Originally posted by: dakels
Originally posted by: Foxery
Originally posted by: Nitemare
If I wanted to hear the same songs over and over again, I'd turn on the radio.
Satellite Radio ftw! Sirius keeps me very happy in the car.
>9000 / 55gb at home. However, I listen to every track at least 3 times before labelling it a keeper, and remove bad tracks from compilations. Why keep junk you don't use?
I like keeping whole albums together. I find it sad that people don't listen to whole albums or even give themselves that options. Albums from thoughtful talented artists often put tracks together in some sort of rhyme and reason for our musical experience... I'm not against playlists or anything, but removing the options of hearing the "b-sides" just really puts me off. Hence why I rarely if ever buy compilations except film soundtracks.
Also, I wonder what % of people's music is actually paid for, legally obtained? That would be an interesting poll onto itself.
For me, to be honest, I'd say about 80%* of my music was paid for. The rest were borrowed CDs. Oftentimes if I hear a great CD, I'll go buy it even if I already have a great rip from a friend. I have a large box of unopened CDs for which I bought just to have/support the artist/rid my guilt. I'd rather see a better free/paid music system. Music with commercial sponsorship free, no commercials on paid. 2nd part we have already. We need a better version of the first part. Not radio, like having and owning your own songs to play whenever but you may have to listen to a short ad. Sort of a customizable playlist with ads. This probably exists already, just not mobile. Ad revenues pay studios and musicians like Radio. Ohh maybe like a netflix for music. You can borrow music onto your encrypted mobile device but it expires.
*some might find having paid for 25k+ songs unbelievable but a good portion of that was paid for by my company or given to me in gratis. It's not hard to get 10-20 CD's a week.