I buy a lot of music, I don't pirate it anymore. I just buy everything from iTunes. Last 3 I got were:
The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
Calexico & Iron & Wine - In the Reins - EP
I have this thing were I'll really like one or two songs so I'll buy what ever I can find. I got the first DD album because of hearing Coin Operated Boy which I love. Then I heard their new song called Sing and just fell in love with it. And I got into Iron & Wine after buying the In Good Company Soundtrack because I really wanted to have the Peter Gabriel song, Salsbury Hill. I can't buy 1 song for .99 cents when you can get 12 for $9.99.
Others I recently bought were more Iron & Wine, Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits, Guns and Roses Greatest Hits, Elton John Box, and Glenn Miller (it was $6 at Best Buy).
oh! i am loving iron and wine lately. can't wait to see the dolls next month. :) also, their dvd is great.
Yeah, I fell in love with The Trapeze Swinger and I had to go out and buy every Iron & Wine album I could find.
i had only downloaded them and itunes got corrupted. :( now i only have the creek drank the cradle. so much music, so little time.
Did you try checking for downloaded music to see if it would redownload it?
i had someone scour the comp for me and it wasn't there. i just started from scratch. i own most of the albums in my itunes so i didn't loose a crazy amount of stuff.
Its still frustrating though. I finally had to go out and get an external hard drive to back up my library. My laptop almost had to get wiped and I would have been so upset if I was going to lose it all. I have about 50 gigs of music.
You should buy through eMusic instead. 40 songs for $10 a month. They have an awesome selection too. But, let me know if your interested, so I can give the referral and get 50 free downloads myself.
What format do they come in?
I just hate tieing myself to a commitment like that. What if I don't want to buy any songs this month? Then I'm screwed out of the $10.
They come in mp3 format, listenable within any mp3 player, on an unlimited amount of computers, iPods or other like device, and bur n on as many CDs as you'd like to. If you're someone that buys one CD a month or more like I used to, emusic is a good alternative, 'cause you might otherwise easily spend more than 10 dollars on one CD... unless it's like BMG or something... but that BMG thing is commitment thing too. I signed up a few years ago for eMusic when they had unlimited downloads actually. Then, they were bought out, and the new company put the limit at 40 d/l's. I kept it tho, since now, they have tons more in their library... and 40 for 10 is still an ok deal. I used to pay 13 dollars a month for Sirius radio.
Yeah, and that's another thing, I just bought Sirius, and I'm loving it. Left of Center is like the greatest station. Though I can see now that I'm finding new bands with it and I'm totally willing to go get the CD now.
I might check it out. But I don't want to have any more monthly payments on anything.
Oh yeh, having both Sirius and eMusic would b e a prob, that'd be 23 bucks a month on top of your other bills if Sirius is still 13/month. I only got eMusic after canceling Sirius. I do miss having Sirius tho. You just gave me a flashback, when you said "Left of Center." I remember that station. Loved it. Still have the equipment all connected in my car, so if I ever am able to afford it again, I just make the phone call to start service back up. eMusic is a better deal than iTunes tho. 99 cents a song or 10 dollars an album is not much of a deal.
Compared to buying a CD in a store, its a bargain. CD's today are about $16 on sale and like $24 brand new.
Yeh, I mean.. 10 dollars for an album is good.. but isn't as attractive against the cost of eMusic. But, I guess if you don't spend 10 dollars on music every month now, then don't get it. However, if you are getting like 3 albums a month.. eMusic would be better, since it'd be like 10 bucks vs. 30 bucks. By the way, I saw your brother maybe about a month ago.
yeah, i just bought the two Dresden Dolls off Itunes. I had some of the songs downloaded already (Limewire) but I wanted to actually buy them and support the band. Amanda's lyrics blow my mind. Her voice is sometimes atrocious but it's unique and I love it.
Girl Anachronism, Bad Habit, My Alcoholic Friends, Sing, Coin Operated Boy... some of my favorite songs right now