Too many records?

[BigNacho]

lately, i've been into trimming the fat, at least with respect to the regular stuff. i can always replace these things later if i regret selling them.

the way i see it, this dj/record collector/bedroom producer craze is at, or nearing, it's peak. how many of these kids have the staying power? in the shadow of the ipod...a small fraction, i'd wager. when their blushing brides tell them to get rid of those "damned, dirty records" a few years from now, the swap meets and record stores are gonna swell with used funk and soul records, various turntables and mixers. without the motivation to try and get the high prices they paid for them and with multiple copies of many titles flooding the market, things will be back down near where they were in the early 90s.

like the cat above said, sell high while they're hot and buy 'em back cheap when things cool down.

 

[mylatency]

mega cosign

 

[meatyogre]

3000 was my breaking point...I've sold about half of it in the past year. I highly recommend it.

Just curious, how much does one get for 1500 records?
Depending on the records and how good your hustle is ... around 9K

On the flipside, I could take you to a few places with 1,000,000 records that I wouldn't even spent 2K on.

 

[PEK]

the way i see it, this dj/record collector/bedroom producer craze is at, or nearing, it's peak. how many of these kids have the staying power? in the shadow of the ipod...a small fraction, i'd wager. when their blushing brides tell them to get rid of those "damned, dirty records" a few years from now, the swap meets and record stores are gonna swell with used funk and soul records, various turntables and mixers. without the motivation to try and get the high prices they paid for them and with multiple copies of many titles flooding the market, things will be back down near where they were in the early 90s.

It's analagous to the syndrome where everybody and his/her grandmother (and no snide remarks about the Rappin' Grandma here

) thinks that s/he can rap - the # of records one has in one's possession won't translate into either making someone a better/hotter SELECTA nor ensuring beatmakin' cred - it still all comes down to one's ear and how well one can craft somethin' (or rock a crowd) w/ the instinct that's inherent - how many folls in the past have sat down w/ a typewriter back in the day and tried to be a writer (or better yet, author)? And how many succeeded in becoming the equal of someone like Graham Greene?

 

[Sun_Fortune]

how many folls in the past have sat down w/ a typewriter back in the day and tried to be a writer (or better yet, author)? And how many succeeded in becoming the equal of someone like Graham Greene?

^^^^
shaky analogy.
I think a being a writer is better than being an author.

 

[beirut]

i've been trimming down my collection something serious lately. i got rid of like 150 just rhis week. it's a beautiful thing.

 

[PEK]

^^^^
shaky analogy.
I think a being a writer is better than being an author.

Duly noted - depends on one's vantage point though, I suspect...