Yeah Yeah JT, no one claimed to be an expert! ;-) It's just a forum, we're just 'shooting the breeze', it's not gospel or anything like that, rather it's opinion. I think that's clear to most people.
I'm interested in your 'it's not just for the consumer' idea though. While I can see what you mean to an extent I think it needs to be balanced with just those very consumer orientated imperatives that that sort of idea seems to eschew. Or else what are you doing what you're doing for? Art with no audience? -----Original Message----- From: JT Stewart [mailto:etmach...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:59 AM To: Richard Hester Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) mysticism in electronic music (and where has it gone) A lot of people assume that what they themselves (especially) and their friends are doing, as far as buying habits, is what everybody is doing. And than make proclamations about the fate of the medium they're leaving behind as if they are experts. Vinyl still sells. In fact some labels are doing _very_ well selling vinyl. I might point to certain (mostly) bootleg label. Digital sells, but it's not as easy to manage/produce content as you might think, or as it is to buy. It's also not as fulfilling for many artists and labels. It's not always all about the consumer. Music is and always will be art as well as a commercial product. JT On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Richard Hester <gwrenc...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I don't know about the NSC etchings (RIP, Ron), but I was just digging > in crates for vinyl not an hour ago (found some, too). You can't put > your hands on an MP3... > > > > Martin Dust wrote: >>> >>> The days of digging crates for vinyl with nsc etchings are passed. >> >> I wouldn't be so sure about that, I can see labels/distributors doing >> small runs and still keeping the quality release up. I know a lot of >> people think vinyl is a pain in the jack adams but I still love the >> process dearly. >> >> m >> >> > > >
