I'm done with paid mp3 downloads

[snopafly]

if you dont like paid mp3 downloads, go to your local store and buy it.. i always buy cdes in the store, you get the best quality , you get a folder with insights on production . I have never buyed a cd online , i only hear music first on the internet to see if i like the music. If i like several tracks on a album i simply buy the album....
You still suporting your artist by buying a major mainsteam album and yes you suporting the labels also. but i think its fair, the are using the money on the promotion and putting more artist out.

[DerekNelson]

Don't buy music, it's a waste of money. You're not supporting the artist by buying their music. You're supporting the CEO's and the other businessmen who run the labels, while giving their artists fractions of the profits. If people stop buying albums from major labels, artists will move independent, where they can make their own music, without people telling them what their albums should sound like. 20$ a CD, where do people get the money to waste?

By not buying major label albums, your telling the label, you don't want to pay 20$ for a cookie cutter album. It's taking a stand against mediocre music. When's the last time a major label released a decent rap album? I can't remember. The best music today is independently made and produced. By buying albums from major labels, your in fact holding your favorite artists back. Independent is the future. Bootleg everything. Movies, TV Shows, Music, it's what we should all be doing to raise the quality of product.

not with the independent artists.

stop buying pop crap like Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears and the record execs wont get shit.