stick a tape in the tape player.lol

I don't understand why recording it off the radio is stealing or downloading a song is stealing if we can and do listen to it on the radio for free anytime it airs. If a song is being downloaded for personal listening then what is the difference regardless of how many people do it? It is almost impossible to take an artist's CD and download it in it's entirety. I stopped buying music when it was tapes because it was just a waste of money to buy a tape and only like one or two songs. There seriously are few artists that put together a cd worth of good listening.

Kymomo, maybe the artists you listen to get paid a lot, but none of the ones I listen to do. When was the last time I saw one of my music artists without a big plane or a big tour bus? The last time I went to a concert. In fact, one of my favorite artists had to get a job over the summer to keep her income up. And she was a SIGNED ARTIST with a CD out. Don't make the mistake of thinking that all music artists are rich. The majority of them are not. Secondly, what makes you think that they're doing it for the money even if they get paid lots? They make music because they love it, and if that wasn't the case then they might just quit. I have no problem with artists making money off me. They're honest people trying to make a living, just like us. Thirdly, just because they're rich doesn't give you the right to steal from them. Sid, radio stations have legal permission to let you listen to a song the same way television stations have permission to show you movies and libraries can give you books to read for free. The artists, recording labels, filmmakers, publishers, and authors all get money from the respective outlets, and they get the exposure they need to be able to sell more. If you had never heard a song by a certain artist before, why would you buy it? That's what the radio is for. Listening to your radio is legal, but downloading a song without paying for it is not. You can check out a book from the library and read it legally. You cannot break in, steal it, and then make copies to post online. Get it? You can legally get one song if you don't want to buy the whole CD. There's iTunes, and other great places online where you can buy music. Personally, I like buying the whole CD. I've rarely bought a whole CD and then been disappointed because I only liked one or two of the 12 songs I got.

I feel that they get payed to much. It should be about their love of music not the money. When is the last time you saw one of your music artist without a big tour bus or private plane? I was so young at the time and it was something to do so I could hear the song I liked whenever I wanted, we didnt think of whether that artist was making money off of us.

Hi moneymaker, I havent had a tape player for years just all we had back in the 80's/early 90's. What we would do is call the radio station and request a song then keep our finger on the record button until we caught the song.I do pay for my music now unless I find it online for free legally.Have a great weekend!

Ohhh, I see what you mean...yeah, I wasn't born until the early 90's, lol, so I wouldn't know too much about the 80's....;;

Hi spiderlizard, I agree, they should make music because they enjoy it, not only to make a profit off of it.If people enjoy it as much as they do they will be more proned to buy it for their collection.

hi minx, Ha ha yes I did this too. I still enjoy making my own mixed music cds. Its just easier now :))

I still have some of my old mixed tapes too.It sounds like you had a fun last day at the radio station.This was the first way of making mixed songs, getting only your favorite without having to FF to listen to the few songs that you liked on an album.When cds came out I thought the coolest thing was that you could just skip to the song you wanted to hear.There was alot of FF and rewinding to find the beginning of the song on a cassette.

HI jambi, I have a hard time finding songs I like on the radio.I change the station alot of times trying to find something to listen to.

hi crimsonladybug, I hear ya, cd's are to expensive to buy and only have 1 or 2 songs that you like.