I dont think thats the problem though.

The reason I went with digital was because of the following:

1. There are SO many good tracks out there that were never going to get released because vinyl is expensive to produce, expensive to distribute.

2. Digital gives freedom, Im not in the camp that feels digital is a negative simply because there is so much crap out there, market forces eventually have their way and those who dont survive didnt because they made bad choices, not because the format was inherently crap.

which brings me to ..

3. Vinyl is inherently crap, from a logical perspective. Its heavy, it damages easily, it wears out, it doesnt have the full freuqnecy rnage available to human ears etc etc. BUT there is something undeniably gorgeous about the sound. Therefore format shouldnt be an issue.

4. I alwasy wanted to release vinyl and i will be doing that next year if my plans work out right, but with all the distros going down im having to take a good hard look at the options surrounding the distro and retail of it. And if i feel like that and lots of other people do then to fiercly stick to vinyl does no good at all. Especially if you love a type of music enough to want to risk your money on it, if the entire scene is vinyl then how much new music will find its way out there from people with enough drive to put it out? Drive doesnt equal money at the end of the day, and musicians are hardly known for their business accumen.

It amuses me no end when people launch into a format war and dismiss MP3 as being crap (it can be crap at lower bit rates of course) and then go on to defend vinyl as if the format made the music better, audio quality and music quality should never be foolishly confused wht MUSICALITY.. the two are not the same.

this is a time of change and one which should really be embraced wholeheartedly, change or DIE.