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I dont see why I should be compelled to purchase a product I don't want just to support an artist . surely that is for the artists fans.
But evidently you DO want the product - or you wouldn't be listening to it on Youtube.
Nobody said you should buy anything you don't want to listen to. But if you listen to a song more than a few times you should make an effort to buy the record and support the artist.
That's what we did back in the AM radio days you likened your Youtube listening to.
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I should clarify this :
I have bought a couple of music DVD/BR recently.
Ah, so you DO actually buy music! That's not what you said before.
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For me the big problem is format , I have no interest in CDs from the 1980s as a clearly obsolete format and would NEVER EVER pay money for mp3's , ie nothing but 1s and 0s in the ether . I am a little more comfortable investing in the video formats , especially as they give more content , like video . If we get to some sort of good sales and distribution medium like has been discussed with something similar to steam and I feel my digital purchase investments are actually protected I might reconsider this anti digital file stance
IMO that's an excuse. If an album is only available in CD I buy the CD. In fact I buy mostly CDs and some vinyl. I'd much rather listen to a CD than an MP3, downloaded or on Youtube. CDs aren't as good as vinyl but they're a lot more convenient and the available selection is better. I don't have the hardware to play Blu-ray and the quality of my (and most) DVD playback hardware is such as to make the quality issues moot IMO - what's the point of higher quality media if the player is mediocre crap? And in fact most of the audio circuits in even expensive DVD players are just that. I've heard of cases where DVD players with price tags hundreds of dollars apart contained EXACTLY THE SAME cheap-ass OEM circuit boards.
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I listen to and support LOTS of unsigned , independent and minor artists on a stack of online mediums like soundcloud etc including youtube.
I get sent a LOT of promo material
That's interesting...... I don't receive much promo material at all but I get into most of the shows I attend for free. When I'm there I'll frequently buy one or more CDs. In fact that's one of the ways I get new music - by buying the CDs of the opening acts.