Vinyl solution cutting service

[JamieBall]

HELLO, FOLKS, JUST A SHAMELESS LITTLE MENTION FOR A NEW VENTURE THAT I'M INVOLVED IN

WWW.VINYLSOLUTIONCUTS.COM

BESPOKE VINYL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY STILL BE INTERESTED IN SUCH A THING :-)

\m/ ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE \m/

[qUE]

Mate, I hope you make it clear to people cutting their first press that they'll have a really hard time getting the discs out there outside of distributors and that distributors have a preference of pressing through them.

That said there's nothing stopping you from getting in with the distributors, although I suspect that's sewn up somehow.

Vinyl industry is being destroyed by these guys IMHO :(

[JamieBall]

"Mate, I hope you make it clear to people cutting their first press that they'll have a really hard time getting the discs out there outside of distributors and that distributors have a preference of pressing through them."

DID YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE WEBSITE TO GET THE GENERAL "IDEA" OF THINGS ? IT'S NOT FOR "PRESSING" IT'S FOR ONE-OFF AND VERY SMALL RUN CUTS FOR BANDS, DJS AND VINYL AFFICIONADOS... WE'RE NOT OFFERING A "DISTRIBUTABLE" NUMBER OF RECORDS TO CUSTOMERS, WITH OUR ECONOMY OF SCALE EXTENDING ONLY SO FAR AS 10 RECORD BATCHES. IF PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET A DISTRO DEAL FOR 1-10 RECORDS.... LOL..... NEVER KNOW, THOUGH, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE AMOUNT MOST TECHNO SELLS THESE DAYS ;-) WITH REGARDS TO "GETTING IT OUT THERE" - I WOULDN'T TRUST A DISTRIBUTOR TO DO THIS PROPERLY THESE DAYS. HAS EVERYONE CHOSEN TO ABANDON/IGNORE THE FACT THAT THIS.IS.INTERNETS. ???

THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO JOIN IN WITH THE "VINYL INDUSTRY" OR THE "MUSIC INDUSTRY"- IT'S SOMETHING THAT RUNS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THOSE COCKSUCKERS ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO DO.

IT'S FOR A NICHE MARKET OF PEOPLE, MUCH THE SAME AS MY NEW LABEL WWW.PRIVATEPRESSMUSIC.COM

THE MUSIC "INDUSTRY" CAN **** OFF. THE REASON I'M SELLING EVERYTHING DIRECT IS BECAUSE ALL DISTRIBUTORS I GOT IN TOUCH WITH OFFERED ME NO RETURNS AND TOLD ME THAT THE MUSIC WAS TOO VARIED AND THAT IT SHOULD ALL SOUND "MORE THE SAME, MORE LIKE WHAT WE'RE SELLING, THEN OUR JOB IS EASIER". >LOL<. THIS IS WHY MOST MUSIC IS WOEFUL AND POINTLESS THESE DAYS. INDIVIDUALITY IS ACTIVELY DISCOURAGED !

SO, AYE, IF ANYONE WANTS BESPOKE RECORDS WITH THEIR MUSIC ON THEM THEN GET IN TOUCH ! IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO ENTER INTO THE TRADITIONAL MODEL OF PRESSING A WHOLE BUNCH OF RECORDS THEN THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. I THINK THE SITE MAKES THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR, NO ?

[JamieBall]

ALSO, DEPENDS HOW YOU BUY VINYL. I'VE BOUGHT >LOADS< OF VINYL OVER THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, MORE THAN I'VE BOUGHT IN AGES. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MUSIC (OF ALL KINDS) COMING OUT ON VINYL NOW FROM SMALL LABELS WHO SELL THEIR OWN STUFF THROUGH THEIR OWN SITES. YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT, SURE, BUT ONCE YOU'RE INTO A GOOD SEAM YOU CAN MINE FOR A WHILE AND GET RICHES.

I QUITE LIKE LOOKING FOR STUFF, BEING AS I CAN'T DIG IN STORES FOR MUSIC ANYMORE IT'S SOMEHOW (VAGUELY) SIMILAR TO TRAWL AROUND ONLINE LOOKING FOR ESOTERIC LITTLE LABELS WHO'RE ACTUALLY DOING GOOD MUSIC. MAJOR DISTROS DON'T CARRY GOOD MUSIC ANYMORE, BY DEFINITION THEY KIND OF CAN'T. THEY WANT TO SELL A BUNCH OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS TO A PRE-PREPARED AUDIENCE. YOU CAN'T HIT AN AUDIENCE LIKE THAT WITH DIVERSITY, SO THESE COMPANIES PLAY IT SAFE AS **** AND HAVE LOWERED THE BAR TO THE POINT THAT THE QUALITY OF "VISIBLE" DANCE MUSIC IS REALLY AT AN ALL TIME CREATIVE LOW :-o

IF THE VINYL "INDUSTRY" IS DESTROYED, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE DANCE SIDE OF STUFF. I'VE HEARD SOME REALLY ****ING BAD TECHNO VINYL OF LATE THAT JUST MAKES ME THINK "WHO IS FACILITATING THIS CRAP ? WHY DO THEY BOTHER ?". UNINSPIRING ROT. RATHER THAN SETTLING FOR THROAT SLITTING P&D CONTRACTS TO ENABLE THEM TO FIRE OUT THE GENERIC SHIT THAT THE DISTRO TELLS THEM TO, HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE WILL BREAK AWAY AND ACTUALLY START DOING >ART< THROUGH THEIR OWN CHANNELS.

IT'S BETTER TO HAVE 1 FAN THAT ACTUALLY "GETS" WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT 10,000 WHO DON'T. UNLESS YOU'RE "IN IT FOR THE MONEY" AND >LOL< AT ANYONE DOING UNDERGROUND MUSIC FOR MONEY THESE DAYS, SO WHY TRY AND GO THROUGH CHANNELS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTMODED FOR YEARS ? WHY TRUST YOUR MUSIC TO SOMEONE WHO JUGGLES 100 OTHER PEOPLES STUFF AT THE SAME TIME. MAKES NO SENSE :-)

ANYWAY, I DIGRESS, LOL... BUT, YEAH, TRADITIONAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE THESE DAYS.