Fantasy Music Shopping Experience
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Topic: Fantasy Music Shopping Experience
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Subject: Fantasy Music Shopping Experience
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 12:20
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What is your dream music shopping experience? Let's say you've just walked into a new record store, or opened up a new online storefront, or a new digital distributor (like iTunes or Grooveshark). What is it about this store that would make it a dream experience for you? What would you like to see? Selection? Ability to hear the music first? Comfy chairs? Why have you come into this store? Is it to discover new music? To collect records in your wish list? To complete an artists discography? My experience would be a large store, with a varied selection of music on display but more in a warehouse in the back. Some sort of digital interface (perhaps an app on a smart phone, or a piece of hardware they hand you when you come into the store) would allow you to gather info on the music. So for example, if I scanned the bar code for "Cheer Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune" on the rack, it could tell me that the band has more albums, 8 of which are in stock in the warehouse. The device would be able to play samples through my headphones from any album by tapping the album cover on the screen of the device. If I like what I hear, I should be able to tap a button that would bring someone in from the back. It would be amazing if there was a listening station where, before your purchase, you could plug in the device to chair kind of like the gamer chairs, comfy and with stereo speakers by the head, and it would stream samples of artists you had been interested in. Then, after sampling for a while, I could select the albums I was most interested in, go to the till, and pay. It would be a marriage of digital and real, allowing me to gather information on bands and make informed decisions on the artist, allowing me to hear samples without having to go to youtube, myspace, etc..., while at the same time giving me the pleasure of seeing, holding, and examining the physical medium if possible.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 13:07
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You're idea sounds like heaven to me. Add a coffee shop and it is indeed heaven quality. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 14:26
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Well, I would prefer something more... human: a (small) team of clerks enthusiastic and open-minded, able to talk about any kind of music, maybe a few chairs, a sofa (Zappa, out of my mind), some books and magazines... Rather a place populated with a bunch of well-known music geeks (including women!). The record store I use to go often set up some showcases, mini concerts, nearly one by week - and that's the kind of events that a true dream music shop should do every week! |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: June 01 2011 at 16:38
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Good service is a nice thing to have, but I don't like being pestered when I enter a music store. I like to roam the aisles uninterrupted, but if I am looking for something specific, I hope the staff is knowledgeable enough to know what I'm taking about. It would be beneficial for a large music store to staff employees that listen to a broad range of music or have "specialists" on certain genres. Staff recommendations can actually be quite useful if you know a staff member with similar tastes as you. ------------- A fun place to review and discuss metal: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - MetalMusicArchives |
Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: June 05 2011 at 21:59
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just need to visit Disk Union in Shinjuku, Tokyo. nuff said hahaha and they even have a separate store dedicated to prog music!!!
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: June 05 2011 at 22:27
| Employees who have some knowledge on music. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 02:04
| Their is a massive CD/DVD store in Cologne (can't remember the name) that I've been to a couple of times. Can usually spend 2-3 hrs browsing. Just a large collection inc rarities by prog bands does it for me. The only problem with Germany is that they don't like credit cards! |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 17:12
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Simply a store offering some albums which I can't find. Clerks, coffee tables, drinks etc are only a good option.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 17:27
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The Truth wrote:Posted By: June
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 20:28
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I was going to say my fantasies were fulfilled when I first went in Amoeba Records in San Francisco. Tried to find something about it on youtube, and look what came up  :Not a huge Paul fan, but I can see how visiting a store and finding your favourite artist doing a secret gig would be mind-blowing. |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 00:59
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That my nearby HMV had a progressive rock section like it has for metal, country etc...
That's not asking for much is it? Last time I was there they're obviously not hip to prog at all.
It just get's mixed in with rock and metal and, to my knowlege, no titles from labels like Profound Lore and others. ------------- http://revbookburn.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/rexcat http://www.myspace.com/prxcat Greetings! And Welcome to The Global Internet Church of Prog! Hail the Prog and Praise "Bob"! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 06:41
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There was an actual record store chain in Atlanta that had the cassette section in the back of the store. You'd make your selections to buy and they'd put it in a basket that a Wizard Of Oz flying monkey on a ceiling track was carrying and it would "fly" to the register at the front of the store. Than there's also this: http://www.facebook.com/FANTASYLANDRECORDS" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/FANTASYLANDRECORDS http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pa.109639202409069" rel="nofollow">  FANTASYLAND RECORDSHaven't been there in years. They relocated since.------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 06:59
My nearby HMV hardly has an CDs at all now (DVDs and games taking over) but they are running a promotion recommending a very small selection of prog CDs at the moment ("if you like this then we recommend this" sort of thing). Other than that, you can occasionally find prog CDS in with the metal (e.g Kayo Dot) but generally they don't extend further than a small selection of the major bands (Yes, ELP and Tull).
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