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How to save your wallet on your pursuit to happiness!

DJ Aevum qualifications: 20+ albums in 4 months

DJ ASCENZIOxN qualifications: 50(?) albums in 4 years

We are literally professionals TRUST ₊˚⊹ ᰔ (˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

1. Use your brain before adding to cart ❤︎

We get it, you're excited, we were too BUT think really REALLY hard. Do you actually love this album? The artists? Are you collecting a specific genre? category? What is your goal? - DJ Aevum Don't buy stuff just because it's cheap, because it really adds up over time! And don't feel pressured to buy things you truly aren't interested in. All those "CD must-haves" lists are completely subjective. Also, are you sure you want a physical media collection or... would a digital collection fit your needs better?? Make sure to really think about this before committing to your decision!! - DJ ASCENZIOxN

2. Make your own rules!!

For example, me personally, I'm only allowed to buy "second hand!" Sometimes I get lucky and they'll come with the original packaging but they were still purchased from second-hand shops and websites. - DJ Aevum One of my personal rules is to stick to albums rather than buying singles (CDs with 2 songs) since those can add up really fast because like why am I paying so much money for 2 songs, yanno?? I only buy CDs of singles on extremely rare occasions *coughs* Promise Swords by Knights *coughs* Evolution Eve by QUARTET★NIGHT uh, what was that? But yeah, for singles I usually try to buy the FLAC files instead, which are a lot cheaper but have the same audio quality! Once again, like Aevum said, it depends on the person and what they prefer. *Side Note: Something I've observed is that CD albums are sometimes cheaper than buying the FLAC files for them, but buying FLAC singles is cheaper than CD singles - DJ ASCENZIOxN

3. Cross-check sources

Make sure to check multiple sources before making a purchase! Sometimes, certain websites or shops will have prices hiked up more than others, so it's important to look at different places to confirm that you're getting the best deal you can. Check local music stores as well and try to support them when you can! I like to make a chart of the prices to compare and contrast so that I can make my decision. - DJ ASCENZIOxN

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HIII if you're wondering where we've been (｡- .•)b

If I could only pick 3.... That's a little tough!!

Well actually my first choice comes to me easily. It would be Nurture by Porter Robinson because it has my favorite song of all time on it (Musician) and I can't live without it. It's also the first CD I ever purchased.

The second CD would have to be Opus by IDOLiSH7 because it's the IDOLiSH7 album with the songs I cumulatively enjoy the most (although I enjoy every other IDOLiSH7 album quite a bit as well) and it's a very loop-able album.

The third and last CD would have to be In Bloom by Saito Soma. There's a lot of musical variety on that album and the lyricism is beautiful. And of course I have to mention that Soma-san's vocals are as heavenly as ever! I enjoy the theme and story of this album greatly and I actually have something related to a song from this album scheduled to post soon so keep your eye out for that >v<

Thanks for the question DJ Aevum!

purgatory origami - Mixed Matches

summergazer - nerdneko

Unfold - Porter Robinson & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Noblest Strive - Bladee

I Was Somewhere Cold, Dark... and Lonely - empire! empire! (i was a lonely estate)

Ventura - Saito Soma

Birdsong - Flawed Mangos

Texas - James Ivy

The Waterboy Returns - Modern Baseball

Doodles in order:

By @djaevum

SiGNZ POiNT 2 CHAOS in a cool artsy font ft. her also struggling with spelling (ToT)

Misc doodles and Leo that I told them to draw (HE’S SO CUTE I LOVE HER ART STYLE SHE MOGGED ME ON THE BOARD)

By @ascenzioxn (me)

Northern Sanbaka from Mahoyaku (you can tell this was the warmup HAHA)

Mika whom I drew for Aevum in return for drawing Leo

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