Why I Bought 12,000 CDs 

@@neshod6415 A library does not have to be open to public use, genius: a : a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale b : a collection of such materials a library of jazz recordings

​@@neshod6415 It's a personal library. It's nice to have what you're in the mood for at your fingertips. Bravo! 🎉

Yes libraries can be private or public@@neshod6415

​@@Jhon-Rocks @neshod6415 Is calling him mentally ill in every comment. He thinks collecting CD's is a mental illness 😂.

​@@neshod6415You aren't a doctor. You aren't a psychiatrist. Get off your arm chair. Stop giving us your uninformed opinions.

That was exactly my answer as well 😊 I don't drink alcohol and don't smoke, so I spend all that money on my CD collection which I still own (about 2600 till now)

Amazing!

Your wife and you are badass

I still buy cds 💿

It's a disease!😀Why should I buy it if I'm not going to listen to it anyway.---😀

There is a difference between hoarding and collecting. Brendon is a collector of music. Hoarding is getting almost everything and not knowing what to do with it.

He doesn't need to justify anything, but doing so gets views. I'm assuming his channel is monetized

I say the difference between a collector and a hoarder is.....Shelving! I see nice neat shelves here not a spare room stacked willy nilly with boxes of trash.

Exactly. It's nobody's business. I've been to the homes of actual hoarders, and there is a huge difference. You literally cannot walk through a room without climbing over piles of things, and there tends to be rodents and spoiled food everywhere. But even then, I'm tempted to say leave them alone if they are happy. Unless you are a relative concerned about them, or a landlord who is going to need to do a major cleaning job some day. Most collectors, on the other hand, tend to be organized. When I have guests at my house, they usually end up acting like they are at a music museum, looking for their favorite music and asking me to play it when they find it, which I am always happy to do. 🙂 For me, collecting is a joy, not a job. And I kind of hate that there are people out there that only collect because they are speculating on future dollar values. I can't imagine parting with my favorite music. And while I know that streaming is currently capable of solving most peoples' listening needs, with RU-vid it comes with ads, and with all streaming platforms, albums frequently get pulled for licensing issues, so I enjoy having a collection that I can count on always being there for me. Sorry for my little dissertation there. I got carried away because of my strong feelings in the matter.

At an average price of $12 (which is actually low) that's $144,000.

@@gibsonfan159 Depends - you can pick up CDs at ridiculously cheap prices nowadays used online.

@@andyc6542depends what it is. Jazz cd’s tend to be $$$

well, depending on the cd, the opposite can just be as true. also, this guy is old school and bought a lot of stuff back in the day it seems @@andyc6542

@@gibsonfan159 I've collected hundreds from thrift stores at $1 or less each.

That is a fir point too. However, many colectors do listen to everything they own or at least are aware they enjoy xperimenting listening to a vast array of music. Being a completists is something I really can't comprehend. I have had artists I have loved who then have gone down a different track and I haven't liked their new music. In these cases I stopped buying the albums. It seems you have the balance just right but I think Brendon is not possessed rather loves exploring a library - and one needs a library if they are to go exploring. Sorry for my waffle and have a top day.

If you don't sell you donate. No good will is gonna have a problem with that. Hell just will to a flea market. I can tell you with a certainty a ton of collectors will jump at the chance!

Absolutely. Cheers@@humphreybogart6663

Downsized how ? If nobody wants your collection ?

@@snorrevonflake Sold some, gave some away. Giving away 100 CDs is easy . Giving Away 1000 is Not easy..

Was going to post the exact same thing you just said. When downloading became a thing so many people would bust my balls “oh why do you still buy CDs?”. These were the same guys going to bars and liquor stores every weekend and drinking and pissing all their money away. I’d tell them “you spend your money on booze, I spend mine on CDs, atleast I have something to show for the money I spend”.

@@neshod6415 That’s why I no longer have them as friends. lol

Because some people are envy.

On the one hand, I agree: it's nobody's business what he buys or collects, as long as it's ethical and legal. That's for him to decide, and everyone else can go jump in a lake. The only people he might need to justify it to are his loved ones or, if he's a spiritual man, a higher power. But when you make a RU-vid channel about your huge CD collection, you're necessarily inviting all manner of comments and questions, and some of them will be negative. That's the nature of the beast. If you don't want people being negative about your hobby, keep it private.

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

Spotify sucks 🤮🤮🤢🤮🤮 all streaming sucks

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

2,500 cds would be the majority of Dead recorded music, but not all.

To be fair, if you make a bunch of RU-vid videos about your giant CD collection, you're inviting public feedback, good, bad, or ugly. If he didn't want any attention about it, he wouldn't post videos and would just enjoy his music in private.

​@@SO-ym3zsI know, you keep writing the same comment. Not all criticism is valid. It's also his right to block you.

Not sure why you're talking about people blocking people, but anyway, my point stands: if you're going to show off something about yourself that many would could consider unusual--and having thousands of CDs these days is certainly unusual--and do it on a public Internet forum that explicitly invites comment from strangers, you're going to get all kinds of remarks and questions, including ones you don't like. You need to have a tough skin to be a RU-vidr. And as adults, we need to be able to respectfully disagree. And maybe some of his critics are right, after all. (FWIW, I have a huge CD collection, so I certainly understand his impulse to collect!)@@mr.brenman2132

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

He explains why in thorough detail in the video if you actually watch it.

Thanks Pete! Also great point about the library of music being used to create content for our channels! That’s actually one of the reasons I started the channel so that there would be another way to explore my collection and share it with others.

Exactly! @@BrendonSnyder

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

It's a passion for consuming.

@@PhillipCummingsUSA I think any reasonable person would disagree but go off girl

​@@sunkintreeWell no, a passion for music should not depend on what you own and spend, my one is bigger than yours type mentality Very much a guy thing.

One CD of music a day really isn't even that much. However I think it's a stupid idea. CDs are one of the worst mediums for keeping music safe.

@@zombizombiMusic is much safer in the cloud!

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

@@neshod6415 are you older than 10?

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

Does he have any Classical?

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Thanks Scott! 👍

I can see that happening. Cassettes are slowly taking off and I've sold some of mine for £10. Lots of lesser know artists CDs already fetch 30 - 40. Not ones you ever see on second hand stores.

CDs have become more popular in the 2-4 years and there are lots of CDs that are now as expensive as vinyl to buy.

Streaming is much more convenient, but I'm all for physical media. I have quite a few Blu rays and also still prefer holding a hard cover book.Streaming is much more convenient, but I'm all for physical media. I have quite a few Blu rays and also still prefer holding a hard cover book.

I bought a Toyota Vitz that has a CD player. Lol I had no choice but to venture to the mall to purchase CD’s for the first time in years. I bought everything they had from 21 pilots. It will be sad to part with them when I upgrade my vehicle

I do have a record collection but it’s only about 350 vinyl. I didn’t go into the preference for CDs because I have a whole separate video on it, see link on which format is better ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_omG4-qMLJ4.htmlsi=E26Pd2-qdZwMzt9k

I say the difference between a collector and a hoarder is.....Shelving! I see nice neat shelves here not a spare room stacked willy nilly with boxes of trash.

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

and thats the point plus I'd rather have hi-fi qual music at my fingertips

Don’t be jealous I’m prettier than you.

​@@BrendonSnyderabsolutely nothing wrong with your hair. I never even understood guys being insecure over hair. Most women could care less. I just started shaving my head and went all in on baldness 😂

Thanks Von! Yes we are out here! You are not alone 👍

Maybe I should sell tickets 😂

Id defo purchase! It wouod be a fair old round trip to achieve it thpugh 😂

Separated by genre and alphabetized then sequential by year of release.

Uhh..#2 is incorrect. Most 2CD versions don't have all the songs that come in the big boxset. Only a portion of it. A selection.

ok. but why buy the 2cd version if you already have all the songs? @@kngkrmson2179

It’s a money bank that was released as a promotional item for the single Girl Money off of Hot Wire. I got it from a music store back in the day when the promotion was over. It’s one of my favorite items.

@@BrendonSnyder Ahhh... love promo items like that. (And that's a great record btw.) I enjoy your channel and collecting passion. My wife always bats an eye when I get a new CD -- I have 2,600, so a ways to go to catch up to you!

God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves!

I’m laughing all ready because these streaming only people don’t know what they’re already missing 👍

Just bought a 2020 Toyota Corolla that does not have a CD player. It has streaming capabilities so at first I was really bummed but once I got used to it , as you said , best of both worlds. I no longer have to worry about scratching my CDs from keeping them in the car.

Exactly! If we only listened to the things that first clicked life would be pretty boring IMO.

You’re my kind of people 👍