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why all the record stores closing?
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| MR STROKE |
i live in CALIFORNIA-usa......i can only asume that this is the case everywhere, but here there has been 10-12 record stores close with in the last 3 years,one of my favorites now closing next week...its sad..but why?????everyone going to cd's?no one djing anymore?pirating music???
any thoughts as to what is happing?? |
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| sr126 |
i personally thing 9/11 had the most to do w/the stores closing. of course it combination of a couple of things... stiff competition (along w/poor management), crappy service, people sabotaging each other. 9/11 was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak.
here in hollywood, melrose was the spot, before 9/11. now it's graveyard. no one bought anything after 9/11. including me, i was too busy getting laid off, and looking for another job. forget about being able to maintain the status of living i had before 9/11. now when i start a new job, i start looking for another one the same day.
my neighbor said he used to make money before 9/11. now he's lucky if he his label can break even after a release. he praises the good lord he closed his record store on melrose before 9/11. 9/11 messed things up than people can possibly comprehend. |
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| Clyde77 |
| its very simple answer. i think its the whole mp3 scene. why buy if u can download. its one of the saddest thing in the world. and also digital downloads are very common nowadays. for $1-$3 per song, and its convenient. |
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| sr126 |
yeah, that too. a one-two punch. but napster wasn't able to really hurt record shops back then. maybe the chain stores that lived off of mainstream stuff, but really the underground shops.
what's happening now w/labels and online stores selling mp3's direct, cutting old fashioned record shops out of the loop, along w/P2P. now THAT hurts. |
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| jdat |
The gradual increase in people ordering from online shops has most certainly not helped the local stores.
I may be mistaken but I don't believe any of the large online shops have gone under in recent years!? |
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| Freak |
| tuneinn have gone under... they werent the smallest |
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| Zild |
| Oh well. I can't remember for the life of me the last time I bought a record in an actual store. |
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| Nic |
| we have stores opening here :) |
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| saryn |
you have to look at the population. how many people in your area spin vinyl?
there is definatly not enough in my area to have an entire store. but some local music shops have vinyl in their basment.
plus with shopping online becoming more and more popular you have less in local shops. things of that nature. there is alot of things that contribute.
but at the end of the day i dont think there will be a significant shortage of records. as long as the labels keep good music coming djs will pay to have it. |
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| Ryan0751 |
I buy a lot of MP3's, but also vinyl. The whole process of buying vinyl online is much quicker and easier, and the selection is so much better. Online you can look through a few dozen records in a short period of time, listening to samples with just a click of the mouse.
If you go into a record shop it's rather daunting. You have your favorite labels and producers, but there are so many other records with odd names and strange cover art that you really have no idea what you are looking at. You then have to grab a big pile of random records, and start listening to them at a station. It can be fun, but it's so time consuming, and time is money! |
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| darkSIde |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ryan0751
If you go into a record shop it's rather daunting. You have your favorite labels and producers, but there are so many other records with odd names and strange cover art that you really have no idea what you are looking at. You then have to grab a big pile of random records, and start listening to them at a station. |
Thats the fun of crate-digging! Its an experience, spending hours on end at the record store, I wish there was a record store here but unfortunatly I live in the hell they call SC. I would much rather pay tax than pay shipping charges! :happy2:
| quote: | | It can be fun, but it's so time consuming, and time is money! |
Eh today's world is getting too fast-paced for me then. |
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| Vero |
| the popularity of CDJs and digital DJing software. I now but most of my music from beatport and audiojelly, cuz its easier and cheaper than converting all my wax to MP3/WAV cuz i use serato. i still buy from my local wax shop, but only a fraction of what i used to buy. i used to spend about $100 every week on vinyl, now ill buy only a few records a month. but i still love collecting and playing vinyl. |
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