how do you get your music?

Kosmiche · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:45

Just wondering how ocuk'ers get their music...personally I buy vinyl and cd's, and buy mp3's.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm wasting my money buying it and if I should just stick to using Spotify. What do others think?

d_brennen · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:46

From the radio then from one tape to another, to cut out the talky bits

Spacedeck · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:46

I just use Google Music now. Used to buy CDs but you will run out of space and having them instantly all in one place just suits me better.

PapaLazaru · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:47

Spotify Premium now.

Recently checked that every CD I have ever owned is available in there and saved them on my account. Kept the ones that were not, but surprisingly there was not many.

Freddie1980 · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:47

I have a number of playlists on Youtube.

Grey M@a · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:47

d_brennen said:
From the radio then from one tape to another, to cut out the talky bits

Original piracy

We all did it in the 80's though, you got it down to a fine art to miss the DJ/Host talking

But these days I will buy the CD's (mainly from a rain forest place) with the AutoRip or I use Spotify to check out albums I am unsure on.

mid_gen · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:48

Go to the indie record store in town and buy CDs. Hurts the wallet, but I like my CD collection. Got a stash of vinyls too, but mainly for the art.

Use Spotify at work.

Kosmiche · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:48

PapaLazaru said:
Spotify Premium now.

Recently checked that every CD I have ever owned is available in there and saved them on my account. Kept the ones that were not, but surprisingly there was not many.

just my opinion but paying for premium just to not have a advert every few songs is wasting money.

Rroff · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:49

I mostly use Spotify (premium) for convenience use these days - I treat it as such like a streaming service and still buy the tracks I listen to a lot from either iTunes, Amazon or 1-2 other places.

james.miller · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:52

Google music.

PapaLazaru · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:53

Eames said:
just my opinion but paying for premium just to not have a advert every few songs is wasting money.

Better quality audio as well. Would you pay less for your CD's if they had adverts in them?

Kosmiche · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:55

Its not the same thing.

The equivalent would be a library of millions of books with a page of adverts every few pages.

beachBOYken · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:55

PapaLazaru said:
Better quality audio as well. Would you pay less for your CD's if they had adverts in them?

Plus dont you get offline listening?

tom_e · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:55

Google music.

bloodiedathame · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:59

Physical; I only buy vinyl now.

Digital; from anywhere.

Hades · 24 Jul 2015 at 14:00

Amazon digital downloads.

MikeTheNative · 24 Jul 2015 at 14:00

Spotify 95% of the time and YouTube the other 5%.

gregorius · 24 Jul 2015 at 14:02

Spotify Premium for the majority of new stuff; but I buy CDs that I particularly like. CD collection accumulated over the years is slowly being ripped to NAS...

PapaLazaru · 24 Jul 2015 at 14:02

beachBOYken said:
Plus dont you get offline listening?

Yep. I can have it on three devices and can chop and change what albums I have offline whenever I want. Very useful on ones smartphone.

Scottland · 24 Jul 2015 at 14:04

Google Music (paid subscription). I've tried some other streaming services offerings (Spotify mainly), but Googles apps and web player work really well for me - plus I can upload my own music via the web app if I want or just use the online catalog to keep in my library.