Once you ditch cable and rely on DVDs and streaming, you realize two things: TV channels as we now know them are an incredibly obsolete idea, and that the differences between DVDs and digital (and the insistence of the entertainment industry on physical media and copy protection) is misguided when it comes to technology—really misguided.

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Is this true?

I am of the opinion that the answer is yes. and no.

See, I should be a fucking politician.

What I mean is that it’s obvious that the “niche” buyer is slower to make the move but it seems to me that the move is currently being made. En mass while the hardcore collector seems to be moving back towards the resurgent vinyl format. Which is funny. There was a time that the cd seemed destined to kill vinyl and now, some 25 years later, vinyl and digital have joined forces and outflanked the disc.

That said, I think time has proven that fans of smaller music genres are more than happy to actually purchase music and that’s where we hope to come in. As the Americana music buying public begins this digital transition we hope to align ourselves with the bands/labels to become the first place you think of when you wanna buy that new (insert band here) disc. Perhaps, somewhere down the line we’ll even add the option to purchase vinyl to the store.

What do you think?