Do you buy albums or just leech?

[Hybrex]

I used to spend a lot on cd?s, but after the p2p invasion I spend much less.

I still buy the cd?s I like, such as the Global series and the cd?s from bedrock.

The next cd?s on my purchase list is sasha?s involver, which will hopefully be in stores here this week.

Hybrex

[nvs]

i only download livesets, albums (usually gu) i buy

[factorg]

I leech the album's that i'm interested in first, have a listen and if it''s very good i'll buy it. If it's mediocre or only ok then i'm not going to spend my cash on it, simple.

I have also been introduced to some new artists via p2p and bought albums I would never have thought of listening to otherwise.

[MrMouse]

I only download Livesets & from free I-Net labels (Thinner / Textone etc.).
I don?t like the P2P DL at Soulseek and others.
I personal like it to search in a shop for new music & to discover new artists.

[brakada]

I mostly download and listen livesets. I think that there are only a few albums that can compare to the quality (regarding music not the quality of sound) of livesets. Because I am a student and I don't have a steady income, I cannot afford to buy a lot of albums and in Slovenia (population only 2,000,000) the market is so small, that you usually don't even get all the stuff you would like to buy. Luckily I'm a part time journalist, and I recieve a couple of CDs to write reviews, so I own some of the originals, too.

[davetlv]

A double mix cd here costs nearly $30.00, so i do like to sample first before i buy - there are some exceptions to this though, usually Dj's i respect or reviews i have read get bought. Once i have sampled a CD, if i dont like it i dont keep it.

I get Bedrock releases sent to me from mates in the UK (mainly because they rarely get released here, or if they do its like 6 months later).

[Galapidate]

Depends what it is really. Imports to the U.S. are too overpriced and I either wait until the price drops a couple of bucks or just download the mp3. Otherwise, I usually buy stuff, except for sets which you can't buy

[TheOutsider]

I would if i could get them..
its fkn hopeless where i live.. all u see is gay ministry of sound, gatecrasher.. all that crap

[mingus51]

If anything I've bought more CDs because I've run across bands/producers/acts that I otherwise would not have had a chance to hear or would not have lended an ear to.

Especially in the electronic scene...Its inundated with artists it's hard to know what is good and what is just heavily promoted...

[deeprogressions]

98%* of what I want to listen to is never going to be available in any shop so 98%* of what I listen to is leeched but anything that is available for purchase I buy. (Not including all the vinyl I buy in that statistic).

*Statistics found in issue 234 of U.S. News and world report.

[grafxkid]

I only d/l live sets.

[neur0t0xin64]

i dont download albums but i hate dishing out 17 bucks of a CD with only 3 or 4 good songs on it. I'd rather buy from the itunes music store!

[asdf_admin]

If it is an artist I know, I always take the leap of faith and buy. They need milk and cookies too!

[phishfood]

livesets for me as well.
havent bought an regular cd for a while now. before it was; buy, 2 songs at the most were good, album gathers dust, then sold to used cd store.
now its dl, check, and then maybe buy. $20 for 1 song is silly.

[rewing3]

i only d/l live sets and rare remixes of tracks before I go out and it. But I still go out buy the mixes that I like. Last thing I bought was the b-boys new cd, great cd. Will probably eventually buy sasha's new cd. Then that is about it. I might get pappa's new balance cd if I can find though.