<p>just a quick itunes story. I have a good friend with kids who are close in age to my son. I wanted to get a birthday gift one year and floated the idea of an itunes card. Well…not a good idea I was told…all three kids have an “itunes budget” of $25 per month…so it really wouldn’t be a gift. Lucky kids! I can ever imagine doing that!</p>
<p>I have mostly old CD music on my ipod…but I’ve bought a few songs over the years and gladly paid for them. It’s different than buying a CD since I usually don’t like all the songs on a CD and prefer buying just one or two. Less waste IMO.<br>
sueinphilly…do you know if the archive songs are compatible with the ipod? .sounds like a good resource.</p>
<p>I sometimes find songs I like on Pandora, and then buy them from Itunes.
I believe the area I live in to have, hands down the worst radio stations in the country, so I do what I have to to avoid listening while driving…Ipod is a nice option for people like me.</p>
<p>DH is heading for the Apple Store on Saturday to get a 16-MB Ipod Nano. Thank you so much for all the advice! I can’t wait to see the smile on S2’s face. He has the most wonderful smile. This is his 11th birthday…</p>
<p>For teens, iPod’s provide more “wow” factor than mp3 players do. If time is not a factor, order the iPod with free personalized engraving directly from apple to make the gift more memorable and identifiable.</p>
<p>I’m sure everything on Archive.org will work on an Ipod. they are MP3s just like anything you’d buy from Itunes.</p>
<p>Not everyone can afford $25 a month for music. Personally, I think an Mp3 should cost a dime. I’m sure Steve Jobs appreciates your business. He won’t ever be getting my money.</p>
<p>I guess I’m spoiled because the musicians I listen to ENCOURAGE the FREE trading of their music. They actually let people record their concerts and allow the trading of audience shows. They sell soundboards for those that want the crisp clean copies, but I’m fine without that.</p>
<p>NYMom, my dughter was 11 when she got the Itouch…she just loves that thing ! And she also loves it when she gets Itunes cards, which is very convenient for relatives that don’t know what to give her for birthdays.
Sueinphilly, have you tried Pandora ? You can listen for free or subscribe to keep it from shutting off every 1/2 hour</p>
<p>You can easily rip songs from CDs you already have, and with a little more technology, you can rip from LPs and cassettes, too.
I have a large collection of ripped songs, many from CDs I bought used (and kept, because I want to keep my collection legal).</p>
<p>If a CD with -10-12 songs cost $10, why would a digital download of 1 song cost a buck.</p>
<p>there is no overhead. Like I said before, you keep Apple shareholders happy by being devoted to their products (even though there are MANY players with ALL the same functions at a FRACTION of the cost). </p>
<p>Obviously, I’m the only person on the planet with a Non-Ipod MP3 player. Do they have voice recording capabilities? (my $20 player does)</p>
<p>hey sue, it’s fine to be counter-culture on this and thrifty is “in” these days.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m thrifty too but I LOVE my refurbished ipod and have spent all of $25 over two years for very specific songs that I adore listening to. My choice was to buy the full CD (and I don’t like most of the songs), or do without (right now, I can handle a $12 per year budget without much trouble). </p>
<p>And my nano is REALLY tiny so it’s great for exercise and bringing along just about anywhere. I will gladly give some of my money to apple…they make good products. </p>
<p>My son has an ipod and loaded it up with songs from all of his old CDs and occasionally buys CDs too. My H has never used Itunes either. They share lots of their music with each other…now I have completely different taste in music so that doesn’t work!</p>
<p>I have a SanDisk 4GB player that cost half of what the equivalent iPod costs. Maybe less. It is less elegant, but easier to use (I think), and does NOT put crap on your computer. (If you have a Mac, there may be some advantage with the iPod.) The SanDisk has a pretty good FM radio, too, which I don’t think the iPod has.</p>
<p>My daughter goes through iPods like they are Kleenex. I am not impressed with their useful lives.</p>
<p>my youngest daughter recently got a free ipod to go with her new laptop for college. Her previous ipod she got in middle school. ( mini with a hard drive- flash drives don’t have moving parts and I think will last longer))</p>
<p>Napster was NOT legal “back when it first started.” That’s why it was shut down, after the 9th Circuit ruled it was illegal. </p>
<p>So I just deleted my extremely long post on why the “songs cost too much” argument makes me so angry. The “there is no overhead” argument is not tenable (so much goes into getting music recorded) and I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to support artists if you appreciate music. It’s not about making Steve Jobs rich, it’s about compensating artists and the record companies that take a chance on them. I’m just going to go listen to my legally purchased CDs and take some deep cleansing breaths. Oh, and on behalf of the music industry (while there still is one) thanks to all of you who support it!!</p>
<p>I have to go find my wallet ( through the band’s fan club) so I can download the bootleg of a concert I attended last week.
I am so excited- it was the best- I love to hear concerts over again.</p>
<p>I haven’t listened to up and coming artists in several decades. </p>
<p>I spent $200 for 2 concert tickets this spring. I have no qualms about downloading the entire TOUR of shows for FREE off the internet (archive.org, completely legit). The band was selling digital downloads of soundboards and I’m sure lots of people paid for those, but I personally LIKE the audience tapes.</p>
<p>Even when I was a teenager, I would sit by the radio and hit the record button and make my own tapes. I could never afford to buy all the music I wanted. I didn’t even own a CD player until 1999 when I got a new computer with a CD recorder. </p>
<p>I don’t think Eminem is out panhandling because my son downloaded his music from napster in 2001</p>
Where do you shop for CDs?The last new CD I wanted to buy was eighteen bucks for 10 to 12 songs–my reaction: why would I want to buy this when I can get it for less on iTunes?</p>
<p>I don’t make any purchase or any product and think about the money that stockholders get…I just don’t worry about that stuff,. I buy songs from Itunes because it is something I truly enjoy. I don’t feel guilty for one minute in this small indulgence .</p>