Music Reflection

To obtain music there are many different methods, from buying CDS to buying tracks from iTunes. Personally, I download my music from torrent sites as this is a free, quick method of getting all the music I want. My ipod allows me to store all my favourite music and to get listening to different types of music, I use different sites like youtube and programmes like spotify allow me to listen to an unlimited amount of music. All my music is saved on my laptop and my iTunes account manages and organises all my files to an easily accessible manner.
Many people use the argument that how will artists make money if people are downloading music illegally. I show my support of the artists I like by buying tickets to see them in concert, which are often very expensive.  If I was to buy every song I wanted to listen to, I would never discover most of the music I now listen to, nor would I have very many songs on my ipod as I simply would not be able to afford it.
All of my friends consume their music in the same way I do. However, in my family the methods of obtaining music vary. My parents would buy all their music in the form of CDs. Although this is not because they disagree with the downloading of illegal music, but because they have not been brought up with the technology which allows us to do so, and so are unsure on how they would get music without having to pay for it.
Legal action/disconnection from internet worried me ages ago when I began to hear of more stories of people being fined for having illegally downloaded files. But as time went on and I realised most people I know do it and haven't been caught so why would I be any different.  My parents who pay for my broadband do know how I access my music, and their only compliant is often the virus' that come with the files I download which tend to lead to damage on my laptop which then needs to be paid for to be prepared.
Statistics show that more people are downloading rather than buying discs, and more often or not, are downloading illegally, as people want the cheapest they can get things.