[movedx]

How do you deal with the cost of building a library of legal music? I pay $18/month for Apple Music (Family) and I can listen to thousands of tracks in a single day if I wanted to. That same experience would cost me thousands of dollars up front to kick start it.

This also isn't to mention the fact that not all music is available to buy legally online. Dimmu Borgir, for example, use Nuclear Blast and I struggle to find retailers online that can sell me MP3s outside of iTunes. I don't want to have to deal with (read: rip) CDs and vinyl is a joke at 3x the price (not to mention simply being a dead format.)

So how are you going to curate a library, legally, so that the artist is supported, assuming you have at least 20-30 artists you like.

[joshspankit]

Buying direct from the artist can be as low as $1 per album. Buying CDs and records used, then posting (edit: photos/hype about) them on social media is a form of social currency that supports the artist (as well, in some countries there are viable legal arguments for downloading pre-ripped files as a form of media shifting when you own the original, which means minimal hassle for turning a CD in to a FLAC)

[movedx]

> Buying direct from the artist can be as low as $1 per album

Not the artists I listen to. They're all signed with big labels, thus you can only buy from that label.

> Buying CDs and records used, then posting them on social media is a form of social currency

And criminal currency known as Copyright Infringement. I'll pass.

[joshspankit]

(shaking my head and laughing at myself)

I edited the post, as I meant promoting the artist by posting photos or why you love the music, and not posting the music itself.

[movedx]

HAAAA! Nice.

Alright, THAT makes more sense ;-)