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Alright ninja's, although I'm not making a whole lot of flow right now (if any) I'm wondering what a reasonable amount (percentage wise) is to invest (waste) on vinyl? Mind you I'm not a professional DJ although I do spend most to all my free time spinnin, and I'm in no need of any new equipment. How much of your earnings do you guys spend on vinyl?

I'm not professional on any level,
but I spend all my money on vinyl.



If you're just starting out, I'd say spend as much as you want really, but only buy the stuff you REALLY want.

im a poor student so im trying to buy only records which i think will stand the test of time....i.e ones il play after a month n they still sound fresh. just bort earth run red/walking with jah. luv both those tunes too much so just had to buy them.

More than I should.. Definitely agree with those who have said to buy bits that will stand the test of time.
There's been several 12"s which I've picked up on a whim and I usually just end up selling them..

£0.00.

Mostly buying digital lately. It's the way forward. I support certain labels with amazing tunes, but even then I almost always buy the same tune digitally or rip it to digital from vinyl.

i buy more than you.
from a more sustainable vinyl forest.
and i buy doubles of everything too.
and the .mp3s as well.
then i go on to discogs and buy the cheapest copy.
then i go to discogs and buy the most expensive copy.
then 4 months later i sell my original copy for double what i paid for it.

ooooh, i'd say i spend about four million euros on vinyl every week.

I spend about 40% of my dole on vinyl. Fuck you, taxpayers.
A lot of it's second hand. Fuck you, artists whose music I enjoy.
I buy a fair bit of homophobic dancehall, camp disco, anarchist hardcore and politically dubious oi!. Fuck you, consistent set of values.

£10 Bag wrote:i buy more than you.
from a more sustainable vinyl forest.
and i buy doubles of everything too.
and the .mp3s as well.
then i go on to discogs and buy the cheapest copy.
then i go to discogs and buy the most expensive copy.
then 4 months later i sell my original copy for double what i paid for it.

ooooh, i'd say i spend about four million euros on vinyl every week.

dude do people actually do that??

what a scheme.....

anyays i spend more than i am worth on vinyl

My budget is -
gas
booze
cigs
records - which ends up at about 80 % of my income

about 70 - 80%? i can't even mix that well , still a lot of it is jsut for listening to

dubluke wrote:i can't even mix that well

I've been waiting for you to say that!
Meh, I can't talk.
At least I don't use the auto beatmatch button though. That's CHEATIIIIIIIING.

DJelements wrote:

dubluke wrote:i can't even mix that well

I've been waiting for you to say that!
Meh, I can't talk.
At least I don't use the auto beatmatch button though. That's CHEATIIIIIIIING.

lol well don't get me twisted, some days it starts sounding pretty slick and i curse myself for not recording it...then the next day (or even a couple of hours later) i'll have another go at it and it all falls apart for no apparant reason, still either way i'm having fun which is what counts

I don't do any professional DJ work but I still spend around 75% of my money on vinyl.

Zero dollars!!!

I'm an old man who swore he'd never by digital tracks

Simply can't afford vinyls anymore!

Beatport wavs FTW!!!

big up diablo *edit and felix, your blatently one of those limewire FIENDS init...

my last vinyl bill came to £280.00 so id say, quite alot

deamonds wrote:big up diablo *edit and felix, your blatently one of those limewire FIENDS init...

Ha. Not at all. Rapidshare, if I must.

And no, more seriously, I'm actually a DJ who DJ's outside of my bedroom and has bills to pay, various crowds to please. Vinyl is expensive and - the most important bit - incredibly impractical. Serato ftw.

pretty much all the money i have left after going out, petrol, cigarettes and bills.

LOADS.

Staying up to date with new bits and want, and hunting for the garage and jungle bits i like to get becomes costly.

It's not about digital for me, can do it, but it's like sex with a jonny on, not quite the same y'know!

I own 2 vinyl records. I do my my stuff through traktor like a bodmon.

Shook1 wrote:..but it's like sex with a jonny on, not quite the same y'know!

The kinda comparison a virgin would make.


(Though i agree, condoms feel shit, but crap simile.)