Vinyl Most Desirable Format

[davethedrummer]

exactly

i know alot of people who play digital sets but refuse point blank to play mp3's. they'l play WAV only, and it's easily done, hard drive space isnt a problem in this day and age and neither is portability. Which i must add is still a problem with vinyl, no one actually likes carrying vinyl, if they say they do they are just being devils advocate, unless they just want to look "cool" carrying a bag of records into a club hehe

and i must say, no ones ever stolen an mp3 off me laptop when ive turned around in the dj booth to grab my beer, damn those notorious vinyl thieves

i've never had a record stolen in a club
i have to admit

[RDR]

i've never had a record stolen in a club
i have to admit

You're a big lad though eh? :Yes:

[RDR]

In my mind its all about the method of playback. Thats what DJing fully depends on. Without the ability to manipulate it fully I just dont want to know.

On a personal level I HATE playing with traktor or ableton, Its not my method - Final scratch and Serato are more my thing.

But all of that is the USER end experience of playback, and although closely tied in with the purchase of the material it is still disconnected from the delivery, distribution and creation.

Like i've said before actually getting a record to the point it could be sold was (and still is if im honest) a minefield. The process of creating vinyl is (when managed without skank merchants at every turn) a beautiful thing indeed. However its also extremely expensive.

http://www.investopedia.com/universi...economics3.asp

This may be a boring read to some of you, but it really does have relevance in this argument.

The production of music and the way its finds itself onto the dancefloor/ipod/listener does not depend on the handful of cutting houses/rip off merchants..oops, sorry distros../grumpy record shop owners that it did before.

There are so many amazing musicians out there that never had the chance to get their music to a wider audience, from all over the world.

[davethedrummer]

You're a big lad though eh? :Yes:

yes quite....

it's clobbering time me old matey !!!

[eyeswithoutaface]

i've never had a record stolen in a club
i have to admit

i've had in total about ten records stolen out of my bag in various clubs, most notably in Lakota bristol. Some scary inbreds in that place, and a few of them are a few techno records better off now too

i'd never seen lad's with earrings in both ears before i dj'd there

scary

[davethedrummer]

i've never had a record stolen in a club
i have to admit

but i had a whole pack of cds nicked from the dj box the other week

work that one out!

[RDR]

but i had a whole pack of cds nicked from the dj box the other week

work that one out!

I know a record shop owner that regularly used to theive from their customers.

And besides have you ever tried to rob a 12" From woolies? Near impossible.