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would you be buying records...

as opposed to digital tracks

maybe that's why quality control went out the window. inflation!!

do you think you would be buying as many records as digital tracks? shits like 8 times the price. i dont think i would

I've never bought anything digital in my life. And I don't think I'll be doing so any time soon either.

I like to hold something physical. I don't have any feelings to mp3-file unlike the real thing.

Man i wish the cd singles on cdjshop were more cheaper, the prices are ridiculous

Music is ridiculously expensive these days. And now, I'm more reluctant in buying vinyl: last week i bought a so-called vinyl exclusive from meerestief (the label's site indicated so) only to find out those tracks were brought up on Beatport just now

No I wouldn't.

Personally I don't give a fuck where the music is coming from or what format it's in as long as it's something I enjoy and can play easily.

I still try to avoid shit music as much as possible though and currently I'm not buying much music as I've had other things "more important" to buy.

For me buying music has always been limited by the amount of money I have. So if I had to spend 8 times as much on every track, i'd be buying 8 times less music most likely. Dunno if I'd buy better music then. Maybe a little as you would have to think about every purchase 8 times more. I'd still probably buy the occasional shit track and be 8 times more annoyed than now. I just think that my list of tunes I want is 1/8 of the length it would be if I only bought physical copies of the music.

So, in conclusion: Maybe a little/no!

i like that answer man, philosophical

Vinyl DJ's are more likely to buy/spin records to a crowd that have SUBSTANCE to them. Anyone can go on beatport the night of his gig and buy the top 10 list and burn it. But vinyl dj's have an entire selection process that revolves around sampling, waiting, sampling again, waiting, and then finally when payday comes, you buy the best 2 out of the 20 that you found.

I seriously doubt anyone puts that much thought into a track when it only costs 2 dollars + no shipping fee.

psh, hell no.

i'm not strong enough to lift a bag of records, and i can't shell out 12 USD for vinyl. i'd rather pay 2.49.

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Originally posted by Guest I seriously doubt anyone puts that much thought into a track when it only costs 2 dollars + no shipping fee.

The good DJs will, regardless.

(I get your point, though. Just saying.)

i'm buying records all the time

second hand vinyl is cheap as fuck

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Originally posted by david.michael The good DJs will, regardless. (I get your point, though. Just saying.)

I agree...I'm not saying everyone. I'm sure there are some standouts that puts some serious time into their cd books.

Let me put it this way. In any given month there are probably 20 or 30 records that I find that I feel an intense need to have and share with others. Out of those, I might buy 8 or 10 and the rest put on hold.

Some of those that were put on hold, I'll remove from the wantlist, and sometimes they are fogotten. Sometimes they'll pop up in a search 6 months later, or I'll hear someone else play it and I'm like damn I shoulda got that one. Then i'll put it back in the list and start over.

With the vinyls, unless you're living w/ the parents and can drop 500 bucks a month or more, your selection process is much more ruthless and you end up with a box full of nothing but bomb records

I still love buying compilation cd's. I dont dj at the moment so I dont really bother buying digital tracks, I just mainly buy cd's for my car and listen to those...and thats a LOT of cd's!

I still buy records, but it's usually just to get a physical copy of some of the most bang tracks I have on digital. I buy digital every month and maybe 2-3 vinyls in the same period. I think the most recent vinyl I have is Oakenfold's Southern Sun (2003?), and the rest is a lot of rock and ~2000 EDM. Even if I had all the money and space in the world to buy every record out there, I don't think I would. I like the ability to just walk around the house and hear music play randomly for hours.

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Originally posted by david.michael The good DJs will, regardless. (I get your point, though. Just saying.)

lol, the good DJ's don't buy music...it gets mailed to them in hopes of some play time

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY lol, the good DJ's don't buy music...it gets mailed to them in hopes of some play time

well known is not NECESSARILY equivalent to good

i still buy them, but i admittedly have cut back and only order things i can't get digitally or eps that have awesome art to go along with the package.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I've never bought anything digital in my life. And I don't think I'll be doing so any time soon either.

I don't really worry if I can't get it on wax. There is a lot of music out there, waiting in some dusty record store for me.

Yeah, I buy vinyls for my favourite tracks of the genres that I spin for parties. Or the vinyls that I cant buy or get digitally or on CD, but really want on my Ipod / mix - I simply encode those to MP3.

Vinyls are picky little bastards and require proper storage and handling. Sound quality is amazing though. And vinyls do make you look professional.

I have nothing against vinyl. I'd buy more if I had the money. I also buy MP3s - Beatport, ITunes, PureTracks; buy a large number of CDs, too - and also download a whole bunch.

A bit of everything - its part of a healthy musical lifestyle, I think.

One cannot just download everything and not spend a penny on music. It is bad for the music industry and your artists.

havent bought records in about 3 years.

i dunno good music is good music and format doesnt really matter..

however had a mix for the first time in ages on some old technics at an afterparty last weekend - and farken hell vinyl is so much more fun to play

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Originally posted by -FSP- psh, hell no. i'm not strong enough to lift a bag of records, and i can't shell out 12 USD for vinyl. i'd rather pay 2.49.

I think the bulkiness and weight kind of act like quality control. You don't want to carry tons of records, so you only take the better ones.

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Originally posted by Armitage I think the bulkiness and weight kind of act like quality control. You don't want to carry tons of records, so you only take the better ones.

You can also think of it this way:

Records are dying. Labels die every 10 seconds, therefore, labels will put safe, well produced (well produced does not equal a great song) stuff out there to sell on vinyl. I perfer digital, lots of hidden gems and obscure stuff that won't even get bothered to be sold on vinyl.

I don't buy vinyl because it's an addiction that I'm not willing to succumb to. I'm bad enough with CDs as it is.

At least with CDs I'm not tempted to walk into every second-hand store I pass by. Black Crack Addicts can't resist the allure of finding some obscure lost record collecting dust in the bins at the back of pawn shops.

edit: that said, I'll never buy digital. Truly a waste of money if you ask me, but I needn't get into it here.

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