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Yes. 99% of my friends fit the "hipster" description to a t. But...they still buy CDs. Do we all have iPods and buy digital music? Yepp! But I can't think of anyone I know who doesn't buy a CD or a t-shirt (from a band they dig) at a live show. It'll help you with your gas money home. And they're so inexpensive now it's almost impossible for a traveling band to lose money on a small run of discs. Even fancy digipacks with a spine are fairly inexpensive IMO. Especially considering how much work goes into each piece.
Chet, vinyl is awesome and I'm all about it - I collect like crazy and, like you, I'm always hunting for something. But buying vinyl and pressing vinyl are two different things - it's pretty expensive for a small time, independent band to have a small run of records pressed. We're going to be doing a 7 inch as soon as this recording is done and it's costing us an arm and a leg. *sigh*
Especially compared to getting a disc packaged and pressed and/or digital downloads, it's pricey....I'm not saying it isn't worth it but it's a bit pricey. Definitely not for everybody.
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