a listen. I left it in my iTunes library and copied it on to my iPod. Now don't get me wrong this album is really nice but I knew someone would catch on wondering where I got it if they went through my iPod, such as my girlfriend. So I deleted all of them off the iPod only except for what I thought were the singles released. Turns out, what I thought was a single wasn't a single. So when my girlfriend goes through my iPod just as I predicted, she wonders where I got one of the songs since it's not released. Somehow I get through the conversation with minimal casualties.
I say I'll delete the song and keep the only single that was released that I "bought". She's okay and we move on with other things. After a little while, I start to wonder how much it would cost to actually buy my library since most of it downloaded off the net.
I figure it would be okay I bought used albums off Amazon if I wanted the entire album cuz I'll just rip the songs and never see the CD again. As I start searching for the albums I wanted, I realize most of these are about $5 including shipping.
So to beat the system, I've created a method in which I'll download the newly released songs off the net, wait for the used CD prices to go down and then buy & rip it so I own it legally. So instead of paying the fixed price of $9.99 for X&Y by Coldplay of iTunes, I'll buy a used CD off Amazon for $3.81 with shipping included. I figure this is a pretty good system and when I start getting a steady income of money, I'll just put aside $15 a month to rebuild my music library.
However, not all the music I have are full albums; some are just singles that I like off albums. For those, I'll just download from iTunes or Amazon MP3 for $0.99 a pop. Total for my 1,180 songs is $247.10. That's A LOT cheaper than buying it on a fixed rate.
Anyone have any other similar alternatives they use to save money on music?
Also I just had a friend on Facebook basically "Like" everything I've ever done such as comments, statuses, and links within about a minute. What script/app did he use and how do I get him back?
I say I'll delete the song and keep the only single that was released that I "bought". She's okay and we move on with other things. After a little while, I start to wonder how much it would cost to actually buy my library since most of it downloaded off the net.
I figure it would be okay I bought used albums off Amazon if I wanted the entire album cuz I'll just rip the songs and never see the CD again. As I start searching for the albums I wanted, I realize most of these are about $5 including shipping.
So to beat the system, I've created a method in which I'll download the newly released songs off the net, wait for the used CD prices to go down and then buy & rip it so I own it legally. So instead of paying the fixed price of $9.99 for X&Y by Coldplay of iTunes, I'll buy a used CD off Amazon for $3.81 with shipping included. I figure this is a pretty good system and when I start getting a steady income of money, I'll just put aside $15 a month to rebuild my music library.
However, not all the music I have are full albums; some are just singles that I like off albums. For those, I'll just download from iTunes or Amazon MP3 for $0.99 a pop. Total for my 1,180 songs is $247.10. That's A LOT cheaper than buying it on a fixed rate.
Anyone have any other similar alternatives they use to save money on music?
Also I just had a friend on Facebook basically "Like" everything I've ever done such as comments, statuses, and links within about a minute. What script/app did he use and how do I get him back?
