[NF] NF: when you really like an artist's music

[niki]

...then how would you usually treat the artist of your likings/favorite ?

would you:
- buy (or at least try) their original CD products, or still prefer downloading for free? (please be totally honest here )
- actively find out & go to their concerts
- buy the merchandises-relesases from the your favorite artist/band/musician? or not?

I want to make a poll, basically because i'm just curious if there's indeed a correlation between NFs and the 'close-feeling'ness with their favorite artists (or maybe not)..that's what i want to find out in this thread

 

[Moiety]

EDIT:Hey, that poll wasn't there a minute ago was it??

I meant to say I do all of the first five.

 

[scantilyclad]

I do all of the first five.

 

[Kasper]

My NF sis does these;
~buy their original CD products
~actively look out & go to their LIVE concerts
~buy their merchandise-releases [at gigs]
~tell ur friends excitedly (even frantically) about them (offline)

Dunno about type patterns though cause I'm usually right next to her doing the same thing.

 

[tenINsFJ]

Unfortunately my favorite artist is dead and my favorite composer is dead. But I buy their music online, and go to concerts. I'm going to a Liszt concert this saturday! Woohoo!

 

[speculative]

I want to make a poll, basically because i'm just curious if there's indeed a correlation between NFs and the 'close-feeling'ness with their favorite artists (or maybe not)..that's what i want to find out in this thread

So, you want to find out who we're stalking?

If I really like a band, usually I buy all of the albums. (I have 12 or 13 R.E.M. albums, the most I have of any one group or artist.) I would actively go to their live shows, but the nearest major town where big-name acts would come to play is 6.5 hours away.

I don't really buy "merchandise," but I've purchased a couple music-related DVDs such as Pearl Jam's "Single Video Theory" (which is excellent by the way). I felt that SVT really gave me some insight into the band during their Yield era, as far as the vibe they were in at that time.

I don't download music: either I like a band well enough to purchase their music, or I don't like it well enough to mess around with illegal downloading. Some artists remove their music from Youtube but I think it's great that there are a ton of live concert clips on Youtube. They just make me more likely to purchase the band's music rather than download it for free, if the band is good. I think only mediocrity fears exposure; talent has no worries in this area. (Although I do admit there are crooked people out there who will download illegally no matter what...)

I'm not sure what "supporting" a band's web site etc. means. I did "friend" a few bands on Myspace if that is the kind of thing you're talking about though. But I do mention bands that I think are really talented. For example, everyone should check out Ghostland Observatory. They just got big with their Austin City Limits appearance a year or so ago and are a 2-piece electro-rock/dance act that has to be seen to be believed.