Crate digging refers to finding music by literally digging through crates of vinyl. For me, crate digging is what vinyl is all about – by rediscovering old music, you are reconnecting with history. To be a good crate digger, you have to be a musical detective Read more »
This post is long overdue. Have you used Pandora yet? If not, your life is about to get a whole lot better. I discovered Pandora a while back and then for some reason stopped using it. But I moved into a new apartment recently and didn’t have my music hard drive set up yet; PANDORA TO THE RESCUE!
Pandora is the face of the Music Genome Project. They approach music the way scientists approach DNA Read more »
Today we’re going to take a look at some standard vinyl formats, as well as some less common variations.
33 1/3 RPM– LPs (Long Play) — 33s – (usually) 12 inch
This format was released by Columbia in 1948. It changed recorded music forever Read more »
In this article we’ll explore some different place to buy vinyl.
1. Thrift stores
Supposedly, people find good and even rare records at thrift stores. They must be going to different stores than me Read more »
Reuters has published a horrible story arguing that digital music (e.g., mp3s) is actually more wasteful than physical music (e.g., CDs). Click here for the article.
Maybe their conclusion is fair, maybe it’s not. It’s impossible to tell because the article itself draws it’s conclusions from such a selective set of facts. A scientific researcher presented this article would quickly ask at least the following “first-blush” questions: Read more »
So you’ve got a record player. It didn’t come with a needle, did it? Hope you saved a little money because having a decent cartridge may be even more important than having a good record player. Read more »
So you want to listen to some vinyl. What equipment do you need? Let’s start with the most obvious item:
A record player. Read more »
Listening to and collecting vinyl records might seem out-of-date to some and pointless to others. These days, we’ve got iPods, mp3s, and sometimes even a CD or two. So why spend time and money on heavy, old records? Read more »