Vinyl purists of DJF, where are you?

[DennisBdrmDJ 2.0]

this thread makes me sad. I remember when...........

[Sigma]

this thread makes me sad. I remember when...........

Why does it make you sad?

This thread is already veering off in a direction I wasn't intending, lol, cos it's filling up with what I would call vinyl fans and people who collect vinyl and while those are characteristics of a vinyl purist, a vinyl purist has other characteristics that people that have posted in this thread do not have.

[Finnish_Fox]

Why does it make you sad?

This thread is already veering off in a direction I wasn't intending, lol, cos it's filling up with what I would call vinyl fans and people who collect vinyl and while those are characteristics of a vinyl purist, a vinyl purist has other characteristics that people that have posted in this thread do not have.

Does crate digging define purism? Only reason I didn't consider myself a purist is because I also own CDJs and do use digital files to play music. There is a fairly large sliver of house music that is not distributed on vinyl. With that said,I still get my hands dirty in some crates and I much prefer mixing with vinyl.

[bumpyjonas]

Just a purist for music still have a limited collection of some of my favorite vinyl, cassettes, and cd's. I scrounge garage sales, and the many sidewalk vendors in NYC looking for music.

[Sigma]

I guess it's open to interpretation, but when I think of a "vinyl purist" I think of someone that sees vinyl as the only way to DJ. Someone who may own and listen to music on other formats, but who sees them all as inferior.

Crate digging, at a base level, is really just the act of going to a record store without having every record you want already on a list, and digging through record racks, boxes and crates looking for interesting records. I think pretty much anyone who owns records has done that, but that alone wouldn't make them a purist.

[Finnish_Fox]

I guess it's open to interpretation, but when I think of a "vinyl purist" I think of someone that sees vinyl as the only way to DJ. Someone who may own and listen to music on other formats, but who sees them all as inferior.

I fit that description.

Crate digging, at a base level, is really just the act of going to a record store without having every record you want already on a list, and digging through record racks, boxes and crates looking for interesting records. I think pretty much anyone who owns records has done that, but that alone wouldn't make them a purist.

Definitely hear what you are saying, but I've always thought there were two types of record shoppers. The guys that would go in a look at the limited number of new releases that are at the front of the bin week after week (non-digger) vs the guys that would go to the store and spend hours going through new releases, additions to the used sections, dig through the dollar bin... ya know, really digging. I know I've come up with some gems that way.

[thehadgi]

I like my vinyl as much as I like it on my womenz

... uh, I mean...

[Windows 95]

For DJing I use a mix of vinyl and a DVS.

ditto

For me it's easier to select songs from records, but I have DVS there for requests & songs I think of but didn't bring.

[dlove]

I play strictly vinyl; don't have itunes, don't download mp3's to play out. I have a bookcase full of cds I've not looked through for years. I consider vinyl superior for me; it works for me to play it out because 1st and foremost, I'm a record hunter. I believe I get the gigs because I've got the records. It's an old-fashioned way of doing things that might be on it's way out, but so far, so good. I'm actually surprised I've lasted so long - when DVS came out, I thought 'that's me fkd, now anybody can play anything', but it hasn't been the case.

Incidentally, my son's interested in DJ'ing, he's coming up for 17, and knows a lot about music. He also knows a lot about computers, and I said perhaps it would be better for you to use serato or something, as you have such a big digital library, but he's collecting, and practicing being a vinyl only DJ as he loves Northern Soul and Ska.

[edit/perhaps some would say 'vinyl is the only way to DJ' with certain genres?]

[dlove]

this thread makes me sad. I remember when...........

I listened to a David Rodigan interview, and he was showing his precious dubplate of his first visit to King Tubby. He played it, and said 'this is the first and last time it's left my house'. A lot of DJ's put their vinyl on to other formats because it's just too precious to risk playing out.