The Idiocy of Purchasing Music

[IllmaticDelta]

you have a point but it's also why cat's are no longer moving units

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

 

[Art Barr]

I used to just download iTunes quality albums for free from the internet but recently my iPhone deleted all of the non-purchased music that I had, so I had to go back and rebuy the songs that I had before. I see nothing wrong with buying music, at least you have a place to store it.

That is why you don't get a girl phone,....i mean, an iPhone.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

nothing

On the real,...not worth a motherfukk'n thing.

Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

And I I hope the same people who support this kind of thinking aren't the same ones who get pissed at the artists who cater(c00n it up) to those who do pay.

The wack artist who c00n it up.
Are the reason the quality is so low that no one buys the physical anymore.
The sales spike era low quality is what ruined record sales not downloading.
Record label dropped the quality so poor on the actual bulk of the product in all genre's.
Plus destroyed the market/consumer braintrust.
that warranted being able to get consumer dollars.
The internet and file sharing being blamed for the lack and loss of sales is deflection.
The industry created this all to move into the realm it inhabits, on their own volition.




Art Barr

 

[Roland Coltrane]

let's be real, without these blogs and other places to download this music there's a lot of artists we may never even have heard of.

op is right, lotta y'all got tens of thousands of songs that you would never in a million years afford to be able to pay for ALL of them.

for as many artists complain about downloads there's just as many that are happy they're at least being heard.
if some shyt is dope I may or may not buy the album, but i'll for damn sure go see the artist and buy some merch when they come to my town.

also, these albums are often sent to the aforementioned blogs by the artists THEMSELVES. with all the people making music nowadays and just releasing it to the internet what are you gonna do if you hear artist A and artist B are both dope, one is charging 7.99 for an album on bandcamp and the other is charging free.99? you're gonna cop the free joint and tell the dude who wants money


and again, there's a LOT more artists out there due to the internet, it's not like back in the day where labels and distributors acted as gatekeepers. lotta these artists download music from other artists illegally also.

plus what's the difference between file sharing and people dubbing tapes or burning CDs for one another back in the day? the scale is different but the concept is the same.

and you gotta remember that a lot of labels and artists "leak" shyt on purpose just to gauge reaction and/or create awareness. think about it, how do all these blogs and other sites have these projects days or even weeks in advance of the release date? a lot of the folks that are popular now; Cole, Kendrick, Drake, Future, etc started out GIVING away their music for free.

I really don't see what the problem is.

would you rather be a charging ass artist with no name at all, or do you live with the downloading and be happy that you're at least being heard? if your shyt is dope people will eventually buy it, not everybody, but at least some. meanwhile you build a name, generate a buzz, and through hook or by hook you can get some compensation for your art.

I also think that with the gluttony of artists out there the days of musicians making a well enough living off of their art to do it exclusively are long gone. a lotta underground and independent rappers that are well known still have day jobs.

all that being said there's a number of artists that I found out about via "illegal" downloading that if they drop a project and I got the ducats I'll buy their albums cuz I like their music that much.

 

[Roland Coltrane]

bruh i understand process but i have 10k song on my itunes i would go broke just even payin $0.50 a song

underrated reply

 

[Juneya]

The ultimate backwards hustle: Buying some shyt that's readily available for free. I understand the non internet savvy people purchasing music, but all you computer literate dudes wasting money on music is astonishing

nikkas be on some "I really support this artist, so I'm gonna purchase this one"

It's like dudes didn't get the memo, all this shyt is free. This is coming from a dude who probably spent thousands on CD's before file sharing popped off. I used to be in music store faithfully on Tuesday's copping all kind of shyt, so I made my contribution to the record industry. Even if I didn't, fukk em, because if I could have been downloading back then, I would have.

nikkas will be on some "I'm gonna download it, and if I like it, I'm gonna cop to support"

How the fukk you gonna buy some shyt you already got

Record labels got y'all fools buying DIGITAL albums for $14.99, the same price they was when they had manufacturing, shipping, and other cost
nikkas preordering digital albums like they gonna sell out

Back in the day, with bootlegs, the excuse used to be sound quality, but nikkas can't use that excuse anymore.

Do y'all nikkas actually feel good about yourselves after purchasing an album? These artist gonna eat regardless. I'm sure nikkas will come in here trying to justify the act of purchasing music in 2015, but the fact of the matter is, the shyt is unjustifiable.

You must be poor...
Where do you find time to download music. Then move it from one folder to iTunes. Name it. Download the cd cover. Add it to the proper playlist. Add it to your phone/iPad. Then take it to your car.

What if you have a phone and iPad. And Apple TV. And car... You have to take that same playlist/album and put it in all those places.

When you could just buy it... My time is worth more than 1.29or even 9.99.
I don't have time to steal music. It's literally way more work to steal the song than it's worth.

 

[Art Barr]

You must be poor...
Where do you find time to download music. Then move it from one folder to iTunes. Name it. Download the cd cover. Add it to the proper playlist. Add it to your phone/iPad. Then take it to your car.

What if you have a phone and iPad. And Apple TV. And car... You have to take that same playlist/album and put it in all those places.

When you could just buy it... My time is worth more than 1.29or even 9.99.
I don't have time to steal music. It's literally way more work to steal the song than it's worth.

There is not enough high quality music out to limit your time to migrate files, breh.

You really just giving these people money for no reason at all.
They don't even produce culturally feasible material or high quality material.


Art Barr

 

[El Vato]

The wack artist who c00n it up.
Are the reason the quality is so low that no one buys the physical anymore.
The sales spike era low quality is what ruined record sales not downloading.
Record label dropped the quality so poor on the actual bulk of the product in all genre's.
Plus destroyed the market/consumer braintrust.
that warranted being able to get consumer dollars.
The internet and file sharing being blamed for the lack and loss of sales is deflection.
The industry created this all to move into the realm it inhabits, on their own volition.




Art Barr

Uhmmm I have to agree to disagree. This is west coast talk where labels out in the east don't mean much over here. You can get quality audiophile tracks if you look for it or ask. When I was 19 besides having an office on the 32 floor with a sec in downtown SF, I was traveling, producing and doing shows. Rollin' with many artists big time and even was offered contracts with the big time labels. I know what happened and why your fam lawyer got scared I won't get into that. You are right...you can't blame the internet and file sharing...shyt man right now a friend is mass producing 8 million tracks a minute just to piss the industry off. Your connects are a bit behind.

 

[Juneya]

There is not enough high quality music out to limit your time to migrate files, breh.

You really just giving these people money for no reason at all.
They don't even produce culturally feasible material or high quality material.


Art Barr

I agree in part... But all that quality and "culturally feasible" is subjective. I can argue that black music is culturally feasible no matter the quality. What is the standard your comparing it to? Etc.

One album. Or one playlist. Takes such much more work to steal.
People steal it just because they can now.
I'd rather support it, so we don't look crazy when all we do is talk about rap everyday but Ross can only sale 60,000. While Adele sells 3 million.


As car play becomes available, streaming and cord cutting continues to grow. Not to mention the connected home... Stealing music is so much work it's pointless.

 

[El Vato]

I agree in part... But all that quality and "culturally feasible" is subjective. I can argue that black music is culturally feasible no matter the quality. What is the standard your comparing it to? Etc.

One album. Or one playlist. Takes such much more work to steal.
People steal it just because they can now.
I'd rather support it, so we don't look crazy when all we do is talk about rap everyday but Ross can only sale 60,000. While Adele sells 3 million.


As car play becomes available, streaming and cord cutting continues to grow. Not to mention the connected home... Stealing music is so much work it's pointless.

You gave Ross too much props..his numbers are barely over 25k lol

 

[Juneya]

You gave Ross too much props..his numbers are barely over 25k lol

Lol I don't like Ross's personally. I bought the cd. Cause I do waste money supporting music. And it just makes my life easier. Multiple devices and places to play my music. Buying it makes it easily accessible and standard across all platforms.

 

[Juneya]

I wish I didn't buy Ross. And baby face. Currency, Roddy, jermieh, and push was all worth the money tho

 

[Juneya]

I buy music for me personally tho. And the culture.
But really. Rapping to make money is selling your soul to the white man.
So. I shouldn't buy it