I know the headline was rhetorical, but my answer is “yes,” and I think you did well to answer it at the bottom of the essay. Music (for both the artist and consumer) has the power to heal, uplift and unite.
The value of Vinyl as a medium lies on every easy complaint that can be made about it. It’s clunky, it takes up space, you have to get up and flip the record over.
All of those are true.
All of those also speak to a format that forces you to slow down, and listen intently and with intention. Listening to a record is something you do, not something happening passively on the background during another event. And none of that even speaks to the joy of tangible cover art, lyric sheets, and liner notes.
Thanks so much for reading and listening. Mostly, thanks for getting it, man. And yeah, we didn't even cover the physical artwork angle much. Listening to music in a physical format with art in my hands is the most "in the moment" listening I engage in.
I know the headline was rhetorical, but my answer is “yes,” and I think you did well to answer it at the bottom of the essay. Music (for both the artist and consumer) has the power to heal, uplift and unite.
The value of Vinyl as a medium lies on every easy complaint that can be made about it. It’s clunky, it takes up space, you have to get up and flip the record over.
All of those are true.
All of those also speak to a format that forces you to slow down, and listen intently and with intention. Listening to a record is something you do, not something happening passively on the background during another event. And none of that even speaks to the joy of tangible cover art, lyric sheets, and liner notes.
Thanks so much for reading and listening. Mostly, thanks for getting it, man. And yeah, we didn't even cover the physical artwork angle much. Listening to music in a physical format with art in my hands is the most "in the moment" listening I engage in.