Is this a new format on the scene?

[Paul-s]

I recently say a Northern Soul night advertised as 'Digital Only'. My small soul brain could not quite compute.

Does this mean vinyl has/is being eradicated from Northern Soul events?

 

Thanks in advance for explaining this one.

[Steviehay]

No its just some wannabe playing laptop,plug n play stick or what have you I do this as I have a mobile disco business but my events I run are ovo it's weird but it will be pub oriented rather than club 

Edited September 5, 2023 by Steviehay

[Thinksmart]

With a more casualised Northern Soul experience emerging where some people just want to hear the songs, there may be growth of this in parallel with the existing scene (perhaps to the ire of those longer into the music). I don't think they look to the established scene at all, just play some music while socialising.   

How does it work on the Southern based parallel soul scene with their boat cruises etc - is that off source format or digital?

It's hard to think forward a decade or two and envisage who the younger DJs are that will be able to afford the vinyl that will be sold at high prices. With two sons in their twenties, they have so many demands on their finances and education debts that I cannot see how the vinyl will transition into the hands of a next generation (at commercial rates).

Edited September 5, 2023 by Thinksmart

[Steve G]

31 minutes ago, Thinksmart said:

 

How does it work on the Southern based parallel soul scene with their boat cruises etc - is that off source format or digital?

More often than not vinyl and CD. Not the obsession with og vinyl though, that is the preserve of part of the northern soul scene. 

[davidwapples]

People were selling the top 500 in mp3 format on DVD/  usb sticks for 20 pounds. 

Drop these onto a playlist and hit random and you have your local soul club / pub northern night.

No dj egos to feed , no expenses. 

Free night to the punters who most wont care about the format and just listen or dance to what they know so the floor will be busy

[Tlscapital]

13 minutes ago, davidwapples said:

People were selling the top 500 in mp3 format on DVD/  usb sticks for 20 pounds. 

Drop these onto a playlist and hit random and you have your local soul club / pub northern night.

No dj egos to feed , no expenses. 

Free night to the punters who most wont care about the format and just listen or dance to what they know so the floor will be busy

No passion. No dedication. No adventures. Although plenty of fortunate uncreative combinations of pure boredom for those in the known with 500 entries. No dee-jay. Click on 'random' play. Pure consumerism. Yep not my scene.

[Kenb]

they might just as well be saying "alexia play"!

Edited September 5, 2023 by Kenb

[Mithras]

Get a life nearly 70 ,car boot this week  and loads of good tunes out ,no junk shops the faithful keep searchin' ,acetates turn up as well.....

[Reissue55]

Why worry about the supposed demise of a format when you can let an algorithm give you the blues instead. Music is great to discover on your own , but it is even better when it's shared. 

[Paul-s]

10 minutes ago, Reissue55 said:

Why worry about the supposed demise of a format when you can let an algorithm give you the blues instead. Music is great to discover on your own , but it is even better when it's shared. 

What?

[Tlscapital]

1 hour ago, Reissue55 said:

Why worry about the supposed demise of a format when you can let an algorithm give you the blues instead. Music is great to discover on your own , but it is even better when it's shared. 

A synthetic carefree pre-selection of tunes supposedly suiting one's intellectual ear or taste and / or "preference" or anything 'subjective' for that matter equals death to me.

As far as 'sharing' goes it has nothing to do with such 'free' availability. On the contrary even. To 'share' involves a commitment from the 'giver'. If not it's more like seduction.

Adverts are not sharing for example. Although they are freely available if not invasive even. Never forget that when a commercial product is 'free' the consumer is the 'product'.

Tape swappers was many things. But sometimes it involved 'sharing' between friends or further 'in-crowds'. Then black-market tapes not. Or stolen recordings on tape definitely not.