Who still buy CDs
- Thread starter DaGrimProphet
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I used to say the same thing but now it seems like artists mainly rely on their digital sales and will only press up maybe 1,000 CDs. I've learned within the last few years that if I don't buy it right away, most of the online sellers are going to sell out and then I'm going to have a hard time finding it a year after it was released or end up paying twice what it was originally selling for on its release date. So now I just end up buying the CDs very soon after they are released.
going digital is getting complicated as fuck with all the clouds you have to buy and hacking and shit. I've always preferred hard copies and I still do. Especially if it's local or my favorite artists I'll support. But those thin ass hard copies like Kanyes or Pusha T I fucking hate. No reason to buy hard copies or even buy if they don't put in visual efforts in presenting hard copies
I feel ya on that one... its bcuz few people buy their CDs over digital, so they make no effort on the CD pressings... they used to make a effort back in the day
Did you see that documentary on Pen & Pixel that just came out? They say they went from a multi-million-dollar company in 2001 to filing for bankruptcy in 2003 for 2 reasons: 9/11 made artists scared of flying to the studio, and the internet and MP3 downloading made people focus on the artwork less
Did you see that documentary on Pen & Pixel that just came out? They say they went from a multi-million-dollar company in 2001 to filing for bankruptcy in 2003 for 2 reasons: 9/11 made artists scared of flying to the studio, and the internet and MP3 downloading made people focus on the artwork less
Original pressed copies are gonna get harder to come by it seems. I spoke to an artist a few days ago about purchasing some of his releases and he said he only presses about 100 copies when the album drops bc the demand for original presses isn't as high anymore, so he mainly sticks to the digital scene, I guess it makes sense i've never seen a hard copy of his albums to date.
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I've seen it pop up on eBay from time to time. The lowest it goes for is $300 USD and the highest it goes for is $500 USD. I doubt even Jhiame himself has any coppies left of Scream'n Dat Pimpin'. I should know because I reviewed Scream'n Dat Pimpin' back in 2014 for an album review I did for him.
With that said, I do still buy CDs. However I'm still behind on vinyls.
With that said, I do still buy CDs. However I'm still behind on vinyls.