Monday, July 29, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Hard to Find.
One thing that's great about the internet is that it's so much easier to find old music, especially rare records that probably weren't even in major stores for long if at all. Chances are if you're searching for some rare, obscure record there was someone else in the world doing the same thing at one point. Youtube is a great example of this. I've heard so many great records from other countries and rare hip-hop albums that people (probably collectors) have added so others can hear the music. UGHH (Underground Hip-Hop site) is great for this too in terms of hard to find hip-hop records. Since discovering this site a few years ago, I have been able to locate hard copies of my favorite local Chicago hip-hop collective, the Molemen. Of course many of these aren't currently in stock since they are older and harder to find. You can still get email notifications to when they may re-stock or even get them to special order it for you. Some instrumental albums from them I had never even heard of since they aren't on any major label. I could hear snippets of the product to know what I'm getting before i actually try to buy it from their site. Just knowing that I can buy a hard copy of such good local music from a website not located in Chicago is great for a fan such as myself. There aren't many people still out there that are willing to dig (digitally or physically) for albums they can't just download off of iTunes. To me it seems like a hunt, and the end reward could be something to take home with you. Here is an album from one of the three beat makers in The Molemen, PNS. Besides working with local underground Chicago artists he has produced beats for well known underground hip-hop artists such as MF Doom and Slug of Atmosphere. Here is an instrumental album released of his from 2000 titled "12 Bit Soul".
http://ughh.com/pns-12-bit-soul/MOLE04CD/#.Ue1O_3-LO9Y.blogger
http://ughh.com/pns-12-bit-soul/MOLE04CD/#.Ue1O_3-LO9Y.blogger
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Digital Distribution
Let's face it, today we live our lives much differently than we did 30 years ago. Our daily activities can be determined based simply on what's in our hand (which is usually a smart phone of some form). I'm speaking solely based off observation here, since I don't have a one myself.
My point being, most of our daily activity can be viewed online on some social media source. When it comes to listening and buying music the majority of people are doing it on an online source. So does this mean that there is no market for hard copy distribution anymore? Luckily this isn't the case.
One of my favorite places to look for tangible copies of music is the website Underground Hip-Hop Site or ughh.com. An example of their merchandise is an upcoming LP by Killer Mike & El-P. It has already been released other places as a digital download but ughh.com will be offering it in physical form as a vinyl and CD release September 17th. Here's a link to the page for better viewing:
"http://ughh.com/run-the-jewels-run-the-jewels/FGRRTJLP/"
And to get a sense of the style of music on this LP, here's one of my favorite tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nnXP1D1UGD8
My point being, most of our daily activity can be viewed online on some social media source. When it comes to listening and buying music the majority of people are doing it on an online source. So does this mean that there is no market for hard copy distribution anymore? Luckily this isn't the case.
One of my favorite places to look for tangible copies of music is the website Underground Hip-Hop Site or ughh.com. An example of their merchandise is an upcoming LP by Killer Mike & El-P. It has already been released other places as a digital download but ughh.com will be offering it in physical form as a vinyl and CD release September 17th. Here's a link to the page for better viewing:
"http://ughh.com/run-the-jewels-run-the-jewels/FGRRTJLP/"
And to get a sense of the style of music on this LP, here's one of my favorite tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nnXP1D1UGD8
Allow me to Introduce..
Hello and welcome to my blog, Tangible Music in a Digital World.
For this being the first post I'll introduce what I will be talking about here. Music has always been a driving force behind life. I mean let's face it, life would be pretty boring if we didn't each have our own personal soundtrack to get through the day. But how do us as consumers get music today? Many if not most of us are downloading from a website (legally or illegally, I'm not here to judge). That's all well and good if we're on the go with our smart phones and mp3 players but there are still a lot of people out there who like physical copies of their music like vinyl records and CD's. Music enthusiasts will tell you time and time again that vinyl records sound better but in today's world where exactly do you go to find these items? This question and many more that will arise will all be answered in my next post. Until then...
For this being the first post I'll introduce what I will be talking about here. Music has always been a driving force behind life. I mean let's face it, life would be pretty boring if we didn't each have our own personal soundtrack to get through the day. But how do us as consumers get music today? Many if not most of us are downloading from a website (legally or illegally, I'm not here to judge). That's all well and good if we're on the go with our smart phones and mp3 players but there are still a lot of people out there who like physical copies of their music like vinyl records and CD's. Music enthusiasts will tell you time and time again that vinyl records sound better but in today's world where exactly do you go to find these items? This question and many more that will arise will all be answered in my next post. Until then...
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