Do you still buy CD's or just download ? - Tiki Music

IZ I, Zombie Member the Les Baxter Grotto (Minneapolis) Joined: Jul 14, 2003 Posts: 539	IZ I, Zombie Posted posted on Tue, May 15, 2007 10:42 AM Hi all, Thanks for the interesting post, Tikiyaki. I'm ok with the pops and scratches of vinyl. It just doesn't bother me that much. And collecting records, at thrifts especially, is hard work, but it can be a lot of fun too. (Though I won't defend record snobbery -- that sucks -- and is generally stupid). For me, I just play whatever I have: LPs, CDs, 45s, even cassettes. I try to avoid the "what's better" argument, and make do with what I have. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling into that trap of always needing the next new piece of equipment or software, and that game tires me out, quite frankly. As far as Terence's point about DJing, I can imagine lugging stuff around to different venues loses its appeal pretty quickly, and a laptop would be the way to go. For me, I'm a DJ on the radio -- but that's really different: I'm not setting up the equipment every week! Still I will say this about the few times I've DJ'd in public and my experience at the radio station: I like the physical activity of handling records, cuing them up, and generally working with them. I just don't get that same "physicality" with CDs and digital computer files that I get with records. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but it's important to me. I find playing digital files a bit boring compared to playing records. Just my 2 cents. To answer tikiyaki's question specifically - I'm happy with a vinyl copy of something, and prefer that over CD/digital. If I can't find it on vinyl -- or if my vinyl copy is too beat up or maybe I have a mono version of a record that should be in stereo -- I'll go digital. Just my preference, that's all. In the end, the important thing is getting your hands on the music you love. If the format makes you love it that much more, that's an extra bonus. ~glen http://www.jetsetplanet.com [ Edited by: I, Zombie 2007-05-15 10:43 ]

Hi all,

Thanks for the interesting post, Tikiyaki.

I'm ok with the pops and scratches of vinyl. It just doesn't bother me that much. And collecting records, at thrifts especially, is hard work, but it can be a lot of fun too. (Though I won't defend record snobbery -- that sucks -- and is generally stupid). For me, I just play whatever I have: LPs, CDs, 45s, even cassettes. I try to avoid the "what's better" argument, and make do with what I have. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling into that trap of always needing the next new piece of equipment or software, and that game tires me out, quite frankly.

As far as Terence's point about DJing, I can imagine lugging stuff around to different venues loses its appeal pretty quickly, and a laptop would be the way to go. For me, I'm a DJ on the radio -- but that's really different: I'm not setting up the equipment every week! Still I will say this about the few times I've DJ'd in public and my experience at the radio station: I like the physical activity of handling records, cuing them up, and generally working with them. I just don't get that same "physicality" with CDs and digital computer files that I get with records. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but it's important to me. I find playing digital files a bit boring compared to playing records.

Just my 2 cents. To answer tikiyaki's question specifically - I'm happy with a vinyl copy of something, and prefer that over CD/digital. If I can't find it on vinyl -- or if my vinyl copy is too beat up or maybe I have a mono version of a record that should be in stereo -- I'll go digital. Just my preference, that's all.
In the end, the important thing is getting your hands on the music you love. If the format makes you love it that much more, that's an extra bonus.

~glen
http://www.jetsetplanet.com

[ Edited by: I, Zombie 2007-05-15 10:43 ]

Post #306478 by I, Zombie on Tue, May 15, 2007 10:42 AM