Do you listen to leaked albums?

atsonicpark · 09.16.2009, 05:44 PM

...Uh, yeah, isn't that why I continue to pay for an internet connection every month?

dirty bunny · 09.16.2009, 05:45 PM

abso-fucking-lutely

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 09.16.2009, 06:10 PM

Pretty much the only albums I do listen to these days.

SuperCreep · 09.16.2009, 06:41 PM

It depends on the quality of the leak. I won't bother with it if it isn't at least a proper v0 rip.

atsonicpark · 09.16.2009, 06:45 PM

a huh?

TheDom · 09.16.2009, 08:09 PM

yes unless its Sonic Youth...

noisereductions · 09.16.2009, 08:14 PM

I never do. There have only been a small small small handful that I have in the past. But I dont like it.

EVOLghost · 09.16.2009, 08:25 PM

yes ma'am

Derek · 09.17.2009, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperCreep

It depends on the quality of the leak. I won't bother with it if it isn't at least a proper v0 rip.

I fail to see how that makes any difference though. I can't tell the difference between 256kbps and FLAC, I honestly can't.

floatingslowly · 09.17.2009, 11:48 AM

"no"

if it's a band you like, yr only hurting them by taking part in this.

if it's a band you don't like, why bother?

SYRFox · 09.17.2009, 11:56 AM

Nope
There's already a ton of music released every day, so there's plenty of things to listen to. I like to wait until the date the artist (or label, okay) intended for the music to be heard well, to hear it.

Glice · 09.17.2009, 12:09 PM

No. There's only one band in existence that I care enough about to get their records in the year it's released. I find it very difficult to keep tabs on mp3s. I'm an old man, with frail fingers. Every click could be my last.

Rob Instigator · 09.17.2009, 12:09 PM

jerf · 09.17.2009, 02:53 PM

For the most part, yeah.

BUT...I did wait until Tool's "10,000 Days" and Pearl Jam's self titled came out, but that was because they both dropped on my birthday, and I wanted something to look forward to on my birthday.

pbradley · 09.17.2009, 04:55 PM

Yes, I do, but I always purchase the album once it is released.

That is, of course, if I like the leak. I don't have the money to buy music that I might like.

greedrex · 09.17.2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley

Yes, I do, but I always purchase the album once it is released.

That is, of course, if I like the leak. I don't have the money to buy music that I might like.

+1 exactly

radarmaker · 09.17.2009, 05:00 PM

why aye

The Earl Of Slander · 09.17.2009, 05:39 PM

Absosutely not, for the same reasons as I don't download. Namely, in addition to various ethical concerns, that I seem to be incapable of forming anywhere near as strong a relationship with a bunch of files on my computer as I do with, say, a vinyl. The experience of tracking an album down in shops (especillay on release day), buying it, taking it home, unwrapping it, absorbing the cover art, and putting on my stereo for the first time is big part of the process whereby I bond with music, and always has been. A low quality rip of an album that's coming out in a month will just never give me that.

There's also the fact that not downloading music is the only way I can possibly ensure that I actually get to be familiar with what I have. I don't have any kind of portable music device, and as a result the number of hours in each day that I can actually spend listening to stuff is quite limited. With the sheer range of stunning music out there already, keeping my listening limited to what I can actually find and buy is my way making sure that I actually listen to what I have. The fact that I paid for it makes me give it the time of day. If I got into downloading, especially stuff that hasn't even come out yet, I would just drown myself in new music that I rarely actually listened to properly, as my brief toe-dips into online music collecting have aptly threatened...

So no.

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AllHandsOnTheBigOne children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Where? Posts: 378	Pretty much the only albums I do listen to these days. __________________ Boys go to jupiter to get more stupider Girls go to mars, become rock stars
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	It depends on the quality of the leak. I won't bother with it if it isn't at least a proper v0 rip. __________________
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TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	yes unless its Sonic Youth...
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I never do. There have only been a small small small handful that I have in the past. But I dont like it. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	yes ma'am
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	"no" if it's a band you like, yr only hurting them by taking part in this. if it's a band you don't like, why bother?
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Nope There's already a ton of music released every day, so there's plenty of things to listen to. I like to wait until the date the artist (or label, okay) intended for the music to be heard well, to hear it.
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09.17.2009, 12:09 PM	#14
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	NO. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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09.17.2009, 02:53 PM	#15
jerf children of satan Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: bay area Posts: 345	For the most part, yeah. BUT...I did wait until Tool's "10,000 Days" and Pearl Jam's self titled came out, but that was because they both dropped on my birthday, and I wanted something to look forward to on my birthday. __________________
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Yes, I do, but I always purchase the album once it is released. That is, of course, if I like the leak. I don't have the money to buy music that I might like.
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09.17.2009, 05:00 PM	#18
radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,122	why aye
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09.17.2009, 05:39 PM	#19
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Absosutely not, for the same reasons as I don't download. Namely, in addition to various ethical concerns, that I seem to be incapable of forming anywhere near as strong a relationship with a bunch of files on my computer as I do with, say, a vinyl. The experience of tracking an album down in shops (especillay on release day), buying it, taking it home, unwrapping it, absorbing the cover art, and putting on my stereo for the first time is big part of the process whereby I bond with music, and always has been. A low quality rip of an album that's coming out in a month will just never give me that. There's also the fact that not downloading music is the only way I can possibly ensure that I actually get to be familiar with what I have. I don't have any kind of portable music device, and as a result the number of hours in each day that I can actually spend listening to stuff is quite limited. With the sheer range of stunning music out there already, keeping my listening limited to what I can actually find and buy is my way making sure that I actually listen to what I have. The fact that I paid for it makes me give it the time of day. If I got into downloading, especially stuff that hasn't even come out yet, I would just drown myself in new music that I rarely actually listened to properly, as my brief toe-dips into online music collecting have aptly threatened... So no. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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