Has collecting music lost its lustre for you?

Doomerology · Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 135 Location: Ottawa, Canada

I've collected metal in various formats since the early 90's and despite the fact the my tastes in metal has changed slightly as I aged, I have always searched for that one (or 100) piece(s) that would fill a hole in my collection.
With the internet it has become too easy to obtain any release that you want (if you have the money). Which brings me to my question: Where is the fun in collecting anymore?
It use to be that you would write to contacts, send money to labels (wait 4 to 8 weeks), go to the travelling record shows or fairs, just pop into local record stores.......
Has the excitement of discovering a new band, or finding a specific release lost its lustre for you? For me it is not age, because I still get excited when I find something of interest in a local shop.

I guess I miss the magic of the "good ol' days" when you had to make an effort to obtain a release.

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Sunnportal · Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:48 pm Post subject:

I live 300kms from the nearest record store so i've never had the joy of doing much traditional metal shopping.

Bloody love the internet haha.
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Dalen · Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Posts: 1518

It lost a big part of its excitement mostly due to the music itself. There are lots of cool new releases out there, but desperately few can hold my attention for 20+ listens. While I keep on listening to older records over and over again..
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probert · Joined: 15 Jul 2009 Posts: 6909 Location: stankonia

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dalecooper · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 2591 Location: Indianapolis, IN

I don't like effort; I like music.
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DrkKnight · Joined: 15 Nov 2010 Posts: 926 Location: Chicago, Illinois

The thrill I get going into the various record stores and finding some gems never gets old. It's my only vice, honestly. I guess I'm addicted to that rush because I go out record hunting at least three times a week.

While I have taken sabbaticals between collecting sojourns, I always come back hard because I miss it when I'm not adding to the library.
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Piotr Sargnagel · Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:48 pm Post subject:

I'm not a collector but what I really enjoy now that I didn't back in the day (early 90s) is spending a bit of money (I tend to buy from trusted dealers, not e-bay) on a record, say €25, sound unheard and then getting something amazing. Liege Lord, Dofka and Saracen spring to mind immediately. For that I have a tendency to avoid youtube because it could spoil that magic for me!

Dalen · Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Posts: 1518

This is absolutely correct. I still buy stuff blindly, but only in the case of "special offer" CDs at record stores.. Sadly, it's the budget issue. I prefer spending a few bucks on something I'm sure I'll enjoy.
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Haunt In The Dark · Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 669 Location: Trve De Baal

What ruined "record collecting" for me (even if I never considered myself a proper collector) is the fact that nowadays, a lot of people buy records to gain credibility or some kind of status within whatever community they belong to, be it digital or in real life. I know underage people who'll spend three times my rent in records each month in order to try to look cool to older lifers or people who actually know what they buy or listen to. Or sometimes they just do this to show off in record scores threads but wen you start discussing the music with them you realise they don't know shit about it. I'm not interested in that nor in those clowns. I hardly ever look at record scores threads anymore nor care about "filling holes in my collection" with overpriced records. I'll leave that to the sad basement dwellers and internet warriors who don't anything more interesting to do with their lives.

Vega360 · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 403 Location: USA

Thanks to Short Run factories collecting underground stuff = pointless.

My favorite LPs are the ones I get from the local record store for 25 cents a piece. Seeing as all sound is digital now, owning the new Nastrond LP for example doesn't really matter much. Black Metal vinyl is quickly on it's way to becoming a joke like tapes have done so. We killed analog guys.

Tapes = Instant fail now, made for extras and simply retarded. Demos used to be 10 minutes/3 songs to practice/make mistakes/promote the music. Tape versions of something USED to be so people could own difficult to import albums cheaply, pay $12 for a CD and import it or $4 for a tape from a local label. Now it's not that, nobody has any idea what the difference between a demo and a full length is. What the "tape version" of the album is, or is supposed to be.

Collecting CDs, well I don't think anyone ever cared enough to collect those. Of course people will ruin that up to as making releases for collectors = $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Merch, well if you think owning a TS of 3 naked dudes is worth collecting then um yeah your either a woman or in need of professional help.

I only now randomly buy older reissues of stuff other people actually know about. Knowing something about black metal = making you a more effective label owner. Cause nobody cares if the only way you can describe something is by saying "sounds like and contains cover of Darkthrone,Burzum,Mutiilation,BBH, Bathroy etc..."
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