By: Tom Sherkness
BLUE BELL, PA--For the case of Carmen Bondra Jr, he feels listening to vinyl restores the lost magic that music used to have. He says the quality of the sound is better and it just feels right. He admits although it was way less convenient and can't be taken on the go, there is something so “real” about sitting down and listening to a record. With the availability of music on-the-go and instant access to virtually any song ever created ready to listen at any time, it is possible and common for music to become something secondary. In his mind, this completely destroys the value of music because it becomes something we don't pay attention to yet have it around us all the time.
Comparing vinyl directly to digital, he feels the transition of physical media to digital in regards to music is the same exact principle as physical books transitioning to digital media. Virtually any book ever written is available legally and/or illegally for download on the internet. With millions of songs available at a given time, what does one song mean out of the whole group? Carmen says with vinyl, “I am listening to something that feels like came directly from the artist, or something that contains the essence of the artist. Flipping the record over can be a pain, but the sound is so good and I am engaged in every song in a way I never am when listening just on iTunes or whatever. I have about hundred records on my shelf, and probably over a thousand on my computer, but I find myself drawn to the vinyl because I honestly probably haven't even listened to half of my digital library in a while anyway because I forget most of it is there.” In the midst of a sea of music, it is the smaller collection that has him engaged in the music because it feels real and close to him because it exists in person.
Carmen believes physical media that contains analog audio holds something special to certain people because they feel it has restored the value of music in a way that digital seems to have drawn people away from. Mass produced and available at any minute with the click of a mouse may sound convenient and good for business, but sitting down and listening to a vinyl record will put the listener in with the music instead of just letting it boil in your mind on the back burner.
BLUE BELL, PA--For the case of Carmen Bondra Jr, he feels listening to vinyl restores the lost magic that music used to have. He says the quality of the sound is better and it just feels right. He admits although it was way less convenient and can't be taken on the go, there is something so “real” about sitting down and listening to a record. With the availability of music on-the-go and instant access to virtually any song ever created ready to listen at any time, it is possible and common for music to become something secondary. In his mind, this completely destroys the value of music because it becomes something we don't pay attention to yet have it around us all the time.
Comparing vinyl directly to digital, he feels the transition of physical media to digital in regards to music is the same exact principle as physical books transitioning to digital media. Virtually any book ever written is available legally and/or illegally for download on the internet. With millions of songs available at a given time, what does one song mean out of the whole group? Carmen says with vinyl, “I am listening to something that feels like came directly from the artist, or something that contains the essence of the artist. Flipping the record over can be a pain, but the sound is so good and I am engaged in every song in a way I never am when listening just on iTunes or whatever. I have about hundred records on my shelf, and probably over a thousand on my computer, but I find myself drawn to the vinyl because I honestly probably haven't even listened to half of my digital library in a while anyway because I forget most of it is there.” In the midst of a sea of music, it is the smaller collection that has him engaged in the music because it feels real and close to him because it exists in person.
Carmen believes physical media that contains analog audio holds something special to certain people because they feel it has restored the value of music in a way that digital seems to have drawn people away from. Mass produced and available at any minute with the click of a mouse may sound convenient and good for business, but sitting down and listening to a vinyl record will put the listener in with the music instead of just letting it boil in your mind on the back burner.
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