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Kids Today….

Posted by Zealot on July 16, 2009 – 8:52 am  Share
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57564421 …are conflicted. Typical.

Only a few days ago Morgan Stanley released their report on teen media consumption, in which teenager Matthew Robson said this about teens buying music…

They are very reluctant to pay for it (most never having bought a CD) and a large majority (8/10) downloading it illegally from file sharing sites.

And now today techrader runs the following news, showing the results of a recent study of music buying trends in the UK…

1,000 music fans took part in the Speakerbox survey – conducted by The Leading Question and Music Ally – which is a yearly look at how music is consumed in the UK.

According to the research, 73 per cent of music fans are still happy buying CDs rather than downloading, with 66 per cent of 14 to 18 year olds still happy to purchase a CD.

So which is it…most teens have never bought a CD with 80 percent just downloading music for free, or two thirds are happy to buy CDs? Can both be true? Maybe neither are. Maybe such matters are too complex and individual to be summed up in a few pages of a single study, whatever the hype machine may say?

Just goes to show what Benjamin Disraeli said long ago…there are lies, damned lies, and studies of teenagers in the UK.

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  • iyiuh
    Personally I prefer to be able to buy the CD especially if it's by a band or artist I really enjoy listening to or have heard alot about. I feel that it's much more substantial. Like buying a good book. You want to be able to hold it and see it and really own it, not just own some digital copy of it, even if it may be more convenient. Most of the friends I know buy or borrow the CDs so that they can look at the whole package, the cover art, the lyrics, the band/artist thanks, etc. But then again, thats just my point of view. (I'm going to be 16 by the way)
  • I personally prefer buying the CD. I'm the only teen I know that still buys CDs. I prefer the CD because 1) I think its nice to have a CD collection and 2) It guarantees that I have the music forever, where as if I buy it from iTunes, if I lose the file it's gone. I have to pay for another one.

    Thats why I prefer the CD.
  • bennyj
    I don't know about the UK, but I have two nephews(13 years old and 8 years old) and they have never bought or had a cd given to them. The oldest nephew has over 780 songs on his cell. The 8 year old has about 300 on his mp3 player. I'm in my thirties and I haven't bought a cd this decade. That's how it is in America.
  • I think I'd trust the (hopefully) scientific survery, not the teen's (possibly exaggerated) impression based on his small circle of acquaintances.

    Steve
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