In a message dated 11/27/99 3:40:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
brock@alchemyfx.com writes:
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I've noticed a LOT of people blatantly doing this lately and IMHO, it's
incredibly lame. It's one thing to unload things you don't want or
listen to any more but a whole other ball of wax when you dub 15
extremely rare records you've had (and enjoyed) for years and then
auction them off for as much as you can get, while keeping a digital
copy.
Wack, wack, wack.
I used to have a remarkably similar viewpoint until I realized a few things:
A) original vinyl is incredibly fragile.
B) original vinyl fetches a lot of money.
C) I always just make tapes to listen to anyway.
D) it's more easier to put on a CD and listen to it
then turn over four 12"s for the same amount of music.
I'm not saying I don't buy the records. I do. Then I make a copy of them,
and sell them. I have my copy for home listening, somebody else buys
the record. I support:
A) the label, by buying their release.
B) the artist, by buying their release.
C) the retailer, by shopping from them.
D) the distributor, by encouraging the retailer to keep ordering.
E) people who like vinyl, by reselling my 12"s at a lower price than I paid.
If you really want to make some money quick, why not just shoplift cd's
at all your local record stores and sell them back for 10 cents on the
dollar. Pretty much the same difference, but backassward.
How am I making money? I spend $10 for a 12" (already a rip-off).
I pay $2.50 for a MiniDisc or a CDR. I then end up selling the 12" for
like $7 or 8. I'm losing money. Just less money than I would be
losing if I buy vinyl and keep it. So I'm recycling the vinyl and my
money, so I keep buying new things and not losing lots of money.
Me, I'd rather feel good about myself knowing that I'm not fucking over
artists and labels I like...
Ha! I'd love to see you support that statement.
If anything, labels fuck us over constantly. Electronic
music is just about the only music where a 7" from the UK
costs $8 and a 12" $10+ consistently. I used to airmail 7"s
from Japan and pay about $4-5 a piece. There are probably
a handful of labels that are even remotely reasonable in pricing.
I'm not saying make an MD or a CDR of CD's, because those
are more convienient to listen to and generally available. But
let's look at two scenarios for having the music of the first
three Black Dog 12"s:
option A: spend over a year and over $300 getting the first
three BDP 12"s. play them a couple times (having to get
up and turn over the damn record), destroy them.
option B: make a MiniDisc, have them all on the disc (heck,
you can even throw on "Von Daniken Experiment"), not keep
the original records which you won't play anyway.
Same deal with Likemind, Otherworld, B12, Axis, all that
old collectible stuff. Hey: if the labels reissued these as CD's,
I'd buy those, fuck home recording. But that doesn't look
like it's going to happen. And if it does, I can always record
over my MiniDisc with something else and buy the reissue.
See the light: home recording.
Matt
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