It used to be so simple when I started making music with my band The Braces in the early 1980s. You wanted to send a promo package with music to a local promoter? Just record a compact cassette. You’ve been to the studio to record your stuff? Press it on vinyl! You did not have to think a minute about formats and media. Nowadays you have so many options once you want to spread your music. Vinyl? CD? mp3? Only one of those? Two? Or maybe all three? I think everyone involved in making Ska music would like to know from the Ska fans:
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I put .mp3 since technically I only listen to digital music files. I rarely buy music digitially however. I buy CDs, encode them (Lossless for the stereo, compressed for the iPod), and file the CD away as a backup copy. I prefer a couple things about CDs, first the liner notes, and secondly sound quality (with CDs I can control the quality of the digital music I use). I own thousands of LPs and 45s but I almost never purchase that format anymore for the two simple reasons – I filled up my record shelves and don’t want to (and the wife probably wouldn’t let me) get additional storage and digitizing vinyl is a pain. I’ve done a few hundred of my albums and have a 10 year plan to get them all encoded digitally, since that suits the way I listen to music more (commuting to work, at work, in the kitchen when I’m cooking, etc.)
I personally like cd versions for the album art work hehe.
Hi Jon,
that’s more or less what I do. Buy CDs, convert them for the use in the computer (and ipod) and let them catch dust. Not sure whether this is clever, but I think mp3s are more expensive than they should be. My favorite way to spend money on music would be: Buy vinyl in connection with the right to download the songs. Never really liked cds, my heart is with vinyl.
Anyway, thanks for your comment.
Joe
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