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Okay, a lot of you know that when I finally moved out of the family house, I left my vinyl behind. Originally the intent was to eventually bring it down to NJ, as at the time I figured I would be living there with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emmalyon and the others for an indeterminate amount of time. That original intent was sidetracked when Emm was offered the San Francisco job, and so instead of eventually taking it with me, I did a thirty-minute quick glance at the collection, pulled all the Beatle-themed (band and solo) records and put them aside to keep (what--you expected me to get rid of that stuff?!??), and pulled a very small amount out to have my sister transfer it to tape, where I would then lift to make it an mp3 later on (the same was done with the cassettes, but I'd pretty much taken what I wanted to keep and given away the rest well before the move). And that vinyl would then be given away or sold at record stores, letting my sister (who did much of the vinyl exodus) keep the money.
( ...in which I go on about my old collection )
In all honesty, I never thought I'd get back to this point again, where I'm still a big music fan, but not nearly as obsessive as I once was. It kind of weirds me out, in a way. Perhaps it's that I've gotten older and found more important things to think about, or perhaps it's that I just eventually gained control of wanting to be a completist in my collection, I don't know. But it's no longer an obsession. It's now back to just being a pastime, one that's a bit more affordable and more under control.
Not to mention, one that takes up a lot less space.
I'm still a collector that wants to have an extensive and varied music library, and I know I still have a long way to go, but at least now I'm looking for specific things. Lately it's been a lot of 80s punk and alternative stuff (thanks again, eMusic), and eventually it'll also be mainstream 80s stuff I once had but have no more. But like I said, it's a lot easier and cheaper to acquire now, and I like that.
emmalyon and the others for an indeterminate amount of time. That original intent was sidetracked when Emm was offered the San Francisco job, and so instead of eventually taking it with me, I did a thirty-minute quick glance at the collection, pulled all the Beatle-themed (band and solo) records and put them aside to keep (what--you expected me to get rid of that stuff?!??), and pulled a very small amount out to have my sister transfer it to tape, where I would then lift to make it an mp3 later on (the same was done with the cassettes, but I'd pretty much taken what I wanted to keep and given away the rest well before the move). And that vinyl would then be given away or sold at record stores, letting my sister (who did much of the vinyl exodus) keep the money.( ...in which I go on about my old collection )
In all honesty, I never thought I'd get back to this point again, where I'm still a big music fan, but not nearly as obsessive as I once was. It kind of weirds me out, in a way. Perhaps it's that I've gotten older and found more important things to think about, or perhaps it's that I just eventually gained control of wanting to be a completist in my collection, I don't know. But it's no longer an obsession. It's now back to just being a pastime, one that's a bit more affordable and more under control.
Not to mention, one that takes up a lot less space.
I'm still a collector that wants to have an extensive and varied music library, and I know I still have a long way to go, but at least now I'm looking for specific things. Lately it's been a lot of 80s punk and alternative stuff (thanks again, eMusic), and eventually it'll also be mainstream 80s stuff I once had but have no more. But like I said, it's a lot easier and cheaper to acquire now, and I like that.
