Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018)

Re:Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018) by analog31 on Sunday September 29, 2019 @04:22PM (#21109404)

My son has also gotten into vinyl and more recently... cassettes! I think part of the fun is going to the used record store with his friends. It's a pretty harmless hobby -- most of the tapes tapes are a buck apiece.

Another aspect might be just being different than his dad. I got my first hi-fi system in the early 80s. Today, my "home stereo" is an old cell phone and a bluetooth audio adapter board that powers a pair of bookshelf speakers.

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Re:Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018) by monocasa on Sunday September 29, 2019 @05:23PM (#21109698)

I've got a friend (who, yes, is a Brooklyn hipster) who puts out his new music in two formats: FLAC and cassette.

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Re:Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018) by analog31 on Sunday September 29, 2019 @08:16PM (#21110600)

Oddly enough, cassette might be a better business model. For second-tier and small time musicians, monetizing recorded music via digital distribution is nearly a bust. This is one reason why, even in this day and age, a traveling band will still lug a suitcase full of CDs around with them. There is still something about having a physical deliverable that makes people willing to pay for it.

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Re:Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018) by jdietrich on Sunday September 29, 2019 @09:25PM (#21110959)

"Free download code with every t-shirt" is a surprisingly effective model for indie artists.

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Re:Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018) by Aloha on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:02AM (#21112425)

You can get 200% markup on a decent T-shirt and not make it feel like it's gouging either.

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