billy g Wrote:
It just seems inconsistent with the response everyone seems to make in threads about downloading that they always buy the stuff they like after downloading to support the artist If you're buying used, the artist doesn't get a penny from the sale and neither does the label.
I completely understand this, but I think, at least with me, that it's most likely that I'll buy
some of a band's catalog used and some of it new. I can't think of any bands where I bought everything of theirs that I wanted entirely used. F'r instance: I just got into the Posies (I know, I know - why did I wait so long?!) and bought
Dear 23, Frosting on the Beater, and
Amazing Disgrace for about $5 each, used. Yesterday I finally picked up
Every Kind of Light - a new copy. In addition, I'll likely pick up solo discs by the guys at some point and, given that I can't find them locally, I'll probably just order them new.
The band and members will see my money somehow - the alternative to me buying used is the same that supports file-sharing - I may never have gotten into them at all had it not been for used CDs. I don't feel the slightest bit guilty, and no one should.