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Feb 20, 05
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Music Collecting
How do you guys collect your tunes? MP3? Compact Disc? Vinyl? 8-track???
Over the past couple of weeks i've gotten into this thing where I want to start a CD collection. I used to have one before the arrival of MP3's, then CD's phased out because they're too expensive. I collected like, a bajillion mp3's and was super proud of my collection. That is until a virus ravaged my computer and i lost all of my music. ouch. Now I collect records, and JUST got started back into CD's. I love see'ing a well made collection of anything. and i think EVERYONE should start listening to music on vinyl. Just to be fashionable. lol, I dunno. What kinda music do you guys collect? and on what medium do you listen to it on? 
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Feb 20, 05
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I collect MP3's mostly... I'm slowly picking up Vinyl as well.
As for genres of MP3's, it's rather eclectic. With the Vinyl, it's mostly Drum'n'Bass.
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Feb 20, 05
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My buddy's grandma has like 10 times the number of vinyl than i have. and it looks PIMP. A entire shelf, from side to side and 3 rows tall full of oldschool records that i've never ever heard of. She's even got a Ray Charles and Chuck Berry section. It's sick.
I got some Ray and Chuck on 8-track too. but it'd be a miracle if they still worked. The car with the 8-track player doesn't even work anymore =/
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Jul 19, 06
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If I buy a cd, first thing to do is rip it on my pc! (and then share it on dc++ and slsk, mwhuaha!) :) Everything's sorted in 13 cryptic folders... ...traditional genre tags never worked for me, so I tag my genres my own way!  ...and then it goes like "genre" - artist - album:  My collection is rather small, about 1979 tracks, 190 albums...but I know *all* of them. Am I a collecter? Yes, kind of, but size never impressed me. I could easily have 1 TB of MP3s by tomorrow, but what's the point if you don't know your stuff? Erm, no thx. All files are tagged 100% and bitrates are at least 128kbps (preferably higher!) and every folder has a cover (300x300) as well as a little album review in a *.txt. Music was my first love...all this powered by last.fm and Amarok and hell yeah, it makes me orgasm every day!! <3 Quote:
It's mostly trip-hop, ethereal, world/ethnic, shoegazer, industrial, ebm, d'n'b and the angelic voices stuff...but limiting yourself to some genres is the worst thing you can do...it's like eating the same meal every day...so try it all, if you dig deep enough you'll find sth awesome in (almost?) every style of music! :) Last edited by anewlife; Jul 19, 06 at 02:19 AM.
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Jul 19, 06
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I actually dont download any music, really. I have no music downloading program on my computer. I take what mp3's and burnt CD's people pass off to me, but I mostly buy all my music in the store.
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Jul 19, 06
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CD collector through and through.
MP3s... pft. Did the initial 'download-a-bunch' thing when I could on AudioGalaxy, but got bored of it. There's just no value in an MP3. It amazes me anyone would actually pay for something that has no re-sale worth (you can always pawn a CD for a buck or two) and is uninsurable. When you start to collect something, you kind of need that tangible quality to it to make it personable. It's a human thing I guess. As for vinyl... well, I know if I ever started collecting that, I'd be way worse than I am with CDs. It's garnered its reputation as 'black crack' for a reason. ;)
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Jul 19, 06
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I've purchased hundreds of CDs over the years, but if you actually look at my "CD collection", there's only a few commercial CDs in there, and those were all given to me by the artists. The rest is all peoples' demos, mix CDs, etc. If I'm listening to music, unless it's in a car (rental, I don't own one), it's pretty much guaranteed to be an MP3.
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Jul 19, 06
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vinyl+ mp3
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Jul 19, 06
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[edit: for Sykonee]
^well put.. i collect the black crack.. ive got about 3-4 crates of pretty random stuff.. mostly dnb, then breaks, hard house, nu-nrg, house, ahem.. trance.. even happy hardcore :) i do collect mp3's, but i usually just get the recent new releases that i like.. or i download recommendations from ppl..
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Jul 19, 06
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about 5-6 years ago when i just ended highschool i collected cds,vynl and music magazines like mad. i spent thousands of dollars on it all....
im not much into it now though....i just casually dl tracks that catch my ear. my money now gose to collecting stamps in my passport and pro audio gear....:)
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Jul 19, 06
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I do buy the odd vinyl but its usually only because it reminds me of one of the DJ's I know.. so I give it to them..
Like you, Mike! :)
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