Never downloaded a song or album in my life. Every CD I own I bought.
I have been a diehard metalhead since the very early 80s and support the artists who write, perform and record the music I enjoy. Period.
A couple of years ago I bought the members of Decapitated dinner when the band rolled through town. They were tired and hungry and almost dead broke. They were friendly and genuinely appreciative of my support ... so I bought them dinner. Dudes didn't have a crew and, as a death metal group, weren't raking in the money. It was my pleasure to help. All the way from Poland to play the music they love to their small fan base and I am not gonna buy them food when I learn they're halfways starving?