How I Consume My Music.

I have been asked to write an essay to how i obtain, consume and handle my music. To put it simply, i love music. However, the bands that i love, wouldn't agree to the methods at with i obtain their product.
As many of people nowadays, i use peer-to-peer file sharing clients to get my music, such as LimeWire. Thanks to this and other forum sites i haven't bought a single track for 2 years. The last album i bought was Paolo Nutini's, These Streets.
The only reason i would buy music would be if it was a band that i knew needed my support, like Paolo Nutini. I had heard early demos and really enjoyed them, and of course when they got signed and their album came out, i decided that they where worth the £10.
I share my music through music forums and to my friends via sending them a song on msn or burning a CD for them. I try and give back to the bands as much as i can (...without buying their tracks) by going to see them in concert. Currently i have bought tickets to see 4 bands in November alone.
I believe that artists should receive money for their work but as it stands I'm torn. Torn between being a fan of the artist and a broke teen who loves music. I don't want to see my favorite bands going bankrupt because everyone is downloading their new album, but i also want to have that same new album as soon as, and in most cases before it's released, and the only way for me to get it at the moment it, is to illegally download it.
I don't believe that the musicians, managers, record labels or fans will be happy until there is a fundamental change in the way we obtain, consume and handle our music.