Shut Up Legs
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Although I suppose the term 'album' here is just a historical relic.
I've always preferred to buy CDs, because as I mentioned on another thread earlier this year, CDs have many advantages, such as being a reliable backup medium. This time, though, I wanted to buy an album (damn, I've used that antiquated term again!) that wasn't available on CD: I've noticed an increasing trend towards this in recent years. The CD as a method for music artists to deliver their product isn't dead yet, but it seems to be heading that way.
Anyway, I bought and downloaded the album (Odonata, by Amethystium) in MP3 320kb/s format (i.e. high quality), and the download also includes a JPG file with its cover art, which is handy, because one of the first things I'll be doing is writing the album to a CD, complete with a printed cover.
At least, with this method, I don't have to wait weeks for the CD to be snail-mailed to me (I'm still waiting for one I ordered 1.5 months ago, and it's frustrating! ). I can get it almost immediately, and I'm playing it right now. It was also a lot cheaper than buying a CD, and the only drawback is that I need to write and label the CD myself, but I can live with that.
Regards,
--- Victor.
I've always preferred to buy CDs, because as I mentioned on another thread earlier this year, CDs have many advantages, such as being a reliable backup medium. This time, though, I wanted to buy an album (damn, I've used that antiquated term again!) that wasn't available on CD: I've noticed an increasing trend towards this in recent years. The CD as a method for music artists to deliver their product isn't dead yet, but it seems to be heading that way.
Anyway, I bought and downloaded the album (Odonata, by Amethystium) in MP3 320kb/s format (i.e. high quality), and the download also includes a JPG file with its cover art, which is handy, because one of the first things I'll be doing is writing the album to a CD, complete with a printed cover.
At least, with this method, I don't have to wait weeks for the CD to be snail-mailed to me (I'm still waiting for one I ordered 1.5 months ago, and it's frustrating! ). I can get it almost immediately, and I'm playing it right now. It was also a lot cheaper than buying a CD, and the only drawback is that I need to write and label the CD myself, but I can live with that.
Regards,
--- Victor.
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