How much physical music (CDs, vinyl, minidiscs, cases ingles, whatever) have you bought so far this year?

it is isn't it.

It doesn't really compute for me... I didn't see the stipulation upthread about no used music before I posted, so that brings me down quite a bit--cuts my total down to more like 30 or so.

If we're not counting used music I can prolly figure this out when I get home if this is still a thread

are you out of town until the 10th?

"Collecting" anything for the sake of it is boring as all hell imo; buying music, listening to it, and loving it, is fantastic though. And for me the nicest, most satisfying way of doing it is via CD. Sod being a data entry temp for my own hobby.

If we're not talking used or digital purchases...dunno, five, maybe? Ten?

"Collecting" anything for the sake of it is boring as all hell imo; buying music, listening to it, and loving it, is fantastic though. And for me the nicest, most satisfying way of doing it is via CD.

This!

xxpost to nick - i think that's what Whiney is saying. Collecting digital music can sometimes feel a bit like adding to an endless database - one more line on the list of folders. There's nothing to show for it. No "Yay, check out this awesome record I just got hold of". If you go round a friend's house you bring an ipod or iphone with you and there's this sort of "can I play you this new thing I downloaded?" and there's this grudging "Yeah go ahead, plug her in" thing, and then you sit there listening to the opening bars of the first track with no visual or tangible reference to whatever's emitting from the speakers, just you and your mate waiting for the payback; your friend probably hoping it'll end soon so she can put her player back where it belongs etc...

On the other hand: If you've got a big digital library, it's a lot of fun to put together playlists for parties. GF and I are doing this for our hauswarming this weekend, and we're starting by each putting together about 3 hrs worth, which we'll then mesh and sequence. Would obviously be possible with physical media, but a lot more work.

If yr friend wasn't interested in the music she wouldn't have been had it come in a box with a little booklet either.

are you out of town until the 10th?
--how's life

What the fuck? I mean home from work

And he meant "it'll only stop being a thread when the poll closes" I suspect. Which it wont, but voting will have stopped. It'll *always* be a thread. (Insert philosophical caveats about the perpetuity of data here.)

Zero this year. Fewer than 10 over the last five years.

If yr friend wasn't interested in the music she wouldn't have been had it come in a box with a little booklet either.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:07 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

See I don't really agree with this, y'know? With an iPod you're provided with no context, no background, no temporal or tangible reference point or incite into what you're about to hear. It will very much depend on the kind of music you're listening to, but I think a physical format can add a certain amount of value on a psychological level. It's like going grocery shopping and everything's in identical vacuum-sealed packets with "ROCKET SALAD", "RUMP STEAK", "JELLY BABIES" printed on the front. We know that it's food, but we can't tell whether it will appeal at all once it's out of that packet. There's no intrigue or impetus to eat beyond "I like steak. I will buy it for sustenance".

iPhone users complaining about lack of last.fm scrobbling: I recommend telling the computer app to ignore your phone, then install CloudScrob. Not real-time, but you just pop open the app occasionally and it scrobbles direct from your phone.

What the fuck? I mean home from work

― wood grain, chestnut / cody, CHESNUTT (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, October 2, 2012 2:09 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

then it will still be a thread.

I do miss the experience of buying a new album, especially a new release that you've never heard, and ripping off the shrink wrap, opening the gatefold, flipping through the booklet, admiring the artwork, having the lyrics at hand, etc.

huffing the ink

I've been doing that with the Mute box set that was released sometime in the last couple years. Rewarding.

I love huffing at the ink. Remember Pre-Millennium Tension by Tricky being particularly pongy.

I mostly remember it from cassettes, which to be honest was probably mostly the smell of the trapped plastic. The first time I noticed a great smell from a CD was Blackalicious' Nia.

pretty sure a fair portion of my CD/book/magazine-buying habits have to do with tactile experiences that aren't necessarily related to the medium

Elucidate, please?

xpost: My iPhone always scrobbles fine from the Spotify app. Have never needed to use iTunes for iPhone playback.

I sometimes get suckered into buying the physical version of things for additional video content etc and guess how often I actually end up watching the bonus DVDs?

Trying to remember the last time I watched one, not entirely sure that I ever even have

I nearly bought The Drift on vinyl the other day, mostly because I've been a bit obsessed with it lately, but also because listening to it as a digital file feels like trying to trap a demon in a matchbox. I wanted to stare at that dark soupy cover for hours, pull out the black hole from within and hear it as analogue. But then came to my senses and realised playing this outloud within earshot of anyone who isn't expecting it would be trolling on a fundamental level.

With an iPod you're provided with no context, no background, no temporal or tangible reference point or incite into what you're about to hear

love vinyl but its not a bad thing to hear w no context

no interest in cds, dvds, packaging, booklets or any of that

I mean, the artistic medium. Presumably records are for audio, magazines are for words, etc

hard part for me is remembering what exactly happened this year. It's definitely the year I bought a used copy of the beasties' 2CD on a stoop, but is this the year I bought a used record of Paul Revere & The Raiders' Something/Happening while killing time before a wedding in New Orleans? and what about that night i was drunk by a dollar bin, was that 2011?

Gonna go with 2-6.

I can only agree to some extent with the whole "who cares, it's the music that counts" attitude, indeed I used to be a lot more supportive of this train of thought, but I'm really starting to feel exhausted by it. I'm really starting to feel like a big part of my enjoyment of music is influenced by factors other than the simple clinical appreciation of sound.

31 cds (plus a bunch of cover mounted cds from magazines)
1 10" ep
9 digital downloads (eps, lps, single tracks, whatever)
8 7" singles (1 kickstarter reward, 1 7 release subscription)

down a lot from last year. have been buying dvds...

i found my list from 1997 the other day and i was buying 3 or 4 a week.

i bought the bob mould album on cd b/c he is old and i figure digital sales are confusing and frightening for him

I've probably bought about 10-20 records this year. A pitiful amount compared to 7 or 8 years ago when I was buying that every week. The only real excuse I have is that I work in indie music and that aside from food, rent and a new pair of shoes that's the only cash I've had spare in 2012. Fun times.

i bought the bob mould album on cd b/c he is old and i figure digital sales are confusing and frightening for him

Brilliant.

did I ever tell my story on here about (the proverbial) friend of a friend being at an ATP and using Grindr to see if there was anyone at the festival that wanted to hook up, and when they came over it was Bob Mould

so I reckon he knows the value of a digital sale iygm

CouldYouBeThe1

I don't think I've bought any music on physical media this year. I've bought a fair amount of digital downloads through Amazon though, and I have an eMusic subscription.

Mencap that's f'in' awesome, I hope it's true.

I hope your friend wasn't Grant

*awkward*

hahahahahaha

how is appreciation of sound "simple" or "clinical" kmt

Zero CDs since 2004. About 20-30 new vinyl albums a year. About 20 digital purchases-- mostly hard to find classical stuff. About 50 used vinyl purchases a year.

It's like going grocery shopping and everything's in identical vacuum-sealed packets with "ROCKET SALAD", "RUMP STEAK", "JELLY BABIES" printed on the front. We know that it's food, but we can't tell whether it will appeal at all once it's out of that packet. There's no intrigue or impetus to eat beyond "I like steak. I will buy it for sustenance".

food has nutritional values printed on the packet (scientific facts) plus people have tasted the exact food before. there are clear expectations of how food tastes, it's nothing like music in this regard.

the labels of food are actually more informative than the labels on records, which weakens this already dire analogy.

i'm only really commenting because comparing modern music formats to supermarket food (or generally any music/food analogies which seek to criticise an inevitably vague and unspecified modern decline) are so often the dumbest and cheapest faux-opinions around.

but a+ for not bringing mcdonalds into it, you are dropping science.

it was a bit sad when, realising more and more people wouldn't buy CDs, labels just started getting the work experience kids to do the cover art/design to save a few more bob

two records arrived through the post today and when I opened there was a random copy of daft punk's da funk thrown in there too

Awesome!