And what kinds of music are you shopping for?
I primarily look for guitar instrumental music (hard rock/Jazz fusion).
My primary sources have been:
Internet : www.guitarnine.com
Store : http://www.amoebamusic.com/html/
If I am desperate, I will shop at Amazon.con
I also look for old 70’s and 80’s rock at www.spun.com.
This may be a IMHO, but it deals with buying music. If it must be moved, so be it.
I buy music in shops. I shop for music I like.
I’m not sure what else there is to say.
Yup. Yesterday I bought some CDs here (the store, not the site); I also drop by this place occasionally. If it’s something more popular, I’ll go to Best Buy or Barnes and Noble.
For what it’s worth, the CDs were:
The Locust - Locust EP
TV On The Radio - Young Liars
Tiger Army - III: Ghost Tigers Rise
Cursive - The Recluse Single
I “buy” my music from a local place called “P2P”. It’s a strange name but they have an awesome selection and you can’t beat the “price”.
As much as I love getting new music, I hate buying CDs in stores. They are so expensive! As an example, the CD soundtrack to a movie often costs MORE than the movie itself on DVD! $12 or more seems to be a common price for a new CD, and it often doesn’t seem worth the risk if you know one song off the album–the rest could be mere filler–or worse.
As a result, I prefer to buy my CDs used (and discounted), although the used CD stores that proliferated in the late '90s are all gone. Has anyone else noticed this? Because Miami is a cultural dead zone, we don’t have any cool local record stores, staffed and stocked by people who really KNOW good music. Nowadays I shop for deals on eBay, Half.com, Amazon.com, and occasionally when I build up a list of enough albums I want, I rejoin BMG Music Club to get “12 CDs for the price of one.” Believe it or not, it really works–and it isn’t a ripoff either. You have to pay shipping and handling on everything, including your 11 freebies, so they aren’t truly “free.” But with shipping and handling factored in, you end up paying around $50 for your 12 CDs, so it comes out to $4-$5 per CD. It’s still a much better deal than anything you’d get at a store like Best Buy.
I buy most of my music online (eBay, Half.com, used at Amazon) or at pawn shops. I also use the record clubs.
If I simply have to buy a new CD, I use Deep Discount CD, which almost always has the cheapest prices. Their prices include postage, too.
I either buy from iTunes or go to independent record shops (yes some stores still have vinyl). I hate trying to shop for music with the latest pop drivel screaming at me from all directions (best buy, etc.). Used cd’s are a good bargain, and if you decide later that you don’t like it, you can usually take it back for credit.
Of course, if the CD is from an RIAA member, copyright infringement is your best entertainment value! (Their fault for suing children and senior citizens, like 60-something year olds are downloading eminem and other such crap)!
A lot of the CD’s I’m interested in are just not very expensive in the stores. Like indie or alternative stuff where they’re still trying to attract a market. Yesterday I bought a Lola Ray CD in the mall for $9.99. Don’t see why I would buy it online at that price.
Now stuff like a 1975 Who CD that costs $18… that’s something I’m not going to buy at retail.
It’s all about Amoeba.
If it ain’t there, I’ll check half.com and eBay.
I’m not much of a music junkie, but my two main sources these days are iTunes (easy access to mainstream pop stuff) and eBay/Half.com (for hard-to-find Asian imported stuff).
Yep. My search usually goes through Amoeba -> iTunes (if Amoeba’s too expensive or I just want a few songs) -> Amazon -> ebay.
(Amoeba is a semi-chain of huge new-and-used record stores in the SF Bay area that has a little bit of everything.)
And since the OP asks, I don’t generally buy any one “type” of music; I’m still in the mode of replenishing my music collection that’d been exhausted from years of having to trade CD’s in for food money. I guess most of the stuff I buy is “college radio” music and Japanese electronica.
iTunes. I only buy discs if I can’t find it online and know what it sounds like.
Usually from amazon.com, but lately I’ve been checking out all the used record shops in my area (Long Island) looking for the ones with the best prices/variety. So far my favorite is “Record Stop” in Lake Ronkonkoma, which had a huge selection and reasonable prices for both new and used CDs. I’ll have to check out the places I’ve seen in this thread too.