this is in reply to brock sutters' rant. first off, brock claimed that i
sold off my ENTIRE collection on ebay. this is untrue. i sold about a sixth
of my collection. i sold only vinyl with the exception of skampler. now, i
am not a dj, i've never been a dj, i'll never want to be a dj. the thought
of playing vinyl just to listen to it frightens me. so, after a good while,
once i had transferred a good many records to digital, i decided, that
because i truly no longer had any need for this vinyl, i'd give these
particular 7"s, 10"s & 12"s new homes. why not? & what the fuck am i gonna
do, give the shit away? in most cases.....almost all, the start bid on my
auctions were equal to or less than what i paid, either brand new or from an
auction. compounded by the fact that i treat vinyl like it's as fragile as
ash. all the covers in plastic. why not make a load of people happy? i'm
stoked when i win an auction & it's always worth it. i paid $330 for twoism
but i only put it up on the block for $150. mind you, i had played it to cdr
it & that's it. that's why i bought it in the first place. i didn't pay
Lance McGannon $330 for that record so i could own it, i paid so i could
have a georgeous digital copy of it. i don't care about owning rare vinyl.
plus it was all out of print stuff i was auctioning, with the exception of
the first diskono 12", which i sold for only $10. so it's not like i didn't
pay for the stuff i sold in the first place, & the artists or labels sure
weren't concerned about making anything more off the records at hand or they
would've pressed more than they did as to keep it from going out of print
inside a year or much, much less. & how much sense does it make not to
convert vinyl to digital. it's a necessity. if you don't get a track on
digital, how are you going to listen to it? whip out the vinyl......destroy
it, disgrace the creator by rendering the track useless. the very name of
the device that ruins vinyl sends off an alarm of destruction. NEEDLE. you
put a needle on a record & what happens? it peels away the sound. of course
the needle gives us sound, but then it takes it away. & nobody could ever
convince me that artists who release bomb-ass recordings in virtually non
existant numbers, aren't praying for the shit to be bootlegged. bootlegs are
a service to artists who don't care about generating profit. what else do
you call it when you press stuff in the hundreds when the demand is
obviously much greater? incredibly limited music, especially 'idm', was
created to be copied, passed down, spread around, cherished, bestowed,
enjoyed by all, & not kept to ones self. worthwhile recorded music must be
preserved for the entire earths future. it helps people, people like me.
another thing, brock. i don't say that i or anyone else is entitled to any
tracks they want. i just think it's kind of a dis not to flow or sell tracks
that you know would really make alot of peoples day, namely, the folks
supporting you. all the ae & boc shit i have, i bought, unless it was
'unpurchaseable'. i've introduced ae & boc to a gang of people. my sisters,
their friends, my friends, my friends friends, people i've worked
with......many of them now own a few releases to a great deal of their work.
another thing, i'm only trying to trade cdrs. i'm not trying to sell
anything. i've never made a cent off of anything in my collection but for
stuff i auctioned, & even then it was the winners decision to make that bid
& fork over the cash. i certainly have never profited from cdrs. anyhow
folks, i just don't believe i'm the underhanded weasel brock sutter might
have you think i am. & to everyone who has replied to my original trade
offer, hang tight & expect to hear from me (or hear from me again) in the
next couple days. thanx,
a.j.
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