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i like burnination

PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:08 pm


Militant Christian
i like burnination
Militant Christian
i like burnination
Militant Christian
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Yeah. If I don't buy a CD, then that's one less Gallon of Gas in their Yacht. And an Episode of "Cribs" on MTV later...and I feel no guilt. I'm still fighting to pay rent, keep my car running(and legal), feed myself, and perhaps save enough to go back to school. I don't need to hear about how someone else is losing money because I don't drop $20 for every album they produce, when there is only one or two songs on the entire album I like, and that one ends up being played every half hour over the radio anyway.

[/rant] sweatdrop

since when are all artists filthy rich?
who said all?

The only ones sueing the downloaders are, though. The 'Poor Artists' are the ones that would kill just to have their name well known. But that's alot harder to do now, with the RIAA sueing everyone that breathes.

"If I don't buy a CD, that's one less gallon of gas in their yacht."
who are you referring to by "their"?

and that's why you get iTunes.
it's only 99 cents per song, and $10 for a large majority of the albums.
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I'm referring to the Rich Artists. I don't have the patience to wade through the millions of bands that are on the "Up and coming". Except for Savatage, maybe, but I bought a few of their discs, I don't know much about them. But anyone who has the indecency to buy a Mansion and flaunt it on "Cribs" immediately loses all possible sales they could have made to me. As well as Metallica, I can't stand Metallica.

then you don't have to buy their albums? i'm pretty simple logic that you don't buy CDs of bands you don't like.

so you're saying that there's only up-and-coming bands that nobody's heard of and then rich bands? huh. i always thought that there was some sort of middle ground. guess i was wrong, because i'm pretty sure there are established bands that won't appear on Cribs anytime soon.

and i mentioned iTunes because you said you wanted to be able to get specific songs. no need to be insulting.
PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:58 am


Most of the artists I enjoy are Japanese. In Japan, new CDs go for about 3,000+ yen, unless it's a single. It's frustrating. I do by used CDs when I'm there for about 2,000 yen and under, but most of the time, it's just a lot better to download their stuff.

PirateEire


DemigoddessHalfdemon

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:47 am


PirateEire
Most of the artists I enjoy are Japanese. In Japan, new CDs go for about 3,000+ yen, unless it's a single. It's frustrating. I do by used CDs when I'm there for about 2,000 yen and under, but most of the time, it's just a lot better to download their stuff.


Wait, how often do you go to Japan? (Unless I'm missing something here....)
PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:03 am


i like burnination
then you don't have to buy their albums? i'm pretty simple logic that you don't buy CDs of bands you don't like.
I realise this. Problem is, how will I know if I like a Band before listening to them(aside from hearing them act like pompous asses in the news)? I download the artists music, and if I like a good portion of their music, then I will buy more.
i like burnination

so you're saying that there's only up-and-coming bands that nobody's heard of and then rich bands? huh. i always thought that there was some sort of middle ground. guess i was wrong, because i'm pretty sure there are established bands that won't appear on Cribs anytime soon.
such as? there are plenty of bands out there that, even though they're not getting the payload, they are still fairly well off. Getting your bills paid is all you truly need, everything else is excess.
i like burnination

and i mentioned iTunes because you said you wanted to be able to get specific songs. no need to be insulting.
I'm sorry if you found me 'insulting', but that's simply how you translated it, not my intention. I see no reason for mud-slinging.

Contralto in a Corset


i like burnination

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:18 am


Militant Christian
I realise this. Problem is, how will I know if I like a Band before listening to them(aside from hearing them act like pompous asses in the news)? I download the artists music, and if I like a good portion of their music, then I will buy more.

you either
A) listen to a friend's copy
or
B) preview them in a music store
it's not that difficult unless you live in the middle of nowhere.

Militant Christian
such as? there are plenty of bands out there that, even though they're not getting the payload, they are still fairly well off. Getting your bills paid is all you truly need, everything else is excess.

i don't see how anything after "such as?" has anything to do with what i said.
PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:24 pm


Millitant--remember that the CD doesn't just pay the artist! it also pays everyone else involved in it's production--the flow of cash from us to the artist/label trickles down to even the techs and the staff responsible for maintaining the facilities. Money flows in a more complex way than that.

Rowena Marion
Captain

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