Does anyone actually buy song downloads?

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Or is everyone here p2p pirates?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Lately, I've been buying stuff from the iTunes store, mostly Top 40 singles. (I know a lot of people would say that's precisely the kind of music that you should download, because FUCK THE MAN, but I reckon it's also the kind of music that the record companies will come after you for stealing.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I buy stuff on iTunes if it's available and use P-too-P for stuff I can't find anywhere else (b-sides, live/rare songs, out of print stuff). But I truly don't mind paying the 99 cents a song.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been somewhat put off the iTunes store by a guy at work who's bought lots of stuff that for some reason won't then transfer to his iPod. How easy is it to hack protected AAC files so that you can do what you want with them?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I vaguely have the attitude, I have discovered, that if I am going to pay for music, I want something physical to show for it. But I also want things instantly. Ideal shopping paradigm: I buy something off Amazon, get to download it right away and then they send a vinyl copy of it in the post to me later.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Yesterday, I bought two CDs that I already have but had acquired through p2p. The reason I hadn't bought them before is because they were import-only (Phoenix and M83).

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I buy a song or two off of iTunes pretty regularly. I usually only slsk stuff that I'm mildly curious about or that I can't get elsewhere. I like Alba's solution.

― mcd (mcd), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I buy stuff from Allofmp3, although generally only if I want an entire album or can't find a decent encoding of an otherwise easy-to-find tune. Most of the records I buy just aren't available for download anywhere, but even if they were I'd probably want to have the physical object to further clutter up my apartment.

― Graeme (Graeme), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I have an emusic subscription...they get some interesting stuff sometimes. Also good encoding, mp3, no restrictions, etc. It's very hassle free.

― dlp9001, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i keep meaning to try buying a few tracks from Bleep but not got round to it yet

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

i've bought a couple of the twisted nerve mp3 EPs. worthy purchases.

― purple patch (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I pay 40 usd per month for a cable internet connection (to a subsidiary of a conglomerate who happen to also own a major label in league with the RIAA, so those bastards are getting quite a lot off me - and probnably you as well - on this convoluted money-go-round). Ergo, I feel that what I've gotten off slsk hasn't been exactly "free", you know.

― kjoerup, Wednesday, 4 August 2004 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

i use itunes to get a few cd's here and there but i'm not planning on gettting every album off there. i don't think the mp3 selling thing will ever really take off.

― seahorse genius (seahorse genius), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

seventeen years pass...

I quite often use Bandcamp for buying music including downloads (generally when they're unaffordable to buy physical product from the US due to postage) ... but where do you buy downloads for bands not on there? (Specifically after a couple of Massive Attack tracks). Don't want to use Amazon. Ta.

― djh, Monday, 29 August 2022 18:49 (three years ago)

This came up on another thread recently; ufo steered me toward a site called 7digital (I haven't actually used it myself)

― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Monday, 29 August 2022 18:55 (three years ago)

Qobuz

― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 29 August 2022 19:23 (three years ago)

Thanks both. Tracks are coming up on Beatport (haven't previously used). Qobuz seemed expensive?

― djh, Monday, 29 August 2022 21:05 (three years ago)

Qobuz sometimes, usually for releases from the last few years, has a few tiers of “high quality” downloads

― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 29 August 2022 21:08 (three years ago)

I'm possibly being unfair - was based on a couple of tracks coming up at £1.69 (Had seemed to be £0.99 elsewhere). Both marked as "CD quality".

― djh, Monday, 29 August 2022 21:20 (three years ago)

I typically hunt beatport, junodownload, and qobuz to buy lossless stuff. Can be pricey but that's major labels for you.

Are you djh from Germany btw?

― Xii, Monday, 29 August 2022 21:47 (three years ago)

I rate 7Digital - seems to have a lot of things. If I absolutely must, I go on Apple Music but I don't rate the quality of the downloads. I DJ a lot of songs out and you can hear the difference over a soundsystem

― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 29 August 2022 22:44 (three years ago)

Xii - No, not djh from Germany.

― djh, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 06:53 (three years ago)

It wouldn't be useful for Massive Attack but Tracklib is a pretty good deal for a subscription - it's actually meant for sampling but they just increased the number of songs each month on the various plans, downloads are CD quality WAVs - I get 60 tracks/mo for $12.95 or so (can't remember what my subscription rate is). Credits roll over month to month if you don't use them up.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 00:09 (three years ago)

junodownload seems to have more pop-dance lately
beatport is generally good, doesn't have major label pop stars
qobuz is ok, makes downloading a pain ime
prostudiomasters (pricey though)
7digital is pretty good for pop but the search can be iffy

tracklib looks cool but it's definitely geared toward samplers as opposed to djs.. not much in the way of new pop/dance tracks there.

i've been hoping for a dj pool that offers flac for a few years, but there never seems to be anything pop up. dj city, zip dj et al are still mp3 only.

― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 00:48 (three years ago)

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