Comments on: Matt Mason on opening the vaults http://www.deletingmusic.com/2009/07/23/matt-mason-on-opening-the-vaults/ How the music industry is erasing culture in the digital age Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:07:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Wolfgang Senges http://www.deletingmusic.com/2009/07/23/matt-mason-on-opening-the-vaults/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Wolfgang Senges Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:17:05 +0000 http://deletingmusic.com/?p=142#comment-48 This reminds me of an article I recently read in Record Collector (August 2009, Issue 365, p. 22/23). RC introduces its readers to Bob George who lives in New York, and in particular to his work. Guess what, Bob is a professional (!) vinyl record collector. He "aims to collect two copies of every vinyl album ever made". He estimates to have 3 Mio. vinyls. As the article shows, there are aspects which simply can not be digitised - in particular in all their haptic glory (he also owns a scratch 'n' sniff record). However, to save a cultural heritage like this at least to its visible and audible part you can only do it by a huge effort in digitisation. You might ask yourself how Bob is making his living... well, there are some sponsor you might know: Keith Richards, Lou Reed, David Byrne, John Hammond, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Paul Simon, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme. I guess there are even more. I was glad to read such an archive exists. This reminds me of an article I recently read in Record Collector (August 2009, Issue 365, p. 22/23).

RC introduces its readers to Bob George who lives in New York, and in particular to his work. Guess what, Bob is a professional (!) vinyl record collector. He “aims to collect two copies of every vinyl album ever made”. He estimates to have 3 Mio. vinyls.

As the article shows, there are aspects which simply can not be digitised – in particular in all their haptic glory (he also owns a scratch ‘n’ sniff record).

However, to save a cultural heritage like this at least to its visible and audible part you can only do it by a huge effort in digitisation.

You might ask yourself how Bob is making his living… well, there are some sponsor you might know: Keith Richards, Lou Reed, David Byrne, John Hammond, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Paul Simon, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme. I guess there are even more.

I was glad to read such an archive exists.

]]> By: Jez Colins http://www.deletingmusic.com/2009/07/23/matt-mason-on-opening-the-vaults/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jez Colins Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:34:08 +0000 http://deletingmusic.com/?p=142#comment-47 It's like recycling. We are constantly urged to recycle so materials can be preserved and renewed to create new objects etc, why not music? There can be an economic benefit as well as a cultural benefit (equivalent to environmental). Looking forward to hearing the rest of the interviews It’s like recycling. We are constantly urged to recycle so materials can be preserved and renewed to create new objects etc, why not music? There can be an economic benefit as well as a cultural benefit (equivalent to environmental).
Looking forward to hearing the rest of the interviews

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