I was going to say only digitally, then I remembered a CD I bought from an artist in Central Park recently. So generally if I like some low key artist whose music would be hard to find otherwise.
Often. I prefer physical CDs to digital media and I prefer albums to singles. Though I'll definitely buy something digitally if it's on sale on Amazon and it's not already an "I want to own this forever" type find.
All the time. They're generally cheaper than digitally downloading the album, and I like to read through the little booklet that sometimes comes with them.
I like to read through the little booklet that sometimes comes with them.
Me too. That's one of the things I look forward to every time I buy a CD. It's fun to read the lyrics, look at the pictures, read a few blurbs from the band and also to sniff that awesome booklet. :P
I'm pretty sure I've never bought any sort of music in my life. I remember having a Spice girls CD when I was young, but I'm not sure if I borrowed or bought that lol.
I used to buy CDs with great frequency but now I might only buy a couple a year, if that. I never buy digital music though. It's either CD or listen to the stuff I like on Spotify or Youtube
I very rarely buy music at all. I tend to just listen to free podcasts or, seeing as my work is pretty relaxed about that stuff, listen to music on last.fm or youtube
If I do buy anything it tends to be by D&B artists that I want to support, and when I do it's always digital.
No I don't, I bought a lot of cds in high school but changed to digital while still purchasing cds of artists I really like, but I haven't done that in a few years now.
I would never dream of purchasing music digitally, unless it was rare and in HIGH quality... and even then I would most likely just download it (wink wink) and send a donation directly to the artist. Generally speaking though, physical only. I used to buy a couple albums every week but the last year I've had to be more frugal. Hopefully I can pick back up soon.
I enjoy collecting them. I realize there's little to no return on investment if you want to sell them (every buyback program I've ever checked into offers around .50 to 2.00 per cd), but I still like having them.
I buy music pretty much exclusively on physical media (except when not available). I like the superior audio quality and that it's "safe" on my shelf and not reliant on some service or hard drive or having login data present. Also, booklets!
I buy CD's when they're Hip-Hop CD's and my brother will enjoy playing them in his car after I've ripped it. Or if it's a Five-Star album, then I will buy it.
I buy music, mostly vinyls ever since I purchased my turntable a couple of years ago. I'll only buy CDs if it's an album that I'm really interested in and it's the only physical format available, such as the recent My Bloody Valentine reissues.
Buy CD's and Vinyl, me. Only buy digital if its the only format available or if the price difference is huge between that and a physical copy.
Surprisingly I almost always find the CD to be the cheapest version, even with printing costs, case etc. Sometimes you'll get a digital copy for free when you purchase the release on CD or Vinyl, which is fucking brilliant and something more record labels should do.
Those Vinyl & CD bundles are great too, recently saw a brand new release in a bundle - 3x12" in a beautiful gate-fold cover along with the CD, all for just £20. Love it! Saves me a few bob as I do like to double dip sometimes.
Yes though will go after mp3 versions sometimes but most of my music is often not popular enough to get mp3 formats on amazon so stuck with getting cds physically.
It's been a long while since I got any music on a physical format, but if I was in a store and I saw a CD I liked the look of that was reasonably priced, I'd probably get it.
No, music is one item where I agree that the clutter is unnecessary. I used to have hundreds of CDs, cassettes and record albums, but now I have one small drawer full. Everything else is on various hard drives. An Ipod is so much easier to keep than a box of CDs flipping all around the foot-space of my car.
I will only buy digital if that's my only option. I greatly prefer to own the physical disc, though. I have a pretty large and always-expanding CD collection that I take pride in. There's a special feeling and certain satisfaction you get when buying a CD that just isn't there when you download an album. I have a general disdain for digital distribution.
I stopped buying CDs like over 10 years ago, when I just ripped my whole collection and started pirating everything (I was a stupid kid) but then iTunes came to Canada in like 2005, so I started buying my music from there. Now I've gone even more backwards and have started buying vinyl copies of albums. Gets annoying though if I really like an album, I'll have bought it on iTunes on on vinyl.
Why would you buy something from an artist or genre you don't like? Weird poll. No option for me.
I use a music streaming service. Last CD I bought was Radiohead's latest album. If there's music I can't find on my music streaming service, I buy it digitally. I used to buy stuff from iTunes, but I have since realized that they suck. A lot of the bands I like allow you to buy digital downloads of their music from their sites, so I do that instead.
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