TED Talk on Digging for Vinyl

[Killer Fox]

Check out this TED talk on record digging.

 

[Condorsat]

Interesting video ... not the kind record digging that I do ... usually I know exactly what I'm looking for. If I don't recognize the artist/band immediately ... I just keep thumbing through.


The paralysis by choice analogy is really good ... the amount of music available on streaming is just staggering but John Q Public listens to the same stuff all the time and it probably is getting worse.

 

[stratmel]

Very interesting - thanks for posting.

Enjoy the music,
-Mark

 

[tcdriver]

Interesting video.

 

[Dandy]

Nice piece, and an interesting website.

 

[Killer Fox]

Interesting video ... not the kind record digging that I do ... usually I know exactly what I'm looking for. If I don't recognize the artist/band immediately ... I just keep thumbing through.

So if you see something desirable but not the specific one you are looking for do you leave it there?

I often will stop flipping and check out something I don't recognize but seems to be in my genres depending on how much time I have. I have discovered some nice stuff I wasn't even aware of. I'm sure as our music knowledge grows over the years there is less need to check out a lot of stuff as you instantly recognize it.

We all can continue to learn and discover. That's a big part of what it is about, for me anyway.

 

[Condorsat]

So if you see something desirable but not the specific one you are looking for do you leave it there?

We all can continue to learn and discover. That's a big part of what it is about, for me anyway.

Yes my digging is targeted ... I see interesting copies (age/condition/title wise) all the time & just leave them there. I've never desired a huge inventory of records ...
just a collection of titles/pressigns I'm interested in.

I used Vinyl for music discovery in the late 70's (my youth) and a little in the very early days of the dollar bins at thrifts.

Today ... music discovery (for me) is accomplished online.

 

[62vauxhall]

My focus has been primarily rock/pop in most if it's iterations. A tendacy I've always had a has been being attracted to band names, album titles and cover art whether I've heard of it/them or not. Sometimes I've been pleased and sometimes not.

I wish I had the time and resources alluded to by dedicated "diggers" but do not. I am however scouring for used recordings far more than before and am now taking into consideration producer, other personell involved and what recording studio or where it was located. Oddly, or maybe not, is thst I am making used purchases that I totally passed over for a variety of reasons when they were new.

That statistic of a small portion of artists being responsible for a huge portion of available product was something I have believed for a very long time. The past few years, I Google search my new acquisitions and am usually enlightened and frequently perplexed why some of them (artists or recordings) were not popular or at least better known.

That Jamaican born pianist who recorded in Montreal was as good an example as any but there are many others and for multiple reasons. Like the host of the Ted Talks segment, I am firmly of the opinion that the majority of talent out there is largely unknown and that opinion applies to authors too.

 

[jgordon]

Yes my digging is targeted ... I see interesting copies (age/condition/title wise) all the time & just leave them there. I've never desired a huge inventory of records ...
just a collection of titles/pressigns I'm interested in.

I used Vinyl for music discovery in the late 70's (my youth) and a little in the very early days of the dollar bins at thrifts.

Today ... music discovery (for me) is accomplished online.

I sometimes wish I had your restraint. The rest of the time I enjoy the discovery of new music and artists. Pretty much anything interesting and in great condition, I'll grab.