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Something to keep in mind: Not all custom-made CDs of unoriginal work come from mp3s.
I own nearly 300 vinyl, all of which I have recorded into wave as I buy them, stored and cataloged in my computer, and burned onto CD for gigs.
Why do I do this?
1. Unless I spin at a dust free environment, my records will gather impurities that will affect it's performance.
2. One scratch and my $10 vinyl is gone. At least I have a copy.
3. I often edit the tracks I play, (similar to what PvD does), and re-edit and re-work the tracks. I can cut the intro up to the cue point for faster mixing. (One of the advances of vinyl over CDs is being able to see when the sonic structure of the track.)
4. When I'm spinning from 9-4, that's a lot of vinyl that gets used. Vinyl is too heavy (and I have only one vinyl box that holds 60).
Vinyl DJs do look "cooler" spinning from vinyl. I get more nods of approval from people when I spin from vinyl but I feel that's a entirely subjective outdated view. There are just too many annoying limitations for me to give my allegiance to vinyl. A mjor reason why new dance music comes out in vinyl is because CD factories usually just duplicate for "name branded" artists. That makes ZERO room for independent record labels and their artists. That is why they are forced to keep making vinyls. Don't think the record labels may have a choice in choosing whether their material is copied on vinyl or CD. A lot of them, if they had a choice, would pick CDs because they are cheaper to make.
Note: The sounds coming from vinyl may generated a deeper bass in the club than CDs. I don't find it to be my case because my CDs are recorded from vinyl but mp3s do generate a brighter sound than their vinyl counterpart. Something to keep in mind.
And I have not known a club to ask me whether my cds are illegal.
I spin probably 50%/50% cd/vinyl in 3-4 hour sets. More cds if I go for 6 hours. If it's 1-2 hours, I spin all from vinyl.
Last edited by Scottaculous on Nov-24-2002 at 21:52
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