I thought this was a forum on how much should a cd cost? how much is to much? I used to buy a hellova lot 'o' cds back in the day, but now i value my pennys to much to spend $34 on a cd. only NZ artists who i want to support will i buy the odd one at $24.95 from the good old tower manners mall, but then how much do the artists really see of that anyways. Not until they bring full price cd's down to $15 will you catch me buying cd's in the huge amounts i used to.
Supporting NZ music is one thing but supporting distributers is a different thing.

"they're a bright star in a galaxy of retail black holes"

mmmm mmmmmm pure poetry, noizyboy your a real casanova.

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I've always loved the concept i discussed at a party once. the "pass it on" ,kinda like that crap movie. But you burn a cd by a nz artist and then send a cheque for $10 to the actual band in question, who give a po box number for such sales on the album. It's kinda a double edged sword, cause I can't bring myself to copy a NZ album (not because of that crappy campaign either), but because most albums i want aren't "chart" they are $34.95, and that is gay, so i don't end up getting them and sometimes feel musically deprived. But if i could just send the band a cheque for $10 then I would copy a heap of NZ albums and not have a heavy concience.

Come on NZ bands take a stand, don't follow dave dobbyn and fellow fools in their burn and get burnt campaign, emplore burning and cut out the middle man.

Yeah, I don’t burn Kiwi stuff either. Never have and never will. Were to buy? In good old Hamilton, Tracks and Bigtones for NZ stuff (cause they got a good range between 'em) and Warehouse for most other stuff.

i do love the $3.00 shelves and also the $6.99 shelve. I made several purchases from their yesterday. Shit i got regurgitator-art for $2.99 just a month or so ago.

If a CD is good, than people will usually buy, 'cos they want cover art, lyrics etc + yeah, burned CD's are ugly but think of all he really crappy albums you've paid $30 for & you only like 1-2 songs. No, I have never copied a NZ band CD & I don't plan to. But these days, the world is full of cheapasses like me & who would pay $32, when it's easy enought to get a copy for $1. But I think selling burnt CDs in buy & sell mags for $5-25, is getting really low.

You can buy blank CDs that are reusable, but they are more expensive. Also, I think most CDs players can't read them, (Tho computer's can) but I saw in K-Mart once some machines that claimed to be reusable compatible. I assume that'll become more popular in the future.
Hehe, ideal as blanks... I saw a 7c tape of Scandinavian folk tunes at the ol' Warehouse & just couldn't resist. heheh

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