50% of the cost involved now goes to shipping across the pond(s) Maybe it's just me, but the idea of sending a recording of something across the world via post seems a really old idea. Especially something that most likely existed first as a digital file -urk Traditions are the enemy of progression...

Maybe another reason why labels are digging their heals in the ground so much is that the idea of artists releasing their own stuff digitally reduces the need for such labels to exist. So instead, let's make only 50 copies of the music so they are really scarce (to appear more valuable) and add a ha...

I used to live in Barcelona, great city! Will be back there next year for the summer probably..

digital / beatport is for sale and vinyl sales have been in an upswing for many years in a row... where you been g? I haven’t been following the beatport thing, didn’t know it was for sale. I wasn’t talking about Beatport anyway, the faster that disappears the better. I meant more like how Omar S s...

I think maybe i’m just irritated that I can’t get access to a lot of the great music I find as it’s not for sale anymore, limited edition or just older and not being repressed. I’d really love to be able to give the artist some money for their music and them send me over a copy, but most of the time...

I can't see the appeal in collecting digital music however good it might be Again, to me doesn't make any sense. No matter how good the music might be? What are you even collecting music for if the quality of music isn't the major factor? I'm not trying to stir up arguments, really, I just want to ...

Vinyl isn't important to me at all. Of course mp3's sound like sh!t on large systems, so let's forget they even exist, I don't know why are even mentioned in the conversation. But if artists want their music to reach the widest audience and not go bankrupt, then selling digital wavs surely is the mo...