I like my Community, Shaken…not stirred.
Like Guitar Center and other investors with deep pockets and a solid market strategy? Whom also command the ability to secure and stack inventory for more than this fiscal quarter? Yes, they will always be afforded inventory priority. Even if this overshadows a dedicated and burgeoning grass roots development…regardless if that grass roots plays a major roll in developing the coveted product.
The ability for DJTT to secure such inventory, in the face of batch production and demand by key industry investors, speaks for itself. I’m certain they are working frantically to meet the demands while keeping and sustaining your DJTT brand loyalty. I look at it this way…money will come and go, but the dedication, devotion and sense of Community that those from DJTT, and within the Community itself, strive to develop…in most places, it no longer exists.
For example:
Vinyl junkies, myself included, are keenly aware of that deeply rooted feeling that, on numerous occasions, wish they had the ability run down to the local shop and spend the entire day hunting through stacks, while talking shop. Those shops, and the community behind it, have died here locally. It feels like low tide. Wiped out, by the economy and competitive influence of the internet.
There are still epic nights, road trips to distant cities and gatherings that resonate the feeling, but what was once alive and vibrant has clearly become desolate, dominated by empty storefronts and distant memories.
This feeling reiterates the importance of places like DJTT. So while David is fighting Goliath, take into consideration of where you might turn to if this community were not available. If David, and crew, are unable to endure the battle. It is up to you on where you place value.
I support local, even if they may not be ‘local’, and even if they have a few issues fighting the good fight. There are not many of them left and their value to the Community is well beyond the scope of this conversation.
“Do not try and bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth.”
