The Independant Label Market is being held in London today and again on the 21st May. This seems to coincide with "National Record day" which is apparently to celebrate the vinyl format. The NME has written somewhat cynically about how they hold no love for what they perceieve as a dead format:
If physical singles are finally dying out for good, then don’t expect me to send any flowers to the funeral. I don’t care about Record Store Day. I don’t even care if I never own a physical CD or vinyl record ever again. I got rid of 90 per cent of my CD-based record collection last year, leaving behind only the records I’d paid for before becoming a music hack. I don't miss them.
And here’s why: if you’re seriously bothered about the way your tunes are delivered to you, you’re focusing on totally the wrong aspect of what makes music great.
