New coffeehouse and record shop will add a new ‘Caydence’ to Payne Ave.: On the corner of Payne and York avenues, some born-and-raised St.Paulites are putting up drywall and dreaming of warmer days. Matt Graske, Chad Medleein and Greg Schmitt have just begun work on the future coffee and music shop named Caydence Records and Coffee. They just signed a lease for the 900 Payne Ave. building and hope to have the shop open by mid-June. Caydence will sell new and used vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, with a sales floor that will hold about 3,500 vinyl records and about 2,500 CDs.
Sticky Carpet: the latest news from Melbourne’s music scene: Melbourne’s far-reaching reputation as a great music city is based on our vibrant live scene, but also a healthy independent record store culture with more than 60 independent record shops…”The record buying demographic has really changed,” Milne told Sticky this week. “Teenagers are coming into the store and buying a lot of vinyl.”
Hi-fi hunters gather for Grants Pass Record Convention, Collectors and enthusiasts attend Southern Oregon’s only annual record convention Saturday: In an era when digital music is effortless to download or stream, Sandon Ritter of Roseburg knows exactly why he drove 70 miles to sort through boxes of LPs: sonic frequencies lower than 80 hertz. On an MP3 file or other compressed digital music format, arguably imperceptible frequencies are removed to reduce the computer file’s size, but Ritter, a disc jockey who spins vinyl regularly at the Knock Knock Lounge in Roseburg, said he can hear the difference on his vintage JBL speakers at home.
A turn for the better: Vinyl revival at Somerset shop: Yesterday, vinyl seemed so far away. But now it looks as though records are here to stay. At least that’s how it is at Sunset Records, where vinyl is selling like crazy as younger generations catch on to the fuller analog sound delivered with a side of snaps, crackles and pops. Owner Bob Boyer, a self-professed diehard Beatles fan, has plenty of his favorite band’s records filling the bins at the Somerset store. “There’s the Beatles and there’s everyone else,” said Boyer, adding George Harrison is his favorite.
Records making a comeback among music collectors: One of the most popular ways to collect and listen to music in the past has made a recovery in the last few years, and owners of independent record stores and die-hard music fans cannot be more thrilled. The LP, or long-playing vinyl album, has become increasingly popular recently, as a younger generation learns about the benefits of listening to music this way, and back catalogues are released on vinyl for the first time, enticing old school collectors into renewing their passion for “wax,” as vinyl is sometimes referred to.
Record Store Day is coming and unsigned musicians can compete to get their single pressed onto vinyl, Vinyl hub Berwick Street is launching the initiative: Record Store Day is on the approach and to celebrate it, unsigned musicians are being offered the opportunity to win their single pressed onto vinyl. Berwick Street, aka one of London’s most iconic vinyl destinations, are launching a competition to do just that. “Vinyl are timeless and a fundamental part of the music industry’s heritage,” Phil Barton of Sister Ray Records says.
