Vinyl release

Davesax1965 wrote: 2830 views. Not one sign up. :-) 120 *complete* plays of the latest EP in one day. One sale, £5. I mean, when you think about it, to sit through a 31 minute album, you have to actually like it for that half hour. :-) Moving swiftly on..... to something else, frankly. ;-)

I was one of those 120.  It's nice, but not enough that I'd buy it. Plus I only buy CDs.  Take that for what its worth...

Davesax1965 wrote: Yes, of course and fair enough. ;-) No, the release has been mentioned elsewhere with higher rates of success, but, to be honest, Angelo, you have to be fairly sure of a return before throwing $1500 down a potential drain. ;-) Obverse side of the coin is that I can just do more commercially lucrative music. That would be the "business decision". Following that logic, very few people will keep doing prog rock......

It's not my kind of music, sorry. Apart from that, re our other discussion, using just this thread as a channel to promote the release seems a bit limited. Remember what I wrote about 'the full package'?

timbo wrote: No, the answer is play what music you think is good, and that you enjoy playing. Just don't expect to make money from it. Even in the 70s, that was like winning the lottery. Now it's harder still. Do it for yourself.

Edited by Davesax1965 - December 04 2015 at 10:58

Format means nothing to me when I think of good music.....All a format does is give me choices on how to enjoy the music. Sure some formats are more engaging than others, vinyl being the main one.....But if all we are talking about is music then does not matter. Look at how many people listen to music on youtube at very low bit rates, terrible sound quality, but they listen.

Thanks for the replies, folks. Project canned, of course. ;-)

I did have a listen, Dave.
Sorry, it's not something I would normally listen too. I like the sax on Meditation of the Blue Serpent though.

I've seen your other posts on the difficulty of making anything at all out of music, and I do sympathise. I thought the idea might have been good to get people involved up front, but obviously it's not easy to get people to sign up.

To tell the truth though, I don't want vinyl these days. I've actually been listening to a lot of vinyl lately, but mainly connected with my "project" to digitise them all so I can get rid of them all. They take up too much room (according to my wife, at least). I only buy downloads now, I've got past the need for a physical copy. Sad but true...

In any case, I'm not impressed with the quality - even with a good turntable and a new cartridge. Probably most of what I bought was the cheap stuff, back when I was a student, but it's quite crackly even after cleaning carefully (I bought a Knosti cleaning machine specially for the project.

It's been quite an adventure though, rediscovering ELP after at least 20 years. I'm up to G now, just completed Gabriel
With a bit of luck I can spin the project out another year and keep my collection a while longer

^ I saw this thread, but I told him once I would prefer CD, it's a genre I generally prefer on CD over vinyl.

1029 views. :-)

Maybe there's not as much demand for vinyl as people think? Personally I haven't played any for years.