Another reason for vinyl (Score 1)

As a professional producer and DJ of drum and bass, there is another factor that keeps vinyl alive. Besides the fact that we've spent years perfecting our pitch chasing and mixing skills using our hands actually changing the speed and phase of the vinyl (don't even ask a turntablist about CD decks), if I release a track that only want a few select DJs to play, it isn't overly expensive to get a dubplate made. These dubplates are of inferior sound quality (not that you notice on a proper MONO club system) and will only last around 100 plays. If a producer gets wind of you playing something unreleased by using MP3/CD decks, you will never get booked again. Elitist? Maybe. But if I don't want you playing a new track that will only stay popular if it isn't overplayed by every DJ in the area, I'm releasing it on dubplate. Keep in mind that entire albums are not possible on 45 RPM 12" vinyl, you can get about 10 minutes per side - released LPs have two tracks, an A and B side, EPs are anywhere from 2 to 5 vinyl in the same jacket, 2 tracks per vinyl.

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