How do you obtain your music? iTunes, CD, Amazon, file share, Spotify or other? Do you pay? No moral judgement, just curious

- CD's mostly...like the liner notes, otherwise iTunes
- not a big fan of Spotify and seemingly 'pay' sites, makes you feel like your paying for the music through a fee(no guilt), when the labels\bands get a very very small amount
- and yes i pay for all the music i have

Most of the time I buy cds, once in awhile I'll buy an album online from Zune but even then I'll eventually go out and buy a physical copy of that same album. I've always preferred buying cds over downloading from Zune, iTunes, etc.

I got in a habit of buying cd's last year, and now I have shelves upon shelves of cd's. I've purchased one song on iTunes, and that wasn't bad at all.

I'm one of those people who really prefers to have the physical copy of albums, and have even started collecting vinyl records.

Almost always iTunes. I rarely buy CDs now, unless it's an album I know for sure is worth the extra money for the better sound and such. The only CD I've bought in the last few years was Until We Have Faces (preorder). And it was worth it

It would depend on the artist for me. I'm a digital purchaser, but if I know the band or they're a favorite, I will buy a CD. I work in radio so I'm surrounded by a plethora of music selections...our collection and stuff the labels send us.

Mostly iTunes, unless I'm at a show, then I'll buy the CD directly from the band.

JCtheJOCKEY wrote:

It would depend on the artist for me. I'm a digital purchaser, but if I know the band or they're a favorite, I will buy a CD. I work in radio so I'm surrounded by a plethora of music selections...our collection and stuff the labels send us.

JC i'm not broadbrushing everyone at ALL radio stations, but often pre-release copies that stations receive are a big reason people see\hear stuff on youtube weeks before an actual release date...kinda frustrating for bands...on the one hand they need airplay on the other people just don't understand what early posting does...i don't think its malicious, i just don't think people even give it a second thought

GFREEZ wrote:

JC i'm not broadbrushing everyone at ALL radio stations, but often pre-release copies that stations receive are a big reason people see\hear stuff on youtube weeks before an actual release date...kinda frustrating for bands...on the one hand they need airplay on the other people just don't understand what early posting does...i don't think its malicious, i just don't think people even give it a second thought

More than half of the time though, it's not even the DJ are production person at the station that leaks it, though. It's more likely that the CD gets left out on a desk, and an intern grabs it, copies it, and then gives it to everyone.

Interesting...I always thought it was due to retailers getting shipments in early and someone in the back lifting a copy and putting it out there for everyone.

GFREEZ wrote:

JCtheJOCKEY wrote:

It would depend on the artist for me. I'm a digital purchaser, but if I know the band or they're a favorite, I will buy a CD. I work in radio so I'm surrounded by a plethora of music selections...our collection and stuff the labels send us.

JC i'm not broadbrushing everyone at ALL radio stations, but often pre-release copies that stations receive are a big reason people see\hear stuff on youtube weeks before an actual release date...kinda frustrating for bands...on the one hand they need airplay on the other people just don't understand what early posting does...i don't think its malicious, i just don't think people even give it a second thought

GFREEZ, you have a valid point....and so does Primetime. Many times, CD's will come into the mailroom and get left out for the world to see. Most DJ's trash them if the artist isn't appealing enough. Clean up staff grabs them or even people who don't work in programming as Primetime said. Labels send them early so the music director can decide whether to give the artist any turns or even hype them up on-air. The music business is fickle, and everybody's "opinion" is right. I understand the artists' need for anticipation for their record so I won't share the stuff we get from the labels. Besides, sometimes that stuff has the PD's name printed on the CD so it makes people more accountable for "giving away" music. I love my job, and I'd rather not be tossed for making a stupid decision like that. The higher ups don't take it as seriously as I do, but that's how artists make their living. Infrequent turns mean concert ticket sales may not be good either. I get it.

CDs. If there were cassettes or LPs available, I'd get them too. I'm old school, yo