My first music purchase online
So OK, I should start out by admitting as far as music goes, I've been a bad boy, I've maybe, possibly aquired music through less than honest channels. I'll try not to excuse myself with the BS arguments pirates usually come up with. I was bad and I did it because it was just so easy to do it.
Something changed when I caught JoCo on a podcast talking about his music with the likes of Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont, basically a whole bunch of people that I totally respect and eagerly follow in RSS every day. I liked what JoCo had to say about how people get to his music and decided I'd purchase my first song from the official store.
It didn't hurt at all and somehow this one legally purchased MP3 made me feel that this is really how it should be. You buy music for a reasonable price for artists you admire/enjoy. I will purchase more from now on, I think the time is right to do it and I'm glad I gave up my legal cherry to JoCo.
[20080324: Edited, belatedly, by Bry to fix the thread category]
Something changed when I caught JoCo on a podcast talking about his music with the likes of Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont, basically a whole bunch of people that I totally respect and eagerly follow in RSS every day. I liked what JoCo had to say about how people get to his music and decided I'd purchase my first song from the official store.
It didn't hurt at all and somehow this one legally purchased MP3 made me feel that this is really how it should be. You buy music for a reasonable price for artists you admire/enjoy. I will purchase more from now on, I think the time is right to do it and I'm glad I gave up my legal cherry to JoCo.
[20080324: Edited, belatedly, by Bry to fix the thread category]
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But anyway, congrats on picking a fine first choice to spend your money on
I personally find it easier to give money to JoCo than to other artists -- not only do I like his music more, of course, but also I know he's actually getting most of the proceeds.
CDs > MP3s when it comes to paying for it.
You can't beat the feeling of looking up at a shelf full of music. Doesn't quite work the same when I look at the two 120GB drives I've got for my music.
I'm not personally one for pirating. I even at one point refused to go round to my brother-in-laws regular movie nights as the films were all courtesy of illegal torrents (how "holier than thou" I must have seemed). I have however, on a couple of occasions made use of less than legal methods to "try before I buy". I guess I assuage my concience that I literally do use it as a temporary trial and do pay afterwards, but it's all one and the same really?
When I got into JoCo I used to listen to all the songs via the website regularly until I thought about it and had pity on his bandwidth costs and such, so I bought most of my favourites. I've since given copies of a few of these to friends (got him at least 3 new fans out of it though) and will pop another donation into JoCo's coffers if I can't persuade these friends to then buy all of the songs.
My preferred method of "try before you buy" is to watch music videos on YouTube. I've bought several CDs from performers I first heard on YouTube.
Hopefully it's enough to help keep him "in studio" and away from another occupation. : )
But when I found JoCo's music I downloaded it all, liked it and listened to it so much, I donated, and subscribe financially to TAW, I bought the 2 CDs. I now have the TAW box set, even though I probably paid for it already through subcriptions, and donations.
But I think the biggest testimate is that I have donated my time to assist JoCo. To me, my time is more valuable than money.