How much money did you used to spend on music?

[The Half-Blood FKA Prince]

17 dollars.

 

[Jayou Ayen]

When I was in the 8th grade, I realized that if I saved my lunch money I could buy a tape at the mall on the weekend. I kept doing that until I hit college, when I got my first job. By the. It was cds, I would wait outside of the Wherehouse by campus to copy the new releases on Tuesday at 9am.

One year I used my tax return to buy turntables, and I started going to Berkeley to buy records. At my peak, I was probably spending $100 to $150 a week on records and underground tapes.

That ended when file sharing came along. I still have all my music in storage, can’t imagine ever getting rid of it. I don’t regret any of it, growing up a physical media music buyer was amazing.




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[Complexion]

Another thing that was dope back then was how the singles came with extended mixes and alternate cuts as well as the occasional B side that was pure heat.

All of that was defenestrated with a quickness with digital but it used to at least give the appearance of value when you scooped up a bunch of 12s back when:



Play really did hook him up though and B had enough sense to realize this:




Another thing was that due it all being physical if you missed the drop then you missed it and, on the flip, there were loads of cuts people would overlook or not even think of checking. This one had people losing their minds when they heard it in the mix and soon everyone went to cop the single after it was spinning:



Another banger people never saw coming when I dropped it:



So dope when remixes used to be whole new tracks, back when, with fresh production. Or something like this which they'd never find without the connect:



And an all time classic just because it was so well done but never made it to retail:




Its wild when you think how much all of this has changed due to the shift to digital. Makes one think that there is but a finite amount of energy in this realm that is constantly recycled and is now spread thin on the daily instead of being measured out in chunks, as and when...

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

A lot.

Gettin high, putting on the earbuds and diggin through crates at the record store was goat

 

[Pool_Shark]

I got into music around middle school by then I could just download whatever I wanted

 

[Negro Caesar]

usually 2 Cds every friday at Coconuts. so like 80-120 a month

 

[Kasgoinjail]

I used to buy Albums for 15.99
I think the last CD album I purchased was Brandy Full Moon

I still buy second hand Vinyl

 

[⠀⠀⠀]

recorded the radio on cassettes

then copied other peoples cds

then used limewire, Napster, Kazaa and burned cds

then put downloaded mp3s on ipod

then been using cracked spotify for many years

 

[s@n]

Tens of thousands, conservatively.

 

[s@n]

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.

Hard drives are salvageable, my guy

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

I got 600 or so CDs and around 100 records so a couple thousand in total. Used to crate dig in Amoeba/Rasputin/Street Light Records/mom and pops all the time

 

[Son Goku]

Prolly less than 60 bucks all-time.

I pay the Iron Price.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

2 cents columbia house n bmg..

got the pack with the different catalogs with the codes for music that wasnt on the list u send the penny in...for

got the paper every sunday..for parade part of the paper... used the catalog n added another penny for the new music...did that shyt for months...

so about 6 dollars initially after i found the loophole use the bmg n columbia members catalog...

then i discovered mirc......40 for cdrs

got locked up..

got out...

then i discovered boxden juke box... stopped cdrs n got thumbdrives and 4tb harddrive...

 

[Striving For Greatness]

No more than $500 on physical and digital

Probably about $800 on streaming since I subscribed to Apple Music back in 15 or 16
Wish I could black skull flag again

 

[TheMailMan]

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

Hell yeah ! Get that hail Mary remix featuring ja rule,50cent,busta rhymes & mr cheeks lol

I've spent tons on music ,have had a book or 2 stolen from me but I still got a couple books in my place and my mom's basement. Music just don't hit like it used to .