How do you get your music?

Does anyone actually purchase CDs anymore? Do you? Or do you burn your own music off the internet. Or a combination of both? Let's hear people's views on how to aquire music in the 21st century.

Personally, CDs are so damn expensive then I simply can't afford to satisfy my musical thirsts, so I have to turn to the 'net (morpheus and kazaa). Sometimes if there is an album that I know I'm really going to cherish, I'll shell out the money. Although, I find that most music stores today have NO selection! It's pathetic. Besides the giant top 40 racks, they have very little. I went to buy Vai's alien love secrets and they didn't have it, in fact they didn't have anything by Vai.

I think burning is wrong, I always buy, and if I can't afford it, well then like most other things I go w/out it.

I try get some recommendations from people before I buy, but I always buy. Even if I have to wait for something to hit the sales bins, or show up in the second-hand shops.

Very nobel attitudes so far.

Pony, you could always burn CDs if you have a burner.

i always buy the cd's of bands that i support - if it's just a band that i want to have a listen to, i download some mp3s first.
-Daniel

Burned albums from Mp3's sound ****e. Unless you have high qality mp3 but they take hours to get. I usually just buy albums but when money is tight I just buy an album, burn and exchange it. Its a win-win situation. :)

I buy when I can, but I download a lot.

The main thing now is that I don't end up with one-hit-wonder-bands.

I buy a lot less cd's but I know I'm gonna like them.

It also made me discover great bands that I never would have if not by mp3's.

I might have 20 cd's of mp3's but I always end up listening to the same cd's I bought. Go figure!

led you don't have cable? It's great! You can get a 3 meg song in about 10 seconds (depending on your connection of course).

I can't even get cable TV here, and forget DSL.

As for mp3s: I'll download songs that bands post or a song or two if somebody wants to make me check a band out.

Outside of that, I buy. I like having the actual disc and the cover art. I do however make copies of my favorite CDs and bring those out into the world with me (incase of theft or other catastrophies).

i usually always buy as well except if the band only has one good song and i don't want the rest of the album i'll either buy a single or burn it onto a compilation cd of all my fav **** at the time and my compilation CDs have 90% my own **** with maybe only 1 or 2 songs at the most that ive downloaded.

if you just burn CDs your collection looks positively dodgy and i like to pride myself on my growing CD and Music DVDs collection so i don't like to burn a whole lot of ****.

a cd collection should be something that looks good to visitors and friends and **** if its all burnt it looks crap

just my opinion