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50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by rendaw »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I 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.

I've also done it once... it was a track that was vinyl only. I sent it to a guy who digitizes vinyl as a service.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by nemomarx »

frankzander wrote: post #4
toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I 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.

Bandcamp is pretty close to this experience if they set it as "pay what you want" (which a lot of artists do)

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by toomuchtodo »

jwagenet wrote: post #9
toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I 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…

I gift the tickets to those seeking them. Someone is still attending, it’s just not me. Good call out regardless to not mess with venue ops.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by Forgeties79 »

rendaw wrote: post #11
toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I 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.

I've also done it once... it was a track that was vinyl only. I sent it to a guy who digitizes vinyl as a service.

I should offer this to people as well ha. I love doing it and love having all my records on my server.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by jprokay13 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I 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.

I’m in a similar boat. Many artists I listen to on Bandcamp offer cassettes(!) at a fair price and will charge a comparable price for the digital. However, I’ve seen some artists charge thousands for digital only but $10 for a tape that includes the digital version.

I don’t know why they do this, but I do know I have an ever growing stack of tapes I can’t listen to…

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by Semaphor »

nemomarx wrote: post #12
frankzander wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Bandcamp is pretty close to this experience if they set it as "pay what you want" (which a lot of artists do)

> (which a lot of artists do)

And those who don’t almost always only set a minimum price, so you can still pay more if you want. And if you buy on BC Friday [0] (next is February 6th), Bandcamp doesn’t even take a cut of the revenue.

[0]: https://isitbandcampfriday.com/

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by 3rodents »

frankzander wrote: post #4
toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I 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.

Spotify has this as an option for artists.

https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/fan-support/

https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/getting-a-fan...

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by thechao »

My dad grew up in the 50s & 60s. During COVID he purchased my daughters' the, I quote, "shittiest briefcase record players" he could find. Both girls listen to their music on their devices, but also buy vinyl. The other day, my eldest came down from her room complaining that her vinyl "sounded awful". I told her to bring it up with their Grampy. His response: "you can't appreciate good playback until you've heard awful playback on shitty record players like I had to.". My eldest is now plotting a complete hifi system, and is learning all about how to transfer "vinyl" to "digital" without losing the parts of the vinyl she likes.

This was a 5 year play by my dad. Shout out.

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