Two important questions for the forum

[DJ RE:HAB]

Internet piracy .....
Many of us, if not all of us use the internet..
I dont know how i feel about this subject on the matter of downloading tracks, for the use of playing them out at clubs..
I mean in away its pretty S**t to think you can have a classic choon from lets say 1996-1997, "baby" for example, on vinyl and someone can easily access the same track, play it out at better quality, and still have get the credibilty for having the track..

DOES THIS MEAN THAT EVERYTHING CREDIBLE ABOUT THE VERSION YOU HAVE ON VINYL GOES OUT OF THE WINDOW .......?

Its a mad topic, i was just wondering whether at the end of the day the internet is a beneficiary to our underground movement, or will technology get the better of us, and vinyl slowly disappear.. Its a long way from happening but could it be a scenario waiting to happen.

Take Darkstars mix, in the Filez section (soz to use u as an example) absolutely blinding mix, quality tunes, but was'nt done with vinyl.. Hmm!

Two questions for the forum..

1. Does the internet benefit our movement i.e. Downloads/online buying
2. What is the future for vinyl, if music is more accesible and cheaper on the net, in the long term affects..

Your thoughts please

[djjaym]

ill admit to downloading stuff but basicaly only dj sets,ive never downloaded something to play in a club.I prefer vinyl ,it doesnt feel right to dj without vinyl (the only cdrs ive played has been stuff of my own or my maes who are producers just to roadtest)

[wenna]

i only dowmload choons to see what they sound like and if i like them i buy them on vinyl- nothing wrong with that! :D

[The Teknoist.]

im guilty as sin here. I reckon iv got around 9000mp3s now about 10,000 behind greg dolphin...BAH! Il burn them on2 cd n play em out ye but il always buy the vinyl if i can. Fact is it gets released on the net 1st so i wanna play the new shit out b4 its released on vinyl.

Theres nothing wrong in my mind with what i and alot of other ppl do because we do buy the vinyl iff poss, altho sumtimes its just not.

[Chazbloke]

bah - used to be a MP3 junkie! managed to kick the habit a few years ago - now i've hit the films and xbox games!
have you seen "Final Scratch" ... http://www.finalscratch.com/ ... products like this will make downloading more common when it becomes more affordable.. heck if you spend £50-100 a month on vinly, 4-8 months you would have ya money back!

[The Teknoist.]

ye im a film freak also man! lol...final scratch, ye iv seen it. Have been told theres some glitches with it tho but 2 b honest that wudnt scare me off. I havnt got a laptop tho which u need plus th cdj1000 rox.

NO MATTER WHAT THO, NONE OF IT SMELLS OR HAS THE SAME RELIGION TO YOU AS THE WHOLE PROCESS OF BUYING/USING VINYL.

woops...caps!

[djjaym]

NO MATTER WHAT THO, NONE OF IT SMELLS OR HAS THE SAME RELIGION TO YOU AS THE WHOLE PROCESS OF BUYING/USING VINYL.

TOTALY AGREE :D

[saki nzyme]

ive got loads of tunes in mp3 format, i would play them out if i ever get round to buyin a cdj.

in some ways its wrong because some of the small techno labels could go under if everybody did that but most of the tunes i buy on vinyl anyway.

its good for the hard to find classics :)