ALSO, DEPENDS HOW YOU BUY VINYL. I'VE BOUGHT >LOADS< OF VINYL OVER THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, MORE THAN I'VE BOUGHT IN AGES. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MUSIC (OF ALL KINDS) COMING OUT ON VINYL NOW FROM SMALL LABELS WHO SELL THEIR OWN STUFF THROUGH THEIR OWN SITES. YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT, SURE, BUT ONCE YOU'RE INTO A GOOD SEAM YOU CAN MINE FOR A WHILE AND GET RICHES.

I QUITE LIKE LOOKING FOR STUFF, BEING AS I CAN'T DIG IN STORES FOR MUSIC ANYMORE IT'S SOMEHOW (VAGUELY) SIMILAR TO TRAWL AROUND ONLINE LOOKING FOR ESOTERIC LITTLE LABELS WHO'RE ACTUALLY DOING GOOD MUSIC. MAJOR DISTROS DON'T CARRY GOOD MUSIC ANYMORE, BY DEFINITION THEY KIND OF CAN'T. THEY WANT TO SELL A BUNCH OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS TO A PRE-PREPARED AUDIENCE. YOU CAN'T HIT AN AUDIENCE LIKE THAT WITH DIVERSITY, SO THESE COMPANIES PLAY IT SAFE AS **** AND HAVE LOWERED THE BAR TO THE POINT THAT THE QUALITY OF "VISIBLE" DANCE MUSIC IS REALLY AT AN ALL TIME CREATIVE LOW :-o

IF THE VINYL "INDUSTRY" IS DESTROYED, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE DANCE SIDE OF STUFF. I'VE HEARD SOME REALLY ****ING BAD TECHNO VINYL OF LATE THAT JUST MAKES ME THINK "WHO IS FACILITATING THIS CRAP ? WHY DO THEY BOTHER ?". UNINSPIRING ROT. RATHER THAN SETTLING FOR THROAT SLITTING P&D CONTRACTS TO ENABLE THEM TO FIRE OUT THE GENERIC SHIT THAT THE DISTRO TELLS THEM TO, HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE WILL BREAK AWAY AND ACTUALLY START DOING >ART< THROUGH THEIR OWN CHANNELS.

IT'S BETTER TO HAVE 1 FAN THAT ACTUALLY "GETS" WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT 10,000 WHO DON'T. UNLESS YOU'RE "IN IT FOR THE MONEY" AND >LOL< AT ANYONE DOING UNDERGROUND MUSIC FOR MONEY THESE DAYS, SO WHY TRY AND GO THROUGH CHANNELS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTMODED FOR YEARS ? WHY TRUST YOUR MUSIC TO SOMEONE WHO JUGGLES 100 OTHER PEOPLES STUFF AT THE SAME TIME. MAKES NO SENSE :-)

ANYWAY, I DIGRESS, LOL... BUT, YEAH, TRADITIONAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE THESE DAYS.