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Poll Question: Where do you get your music?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 17:44
I check it out on youtube, buy on amazon.  There's a good local second hand CD shop I sometimes find cool stuff in.
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Here in Northern Cal I hit the various Rasputin Records stores - In my city there are three excellent all-vinyl (new & used) record shops
Everything else - Amazon, Syn-Phonic Music, Bandcamp, Presto Clkassical & Ebay - Youtube-

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 18:21
Wayside, bandcamp, Amazon, gigs, direct from the label, iTunes.

Probably 70% from Wayside and bandcamp.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 18:57
Discogs and a record store from my area (Buenos Aires)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 19:37
Synphonic 60%
Amazon 10%
Bandcamp/artists 10%
Burning Shed 5%
eBay 5%
Wayside 5%
Larson Imports 5%
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 19:55
At first, it used to be mainly a 2nd hand music store before there were CDs. Then I morphed into using Wayside Music with mail order purchases (before the internet). And I mail ordered my Zappa stuff from Barfco-Swill. Anyone remember that?

Nowadays, I order mainly through Amazon, though I've rediscovered Wayside Music as an online thing now. I get all my Hackett stuff strAight from the HackettSongs website. I've ordered a couple Big Big Train albums straight from their own website. It seems like I may have gotten my Anglagard albums that way too, but I could have a faulty memory there. In any event, I like going through artist-owned distribution outlets whenever possible.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 20:29
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ Tongue   I used to be a bootlegger but probably not in the way it's defined today; I would record live performances with a high-quality stereo tape recorder.   I never published or profited from the material but it was challenging and fun.   Ah the days of outlaw fandom.


Approved! Play them to your friends and trade them with other music fan. Making money out of it is out of the question, of course.

Took a few pictures at Crimson gigs over the years (sorry Bob, part of the thrill), the in-house staff clearly had strict directives about it and to see them on 'hunting' mode was quite hilarious. Haven't been caught yet but it came close a couple of times.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 21:45
Mainly first hand store and Amazon... I guess in a somewhat even proportion. I wouldn't know which one to vote for.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2015 at 22:52
Online stores are my major source.
 
Luckily I have an independent record store still kicking in town that eats up the rest of my purchases.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2015 at 00:25
Mostly Spotify these days, although I still buy a lot of vinyl from second-hand record stores when I can find them.  Unfortunately hipster trolls have 'discovered' vinyl so many used record stores have started to seriously inflate their prices.
 
I still pick up the occasional CD off Amazon market, mostly obscure stuff that isn't available on Spotify.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2015 at 00:51
Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ Tongue   I used to be a bootlegger but probably not in the way it's defined today; I would record live performances with a high-quality stereo tape recorder.   I never published or profited from the material but it was challenging and fun.   Ah the days of outlaw fandom.
Approved! Play them to your friends and trade them with other music fan. Making money out of it is out of the question, of course.
Took a few pictures at Crimson gigs over the years (sorry Bob, part of the thrill), the in-house staff clearly had strict directives about it and to see them on 'hunting' mode was quite hilarious. Haven't been caught yet but it came close a couple of times.

You're taking me back to days of illicit items shoved inelegantly into hidden pockets, tucked into body cavities, and disguised in packs of cigarettes.   It was the Rock 'n Roll Squeeze, to be celebrated by sharing whatever it was you'd snuck in with everyone else who'd made it that far.   A lost art.   I can remember struggling in the dark between songs to flip the metal cassette, hoping the band wouldn't start-up before I hit 'rec'.   A quick check of sound levels and a prayer that the loud headbanger next to me doesn't keep screaming during the quiet passages, and away we went.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2015 at 02:55
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Well if it's that kind of music, where you don't exactly get it right at first, then it's probably the woods. There is just something about walking around a forest with music in your ears.....and then by the flick of the magical switch, music that earlier seemed strange and impenetrable suddenly starts making sense...and you get it. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2015 at 04:08
In approximate order of frequency:
Amazon (usually from sellers like allyourmusic)
Bandcamp
Discogs
eBay
Other web stores (Wayside, Norman Records, ReR)
From band or label direct via Internet / email
At gigs (rare - I usually don't buy stuff at gigs)
Second hand store (like, once a year)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 04 2015 at 14:24
Likewise, in order of descending frequency: Amazon, Bandcamp, CD Baby, eBay, second-hand stores (usually classical music), other online music stores (but not iTunes!), band's website, live concerts.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2015 at 08:14
Chiefly these two:
Kinesis: http://www.kinesiscd.com/
 
And on a more irregular basis:
 
Bandcamp
CDBaby
The bands themselves
Ebay (particularly seller get_importcds)
Amazon (only when I get a gift card or when I'm shopping for wifey-poo I add a CD for myself)
 
And on rare occasions when a band only sells via a single record company or distributor.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2015 at 08:20
Here, there and everywhere.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2015 at 09:37
For the last couple of years I've bought most of my albums at Record Fairs in the area I live and Record Shops mostly while traveling - about 70% used (but always in mint condition) and 30% used = 100% vinyl. Added to that I buy about 15-20 albums yearly through Amazon/Ebay and another dozen or so on Facebook&similar-forums for selling and buying records. 

I also pay for a local version of Spotify for streaming stuff I want to check out and make playlists. + I guess I spend about 150-200 € buying mp3's if I'm impatient or can't find the music anywhere else. I ripped most of my CD's years ago and don't buy or play them anymore. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 06 2015 at 09:42
the first four options are valid, but specialised web vendors (such as Syn-Phonic) or directly from the band/artiste himself are prime sources as well
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2015 at 10:32
Amazon for new CDs. Record Surplus and Amoeba Records for used here in L.A.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2015 at 23:12
Being born in today's generation, YouTube is my prior source of listening to music. I buy a lot on ITunes too
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