Boomtown Records Vancouver: Closing

This is really sad news, boomtown was my favorite vinyl store in town. I loved the ppl who worked there and their set up.
But what can I say, I think the last time I really bought a record was in March? I was hoping to start going back once I got a good recording program, because some of the best gems I have came from that store.

Originally Posted by ebbomega

It's a real tragedy that DJs stop buying vinyl once they move to serato or traktor or some other mp3J format.

I'm kinda getting tired of hearing beatport top-10 lists at ever club and party I go to. Especially since 99% of the music is nothing I'd really want to listen to more than twice.

DJs gotta get back to paying good money for their music or we'll never hear a solid track in a DJ set again. Without sacrifice there is no art.

LOL at beat port top 10 list, so true. But I think were in a tough stage of evolving and change right now. Even wood himself can admit it. I wont argue that vinyl sounds way better than mp3 and made a dj's collection individual and unique. But if you look at the pros vs cons, saving 80-90% per track and being able to take 1000's of tracks instead of 80-100 tracks to a gig... Its a hard one to fight.

[Revolver]

sigh,

along with FF,bassix another staple of my youth has bit the dust.

good luck with future pursuits wood.

[KrisisID]

bought my first record from that store, good times were had. sad to see it go.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

LOL at beat port top 10 list, so true. But I think were in a tough stage of evolving and change right now. Even wood himself can admit it. I wont argue that vinyl sounds way better than mp3 and made a dj's collection individual and unique. But if you look at the pros vs cons, saving 80-90% per track and being able to take 1000's of tracks instead of 80-100 tracks to a gig... Its a hard one to fight.

Yeah, but I personally find having the 1000s of tracks to pick from is almost a bit overwhelming for the DJ. Encourages sloppy selection, which can be really sad because it sounds brilliant on paper... ANY SONG YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM! Not to mention, you can have a uniquely different set every time you play. Sure, keep yer favs but you can rotate your filler tracks around those so that they're never the same, right?

Except this gets into two DJ practices that I personally think kill the whole artistry of DJing.
1) Having filler tracks
2) Making the process so easy that there's no effort involved, and therefore we get nothing new or different from dj to dj.

Douglas Adams had this lecture before he died where he spoke about how true creativity in art occurs when the artist is restricted, or limited. Taking away limits to your sets - IE only having the records in your crate/bag, versus having a 3-week long MP3 collection, eliminates the necessity (and as such the opportunity) to be creative.

Maybe I'm waxing a bit ideologically, and as this thread shows the results don't hold in a practical world (we're down to... what... Vinyl, Beatstreet and Neptoon?). But I dunno. The market is depreciating but I don't think it'll ever go away completely.

Time will tell I suppose.

[Mr Ektion]

Wood, I'm sure something good will find its way to you. Sorry to hear about the loss, but thanks for all the years you ran the joint.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

I'm kinda getting tired of hearing beatport top-10 lists at ever club and party I go to. Especially since 99% of the music is nothing I'd really want to listen to more than twice.

So true. Which tends to be most Electro House DJ's. :-p

[BrentS]

ill be stopping by there to pick up some wax, new and used. sorry to see Booms go.
would also love to pick up some CD's and anything else you got laying around

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Fuck... so sad to see the shop close down...:cry:... I only stop coming in cuz your distributers started messing with your shit, and you barely ever got DnB anymore... so I was forced to order online... fuck... I used to love comin down on Fridays and claiming the promo that i was hounding for like a week, and smokin kush fatties in the back or on the front.. LOL... fuck, I dunno what to even say... I'm just so shocked... I didnt think BT was ever gonna close down... but you gotta do, what you gotta do... Sad to see the shop close, but if its just gonna get you deeper in debt... it only makes sense to say farewell... Thx for the great promos and a few gems I found in your old collection Wood!! You're a great guy and best of luck in the future!! I'll come down for the close out sale and blaze a Kush fattie for one last time at the shop!!

Big Ups to BoomTown for holding it down all these years!!!! :sad2:

[NinjaBoy]

I agree with Dave on this one, half of the fun I had with Djing was taking a sunday to go to the different vinyl stores and pour over records old and new, and listening to them at one of those beat up listening stations, putting aside a selection of songs that interested me, the widdiling them down from there to what I could afford.

Because of this, for the most part my record bag remained unique. I loved being able to pull out some obsucre track that nobody else had, or played...

I wasn't the best DJ, but I had a large selection of tracks nobody had, and in my opinion the best record bag in the city.

[michael_red]

RIP boomtown.

boomtown was/is pillar in the scene for me.