Just having an argument with someome about how the majority of music fans go and see a signed/marketed artist in concert AFTER buying their cd, rather than vice versa. Also there are loads of cd buyers who rarely go to gigs. He says I'm talking rubbish

Do you agree with me? How many of you usually go and see a signed band AFTER buying their cd, and how many b4?

Depends when the tour is. It can be either or really, the only times I can remember specifically buying an album after seeing a band were These Animal Men and The Magnificents, so I suppose I'd be more in the 'go and see after getting the CD camp' but more often that not I'd just resolve to do both....as I said, there's no way to put yourself 100% in one or the other.

I haven't really seen many bands live tbh, but buy lots of albums.

If I was to see a band, I'd go after I've bought the album, just to make sure I know the stuff they'll be playing-_-

the only bands i buy the cd after seeing them are support acts tbh as when i go and see a band im normally a fan already and as a fan i proberly already have their album(s)

I always do. if i love their song and its stuck in my head, then I buys the cd. Its just a pluse if they are amazing live.

Just having an argument with someome about how the majority of music fans go and see a signed/marketed artist in concert AFTER buying their cd, rather than vice versa. Also there are loads of cd buyers who rarely go to gigs. He says I'm talking rubbish

Do you agree with me? How many of you usually go and see a signed band AFTER buying their cd, and how many b4?

 

hard to say as i buy loads and loads of cds each week - and most of the time i buy cds without actually knowing what im buying with only a vague idea of what im getting (tho this will be thru reading reviews and opinions off my mate, oh and also the fact that most cds i buy are cheap and only the same price as a bottle of cider in wetherspoons) - other times will have seen the band live, other thru watching music channels on tv or thru free cds off music mags

If I like a band it's a whole lot quicker and easier to go buy the CD and then wait for them to tour near me. Also, it's better to buy the album and learn all the words so you can sing along at the gig :dance: haha

depends

 

when i saw Interpol, ladytron were supporting

 

so i downloaded all their albums before i saw them live..

I don't go to gigs so I only buy albums.

I have only seen a band/artist after I have bought an album from them...unless it is a local band.

At this point, I don't really go see many live acts because of the location I'm in plus my friends have a drastically different music tases than me. But I plan to see a ton of shows once I go off to Baltimore / Providence / Boston for college (still need to decide on that one).

 

WOO.

Depends. Normally I don't go and see a band with the intention of checking them out with the intention of buying their CD. 90% of the time, the live music is better than the CD, but yes I have bought albums by bands after i've seen them live before but only a couple.

I buy the albums for the sound of the completed songs on there complete with all the production know how.

 

I only go to see artists whose CDs have kept me well entertained, when the tour comes up. If they turn out to be disappointing live performers , I don't go to see them again but may still buy singles or albums of theirs which appeal to me.

 

If I liked local artists the opposite would apply. I would go and see them more often and hope to buy their CD when it came out in physical form. For a start, local artists in smallish venues tend to cost less to see, often give better value in terms of set length and take time to communicate with their audiences.