so my band got a cd out. and we sold alot at first, but then we realized that sales weren't so good anymore. we then found out someone made a site where people can download our music for free and put it on their mp3 players. so... we found the kid, made him delete the site, and beat the shit out of him.
not going to lie, it would be ahrd to live without my Ipod :$.
however i DO still buy CDs, just to support the band(this includes buying shirts also). i just like the ipod cuz its easier to bring around and easier to access the songs. i don't use the CDs very often, but hell i have them!
FUCK A FUCKIN' IPOD!! I don't think that I could survive WITHOUT buying CD's. Its better to know that you're SUPPORTING the group you love listening to than it is to know that you're stealing their shit. Although if you're broke as fuck and you're downloading their shit, then thats okay. I understand. I do both. When I have money, I'll buy the CD. If I'm broke, I'll down load some shit for free.
well downloading mp3's gets a lot of publicity for bands. its both positive and negative. bands need to tour and sell shit on the road, thats how a lot of bands make money. sell merch like shirts and shit, not just cd's. but my favorite bands, i still support by buying their cd's, because i would want people to do that for my band as well.
you all have some great points. and the deal for me is, we are a new band, we can't afford our music to be free yet. older, more established bands may be more likely to be able to loose a few bucks over illegal downloads