I\u2019ve been buying a lot of vinyl (of course I have) lately and although I don\u2019t have a record player (yet), when I see a good deal, I grab it. There are a few artists that I\u2019ve followed for almost 20 years like Conor Oberst and while I\u2019ve ordered albums from him and Bon Over and a few classics like Sinatra, I keep thinking that these artists are investing in vinyl because it\u2019s just smart.<\/p>\n
I bought the new Bon Iver and Conor Oberst albums digitally in iTunes and then I ordered the vinyl records from their web-stores so now I\u2019m into each artist for $30 to have their music in two different formats. Luckily, some of my favorite artists also offers a combo where a vinyl purchase will include a digital download for $5 more which seems fair and undercuts iTunes pricing by 50%. <\/p>\n
However, despite the high cost of vinyl, a lot of artists are making a nice profit selling these and many are releasing special edition dyed records in limited pressings for even more money. <\/p>\n
I think this is good for artists. I don\u2019t go to concerts and haven\u2019t seen a live-show in any way in about 4 years. I think the last concert I went to was in 2011 when Conor played in New Hampshire. <\/p>\n
My point is, I don\u2019t mind buying vinyl because it\u2019s a bit extra in the pockets of artists I like. Additionally, my favorite artists put out albums every 3 years at most so it\u2019s not as if I\u2019m dropping $50 a year to keep up with their music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve been buying a lot of vinyl (of course I have) lately and although I don\u2019t have a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-10-14T13:26:37Z","apple_news_api_id":"ce783348-8599-4f78-940c-bca174112d2c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-10-14T13:26:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AzngzSIWZT3iUDLyhdBEtLA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-technology","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1D7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7026,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/08\/07\/photography-bright-eyes-house-of-blues-boston-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":6269,"position":0},"title":"Photography: Bright Eyes @ House of Blues Boston, 2017","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I went to my last live-concert over 5 years ago. 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