How Do You Decide On When To Buy A Cd.

Hawk4444 · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

hey all

well tell us how you say"ok i'm going to buy this cd"

like me for instance. i only buy my cd's from FYE b/c they let you listen to some of the cd before we can buy them.

every song is like 30 seconds in there data base or so.

thus meaning i can decided if i like the whole cd.

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with me its. if i like more then half of the CD. then if i really like it. i'll buy it. the more songs i like the more of a chance i'll buy it. :D

so discuss
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fallenangel · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

I buy from who I already like. Chances are the music doesn't change so much I won't like it, so I don't need to hear much. IE I bought Billy Idol's newest after hearing the first single on his website, and the rest of the album didn't disappoint.

With new artists, again, I listen to one or two songs to get an idea of it then just buy it. It's only $15, after all.
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Jeli · Member Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 105

Sometimes I look at record labels. Other times, I'll just look at the artist/band name to see if I ever heard of them or any of their songs.

Zekk · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:01 am Post subject:

I buy Cds my friends advise, or my sister has advised, or from bands that i know. If its at barnes and nobles I use there little cd scanner thing an listen to part of the cd.

tath_x · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 63

Input from friends, music magazines, etc. I generally have a good idea about any band whether I'd like them or not before I hear them.

Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

I usually just download random, obscure japanese music, and if I hear something I particularly like, even if it's just one song, I'll go out and buy the cd it's on. :0
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Hawk4444 · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject:

nice. you all just get advice. am i the only one that listens to every cd before i buy it :(

I LOVE gift cards if i get a chance today i'm going to use one :wub:
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Razeal · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject:

I'll read the cover, talk to a friend, or go with what I know :3
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Sephir0th666777 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:17 am Post subject:

# of Songs and Song Length - For artists I already know. Would you rather buy an album with 12 three minute songs, or an album with 3 five minute songs, a twelve minute song, and a twenty minute song?

The latter.
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eclipsedmoongoddess482 · Elder In Training Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 3703

It really depends on who the artist is and how many hits from that album I've already heard. I like buying albums where I have like two or three hits that I've already heard before. Then I can get adventurous and listen to new songs from that album.

I mostly end up buying Greatest Hits albums from artists because of this. That way, I know I'll be totally happy with all the songs on the album instead of liking maybe only four or five songs a lot and skipping over six or seven filler songs.
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hikari0205 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject:

I will normally only buy a CD if I really want it, I won't normally buy if if there are only a few songs that I want. If i'm getting a new CD and I haven't heard any of the songs then i'll listen to a few of the songs on the CD before buying it. I also get alot of reccomendations from friends. If not those then it's the same as Fayore, if I download the song and really like it i'll go look for it :3

Hawk4444 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

i'd like to buy it off the internet like most human beings. but i've been lazy and all.

wonder how the process goes. hmmm ah well. maybe i'll learn it later.
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theWriter · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject:

Usually I hear from friends...though sometimes they like bands I despise so I change course and venture out on my own. Most of the time I've bought soundtracks...and attatched to those soundtracks are some pretty good bands and whatnot, so I check up on them on Amazon (out of sheer boredom I now write reviews there), listen to the music, then decide if I really want it...mainly because while I can spend like, eighteen bucks on a c.d. I can call my own from Borders or something, I can easily just request is from our library, get it in a few days, burn it, and then return it for free. W00t!

It all depends...I really like buying c.d.'s but on the other hand I'm a cheapskate and don't like to spend money.
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infurno · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:45 am Post subject:

more than 3/4 of the songs i like.

I got one with Smoke on the water, schooles out. sister chrishtian. and others. there were song's i've never herd of wich i now like.
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MrKite · Newb Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 21

i usally see if a friend likes it, or see if I've heard a song on it. And if the song is good, I usally buy it.