tacospheros wrote:well im not a dj , i dont have decks, so i have absolutely no reason to buy vinyl
and guess what? same goes for 90% of your audience !
10 years ago you had 2 options... see it in a club, see it on a turntable at your house. That's DJ's, fans, producers, label owners alike... There are those of us who buy vinyl because we want to have some sort of nostalgia when we hear a tune 2.. 3... 20 years later. Nothing better than throwing an old record on and hearing it play and thinking back. You can do the same thing with a tune you downloaded, but it's not the same feeling I assure you of that. Sliding that record out of a sleeve is like a butcher pulling a knife from the block. I makes that sound that can't be duplicated by a CD case or a mouse clicking.
It's obviously a personal choice. You can't hate on a painter because they only do water color, or only do oil paintings... that's the way they want to deliver their art. Buy a ticket to the museum or don't, simple as that. There are other reasons to put out records than making money. A record is a commitment by a producer and a label and a distributor to put their financial ass on the line for the product they are delivering.
And to further the point, if you are angry at the label for not doing a digital release, maybe you should move on to labels that do them. I mean, they obviously are more than willing to sell you what they have. If there's an Iphone app I want, I guess I better buy an Iphone right?
Same scenario with vinyl only releases. It's meant to be exclusive to that number of people. It's a limited edition.
