Do you support music?

Do you buy the music you love? Do you support the artists you favor? If so, how? If no, why not?

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[NegiTom]

The recent trend (not a negative trend) in buying vinyls is definitely a great thing for supporting music, kids love having these awesome vinyl collections, and with more and more labels printing more and more vinyls, and as you say, making more money to fund new bands or bring out new clothes to further the supporting of your bands, so that they have money to do a tour and pass through your town so you GET to see them. It sort of seems like a symbiotic relationship, run out of text to explain.

[ian10898]

I'd love to support music, but being a teen and all, I don't have any money to do so. However, I'd rather help the artists I like through a different means of support (e.g. merch, shows). Wearing a shirt with [insert good band here] on the front lets me express myself and my love for that band, and shows are for the experience. They have more meaning, at least to me, than a collection of records stacked in the corner of my room. If I'm going to buy a record, it has to be one that I REALLY love.

[drewxvx]

I support my local music scene, but that's about it. I go to pretty much every show I can here. I don't have enough cash to pay for all the music I want, but most of the music I download now-a-days is either from bands that aren't around anymore or have their stuff up for free somewhere. I do try to spread the word about bands that I like whenever possible, though. So I do support bands, just not monetarily (unless I am buying merch or watching them perform).

[GunSmoke347]

I for one love having physical copies of albums I really like. I bought all the albums of the artists I really like this year simply out of support. I make music too, and when I do charge for an album I would want people to buy it to support not just simply download it.

[randay92]

I definitely support music when I can. I use youtube to listen to a couple tracks from an album that I am thinking of buying, and if I like what I hear, then I will buy the album.

You have to invest in what you love. Artists need money in order to make music, so if you love someone's music, you should naturally support them so they can make more music.

[rahuldenoronha]

@MrTrufflePigs Its Kvelertak, a an awesome Norwegian hardcore band

[WyattandCasonshow]

yup

[MrTrufflePigs]

2:33 can anyone tell me what band that is? he said kreller or something?

[Cornbreadddd]

I feel just feel that holding a vinyl record feels so much better, it feels like you actually physically own that tune. Furthermore, whenever you just dished out a fair amount of money to for the physical analogue vinyl release, you're going to pay attention to every single detail in that tune. I find that whenever I illegally download albums, they're just albums that I listen to a couple of tracks from, and then forget about forever, the album doesn't mean anything like having an album on vinyl

[CardinalKickass]

I posted my opinion on this topic six months ago. The fact that this video remains in my memory and on my mind says something. I want to thank you, not only for making it, but also for avoiding taking the approach of an attack. Hopefully, this video will cause viewers to think about the results of their actions (as opposed to just defensively trying to justify them).

[notjohn100]

i buy the cd's for the bands that arent really famous.

[MrMortHD]

Although I don't always buy CD's or records, I do support an artist if I really enjoy it, or I like their album artwork. I find lots of hard copies of music come with really nice art that a jpeg from the internet doesn't feel the same as.