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Cd, Vinyl & Spotify
Joined: May 24, 2023 Posts: 192 |
Posted on Jan 30 2025 02:46 PM
How do you collect your music? I initially started out with listening on Pandora ,Rhapsody and Spotify then when i had extra cash started to buy used CDs…. Now I’ve been going after mainly Vinyl as there is something more romantic about it… |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25600 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A. 
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Posted on Jan 30 2025 03:59 PM
At record stores or from bands at shows. —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2364 San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Jan 30 2025 06:38 PM
Ive been done with vinyl for decades. I buy a lot of CD's, and if something is not issued on CD, I buy the download. I do not stream, and despise Spotify, largely, but not only, because of their obscenely low royalty rates for the artists. They, and many of the streaming services are making a fortune, while paying the artists almost nothing. —Bob |
Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 1368 Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Jan 30 2025 08:22 PM
Umm, Spotify (sorry Bob) cds and other streaming services. A lot of bandcamp downloads for surf music.Then I'll add to my surf Playlist on Spotify. I know first hand how little they pay, and the way they massacred the versions of the Beatles' song they offer really bugs me, but it just has so much easily assessible music and podcasts. —Surfcat MARCH OF THE DEAD SURFERS! (2024) - Agent Octopus Last edited: Jan 30, 2025 20:24:05 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3812 North Atlantic 
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Posted on Jan 31 2025 08:49 AM
Digital downloads for music I can’t buy locally, CDs for audio quality and affordability, and the occasional vinyl (locally) as the price of a record plus shipping is now often more than double the price of the record. I do think vinyl is starting to eat itself because of price , and most vinyl releases are digital files converted to vinyl. I do admit vinyl is cool to own and release , but most new CDs are a better representation of what was recorded, without the hiss, pop, and “warmth” of vinyl. Like Bob, most streaming services are pretty much a no go because of the huge artist rip off factor. We have stopped putting our new releases up on Spotify. People can preview our releases on bandcamp. Rev —Canadian Surf |
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Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2364 San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Jan 31 2025 03:05 PM
ArtS wrote:
Art, no worries! I completely understand how convenient, and popular Spotify is. I condemn the corporate entity, Spotify, but not the users. I'm one of those stubborn buttheads, who will stand by my principles, often cutting my nose off, in spite of my face. Bob Last edited: Jan 31, 2025 15:05:56 |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25600 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jan 31 2025 05:10 PM
I’m with you Bob —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Feb 02 2025 07:18 PM
I buy Cds and Vinyls at shows, bandcamp or discogs and I also stream. —My latest LP Unknown Creatures by Otitis Media Records is available now on all digital platforms and colored vinyl. Listen and buy here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sysmalakian/unknown-creatures |
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Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 1368 Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Feb 03 2025 07:47 PM
Does anyone use Pandora anymore? —Surfcat MARCH OF THE DEAD SURFERS! (2024) - Agent Octopus |
Joined: Dec 19, 2010 Posts: 189 San Jose, CA
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Posted on Feb 03 2025 07:55 PM
ArtS wrote:
I do with a custom station/playlist. I end up listening to a bunch of older Mermen, Aqua Velvets, and a few others that don't get a lot of play on GTF. I have a lot of music on CDs but have been transitioning to mostly buying music on Bandcamp for new stuff. -Darren |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4463 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Feb 03 2025 08:00 PM
RobbieReverb wrote:
Im with you on this, 100%. I have CDs for almost everything, or I go to Bandcamp for some items. I like having physical media. I have a little bit of vinyl, some that I’ve had for years, and a handful of albums that never made it to CD, which I was able to buy as NOS vinyl and ripped to digital format on a USB turntable. —The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
Joined: Sep 02, 2022 Posts: 520 Central VA
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Posted on Feb 04 2025 02:25 PM
No streaming. LPs, CDs and some digital downloads. —-- |
Joined: Feb 01, 2025 Posts: 6 |
Posted on Feb 04 2025 04:23 PM
I try to buy CD's and digital downloads when available. I still listen to Spotify, so even if the artist isn't getting much a return on it, at least they got my CD purchase and whatever recurring revenue (however small it may be) on Spotify. |
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