the future of music

I've kept many of my most cherished CDs. But I never listen to them, they're all on my iPod now. I was all set to get rid of all my CDs a couple of years ago but then my iTunes completely crashed on me (actually the whole computer did) and I lost every song I had. So I had to re-upload everything.

Since then, I've kept my CDs as a "just in case."

I miss the days of flipping through the vinyls at Kemp Mill Records though.

My parents actually have an 8-track stereo system wired into their master bedroom/bathroom. The builder thought it was the next big thing (house was built in the mid-1970s) so that's kind of interesting.

What you can do is buy an external hard drive and back up your music there. There's even programs where you can pull the music back off your ipod if you lost the source files.

What you can do is buy an external hard drive and back up your music there. There's even programs where you can pull the music back off your ipod if you lost the source files.

Yeah my fiancee has an external hard drive so I'm thinking of doing that. Some of my CDs though I just want to keep as mementos for posterity's sake.

Yeah my fiancee has an external hard drive so I'm thinking of doing that. Some of my CDs though I just want to keep as mementos for posterity's sake.

I hear ya, I had a hard time parting with some of my CD's. It's strange but there are a lot of good memories tied to the simple process of buying an album. I can remember where I bought it and what was going on in my life at that time. And it was just an exciting experience to buy a CD from one of your favorite bands the day that it came out, run home to listen to it and flip through the insert. With downloading you just don't get that same experience.

The only time I use CDs is in the car from burned music.

Yeah my fiancee has an external hard drive so I'm thinking of doing that. Some of my CDs though I just want to keep as mementos for posterity's sake.
Invest in a Carbonite subscription. Unlimited, automatic backups for $50/year. If your house burns down, you won't lose your music files!

I still use c.d.'s a lot. For one I like supporting the artists, well I wouldn't say every time I want a c.d. I buy it because half the time I just download them to my computer, but if there's an artist out there that I really support than I'll go buy his c.d.

Also I don't listen to the radio in my car at all, I'm constantly burning new c.d.'s for the sole purpose of listening to them in my car. I don't have a way to hook up my Zune so that it plays through my car speakers so that's why I use c.d.'s. That's pretty much the only reason I still use c.d.'s nowadays.

I've kept many of my most cherished CDs. But I never listen to them, they're all on my iPod now. I was all set to get rid of all my CDs a couple of years ago but then my iTunes completely crashed on me (actually the whole computer did) and I lost every song I had. So I had to re-upload everything.

Since then, I've kept my CDs as a "just in case."

I miss the days of flipping through the vinyls at Kemp Mill Records though.

My parents actually have an 8-track stereo system wired into their master bedroom/bathroom. The builder thought it was the next big thing (house was built in the mid-1970s) so that's kind of interesting.
I had completely forgotten about Kemp Mill Records...I bought many cassettes and my first CD from Kemp Mill back in the day. Looks like they are still around: Kemp Mill Music - Home (http://www.kempmillonline.com)

Eventually, I am going to convert my CD collection to digital and keep them on a hard drive that will be backed up onto an external...

i still buy cds

I still buy CD's. You can buy most any CD on E-Bay for under $10. So I tend to go that route. I like having a hard copy just incase my iPod dies or my PC crashes. Not to mention its cheaper then iTunes.

I haven't bought a CD since 98 maybe. All digital and Satellite now. I have a ginat binder of old CDs I should rip onto my Ipod but i tend to listen to mostly current music for some reason. Once I tire of a song I never come back. I tire of probably 98% of the songs I like. The other 2% plus any current stuff I dig make up my playlist on my Ipod. At any given time I only have maybe 30 songs on my Ipod. I do have a good 1000 songs on my computers though.