it depends how you truly look at it:

it's not necessarily about what the VINYL scene is doing to generally say what it is like as a whole.

what is a scene? it's what YOU have surrounded yourself with..

each person has a different outlook and analyses (based on their taste) how they think the scene is progressing..

it is a shame how people like fabian struggle to get a release..

but i still think that he gets enough coverage the way he distributes his tracks.. he gets praised by a charade of popular and well known dj's.. isn't that technically the same as getting a release?

look at it like this, a vinyl release only sells between 1000 to 5000? records

you send your tune to 100 people over msn and put it up for download, the same amount of people will get this tune. maybe not the vinyl buying dj who doesnt know about the net scene yet, but still a lot of people in a different scene.. ;)

it's all about coverage, how you go about it..

cos i know jon it's easy to use him as an example..

he had the same degree of talent for the same amount of time as fabian has now and it took a while to get a release.. it's taken him 7 or 8 years to get where he has, but he's stuck with it through thick and thin, and slowly but surely it is paying off..

but compare jon to mark.. or scot project or paul van dyke!!

it takes YEARS to get where you want, and with technology moving so quickly, it takes new and different ways to get to the forefront of the scene..

at the end of the day, as much as we love vinyl, it will die.. but hopefully not!!

the moral of this story is stick with what you love doing, try and push your own boundaries and don't worry too much about what the scene is doing and push yourself!