Do you pay for music?

[Seliph]

Do you?

 

[nero99]

never have and never will thanks to itunes and youtube.

 

[Seriel]

Nah, if I want a specific album I'll just google it, and things like YouTube are good for random browsing. Would get into Spotify but i can't be bothered xD

 

[Dionicio3]

Who even pays for music? That's like unheard of today.

 

[Ryccardo]

In the form of Youtube ads, sure...

 

[Dionicio3]

In the form of Youtube ads, sure...

Phfff, who doesn't have adblock on?

 

[Seriel]

In the form of Youtube ads, sure...

uBlock Origin

 

[RevPokemon]

To be honest, almost never except when buying CDs which I still will do occasionally....

 

[isanchez]

I gave google play music, I don't even know why I guess I'm too lazy to look for a good place to download music

 

[Vipera]

I pay for my music. AMA.

I dislike streaming services like Spotify. In order to make a dollar, triple the population of my hometown needs to listen to the same track. Also I hate the idea that I need an active internet connection to listen to something I could easily listen to from my device.

When it comes to independent artists, I always make sure to buy their stuff from Bandcamp. That ensures that most of the money go to them. I even was a Patreon of a specific musician for a while. For commercial artists I use specific music websites or subscription-based ones that allow me to download the files to listen to offline (eMusic). For everything else, there's Noisetrade.

 

[Jayro]

I'll buy a used/like new CD on eBay for like $4 on occasion, but usually only because I can't find a FLAC torrent of it. So usually I do not pay for music.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Do streaming services count? If so then yes.
Other than that, I buy albums from indie artists sometimes.
I don't pirate much of my music (unless you count YouTube)
So I guess yes?

 

[VashTS]

its been a while - spotify/google music for me as of the past few years, but prior to that it was on board storage and around 10 gigs of my fave stuff.

my first mp3 i downloaded was Butthole Surfers - Pepper in prob like 1996ish and never turned back during the napster days.

 

[FAST6191]

Never tried streaming services. Always seems like a worse option than clicking related videos on youtube or something. While I may point and laugh at things like facebook and twitter I can sort of understand why some people other than me would use them (unchecked vanity and delusions that they are doing something interesting does seem to be a popular affliction), however to this day I have no earthly idea why spotify got big. It does not even seem to be an ease of use thing, though I guess it could sort of be that.

I guess I pay to go to concerts, and music nights at various places.

My music collection grows at the rate of about 1 album a year, less if the bands I like are not releasing that year. I am still one for albums as well -- good singles are almost look a good riff and things I can happily ignore. Good album or I don't care.

 

[Deleted member 377734]

hell no, I love tubemate and will never pay a single cent for another song.

 

[J-Machine]

yes. physical cds for everyone but I make excetions for indy artists by buying digital. I also use youtube as well but who doesn't?

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

The music i listen to isn't sold anywhere.

http://snesmusic.org/v2/
http://vgmrips.net/packs/
http://project2612.org/index.php

Just download foobar2000, get vgmstream and game emu player plugin and listen to INFINITE LOOP GAME TUNES.

 

[Dionicio3]

The music i listen to isn't sold anywhere.

http://snesmusic.org/v2/
http://vgmrips.net/packs/
http://project2612.org/index.php

Just download foobar2000, get vgmstream and game emu player plugin and listen to INFINITE LOOP GAME TUNES.

No SMWCentral?

 

[Ricken]

I'll buy albums I really like to support the artists, but otherwise I just Soulseek everything

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

No SMWCentral?

What that for? Why would i go there, they have music there?