Chef Napalm
Lost in the Supermarket
I've more or less ditched my mp3 player, the battery was fucked on it anyway.
i get my pleasure from listening to records in my house usually now. i like music alot and i tend to get more pleasure from listening it waft through my house either listening to albums or mixing pon decks.
uncanny. that's like me. exactly like me.
i too am getting disenchanted with constant music on mp3 players.
Thank you gentlemen for making my point. We as aficionados, or in mms’s and edward’s case industry insiders, are exposed to far more music than the average joe. As we have reached our saturation point, so too will the masses. It is, as they say, a matter of time. In my view, the way forward for both independent and major labels is to capitalize on this saturation by continuing to make physical formats available, even if only in limited quantities, and to continue to support radio, whether it be internet, satellite, or conventional emf types. I submit that the only viable physical formats are vinyl and CD. Wax will persist.recently, i've started lisetning to more radio tham i have done in years, and i think that's probably a reaction against having so much control over what music to listen to: i now want the music to be in someone else's hands, for them to make the choices. also, with radio you're involved in a kind of communal listening experience, rather than the cut-off private world of mp3 players.
Interesting point regarding the quality of vinyl releases. It had honestly not occurred to me that corners were being cut. Of course it was inevitable; with declining marketshare comes the desire to make things more cost-effective even to the detriment of the product. 180g vinyl is a wonderful thing, but who can afford to make it? Very few, I imagine. Who can afford mastering at The Exchange? Again, very few. What’s my point? I dunno, but it seems all the more reason to make sure that we keep the good shops in business.We are left with poorly mastered CDs (the loudness wars), a shocking drop in the quality of vinyl pressings and mastering (some places are still good but it's harder and harder and more and more expensive.... just cos it's vinyl doesn't mean it's any cop), and mp3 which is great for on-the-move headphones stuff and sharing knowledge (ie you download it, then if you like it you get the vinyl/CD). This could change as WAV quality downloads become more feasible.
I’m going to go and bump my Vinyl thread.