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dannyboy
tfso!
soulseek
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
Whats wrong with buying them ?
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pasty
A different kind of pasty
Emule+ is what I use quite a bit
dannyboy
tfso!
what sort of music are you into? soulseek is better for less commercial music
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yeah already found some good stuff i've wanted for a while
got plenty of 60s/70s it would seem
the money goes to the corporate whores, best to save cash to see the bands live and buy merch at the stands as it pretty much all goes to the Band....MUCH better that way
You mean the ones that have taken a chance on the bands in the first place, and advanced them the money to record their albums with no guarantee of seeing that money, let alone any profit on their investment, again?
Quite apart from that, I'd have thought most bands would be happier with 10p in the pound from each album sale going into their pockets and the other 90p going to the record company than they would be with getting absolutely nothing, which is what they get when you don't pay for your music.
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the money goes to the corporate whores, best to save cash to see the bands live and buy merch at the stands as it pretty much all goes to the Band....MUCH better that way
i agree i'd much rather save up a few quid and go see a good band live
thats one way of looking at it.......but there is another way......and that other way is my way!
Cian
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Add to that the fact that larger bands can make very little or lose money on touring (due to paying support, liability insurance on large venues, etc) and instead use the touring to promote sales of their new album - your argument doesn't hold very well.
Which is that stealing is fine, if you don't like the people that the majority of the money is going to?
...and where do you think I buy the CD from :thud:
yes thats right....I download an album, if I like it I'll buy it, more often than not direct from the band which is possible ya know!
Cian
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You're only adding that now, you never said you bought them at all, before - you said you went to gigs and bought merchandise, that suggests "not CDs"
And you know the label still gets a *massive* cut of CDs sold at gigs, right?
oh sweet jesus.......look 01001101010110010100111101000010 (work that one out!) Merch to me has always included CDs, I only have to look to my right and see my nice large collection......a vast majority bought at gigs. Also seeing as the bands I listen too dont actually have major corporate whores as bosses (well maybe Epitaph but thats another argument) its not as if I dont mind giving to their record labels aswell.
My statement earlier about Corporate Whores was the mass money marketing of the majors...of which I dont buy music from because I dont like the bands.....simple innit!
Cian
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So why add any of the confusion, then?
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