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10 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

You're a sucker to marketing.

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i might be a sucker but thankfully I'm not that dumb 

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About 30 years ago a local radio station reported that a floating bridge was going to be built between Tasmania and Victoria. Bucket loads of people fell for the idea before realising it was April 1. People will believe all sorts of stuff and more so if it's delivered to them by someone their mind perceives is trustworthy.

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This year I bought 45 albums (including EPs and singles).

In the lot, the complete discography of Mekong Delta, some old Pestilence or Septic Flesh. But also a lot of new releases for which I liked a track.

Nothing on CD or LP, everything in digital (high quality), because of lack of space.

I don't listen to everything, of course, but each album I buy corresponds to a need according to my desires of the moment and I know that at any time, I can listen to it.

45 albums in one year is a record for me. Usually, I am much more "difficult" in my choices.

 

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I do have a backlog of releases I have not rated in my spreadsheet but no backlog of stuff I have never listened to.  What's the point in that?  I keep a very clear system of knowing which tab on my spreadsheet has releases added that I am yet to rate and I also have my Trello board to keep track of any new stuff I am listening to so I stay consistent before adding it (or not) to my collection.  

Slowed down on the physical purchase front to be more smart with money and at the moment I am only adding albums into my stream.  Exceptional releases may justify a physical purchase but there are not many of those around anymore (for me at least).

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I have a backlog on bands/releases this year I haven't had the chance to listen to yet, but it's not stuff I've purchased already. Thankfully it's not 1994 anymore, and we're not stuck at the listening station in the local Tower Records hoping to preview certain albums. I like to hear the stuff before I buy, just to make sure it's worth the money. If it's something I'm curious about, but can't listen to right away, I usually just make a quick note in a spreadsheet to get back to it at some point.

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I buy stuff every year that I really like at the moment, but then they get lost along the way when something newer comes along. Thing is, I like buying music just as much as I like listening to it. With Spotify, Bandcamp, Youtube, and the rest of the streaming services available, there's really no reason for me to purchase anything before listening to it thoroughly. I still do occasionally, but that's usually a record store find that I've heard just not in many years. I did recently purchase a Poison Idea record I'd never heard before, but I like all of their other stuff so it was a fair bet. So, I don't really have a backlog as much as a large unruly collection that makes it impossible to listening to everything frequently. I recently finished rebuilding my music server, and even after booting out a bunch of lower quality/questionable rips and miscellanea, it still clocks in a touch over 6000 albums+eps.

I've tried and failed multiple times to cut down on the amount of stuff I purchase every year. Unlike @MacabreEternal, I have shifted to more physical media and that strategy is working better. Buying digital is too easy. Hunting down the physical copy kinda forces me to be sure I actually want to spend the money and find the space for it. I added about 50 physical releases this year (CD & vinyl) and around 100 digital. My 2022 short list has 40 albums on it. That's about 25% of everything I buy ending up on the shortlist. Not bad, and if I filtered it down to only 2022 releases it would be closer to 60-65%. Would still like to be closer to 75-80% though.

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