How much money did you used to spend on music?

[Complexion]

It may be due to my background as well as the whole passion that birth birthed mixtapes as I always had those exclusives on deck but man I spent so much money on music. Imports, 12s, white labels, bootlegs, DATS of studio sessions etc... all to be "You ain't up on this" as I put the tape in the deck with a grin or span a set.

Got me thinking, seeing as we are in the realm of

and we haven't discussed this. Digital made it far less special in that respect as music used to be an event when drip fed and now its just a torrent. Pun intended. Or a stream. You ever stop to think how natural elements in are in the mix with the web? From "logging" in to the aforementioned trickle of the data itself?

Its a kind of magic. Downloading is nuts though. An invisible set of ones and zeros fly through the air and suddenly something that was always there is revealed. Think that could be a hint about the true nature of the Game are playing whilst using our Souls are credits?

 

[Mr. Negative]

Loads.

I can't say Id do it again, though. I done had 12-1600 dollar cd collections lost/stolen twice, and had 500gb of music die on hard drives twice.

Losing the digital music hurt, but it hurt way less.

 

[Arizax2]

Limewire, BearShare, Napster . Guess my age brah I didn't pay shyt

 

[old pig]

not much at all to even say I had a “budget”…stuck with dubbing tapes for a long ass time…didn’t switch over to CDs until it was possible/affordable to burn em…then I started downloading mp3s and still do…ngl I been cheap as fukking hell when it comes to music

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I use to buy Albums three or four times a year (Juvenile: Juvie the great was the last album I bought). Once I found out about limewire and Napster I stopped purchasing albums.

 

[Wildhundreds]

CDs was $11.99 when I was buying them.

Then Columbia House came on the scene and I was getting 6 albums for the same amount.. Depending on how many new releases you liked, you could easily spend over $200 a year.

 

[Yinny]

Hundreds tbh, it wasn’t uncommon for me to buy multiple CDs at diff price levels and subscription services. Semi- frequently I’d pay full price but I def used to go to the music store a lot. Can’t remember the name now but i was in there faithfully

 

[acri1]

Nah, I might have bought one or two CDs a month, but otherwise I was a bootlegging ass nikka with Napster and a CD burner

 

[Complexion]

If you think about it this was an immense hit to the music business because they'd charge a few bucks for all the singles and two bills for the album. Same with movies because they could recoup losses on the rental market that birthed cult classics before the eventual retail sale as well.

In that respect this is why we get superhero movies again and again along with Ctrl C, Ctrl V disposable artists with no development as the profit margins got sliced extra thin so they bought 360s in and you know the rest.

Its always funny style when you look in to where money and creativity mingle because the plastic trench is in full effect.

 

[boogers]

i've been a soulseek user since 2002. i also collect vinyl. im more of a 'try until buy' kind of guy... if i really love the album, i'll cop it on vinyl.

its not really about 'high fidelity' so much as its about having those 12" gatefolds and covers to look at. vinyl can be eye candy too.

make sure you get a nice microfiber cloth to clean them tho

 

[Vandelay]

I bought an album every 2 weeks for years until Napster came out. Would save 2 dollars from my lunch money for 2 weeks and cop a CD from the Akhi's. So $30-40 a month.

 

[Diondon]

Still got a box with hundreds of CDs in the basement
I have no regrets. Music used to be amazing

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I've bought one cd in my entire life. Any other music I stole from Columbia or stole by way of downloading.

 

[maxamusa]

I had crates full of shyt.....I've unloaded most of it but I use to SPEND on music

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

Probably like $40 a month. Id just go to the record store and cop albums the week of since they were cheaper. I also was tryna cop the collectors/deluxe edition of older albums as well so that probably was like another $20 for each one.