Comments on: Record shopping, with a twist http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/08/15/record-shopping-with-a-twist/ Laurent Fintoni's online portfolio and blog... music, travels, life Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: laurent http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/08/15/record-shopping-with-a-twist/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 laurent Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:48:55 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/08/15/record-shopping-with-a-twist/#comment-2621 nah i dont have anything agsinst people who prefer digital. to me digital is useful and handy but i like the physical relationship to owning and playing music - thats why vinyl (and CD to a smaller extent) is so enjoyable for me. each to their own tho. I think Japan is pretty digital dont get me wrong but at the same time the digital revolution everyone is harping on about in the west, and which has definitely had an impact on the music industry at many levels, hasn't seemingly stopped the sale of physical mediums out here. Especially second hand stuff - japan is a real treasure trove of CDs and vinyl. it's insane. nah i dont have anything agsinst people who prefer digital. to me digital is useful and handy but i like the physical relationship to owning and playing music – thats why vinyl (and CD to a smaller extent) is so enjoyable for me. each to their own tho.

I think Japan is pretty digital dont get me wrong but at the same time the digital revolution everyone is harping on about in the west, and which has definitely had an impact on the music industry at many levels, hasn’t seemingly stopped the sale of physical mediums out here. Especially second hand stuff – japan is a real treasure trove of CDs and vinyl. it’s insane.

]]> By: Andy H http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/08/15/record-shopping-with-a-twist/comment-page-1/#comment-2616 Andy H Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:46:26 +0000 http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2007/08/15/record-shopping-with-a-twist/#comment-2616 Folk Trad? Hehe. Good read - sounds like you had quite an adventure. I'd be shit scared of the nonedescript places in someone's flat. I went in a few maid cafes like that and they were like crashing someones house :oops: Im not really one for record collecting (or even CD collecting). Youll probably hate me for this, but digital music is the way forward for me. Takes up loads less space, and i can fit all of my (decent) music collection on a 30gb mp3 player the size of a box of fags. No flipping cds, skipping naff tracks, changing the speed on a record deck etc either... Ive been in some of the record shops in shibuya (on that hill with all the graf & posters) and i was surprised at how eclectic the the selection was. Some cutting edge, latest music too. They really love their choons. It does surprise me that Japan havent embraced digital downloads yet though. What with space being at a premium, and their love of technology, i thought most music being sold would be digital now. Folk Trad? Hehe.

Good read – sounds like you had quite an adventure. I’d be shit scared of the nonedescript places in someone’s flat. I went in a few maid cafes like that and they were like crashing someones house :oops:

Im not really one for record collecting (or even CD collecting). Youll probably hate me for this, but digital music is the way forward for me. Takes up loads less space, and i can fit all of my (decent) music collection on a 30gb mp3 player the size of a box of fags. No flipping cds, skipping naff tracks, changing the speed on a record deck etc either…

Ive been in some of the record shops in shibuya (on that hill with all the graf & posters) and i was surprised at how eclectic the the selection was. Some cutting edge, latest music too. They really love their choons.

It does surprise me that Japan havent embraced digital downloads yet though. What with space being at a premium, and their love of technology, i thought most music being sold would be digital now.

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