Comments on: Record Store Day 2009 Is April 18th http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/13/record-store-day-2009-2/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:41:36 -0500 hourly 1 By: Eze http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/13/record-store-day-2009-2/#comment-135614 Eze Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:21:58 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13453#comment-135614 I have always been a music lover... but I am young enough to have never boughten a new cassette tape let alone a record when they were the only way. I have found my way into the love of vinyl through hip hop music and the turntable culture and now love the smell and feel of the spinning wax! I will agree that I buy a lot of records that I already know well or have digital copies of but I still have found hidden gems at second hand stores or from the local Boston record shops... but the Internet has changed everything for better or for worse!! I have always been a music lover… but I am young enough to have never boughten a new cassette tape let alone a record when they were the only way.

I have found my way into the love of vinyl through hip hop music and the turntable culture and now love the smell and feel of the spinning wax!

I will agree that I buy a lot of records that I already know well or have digital copies of but I still have found hidden gems at second hand stores or from the local Boston record shops… but the Internet has changed everything for better or for worse!!

]]> By: Sam Kearns http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/13/record-store-day-2009-2/#comment-135515 Sam Kearns Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:08:19 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13453#comment-135515 Just wanted to comment in relation to the line "you probably have fond memories of discovering music at a local record store" Every single time I have ever bought a CD without knowing exactly what was on it before I bought it, I have been dissapointed, without exception. This usually happens when I buy a CD on the strength of one song I heard on the radio or somewhere. To me, walking into the record store without knowing exactly what I want to purchase and why is a sure fire recipe for pissing money up the wall. Consequently I always do my research before buying now and when I do buy I am usually buying something I already know well. Just wanted to comment in relation to the line “you probably have fond memories of discovering music at a local record store”

Every single time I have ever bought a CD without knowing exactly what was on it before I bought it, I have been dissapointed, without exception. This usually happens when I buy a CD on the strength of one song I heard on the radio or somewhere.

To me, walking into the record store without knowing exactly what I want to purchase and why is a sure fire recipe for pissing money up the wall.

Consequently I always do my research before buying now and when I do buy I am usually buying something I already know well.

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