Sales of 7in singles rise by 13% in first half of 2007
18 July 2007
Those rock kids are getting back into vinyl. That's good for DJ music: it will keep the pressing plants in business.
At the http://remixhotel.com/nyc/schedule/ panel series one of the panelists commented that VINYL will probably outlive the CD.
CD will die because of downloads (and we hope because of better digital audio formats). Its basically just digits, just a basic carrier. We can download digits.
Vinyl is an experience, it collects memories, it has a texture that draws you to look at it, examine it, and it still sounds better. Not louder or more crisp, but more relaxing. Your soul can rest deeper in it. Its also still an amazing experience to balance that little stylus into the groove and it just squirms around and then we translate that movement into electricity, amplify it all-to-fuck and blast it into the air with magnets and paper cones.
"You can't roll a joint on an MP3" - Gabriel Roth, Engineer/Producer, Daptone Records
I still like digitial, and I like where its going. Higher res formats, better shopping experiences. Plusses and minuses.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2127345,00.html
