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What kind of music downloader are you?

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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
Are you the type where you hear a song you like, just download that one song from that artist etc.
Or are you the type that downloads full albums and you actually listen to various songs from that artist?


Dec 11 2013 8:58PM
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Aidan-G
Posts: 9415 - Karma: 10,861
You only buy an album if you know you're gonna like it
Dec 11 2013 8:59PM
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Wulfty
Posts: 344 - Karma: 1,876
Fuck only downloading albums of freshly discovered artists. I got the whole fucking discography. Atleast I did till I got busted. Still got away with 60 or 70 gigs of music
Dec 11 2013 9:05PM
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jfxphoto
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 2,346
lmao you got busted downloading music?


If I hear a song I like i'll check out the artist and usually download the album. If I like that I get all the albums... seems pretty logical
Dec 11 2013 9:08PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
Hahaha how the fuck did you get busted downloading music?

I download it all, listen to it all, sometimes enjoy none.
Dec 11 2013 9:10PM
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Wulfty
Posts: 344 - Karma: 1,876
I dont even fucking know. My buddy across the street has torrented terabytes on terabytes of music for years and hasn't gotten shit, then theres me.
Dec 11 2013 9:15PM
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jfxphoto
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 2,346
you're going to have to explain more man.


Who did you get in trouble with??

Cyber police just came knocking?
Dec 11 2013 9:16PM
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whoa-dere
Posts: 10596 - Karma: 7,105
the gay type
Dec 11 2013 9:18PM
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Wulfty
Posts: 344 - Karma: 1,876
Basically this. I got an email from Comcast saying if they catch me torrenting copyrighted material again they will press charges.
Dec 11 2013 9:26PM
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howlongcanausern
Posts: 4982 - Karma: 1,737
that's not 'getting caught' -___-
Dec 11 2013 9:28PM
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TimeWasted
Posts: 362 - Karma: 593
Were you using a VPN? If so, my plan of using my universities' lightning fast speeds to torrent is gonna go down the drain.
Dec 11 2013 9:30PM
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Wulfty
Posts: 344 - Karma: 1,876
If you break into some dudes house in some schizophrenic hallucination, and the owner decides not to have you charged, you still got caught even though you didn't recieve any punishment. Probably not the best analogy but whatever
Dec 11 2013 9:34PM
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
I just torrent on public wifi and I download albums. I try to at least buy a album in hard form if I really like the artist.
Dec 11 2013 9:34PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
I only torrent at campus because the internet in my shitty student house blows fucking chunks.
Dec 11 2013 9:35PM
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youngdtay
Posts: 3122 - Karma: -112
1. Download/Buy Mixtape/Album by an artist
2. Pay attention to the features on the mixtape/album
3. Listen to mixtapes/albums from the featured artists that you figure are worth your time.
4. Repeat steps 1-3.
Dec 11 2013 9:56PM
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flyingsqirrel3
Posts: 91 - Karma: 305
I don't download music, use spotify on your computer, way better than downloading music, it's free and you don't have to pay for it
Dec 11 2013 10:39PM
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goodnoooo
Posts: 555 - Karma: 2,075
full albums, always. you can always find some hidden gems.
Dec 11 2013 10:57PM
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cool_name
Posts: 4295 - Karma: 3,131
discographys all the way

pro tip set itunes to downgrade your songs to 120 when syncing, you will be able to fit way more and wont be able to tell the difference
Dec 11 2013 11:01PM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
There's a definite difference. You probably have shit headphones.


Anyways OP:
-I hear a song (usually Pandora or Songza)
-Go on Spotify
-Listen to about 20 seconds of each song by the artist, ever, by album (especially most popular songs)
-Download ones that sound good

Usually I later hear one on pandora that I missed from that artist, and I go get it.



But I HAVE to know what music I have. How do all of you just download albums, not knowing how each song is? Isn't it hard to make specialized playlists?
Dec 12 2013 1:46AM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
Double post but just downloaded tons of GZA, pretty hyped.
Dec 12 2013 1:49AM
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Mr.Sloth
Posts: 5091 - Karma: 13,469
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Dec 12 2013 9:00AM
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CMYK
Posts: 1101 - Karma: 336
Discographys if I'm trying to get into an artist

Albums/mixtapes,EP's/LP's if it's cohesive and I know I'll like all the songs on it

Singles when I just can't get a song out of my head

Although lately I've moved exclusively to streaming. Between grooveshark, spotify, pandora, and google music it think it's the way of the future.
Dec 12 2013 9:06AM
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Benson.
Posts: 2739 - Karma: 3,787
I buy CD's because I like having better sound quality on my iPod than a random YouTube mp3. Also, I can play them in my car too, without having to hook up an aux cable to my iPod. And once in a while I might buy an iTunes mp3, but only if there's one or two really good songs on a trash album. I don't illegally download, not so much for the morality aspect (although it is important to me that the artists get SOME profit from their creations), but for the better audio quality.
Dec 12 2013 9:06AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
i download only the song, since most albums these days only have like 2 good songs and the rest are shit
Dec 12 2013 9:25AM
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Benson.
Posts: 2739 - Karma: 3,787
DUANE!!!
Dec 12 2013 9:27AM
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feihlination
Posts: 8356 - Karma: 1,084
and its without charges and pretty much costs nothing.
Dec 12 2013 9:33AM
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adzy
Posts: 151 - Karma: 370
Get the whole discog usually. If it's a band I really like, then sometimes I'll buy the CD.
Dec 12 2013 9:34AM
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Emma_Watson
Posts: 4491 - Karma: 6,797
someone explain this discography thing to me
Dec 12 2013 5:33PM
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CheddarJack
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 7,380
What it is? A discography is just all of an artist's albums.

And spotify all the way. I always get the whole album and put it in one of my playlists, maybe one or two more of their other popular ones. If I really like them after a while, I'll get the whole discography. I hardly ever need music on my phone anyway at school. When I do download music though I get whole albums though.
Dec 12 2013 5:56PM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
Albums
Dec 12 2013 6:01PM
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TNORTS
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 2,761
I start with albums, and if I decide I really like the artist after a couple albums I go for the discography. Mostly when I'm listening to music I like to listen to albums from beginning to end or live shows, so individual songs don't usually make it into my library.
Dec 12 2013 6:33PM
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skiingperson1
Posts: 670 - Karma: 145
Eh, I disagree.
Dec 12 2013 6:39PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
use spotify, buy off beatport for .wavs to dj, and download phish/dead shows.
Dec 12 2013 6:43PM
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Labattski
Posts: 201 - Karma: 74
I love having rhapsody on my phone. It's a monthly charge but all the music I want
Dec 12 2013 7:13PM
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ABdrummer
Posts: 533 - Karma: 673
Ever since I got my VPN I usually download discographys of artists i know I like. Other than that singles for EDM stuff and albums for other stuff. I was never an album person but then I realized its nice to listen to an album all the way through. Its like a piece of art.
Dec 12 2013 8:21PM
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cool_name
Posts: 4295 - Karma: 3,131
ya i dont feel the need to waste 300 dollars on some headphones, so i have tiny (so tiny i couldnt tell the difference) worse sound quality, an extra 300 dollars in my pocket and twice as many songs on my ipod. seems like a pretty good deal to me
Dec 12 2013 8:23PM
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ABdrummer
Posts: 533 - Karma: 673
Even with shitty headphones, listen to the songs of both quality. There's definitely still a difference, but I'm just really OCD about that shit I guess. I have friends whos whole library is basically Video2MP3 shit from youtube. Sounds terrible i dont know how they deal with it,
Dec 12 2013 8:25PM
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Algebra
Posts: 5215 - Karma: 1,677
Find a song I like. Download the rest of album
Dec 12 2013 8:26PM
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cool_name
Posts: 4295 - Karma: 3,131
there really isnt a difference at all, because i had nothing better to do i downgraded a song from 320 to 120 and couldnt hear a difference, so then i downgraded it all the way 60 still no difference i could hear
Dec 13 2013 4:37PM
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_____alfredo____
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 2,503
are you stupid
Dec 13 2013 5:33PM
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Mr.LemonPie
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 1,625
some people just don't have very good ears.
Dec 13 2013 5:45PM
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,880
What kind of speakers are you using if you can't tell 320 from 60?
Dec 13 2013 6:19PM
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