50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
lightcapai.medium.com
50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
1–10 of 348 posts
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#2OP here. I wrote an analysis on the divergence between streaming saturation and physical media growth. Physical media has shifted from an audio format to a "token of identity" or a support mechanism for artists in an era where streaming payouts (marginal value) approach zero.
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#3I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#4I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.
Tbh I would like to have a donation button on a artist website so I can donate and than download the album I like where I like.
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#5I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.
Tbh I would like to have a donation button on a artist website so I can donate and than download the album I like where I like.
Same. Let me just pay you to be an artist, and keep putting art into the world (while avoiding middlemen and platforms whenever possible).
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#6I guess buying the vinyl is like buying a shirt or a poster now?
I support artists I like by going to their shows and buying lossless digital copies where possible (even if I listen to their music elsewhere).
But I don't want or need more physical "stuff".
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#7I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.
Tbh I would like to have a donation button on a artist website so I can donate and than download the album I like where I like.
Wouldn’t the artist offering you to buy the album from them, DRM free, accomplish the same thing while clarifying the transaction that’s happening?
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#8It seems like a silly cargo cult to me. It feels like ewaste compared to a poster
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#9I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.
IMO, please continue buying records, but don’t buy tickets to shows you can’t attend. I can’t speak for live music, but in SF there is/was an issue of club nights selling out, but having low attendance due to people buying tickets as an “option”. This is a problem because it screws up venues planning for bar sales as a revenue source and deterring last minute buyers/door sales (who may either be heads or punters) who see a sold out show online.
Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player
#10I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.
Tbh I would like to have a donation button on a artist website so I can donate and than download the album I like where I like.
I’ve wanted something like this ever since the early Napster days. Patreon is the closest thing but that puts an onus on the artists to produce content all of the time. If some of my favorite less popular artists had their Venmo in their Instagram profile I would probably use that.