Where do you get your music from?

[criz]

http://www.mp3spy.ru/en

[Silver04STi]

so it seems like everyone gets their music for free..OK i won't feel so bad then

[witweew]

Well, we could talk all day about the moral implications of illegal music downloading. There seem to be a fair number of people who back up their massive pirate mp3 collections with something about "the music industry is dumb" or "sharing doesn't hurt artists" or whatever. All a bit dubious for me -- is it coincidence that music sales started plummeting the exact moment in 2000 that Napster came out? And these days, a lot of artist are selling DIRECT on itunes and etc. -- so when u pirate their songs, you are literally deciding not to pay the person who made the music -- there is often NO record company involved now....

Anyway ... my take is that I tend to use iTunes not for any moral reason, but just because I HATE dealing with the two main problems with limewire/bearshare etc

Problem #1 -- spyware/virus/filth
Problem #2 -- lack of selection

I'm into techno/trance/electronic music almost exclusively, and a lot of the stuff is actually pretty HARD to find on limewire... I could spend hours looking for it but I prefer not.

I tend to search around on iTunes for compliation series that I feel have good selections, and then just buy whole compilations... recently I've been spending way too much money on this series --

[glyph]

Originally Posted by witweew

Well, we could talk all day about the moral implications of illegal music downloading. There seem to be a fair number of people who back up their massive pirate mp3 collections with something about "the music industry is dumb" or "sharing doesn't hurt artists" or whatever. All a bit dubious for me -- is it coincidence that music sales started plummeting the exact moment in 2000 that Napster came out? And these days, a lot of artist are selling DIRECT on itunes and etc. -- so when u pirate their songs, you are literally deciding not to pay the person who made the music -- there is often NO record company involved now....

Anyway ... my take is that I tend to use iTunes not for any moral reason, but just because I HATE dealing with the two main problems with limewire/bearshare etc

Problem #1 -- spyware/virus/filth
Problem #2 -- lack of selection

I'm into techno/trance/electronic music almost exclusively, and a lot of the stuff is actually pretty HARD to find on limewire... I could spend hours looking for it but I prefer not.

I tend to search around on iTunes for compliation series that I feel have good selections, and then just buy whole compilations... recently I've been spending way too much money on this series --

I'm with you on this one 100%. I once "borrowed" a set of music from a friends music player, and I vowed never to do it again. The only time I'll do it is with that music that cannot no longer be purchased (pretty much any electronica on a CD, since they are almost always limited runs). But that problem has been solved. I would like to recommend www.beatport.com for DRM free high bitrate electronica. It's an excellent, attractive music download site.

[LilSubiedrvr]

The radio- what's that?

j/k yeah I go the iPod, iTunes deal. Works for me.

[TGilb2007]

Originally Posted by TROLL

hey check out this badass site my friend showed me last night... www.pandora.com
you put in a band you like and it just starts up a 'radio station' with other music you'd probably like. i already found a bunch of new stuff i'm into...
bryan

Pandora has been a life saver for me at work, since I don't have a way to remotely access my mp3 collection at home. Been able to find a lot of great bands that way too.


But as for me, I tend to buy a lot of cds from concerts more then anything else now, or order them from the bands website direct. Also, Myspace (as much as people hatee it) is good to find some songs that I can jam out to, before the cd is released.

[lownslow95]

Originally Posted by witweew

Well, we could talk all day about the moral implications of illegal music downloading. There seem to be a fair number of people who back up their massive pirate mp3 collections with something about "the music industry is dumb" or "sharing doesn't hurt artists" or whatever. All a bit dubious for me -- is it coincidence that music sales started plummeting the exact moment in 2000 that Napster came out? And these days, a lot of artist are selling DIRECT on itunes and etc. -- so when u pirate their songs, you are literally deciding not to pay the person who made the music -- there is often NO record company involved now....

Anyway ... my take is that I tend to use iTunes not for any moral reason, but just because I HATE dealing with the two main problems with limewire/bearshare etc

Problem #1 -- spyware/virus/filth
Problem #2 -- lack of selection

I'm into techno/trance/electronic music almost exclusively, and a lot of the stuff is actually pretty HARD to find on limewire... I could spend hours looking for it but I prefer not.

I tend to search around on iTunes for compliation series that I feel have good selections, and then just buy whole compilations... recently I've been spending way too much money on this series --

Holy thread bump

[pearl]

bootleg y0

[wonner]

AAAAAnyway...anyone have an invite to Oink V.2? or Waffles perhaps?

[Erik]

bitrocket as the software, bittorrentz.com or isohunt.com as the host.

[pearl]

thepiratebay.org

[Z3R0]

I'm Phazed.

[DPancoast]

Azureus bit torrent program

Mininova.org
thepiratebay.org
isohunt

For mainstream music

I have a private source for electronic... Being a freelance DJ has its perks. Can't run out of songs at a party when I'm at 50gb and rising

[OMGz Turbo]

Limewire than uploaded to itunes baby.

[igo4bmx]

i have a dual tape player and record other people's mix tapes

[broski]

btjunkie.org
best torrent site by far
searches all the other sites for you
love it.