Do you download the music before buying the album?

[sugarbasil]

Do you download and listen to the songs on an album before you buy it?

I usually do because I'm too impatient, but when I don't I feel I always love the album 20 times more and it becomes one of my favorite albums. What about you?

[Luv ~Venus~]

*raises hand*

Yes, I dl albums/singles before buying them. Eh, I feel so guilty dling HEART STATION before buying it though.

[YuriChan]

I did with most of Ayu's stuff!

[DestinyWishes]

Guilty! Too many artists releasing albums, it's hard to keep up, so I download then buy the albums when I get enough money.

[drewbilation]

sometimes I do. like, if it's something I'm on the fence about, I'll sample it and decide whether to buy it or not. and sometimes, if it's something I've pre-ordered, I'll go ahead and download so I don't have to wait a week or two for it to arrive to listen.

[Luv ~Venus~]

^Ehh....I know! I wish I had done that with Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad album! Ugh.....more like Good Girl Crappy Album.

[Sakura_Genki]

Sometimes. I never downloaded Moi dix Mois' albums before buying them or Ayu albums either, but for other artists I do.

[sora-kara]

if i already know and love the artist i wont download, just buy.

if i have no idea who they are, what they sound like, or if im just trying to get into an artist, i usually download first.

although sometimes i just randomly buy stuff ive never heard before...

[minna]

yes *hides....->*

Most of the time I already pre-ordered it before downloading it
it's just that I don't have enough patience to wait for my copy XD
I wanna listen to it right away XD

[paper_doll]

No, that sort of defeats buying the album legally, doesn't it? I only do that if I buy the release waaay later, I mean, like if I wasn't even planning on buying it when it came out.

[CatGirl]

Nope xD I don't think I've ever listened to an album on the computer and then went out and bought it. However, I usually DO download some of the songs from it before I buy it, and then replace them with the CD rip in my iTunes

[apple-pi]

Well, I hardly have money at all most of the time, so if I don't download the albums, as much as I want to buy them, I'll be without any music...
If I already bought it, I try to wait for my copy to arrive before listening to it, but sometimes I can't XD I ended up downloading Samii's garden album before it arrived~ but I managed to wait for my copy for Mirrorcle World. I had already listened to MW though, plus I heard the previews for the other songs... haha, I'm too curious XD

[Calico]

(sugarbasil is on a roll today!)

Yup, I almost always do, ESPECIALLY if it's an artist I love. I want to hear it right away, even if it's for sure I'm buying it. Give me my muzaks!

[KarenPang]

yeah I always do that especially to those artistes that I'm quite hesistant to get a physical copy of the CD

if I like what I hear , I will definitely buy the physical copy of the CD . It's the least of what I can do about it

[milky_way]

Yes, and if I really like it, I end up buying it eventually.

[CHE.R.RY]

LOL Most of the time I don't get to even buy the music I download...even though I'd love to. Even the 320 kps doesn't sound as good as the actual cd even though it's supposed :/

[lumieregrl]

All the time...my slogan is "download now, buy later". I can't afford to buy everything I like right now. lol

[Celaphorce]

If it's a US release and I really want it, I buy it and then download it, I prefer it already tagged then having to do it myself, now if it's overseas and such I'll download after I preorder and such.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by lumieregrl

All the time...my slogan is "download now, buy later". I can't afford to buy everything I like right now. lol

same thing goes for me

[LacusClyne]

For me, i'm collecting only Koda Kumi, Ayu and jolin's cds, but even that is a lot of money for me, so i hardly buy other artist's cd. I will download them.

As for Ayu and kuu, since i already pre-order, i will try to wait till i get my copy, i prefer listening to the physical copy. but there are times when i just can't wait, especially when the leaks are out very early, i will end up downloading them first....