Post 1:
I’d like to learn about the efficiency, cost, and possibility of meeting the vinyl demand with 3d printing at a large scale and to figure out if it is ultimately worth it.
The deliverable I plan to create is an op-ed piece in which I detail on an emotional and intellectual basis the need for an alternative for manufacturing vinyl records. Ill specifically talk about how 3d printing is a possible solution and whether it is a viable and worth it.
Week 1 (11/23) – Learn more about drive for sales of vinyl & Learn about how to write an op-ed and what goes into one
Week 2 (11/30) – Learn more about current manufacturing process of vinyl records and turnover
Week 3 (12/7) – Learn about how to order vinyl as a retailer and as an artist
Week 4 (12/14) – Look more into what is required to create a 3d record
Week 5 (12/21) – Begin to write draft and edit it down to final
Post 2:
- http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9467-wax-and-wane-the-tough-realities-behind-vinyls-comeback/ -> This is relevant because it gives a good overview of vinyl sales, trend and projected momentum.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTPKCtdhSA -> This is relevant because it gives a detailed look into how vinyl records are made currently.
- http://www.amandaghassaei.com/projects/3D_printed_record/ This is relevant because it is the first attempt to create a 3d printed vinyl record.
- http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/musician-tips/for-the-record-pointers-for-getting-vinyl-records-pressed-for-your-band/ This is relevant because its a great rundown of how an independent artist can get vinyl pressed.
- http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/why-collect-records-an-extract-from-kevin-moists-record-collecting-as-cultural-anthropology/ -> This is relevant because it explains the sociological reasons behind collecting records.
Post 3 (week 1) : –
- Why Vinyl? – Vinyl sales gave grown from 1.9 million in 2008 to a little over 6 million in 2014.-
- ” millennials and boomers are all together in the same stores buying LPs.”
- ““Consumers who maybe weren’t analog, record-head types, but still want to support artists they love, were underestimated,” Blandford says. “They want to put something on their shelf that they or their friends can see—a physical signifier of their fandom.”
- “You’re showing off what your tastes are as a way of defining what’s important to you.”
- The decision to purchase LPs now is an aesthetic choice as much, if not more, than a sound preference
- ““Listening to an LP involves a lot more than remastering and sound sources. There’s the act of putting a record on, there is the comforting surface noise, there is the fact that LPs are beautiful objects and CDs have always looked like plastic office supplies. So enjoying what an LP has to offer is in no way contingent on convincing yourself that they necessarily sound better than CDs.”
- “Keep in mind you are writing for a general audience that may not be as familiar with your subject as you are. Keep it short and simple. State your opinion clearly and quickly, back it up with facts and examples, then finish up. If your op–ed is longer than 700 words, editors likely will not consider using it.” – http://www.smith.edu/collegerelations/news-office/op-ed-guidelines
- Start with a sentence, Forget objectivity, Be informal, and Keep it short and simple. – http://www.smith.edu/collegerelations/news-office/op-ed-guidelines
- http://aboutpublicrelations.net/ucmclaina.htm
Post 4 (week 2)
-Manufacturing process can be seen step by step here.
- ‘”12″ standard weight – orders placed today will probably be on press early April depending upon qty and color(s).’ http://gottagrooverecords.com/release-date-planning/ -> very long turnover time!
Post 5 (week 3) – >
- “indie artists must have files ready” http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/musician-tips/for-the-record-pointers-for-getting-vinyl-records-pressed-for-your-band/
- all the questions artists may have about ordering vinyl -> http://gottagrooverecords.com/?a=cdbaby
- most stores either buy collections of used records off of random people or buy from wholesalers such as this or do both.
Post 6 (week 4) ->
- “UV-cured resin printer called the Objet Connex500. Like most 3D printers, the Objet creates an object by depositing material layer by layer until the final form is achieved. This printer has incredibly high resolution: 600dpi in the x and y axes and 16 microns in the z axis, some of the highest resolution possible with 3D printing at the moment. Despite all its precision, the Objet is still at least an order of magnitude or two away from the resolution of a real vinyl record” – http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Record/
- “The 3D printed album is created by more or less reversing the MP3 ripping process. First a digitized waveform is captured, using Python to extract it from the MP3 file. Then, using processing, and open source for the automation of file generation, the shape is rendered into an STL wireframe. Software is then used to wrap that in a spiral form to be printed as a 3D 12-inch disc.” – http://3dprint.com/9465/3d-printed-record/
Post 7 (week 5) – early draft -> The future of a dead medium oped