118. Tom Hill
February 6th, 2011 | Published in Backers
The reason I’m funding it is due to lots of reasons. One is because I like to think people working in creative mediums should try support each other where possible – be it financial, promotional or motivational etc… But as a musician who releases records via labels and record shops – both online and on the street – music in tangible form is fast becoming a thing of the past to many people who don’t even consider music in any other format than digital which is a shame. Certainly, as a teacher of Music Technology, some of my students aged 16 or even 18 have never owned a CD or vinyl record. Many of them don’t see the value in record shops.
This documentary could not only help promote the importance of record shops and how they help you as a music fan but, if all fails, it could be an historical document of an endangered species and hopefully bring about a revival further down the line.
The first and last records I bought:
First record I personally paid for was Led Zeppelin 2 on Vinyl from my local music shop. Perhaps ironically, the last album I bought was a paid download from Boomkat Records by Danny Norbury called Light In August.
My website: www.origamibiro.com