You walk into a joyously colorful store with rows and rows of album covers and CDs. There you are, on a quest to find the final album to complete your hard worked-on collection of one of your most adored music artists. As you frantically look around you see the one. Behold! The final vinyl to your collection! The feeling of glory and satisfaction flows throughout your body as you skip along home with a smile on your face. One collection, completed!
Individuals have countless hobbies, but one hobby that sticks out the most is collecting vinyl. It’s a worldwide interest that is growing every year. In 2020 about 27.55 million vinyls were sold. Now, in just three years, in 2023 about 41.5 million are already sold! How so?
Well, massive vinyl collections of course! The amount of vinyl purchased is only going to continue growing. The numbers clearly show that vinyl collecting is a big deal to people. Countless articles state that vinyls just have a warmer, deeper or richer sound, or they sound more like a live performance and more real or original. Some people claim that the “feelings” or “chills” from songs are more satisfying when listened to on vinyls.
On vinyl, the sound and clarity of certain aspects such as treble and bass are more present and crisp. On recordings the treble and bass sound waves are less crisp when received on recording due to the soundwaves being converted to digital form and then back to analog. During this process, when the soundwaves are being converted back to analog from digital, some aspects of the actual live sound are lost. But, when on vinyl, every single part of the analog wave is captured in the grooves. The sound waves are not converted or altered in any way. This just proves why vinyls are more superior.
Vinyls can help people keep meaningful memories, it can teach others about the past of music and give them new ideas, and it can unite people for having a widespread similarity. Some people have a vinyl player for the vinyls so that they can listen to them, or they just enjoy collecting vinyls for the fun of it. Vinyl collecting is something that everyone can do. It’s great because you can collect almost any type of vinyl. People collect vinyls of their favorite songs, or artists, or anything that fits their preferred genre. People want to preserve meaningful and symbolic memories. For example, if they had a favorite song that reminded them of a happy memory they could have a memento of it to remind them of that moment. It could be their “comfort object.”
Vinyl collections are useful because they can help adolescents learn about certain cultures, interests, and groups, even as the musical world has evolved. Someone from an older generation would most likely have a collection of vinyls dedicated to a genre of music from an older time era that has no traces or much remains, because obviously there were no recording systems present in certain music eras. If you listen to the vinyls from that person's era, you might see some changes in the style. The sound of the instruments, the voice modulation, the drum beats, the guitar style and sound, the scales, etc.
Vinyls can help unite the world. As we have already seen from the number of vinyls sold, a lot of people are involved in this long-term trend! And these people love to share their vinyl collections! They can do so many activities with their vinyls. They can trade them, they can start their own clubs in schools for people with a passion for vinyls, they can even connect together and discuss JUST ABOUT VINYLS! “Vinyls bring a sense of welcomeness and community,” according to VinylBox. Co. Vinyls are and will always be an important part of the music culture.
Vinyls collections give people a warm feeling inside. Nostalgia. As if you’ve finished a puzzle and feel happy, but there’s a piece missing. A sense of loss or longing lingering in the air. Vinyls aren’t just collected for the fun of it. People collect and keep them because it’s a memento. Memories. They collect them so that one day, they can look back at one and remember.
-Shreeya S.
I like how the writing shows how you genuinely feel about this topic. Through the writing I can tell that you are enthusiastic about vinyls, and your use of mature vocabulary really helps this piece express that. As a person with a vinyl collection and player at home I can really relate when you say ‘‘Vinyl collections are useful because they can help adolescents learn about certain cultures, interests, and groups, even as the musical world has evolved.’’ Because without vinyls I wouldn't know what music was like 30 or 40 years ago.
ReplyDeleteA message in Shreeya’s independent writing piece is “Vinyls can help unite the world” as mentioned in the beginning of the seventh paragraph. I know this because in the seventh paragraph Shreeya also says “They can do so many activities with their vinyls. The can trade them, they can start their own clubs in schools for people with a passion for vinyls, they can even connect together and discuss JUST ABOUT VINYLS.” One writing skill that I really liked was your mechanics because I didn’t even spot one mistake in your spelling and grammar. I also liked your sensory language, and it helped me engage with your writing.
ReplyDeleteI really loved that although you were writing a piece mean to inform and explain, you still fit in some personal connection and figurative language. There’s actually a line that does both! “Vinyls collections give people a warm feeling inside. Nostalgia. As if you’ve finished a puzzle and feel happy, but there’s a piece missing.” I also collect vinyl, but mostly for fun. My family must have hundreds of records, anywhere from Frank Sinatra to Iron Butterfly. I loved the connection I felt when reading this piece. Great job!
ReplyDelete“Vinyls collections give people a warm feeling inside. Nostalgia.” Shreeya says. Although vinyls are more expensive, people are able to look back at them later in their life and appreciate the memories they have brought. Listening to vinyls affects my life in many ways. At family functions or holidays, whenever I listen to vinyl, it seems like I am really at a live concert. Listening to vinyls helps me remember the songs too. I liked that you used words like “richer” and “satisfaction” to describe how people feel when they're listening to vinyls. I think the central idea of Shreeya’s story is, collecting memories from happy experiences lets you look back and be able to have that warm and deep feeling again. The quote that I really enjoyed from Shreeya's writing was, “A sense of loss or longing lingering in the air.” I liked this quote because it had personification. I felt like I could relate to this. When I listen to a song on the radio, I feel like its originality is lost and the deep and happy feeling isn't as strong and rich as listening to a vinyl.
ReplyDeleteHaving a hobby that you enjoy can be extremely beneficial in terms of quality of life and improving one’s sense of belonging. This idea is supported when you stated, “Vinyls can help unite the world,” and, “Vinyls can help people keep meaningful memories.” I love how you used varying examples of descriptive language, for example the terms lingering, modulation and memento. These examples of descriptive language, along with many others, substantially contributed to the message and description of vinyls and the story.
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