Makes the people. Come together. Over Me.

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1367587]

Comments

[cybik.livejournal.com]

You forgot television! ;)

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

and minidisc and live internet broadcast that wasn't internet radio (live streaming of filkcons) ...

... I can't remember if I have played a tape in the last twelve months ... it's very possible, I just can't remember ...

... and the MP3s etc. have been on a laptop, on a CD-R into a TV/home cinema set up, on an iPod, an iPhone and several other phones. So different players for the same sort of medium.

[andrewducker]

I was counting live internet broadcast as being basically the same as internet radio. After all you get live broadcasts on radio as well.

I did forget Minidisc. But then so has the world.

I've had my MP3s played through a large number of players too - (laptop, desktop, Modded XBox, portable player), but I don't think that really matters that much.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I've played far more music on minidisc in the last twelve months than I have vinyl.

And I agree that mp3s played on different players, the players don't matter much ... but then what about mp3s that are on a different machine across a network ... internet music or mp3? Does it matter (serious question) where the "player" is and whether the music is streamed?

[andrewducker]

Depends. If you can actually get at the MP3s and p;ay them in any app you like, copy them to portable player, etc. then they're MP3s. If you can only play them through the third-party app then they're internet radio.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I have a wireless music player (Netgear MP101) which connects to my PC and serves music to my hifi ... some of the music is from internet radio stations, some from "local" mp3s ... so when I'm sitting listening to music in the living room, it could be an MP3 or the internet radio ... so one question is, what is the point of the questionnaire?

[andrewducker]

I have a hacked XBox running XBMC that plays a variety of different file formats and also streams internet radio stations, in much the same way.

The point was largely to find out how most people listened to music, whether CDs were phasing out yet (definitely not), MP3s were now 100% mainstream (yes), and whether people were using music streaming services like Spotify/Last.FM/Pandora (yes, but clearly not mainstream yet).

All the other options were chucked in to see if anything interesting turned up.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I have listened to music on CD in the last 12 months.

It has either been at someone else's house (including my landlord's) or while ripping it to MP3.

Am I still getting music on CD? Yes. Am I buying many new albums on CD? Only at music festivals, at filkcons or from friends over the internet. Otherwise it's second hand from ebay and then ripped to MP3 straight away and probably never played from CD again)

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

used to use Pandora a lot ... sigh.

Have only just signed up for Spotify so haven't really used it much yet, but use Last.fm from time to time, and the BBCs online stuff nearly every day! (whether time delayed iPlayer or the listen live for radio)

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

Hee, and I get to break the trend and call Audio DVD (though I lumped it in with CD for the purposes of the poll) in addition.

I've abandoned tape these days, and regretfully I've never owned a serious turntable... just a hand-me-down as a kid, that didn't follow me when I moved away.

-- Steve's also one of those few, lonely, sad cases who bought into SACD.

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

You have certainly missed MiniDisc (which I have listened to in the last 12 months, but only when transcribing it), reel to reel tape (not me I don't think), wax cylinder (though to be honest I've only heard MP3s of wax cylinders), those looping things that people use in live performance to create an instant backing track (definitely), PA systems and Muzak, and oh, I don't know.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I'd leave out a PA system as it's only the amplification, you'd still hook up a music player (live or electronic) to it.

Muzak is interesting, and is another step on my reply asking "what is the point of this questionnaire?" ... as there are music storage (MP3/AAC/vinyl/minidisc) and playback (internet radio etc.) options combined.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

[] coming out of my mouth....

I have performed live 3 times (plus all the associated rehearsals and private practice).

[19-crows.livejournal.com]

We've been listening to a lot of Victrola records. Seriously. I got my husband a gramaphone for his birthday. I figure those fall under "vinyl" but I think they're really shellac.

[draconid.livejournal.com]

I may be odd, but I like listening to CDs, and I like buying CDs. When I was busing it I'd mostly listen to MP3s. But when I can, in the house and in the car, I prefer CDs.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I was sorting out some old mixtapes at the weekend (mostly for the bin) and decided to play a couple of them on the only working tape player in the house.

you missed out

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

[ ] wax cylinder
[ ] shellac

Re: you missed out

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

Oh, and

[ ] wire recording

You missed out 'telephone', too

[0olong.livejournal.com]

It's weird to think I might not have listened to vinyl in the last year. I think I have only because my dad played me a couple of recordings. Maybe I dug out The Coasters while I was last down, too, but I'm not sure.