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[ MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ THUMPING ]
[ THE WOOLLY BUSHMEN'S
"I DON'T WANT YOU" PLAYING ]
>> I STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS
LIKE 20 YEARS AGO.
I KIND OF FELL INTO THAT BECAUSE
CDs WERE COMING OUT AROUND THAT
TIME, EXCEPT I GREW UP REALLY,
REALLY POOR.
AND, SO, AT THAT SAME TIME,
EVERYONE'S, LIKE, DUMPING OFF
ALL THEIR VINYL RECORDS AT THE
THRIFT STORES.
I WOULD GO FIND VIOLENT FEMMES,
KISS, THE MISFITS.
MY FRIENDS WOULD COME TO SCHOOL.
"I GOT THE NEW NIRVANA ALBUM!
15 BUCKS!"
"I GOT THE NEW VIOLENT FEMMES
ALBUM FOR A QUARTER," YOU KNOW?
[ FOLK MUSIC PLAYING ]
>> ♪ CONSCIOUSNESS IN DREAMS ♪
[ SINGING INDISTINCTLY ]
>> I FIND IT WEIRD THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOVE
MUSIC, WHO AREN'T ALL ABOUT
IT -- AND YOU MEET THOSE PEOPLE
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE -- LIKE,
"EH. NO FAVORITE BANDS, NO.
NO, I DON'T REALLY," YOU KNOW,
"COLLECT MUSIC."
FOR ME, THAT'S BIZARRE.
MUSIC IS LIFE.
MUSIC'S A WAY OF EXPRESSION.
THE VISCERAL EXPERIENCE OF,
LIKE, DEALING WITH CUSTOMERS AND
MEETING PEOPLE, BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, WITH
PEOPLE, LIKE, BASED ON MUSIC --
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING
SOMETHING.
WE'RE IN A VERY SMALL TOWN.
TITUSVILLE'S A TINY TOWN, YOU
KNOW?
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING
SOMETHING TO BRING A LITTLE BIT
OF CULTURE BACK TO THIS TOWN
THAT'S BEEN MISSING FOR A WHILE,
'CAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER
INDEPENDENT MUSIC STORE HERE.
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE THAN
10 YEARS AGO, ALL THESE BIG-BOX
RETAILERS REALLY STARTED MAKING
ALL THE SMALLER STORES TANK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL YOU, "YEAH,
MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER ON VINYL."
AND IT'S A MORE VISCERAL
EXPERIENCE OVER THE DIGITAL
FORMAT.
WHEN IT COMES TO VINYL RECORDS,
IT'S A TANGIBLE EXPERIENCE.
YOU HAVE TO LOVE VINYL TO HAVE
IT.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT, YOU
KNOW?
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S
STANDING UPRIGHT.
IT'S NOT GETTING WARPED.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING
DUSTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT --
WHERE CDs, NO ONE CARES.
DIGITAL'S MORE OF, LIKE, A
STERILE SOUND.
IT'S MORE PROCESSED, MORE CLEAN,
WHEREAS ON A RECORD, THERE'S
NUANCES THAT ARE HIDDEN IN THE
GROOVES.
WE DO CUT RECORDS FOR BANDS AND
JUST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME OFF
THE STREET.
MAYBE THEY HAVE A GREATEST HITS
THEY PUT ON CD OF THEIR OWN
STUFF THEY LIKE.
I CAN DO A ONE-OFF 12-INCH OF
ALL THEIR FAVORITE STUFF SO THEY
CAN LISTEN TO IT ON VINYL AT
HOME.
SINCE WE ARE CUTTING ON A
TURNTABLE -- AND THE REASON WE
USE THIS ONE IS BECAUSE I CAN
CONTROL THE PITCH.
I MEAN, ONCE THIS CUTTER HEAD
COMES DOWN ON IT, IT CHANGES THE
DRAG THAT'S ON THE RECORD, AND
IT KIND OF SLOWS THINGS DOWN.
SO, AS IT'S GOING AROUND, I CAN
TAKE THIS TONE ARM, THIS
CARTRIDGE, DROP IT DOWN ON THE
RECORD, AND THROUGH A MONITORING
SYSTEM, WITH ABOUT A ONE-SECOND
DELAY FROM WHAT I'M DOING, I CAN
LISTEN TO, ON MY MONITORS, WHAT
I'M CUTTING.
ALL THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
LIKE ABOUT VINYL RECORDS IS WHAT
I HAVE TO KIND OF WORK INTO WHAT
WE'RE DOING HERE.
I THINK OUR BIGGEST MARKET FOR
US CUTTING VINYL RECORDS IS,
LIKE, INDEPENDENT BANDS, LOCAL
BANDS, OR EVEN -- WE'VE DONE
SOME BIGGER BANDS.
WE'VE DONE BANDS IN EUROPE AND
THAT SORT OF THING THAT WANT A
HANDCRAFTED PRODUCT, LIMITED
EDITION, LIMITED QUANTITY.
I THINK, LOCALLY -- I THINK,
PROBABLY IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES
THAT DO IT IN THIS CONTEXT --
LIKE, WITH A RECORD STORE, DOING
IT FOR LOCAL BANDS, LIKE, IN THE
SETUP THAT WE DO.
THE RECORD WE WERE JUST CUTTING,
THIS IS THE FINAL PRODUCT.
SO, WE DO A FOLD-OVER COVER, AND
HE WANTED TWO FRONT SIDES.
>> ♪ BACK WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE
WOULD WISH ON A STAR ♪
>> AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, WE
HAVE, LIKE, DIFFERENT LOCAL
BANDS, OR EVEN TRAVELING BANDS,
COME PLAY IN THE STORE.
WE'VE HAD BANDS AS FAR AWAY AS
PORTLAND, OREGON.
DETROIT.
JUST BEING OPEN, MORE PEOPLE
HAVE STARTED COLLECTING RECORDS
IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEN EVEN
THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY.
WE GET A LOT OF BUSINESS FROM,
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AWAY AS
DAYTONA OR ORLANDO.
LAST WEEK, WE HAD SOME GUYS FROM
NORTHERN IRELAND FIND US ON AN
APP.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, LIKE, REALLY
RARE NUGGETS THAT, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THE OTHER STORES DON'T