helena.handbasket on Nostr: npub1mexq2…jqtcz CDs are the most environmentally way to listen to music and also ...
npub1mexq2eagqavq0hzychu7jr2yh7grgxcwasae3lle8ywtasw0mkpqujqtcz (npub1mex…qtcz) CDs are the most environmentally way to listen to music and also the medium that provides the best compensation for the artist.
Vinyl records are an environmental disaster and cost too much to produce such that the artist has to charge an absurd amount to make it profitable.
But vinyl records became a cultural signifier in the age of streaming to show how you are a more substantial fan.
People play vinyl LPs through super low quality playback systems and brag about the "vinyl sound" the same way people show off a watch or other status symbol.
When CDs were introduced in the 80's, before they had sorted out some pretty harsh aliasing issues, people would pay through the nose and brag about the crystal clear sound of these low bitrate early CDs which were totally distorted, the same way people show off a watch or other status symbol.
CDs could serve every social status function vinyl records can, while at the same time being more sustainable and equitable for the artist, and I wish people in the media wouldn't act like these sorts of things are inevitable when they are largely the consequence of how the media itself decides to talk about it.
Vinyl records are an environmental disaster and cost too much to produce such that the artist has to charge an absurd amount to make it profitable.
But vinyl records became a cultural signifier in the age of streaming to show how you are a more substantial fan.
People play vinyl LPs through super low quality playback systems and brag about the "vinyl sound" the same way people show off a watch or other status symbol.
When CDs were introduced in the 80's, before they had sorted out some pretty harsh aliasing issues, people would pay through the nose and brag about the crystal clear sound of these low bitrate early CDs which were totally distorted, the same way people show off a watch or other status symbol.
CDs could serve every social status function vinyl records can, while at the same time being more sustainable and equitable for the artist, and I wish people in the media wouldn't act like these sorts of things are inevitable when they are largely the consequence of how the media itself decides to talk about it.