BEATPORT Founder:Vinyl is a collectors Medium Electronic Music Is Disposable Product

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Posted by Existo22 on Mar-07-2009 03:21:

BEATPORT Founder:Vinyl is a collectors Medium Electronic Music Is Disposable Product

Do you agree with this?
Obviously this guy is biased as he only sells Digital files but do you agree with this?
Do you agree that electronic music is disposable product that doesn't stand the test of time?
Do you consider your record collection timeless or do you see it as ''old tracks from 2001'' ?

Posted by flavdave on Mar-07-2009 03:31:

Is this from an interview?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Mar-07-2009 03:33:

Where are you getting this quote?

Posted by Existo22 on Mar-07-2009 03:42:

quote:
Originally posted by flavdave
Is this from an interview?

Yes its from an interview.

Posted by Enjoy on Mar-07-2009 03:45:

i think that modern music is disposable regardless of the medium

Posted by Ted Promo on Mar-07-2009 03:54:

I want to grow up to be just like you.

Posted by winston on Mar-07-2009 05:06:

i'm buying records that came out 10 years ago in chicago or detroit, i don't give a shit

Posted by flavdave on Mar-07-2009 05:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Existo22
Yes its from an interview.

Link?

Posted by Clovis on Mar-07-2009 05:43:

He's mostly right. Most electronic music made today is disposable crap.

Posted by winston on Mar-07-2009 05:49:

most

Posted by Clovis on Mar-07-2009 05:59:

There is still so much good wax to buy.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Mar-07-2009 09:30:

Re: BEATPORT Founder:Vinyl is a collectors Medium Electronic Music Is Disposable Product

quote:
Originally posted by Existo22

Do you agree that electronic music is disposable product that doesn't stand the test of time?

Current electronic music, yes. With very few exceptions.

Do you have any opinions of your own?

Posted by Existo22 on Mar-07-2009 11:05:

Re: Re: BEATPORT Founder:Vinyl is a collectors Medium Electronic Music Is Disposable

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Current electronic music, yes. With very few exceptions.

Do you have any opinions of your own?

Of course I disagree with what he said. There are records from the early nineties that still get played out and the people still love them so electronic music is not disposable what HAS made electronic music disposable nowdays is the lack of quality control.
Back when the scene was vinyl people had to cut records and spend real money.
That is the best filter right there.
They were not going to cut a tune unless they felt it was really good and it was going to sell

Posted by bas on Mar-07-2009 16:52:

I completely agree. I'd say dance music, regardless of age/format, is mostly disposable. Out of all the tracks that were released last year, how many did you buy? Out of all those how many can you still remember? Out of all THOSE how many do you still play? Probably not much.

Posted by nefardec on Mar-07-2009 16:56:

can you post a link to this interview?

i pretty much agree re: OP

Posted by Zak McKracken on Mar-07-2009 17:14:

i dont see what it has to do with electronic music, its very contradictious as most vinyls are edm. i also think that edm is more timeless that most other genres and it goes longer back than 2001, i often listen to edm-albums from 1994 etc. now whats disposable is singles, they are garbage when stand alone imo, both edm and others. just look at pop singles, it doesnt last more than two months at max, while full edm albums might last a decade. its true that most edm is garbage tho but not any more than other genres.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Mar-07-2009 17:29:

The irony being that back when dance music was vinyl-based 95% it went out of print after two years and was lost to history, where as an MP3 link can stay on a website for decades.

Posted by Floorfiller on Mar-07-2009 21:09:

anything can be disposable if you don't assign any value to it...

Posted by Existo22 on Mar-07-2009 21:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
anything can be disposable if you don't assign any value to it...

+1

Posted by basilisk on Mar-07-2009 21:49:

Beatport sells a lot of disposable music, of that there is no doubt

I like to play the non-disposable cross-section of electronic music.

Posted by ibizzzaaa on Mar-09-2009 00:07:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=472842

Posted by Darkarbiter on Mar-09-2009 12:21:

quote:
Originally posted by basilisk
I like to play the non-disposable cross-section of electronic music.

yep

Posted by Guest on Mar-09-2009 12:41:

So what are some non disposable vinyls I should pick up wiht my paycheck this week?

Posted by leebates1986 on Mar-09-2009 13:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Guest
So what are some non disposable vinyls I should pick up wiht my paycheck this week?

i'd recommend Armin van Burren : Imagine Remixed if it was pressed

Posted by flavdave on Mar-09-2009 14:23:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
i dont see what it has to do with electronic music, its very contradictious as most vinyls are edm. i also think that edm is more timeless that most other genres and it goes longer back than 2001, i often listen to edm-albums from 1994 etc. now whats disposable is singles, they are garbage when stand alone imo, both edm and others. just look at pop singles, it doesnt last more than two months at max, while full edm albums might last a decade. its true that most edm is garbage tho but not any more than other genres.

No.