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who is still a vinyl DJ? (pg. 2)
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj EndgamE
Still, theres something magical about crate digging, and finding that jem.
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I like the way you said/phrased that man! ^5 that's the moment you just love! ;)
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| electro funk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj EndgamE
Still, theres something magical about crate digging, and finding that gem.
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Not as magical as getting 10 tracks for the price of one vinyl. i hate to say it but its soooooo true |
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| Dj EndgamE |
| quote: | Originally posted by electro funk
Not as magical as getting 10 tracks for the price of one vinyl. i hate to say it but its soooooo true |
Yeah, I did't even factor that in. The price of digital is nice but...
But look at it this way:
Go to a record shop and spend a few hours then grabbing lunch afterward, and thinking about playing your tunes all the way home on the subway. That's an experience. Thats one way that your music comes to life. You can actually make a day out of it... I can't speak for anyone else, but when I head down to PDR/Release/Vintage its like living the music. Even though I'm no hero I get to feel like a superstar. For once...if never again :thepirate
Compare that to beatport:
Well, I wonder what this months new releases sound like. *click/preview/click/preview/download/burn/play* :o
Wahoo. Not much more of an experience than checking email.
Both have their advantages, which is why to me its all about balance :) |
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| electro funk |
trust me.....if you switch to cd. you won't miss going to the record store. i love shopping on beatport. i can sit on there for hours going through tracks. plus.....i dont end up with all the records that everyone in the city already have.
one thing though......remain really picky with what you buy. just because it only costs a buck or 2 doesn't always mean its worth it. i still search about 200 songs and pick maybe 10 or 20. |
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| m2j |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj EndgamE
Yeah, I did't even factor that in. The price of digital is nice but...
But look at it this way:
Go to a record shop and spend a few hours then grabbing lunch afterward, and thinking about playing your tunes all the way home on the subway. That's an experience. Thats one way that your music comes to life. You can actually make a day out of it... I can't speak for anyone else, but when I head down to PDR/Release/Vintage its like living the music. Even though I'm no hero I get to feel like a superstar. For once...if never again :thepirate
Compare that to beatport:
Well, I wonder what this months new releases sound like. *click/preview/click/preview/download/burn/play* :o
Wahoo. Not much more of an experience than checking email.
Both have their advantages, which is why to me its all about balance :) |
I enjoy the whole vinyl purchasing experience as well. Great way to spend a long summer afternoon.
And that feeling while you ride home getting ready to play those tracks is unmatchable.
But on top of the experience, BeatPort sucks ass when it comes to Breaks. Plus, a lot of the greatest Bootlegs come out on vinyl only.
With that said, I still would like to get CDJs one day to go along with my TTs... but right now I just don't have the cash for it... I dream of the day I'll be able to integrate massive white label bootlegs with massive digital tunes.:clown: |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj EndgamE
Yeah, I did't even factor that in. The price of digital is nice but...
But look at it this way:
Go to a record shop and spend a few hours then grabbing lunch afterward, and thinking about playing your tunes all the way home on the subway. That's an experience. Thats one way that your music comes to life. You can actually make a day out of it... I can't speak for anyone else, but when I head down to PDR/Release/Vintage its like living the music. Even though I'm no hero I get to feel like a superstar. For once...if never again :thepirate
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Thats too cool! |
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| Stilez |
The advancement of technology has made it possible for cd's to do exactly what vinyls do, and not lose much(if any) sound quality. With that being said, I love the idea of playing boths forms/mediums.
1: yes it is cheaper
2: More convenient
3: u'll never run out of copies
4: not as heavy
5: quadruple your tracks
6: don't have to worry about skipping as much.
But as I've said a million times to others about this exact topic. There's something more special about walking into a club with a CRATE full of records than a binder full of cd's.
*edit*: Also, when I go record shopping I tend to drift into other parts of the store and genres and listen to tracks that I would othewise wouldn't...maybe cause the cover looked cool..or I saw a particular remix by someone.
If I was an international dj though, I would definitely use more cd's just for it's convenience. |
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| Möbius |
I'm still 100 % Vinyl, and I plan to stay that way for quite a while. I do have a CDJ-1000, but I rarely ever use it, and when I do its for promos or for tracks that I can no longer get on vinyl.
For me, it's like Endgame said, there's something magical about the vinyl shopping experience, and knowing that you have something of which limited copies were made. |
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| DigitalMP |
one or more of the following:
you're too cheap to make the switch
you're procrastinating, because you'll now have to plan the project of ripping all of your vinyl
you're holding onto fading technology |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| When I saw Ferry last Friday all he had were CDs. There weren't even tables up on the stage. |
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| DigitalMP |
Like many said, they're very convenient and it's so much easier to shop for the music.
You can also back up your music and store it on an external hard drive, or even upload it to your web server in case you get robbed or lose your CDs while you're traveling.
And you can do SO MUCH more with CDJ800s & 1000s than you could with tables. |
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| Kate Manus |
| Ferry playing strictly cds doesn't surprise me in the least... from my own observations it seemed like a lot of big trance djs were among the first to jump on the cdj train. |
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