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mp3 vs vinyl releases?
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| Frase |
| Vinyl releases have usually gone through extensive quality control, mp3 releases sadly lack that quality control these days |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| Mp3 doesn't count as a release to me. |
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| StarRizer |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Mp3 doesn't count as a release to me. |
Agreed. I just wish Vinyl was cheaper to produce!! C'mon people, call out the cheap pressing plants! |
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| richg101 |
quality control lacks in a lot of mp3 only labels, yes. but there is a great deal more good than there is bad.
mp3 labels allow music that is not commercially viable to be released for the minorities that want it as well as make the commercially viable stuff even easier to get hold of.
it is very trye that labels get less respect if they start up as a digital only label. a label that originally used vinyl as a medium and then changes to mp3 holds more respect and prestige than a fully gigital one.
vinyl was great but now its dated. it takes too long to release a track on vinyl now we know the speeds that we can to digital imo.
im pending a release with my mate on vinyl and the process takes ages. im bored of the tracks before they are even pressed!
also with vinyl most of the money you pay goes on manufacture/distribution. the chain is a lot shorter with digital so you can get hold of music for much better value imo.
i love digital now.. wouldnt have looked at it 12 months ago.. |
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| Subtle |
mp3 loses the fun and joy in collecting, buying and listening to music.'
having a vinyl or CD release is having a "real" release.. if i would ever be signed to a digital label, i wouldnt even tell my friends. |
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| Pjotr G |
| if a digital label can get my tracks caned by big name dj's that's fine by me. And support can well lead to a licencing deal, so you can get to vinyl through a good mp3 release. |
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| Uber Hypnotiq |
| Vinyls are horrible... They were fun 5 years ago but things have changed especially making and releasing music soo I say keep your vinyls tucked away to show your friends how cool you are... or you can make cool cup holders haha |
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| Storyteller |
either way, vinyls will not last much longer...
Digital releases offer a lot of new perspectives, they're cheap compared to vinyls, for me personally it is about the music (allthough I must admit having a vinyl with your own stuff on it is darn cool :P), not the medium. The quality of the release is subjective, however there are digital labels out there which release better tracks than some labels which release vinyls. |
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| Pjotr G |
wait, didn't we have this discussion like 20 years ago but then about cd's? :D
vinyl has been " dying" for the past 20 years :D |
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| alanzo |
A friend once told me that you cross the line from amateur to professional when you can hold one of your tracks on wax.
How long this will remain true, who knows. Even big labels like Alter Ego now have a "Digital Release" part of the label. |
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| Storyteller |
| you'll always have the knuckleheads that will stay with vinyl, I totally understand that. But as the costs are running up and income is going down labels will soon have no other options than releasing digital primarily. Except for the really big ones. Actually this kind of already happened in the past 2 years. |
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