David Emery OnlineWhy do people buy records?
28 March 2008
Well worth a read, especially the points highlighting the self fulfilling prophecy that is the ‘record sales are going down’ meme. However, like many people I’ve seen write about ‘collecting’ music and the rise of vinyl Patrick does miss out on a new trend I’m seeing in younger music fans: they still collect music, but they collect digital music.
They’ve grown up with music being something you play via an iPod, but that doesn’t mean the collecting bug has gone away; they’re just trying to complete their iTunes library, not their record shelf.
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