Interesting conversation. Also a solo musician, thinking about releasing work, and grappling with formats. I was an 80's kid, and have always been an avid music fan and collector of things, so I either collected or still collect all the formats. That also means I know the frustration of mediums that don't last - I've had plenty of chewed up tapes and scratched records. The bulk of my collection is still CD, because it just keeps the longest. I get that CD isn't loved though, because its main selling points are, well, its combined selling points : cheapest to make, longest to last, easiest to store, etc etc. It's like a format invented by a marketing team. It doesn't sound warm like analog, and it holds pitifully little data as digital goes, but if you're in for the long haul, CD is the little engine that could.
Interesting video James! I myself are part of a community here on YT all about collecting physical media, it's called the Vinyl Community. Just from watching those guys videos it's clear that physical media, especially vinyl is as strong as it's ever been. However, the problem with that is the prices of physical media are increasing because they know they can charge more now. Big vinyl boxsets are like £100 at least, it's crazy when you think in the 80's a single vinyl was a couple of quid! On the CD's, I'm a huge collector of CD's, always have been. It'll be sad to see that format die out, but it might make them even cheaper which isn't a bad thing for me! The 2 main reasons as to why I like collecting CD's is because they're cheap and they're easy to store. Plus it's supporting the artist in some form. I totally understand the dilemma with selling your music physically. I had the same issue, but what I did was build myself up with the community I'm in, made friends and when it came to releasing my music, I had a couple of buyers waiting. What I did was make a small batch of CD's very DIY, put them on Bandcamp and I managed to get some sales doing that. I'm not sure if that's the route you wanna go, or if it's very helpful. But that's just my experience for what it's worth 😊🤘🏻
@@JamesDorsett11 Ahh nice that's cool! It's a great place where you meet likeminded people. It's not just vinyl collections, all formats are involved. People like to also talk about their favourite bands, or promote new bands. There's a huge Rock and Metal community which I'm part of obviously. Let me know if you want more info 😁🤘🏻
Interesting conversation. Also a solo musician, thinking about releasing work, and grappling with formats. I was an 80's kid, and have always been an avid music fan and collector of things, so I either collected or still collect all the formats. That also means I know the frustration of mediums that don't last - I've had plenty of chewed up tapes and scratched records. The bulk of my collection is still CD, because it just keeps the longest. I get that CD isn't loved though, because its main selling points are, well, its combined selling points : cheapest to make, longest to last, easiest to store, etc etc. It's like a format invented by a marketing team.
It doesn't sound warm like analog, and it holds pitifully little data as digital goes, but if you're in for the long haul, CD is the little engine that could.
Interesting video James! I myself are part of a community here on YT all about collecting physical media, it's called the Vinyl Community. Just from watching those guys videos it's clear that physical media, especially vinyl is as strong as it's ever been. However, the problem with that is the prices of physical media are increasing because they know they can charge more now. Big vinyl boxsets are like £100 at least, it's crazy when you think in the 80's a single vinyl was a couple of quid!
On the CD's, I'm a huge collector of CD's, always have been. It'll be sad to see that format die out, but it might make them even cheaper which isn't a bad thing for me! The 2 main reasons as to why I like collecting CD's is because they're cheap and they're easy to store. Plus it's supporting the artist in some form.
I totally understand the dilemma with selling your music physically. I had the same issue, but what I did was build myself up with the community I'm in, made friends and when it came to releasing my music, I had a couple of buyers waiting. What I did was make a small batch of CD's very DIY, put them on Bandcamp and I managed to get some sales doing that. I'm not sure if that's the route you wanna go, or if it's very helpful. But that's just my experience for what it's worth 😊🤘🏻
That's interesting. I'd like to check out this vinyl community
@@JamesDorsett11 Ahh nice that's cool! It's a great place where you meet likeminded people. It's not just vinyl collections, all formats are involved. People like to also talk about their favourite bands, or promote new bands. There's a huge Rock and Metal community which I'm part of obviously. Let me know if you want more info 😁🤘🏻