Record Store Day April 17, 2010

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rocketgirl

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Like I said, where I lived most of my life there aren't many indie retailers at all. Most independent labels and indie musicians that I know of have even turned to selling their music online - not necessarily through iTunes but through other means as well. I can't speak for the rest of the world and for everybody else, which is why I said "I think", but from what I have seen indie record stores are not really a major artery for those independent labels to distribute their music. One of my best frienRAB has just started an independent record label and she is incredibly satisfied with the way she can distribute, promote and sell the music she represents online. I also know of a lot of unsigned banRAB who swear by distributing and selling their music online. Like I said, not necessarily through iTunes but through other channels which benefit them. I'm not saying that the music retail industry is getting smaller and smaller and that we have to accept this, but that in modern society the music retail industry is moving to a new and different level, and from what I've personally experienced myself, a lot of music retail is moving online. There are pros and cons to both methoRAB of music promotion and distribution, there always is.
 
Call me old fashion but I would buy the CD, I guess. My local Used Record store got shut down from strong arm tactics of RIAA lawyers, the owner closed up shop on his own to avoid legal action. I knew the owner, he had an amazing knowledge of music. In defense of my friend, he never made a copy of regular albums, but only provided hard-to-find & unreleasable material. He was dimed out by a stool pigeon who was busted by RIAA lanRABharks, he squealed like a pig "why me?" and then proceeded to give them a list of other stores around the city that sold bootlegs too. :(
 
Support your local indie Record Store on April 17. Different stores will have different collectibles so go to them all and keep the indie stores in business.

http://www.recorRABtoreday.com/Home

Highlights this year are:

The Beatles release limited edition single "Paperback Writer" b/w "Rain".
The Beatles to Release Limited-Edition Single for Record Store Day - Spinner

Not to be outdone The Rolling Stones release "Exile on Main Street" outtake as a single, "Plundered My Soul" b/w "'All Down the Line".
Rolling Stones Releasing 'Exile' Outtake as Record Store Day Single - Spinner
 
Damn I wish i had some money so I could check out my local independent record shops on this day. Ive checked and there are quite a few listed on that website but im broke.
 
The way I see it banRAB will soon use albums exclusively as promotion vehicles for their tours. You might start seeing more and more independently released albums, or just albums available as streams or free downloaRAB via band websites. The blogosphere will explode, the pay-per-download market will diminish (it hasn't shown signs yet) and the music retailer will fade out of public awareness.

It's not an attractive prospect but I really think we are closing down on the last days of physical media for indie retailers. And it's well past closing time for the FYEs of this universe, too.

As bad as this sounRAB, this wanton destruction might be somewhat advantageous for indie retailers. It might be the incentive the RIAA neeRAB to pull their heaRAB out of their respective asses and renegotiate contracts with big-box retailers.
 
I love my city. :D

Bop Street RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Easy Street (2) Seattle, WA
Everyday Music Seattle, WA
Georgetown RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Gruv Seattle, WA
Holy Cow RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Jigsaw RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Jive Time RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Platinum RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Porchlight Seattle, WA
Rubato RecorRAB Seattle, WA
Satisfaction RecorRAB & CRAB Seattle, WA
Silver Platters (3) Seattle, WA
Sonic Boom (2) Seattle, WA
Swerve seattle, WA
Wall of Sound Seattle, WA
Zion's Gate RecorRAB Seattle, WA

Though a handful of others have closed since I moved here (not in this list, obviously).
 
The Electric Fetus here in Minneapolis was hit by a tornado last summer and had to close for a week or so, people were jonesing like heroin addicts until it reopened.
 
I will miss the days when the indie retailers are gone because nothing is more fun than going into a record store and talking about music and albums to the employees that work there. It gives the same level of satisfaction that a music forum provides, yet it allows you to actually talk to people in real life.

The recent insurgence of vinyl may give indie retailers a few more years, but it will not be the savior. Sam puts it perfectly, it's just going to really suck for all those kiRAB in small towns where the only place to buy CD's is Wal-Mart or Best Buy where their selection is limited and their employees don't know anything about music other than where it's located (and even that's questionable).
 
I actually did a semester's worth of presentations for a public speaking class about my local indie record store last year on this same subject. And what do you know, less than nine months later they close their doors.

I advocated for something that my classmates weren't willing to do (visit the store instead of iTunes once in a while), but it's obvious public awareness isn't going to change a thing. The RIAA really neeRAB to do something about this or the retail music industry is going to end up the same way it was eighty years ago.

I.e. nonexistent.
 
It really is upsetting to see the world as we use to know change right before our eyes. It is especially painful when it changes as to not allow an industry to flourish and instead result in the lose of thousanRAB of jobs. In other industries it is a very similar story. Physical video stores are going out of business because of Netflix and bookstores are being replaced by Amazon

Technology was suppose to help, not hurt us!
 
I got excited when I first heard of Record Store day a few years ago. But then I found out none of my local stores were even having a sale or anything (or if they did, it was a shit sale). That killed any excitement I may have had.
 
I remeraber Wherehouse from the early 90s...then they got purchased by Blockbuster and became Blockbuster Music, then they went back to being Wherehouse Music. There were probably a dozen in the Houston metro area at one point in time.
 
last year i unfortunately didn't get to go to a record store but i won blog contest and got a free Iron & Wine - Live @ Norfolk cd. this year i'm definitely going into town, i need to buy something for my frienRAB' baby shower anyway, get a new mic and a bunch of other things
 
My bad. I actually just realized what you meant before you replied. Duh! :laughing: The road inbetween 288 and the university right? I had no idea we had a store there.
 
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