From: Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 03:01:51 CET
At 12:48 AM 12/4/02 +0000, Christopher Grass wrote:
> OK, I gotta speak my piece. This is a long one, so bear with me.
> I have a pair of Pioneer CDJ 1000s, and to me, they are like having a
> pair of 1200s. I prefer them for many reasons: one, because LOTS OF
> MUSIC IS ONLY RELEASED ON CD THESE DAYS. Pressing vinyl is very
> prohibitive for many artists. Why should I limit myself to playing only
> songs that are out on vinyl?
Yeah, in a way, having a "vinyl-only" purist attitude is somewhat elitist.
No, I take that back, VERY elitist. Because, let's face it, the only way
for an artist to have their tunes on vinyl is 1) To have a record deal or
2) To pony up the dough to have copies pressed (and it ain't cheap).
> The funny thing is how some DJs are touting FinalScratch as more "pure"
> than DJing with CDs; I find this to be a load of crap. It's still
> digital; only the controls are analog, and MP3's sound like crap ;)
Incidentally, a friend of mine who lives overseas recently told me he
rocked this massive playing his entire set on Final Scratch, I told this to
another DJ friend who commented, "Man, he sold out." Then I told him my
overseas friend had a great response...I also neglected to tell the
commenting friend that this overseas DJ lives in Indonesia, where vinyl
isn't exactly easy to come by...So all this vinyl purism is coming from an
American/European-centric point of view.
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