Spinning Vinyl
Over the weekend, I set up my new turntable, scored some records, and rocked out to vinyl for about 30 hours. In other words, I’m part of the trend. Vinyl sales are still a small part of the overall music business, but they are growing. “In the last six years, vinyl sales have tripled; in the first part of 2014, Billboard counted 6.5 million units sold. Currently vinyl makes up 3.5 percent of overall music sales, according to music tracker Nielsen SoundScan; a decade ago, that figure was 0.2 percent.” And large retail chains like Urban Outfitters (and even Whole Foods) are trying to capitalize on the movement. Great. So I’m now catching onto new music trends just after Whole Foods…