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FernieCanto wrote:I'm a fan of vinyl and I really wish I could have my record player and my tiny little collection with me in the matchbox apartment I live in now, but I was lucky enough to experience a minor "vinyl revival" a couple of years ago. But the inherent qualities of MP3 and digital music fascinates me. Digital music allows us to come with the terms with a fact that has been true since always, but that has been obscured by the recording media so far: music is energy. Music is not an object, not a body, not a physical thing. Music is nothing but vibration. And digital music translates that very well: music is electrons flowing, being transformed into air waves. The elusive, immaterial quality of music now is a reality, and I love that.

The fact that people now can't have fond memories of holding a record in their hands, of buying it at the store, is merely a paradigm shift. I can live with that. I remember downloading some albums that changed my life, I remember listening to them for the first time. I have memories, I have fond connections to music. Now, they're not physical objects anymore; they're pure energy.

ChipSuey wrote:

FernieCanto wrote:I'm a fan of vinyl and I really wish I could have my record player and my tiny little collection with me in the matchbox apartment I live in now, but I was lucky enough to experience a minor "vinyl revival" a couple of years ago. But the inherent qualities of MP3 and digital music fascinates me. Digital music allows us to come with the terms with a fact that has been true since always, but that has been obscured by the recording media so far: music is energy. Music is not an object, not a body, not a physical thing. Music is nothing but vibration. And digital music translates that very well: music is electrons flowing, being transformed into air waves. The elusive, immaterial quality of music now is a reality, and I love that.

The fact that people now can't have fond memories of holding a record in their hands, of buying it at the store, is merely a paradigm shift. I can live with that. I remember downloading some albums that changed my life, I remember listening to them for the first time. I have memories, I have fond connections to music. Now, they're not physical objects anymore; they're pure energy.

I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.

ChipSuey wrote: I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.

rainier wrote:

ChipSuey wrote: I'll see your "digital energy" and raise you with the actual sound trapped on a record. Ever play a record back with your preamp off and lean in real close? The cartridge plays sound back even without amplification. Talk about stored energy- the music has literally been carved into the wax. It's not 1's and 0's, it's essentially the actual sound itself. That's some spooky shit. Not to take away from your connections to any of your music- however you choose to enjoy it is the right way to do it, but remember, you can't roll a spliff on an mp3.

This never fails to amaze me. Have you ever seen those people who are experts at record pressing who can "read" the music just by touching the grooves with their fingers? That's so awesome.