----- Original Message ----- From: "tim maughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "et machina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [313] vinylisours...
> beautifully put...i totally agree...just lets not forget the advantages of > the digital media in regards to broadcasting/distribution...it allows you to > get your music to potentially a much vaster audience, while not forcing you > to rely on the mainstream, corporate media industry. > > theres technology out there thats not being used to its full, and its gonna > need innovators with true imagination to make it work. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "et machina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:26 PM > Subject: Re: [313] vinylisours... > > > > tim said: > > >hate to but into a discussion...and i also love vinyl, but surely CDs are > > >easier to produce? with vinyl you're still relient on a > > > > but of course easier doesnt necessarily = better, right? > > to me this adds to the disposable, "look what i got in my happymeal" > > character of digital media. it's too easy and every copy, infinite copies > > are all identical, made solely with 'sweat' of machines not humans..vinyl > is > > definitely more personal... > > > > jochem said: > > >Maybe the most essential point is still missed here.... > > >vinyl is our format..we distribute,press, master em, from the production > > >process > > >up to the expertise its all ours....and every copy is > > > > right on, this is the direction of thought that gets to what is valuable > > about vinyl even if technically it seems to lose to digital. there's a > > physical element inherent in the process of getting a record made that > works > > at many levels; it is less an automatic process, you may have to master > one > > place, press another, get sleeves done another, artwork another and this > > takes work, extra effort and extra involvement. vinyl has an interesting > > texture [cd's boring, smooth flat industrial perfection, boring and no > > character] which you might call sexier, like tim does. and conceptually > its > > no competition, analog technology is direct, physical, no coding..surface > > noise is warm and adds [literally] to the music rather than > > interrupting/subtracting, getting to techno ideas like machines with soul > > etc etc..you could go on and on with this ...> > jt > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >
