Maybe im exaggerating a bit but my point i think is still valid. Actually thinking about it more, when cd's arrived everyone claimed the end of vinyl. Now maybe i fell for this for a bit, but not too long. Probably because there was still too many limitations for cd's to make them 100% okay for djs. IE: availability of new releases, pretty sleeves, easy of djing, street cred value etc.
Now that things like FS exist it is really a further extension of the progression into digital that cd's failed to deliver to dj's. This time it is more irresistible because of speed of delivery, potential quality (can be higher then cd's), street cred value (laptop dj's) still look impressive :) and price. Quest Pond -----Original Message----- From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2004 12:40 PM To: Quest Pond; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) warprecords >Oh and another note- all those rare records you own that only got 100 >releases well 2000 people have these now and can dj them, its easy to angry >about this but i think there is now way to win the fight. > >Quest Pond (Hey Quest!) This last point I can't quite see. - A major point about p2p etc is that on the whole, whilst they may have a wide range of tracks for download - in the areas in which we on this list are interested - the quality of such rips is generally not high, therefore whilst those '2000' djs (nominal number I know mate) might now have that rare track which you had to become a private detective to track down and a mortgage to buy, until 'legitimate' downloading services (like iTunes for instance) catch-up with the really specialist end, I can't see that FS, Traktor, Ableton etc folks have got the edge in our little area - unless they actually own the original vinyl ... I feel the real competition will start from people like iTunes when they ratchet up the sampling rate to 32 and even beyond. It will simply not be feasible I feel, for your soulseeks and limewires and kazaas to match that - at least for a while ... k
