Music Magazines

Rockshamrover · 27-04-2011 9:22am #1

Hi folks,

Does anyone know if there are any shops in Dublin selling these mags?

Computer Music.
Sound on sound.

Cheers.

The Fridge · 27-04-2011 9:26am

Easons

Rockshamrover · 27-04-2011 9:33am

Are you sure about that? All I've ever seen in there is Future Music.

Cheers

romarr · 27-04-2011 10:24am

reads - nassau st usually have em too

DamagedTrax · 27-04-2011 1:04pm

easons always have them. you'll find SOS in the electronics section, computer music in the computers section and future music in the music section

makes perfect sense doesnt it!!!

also tower records on wicklow street do them.

Rockshamrover · 27-04-2011 1:15pm

DamagedTrax wrote: »

easons always have them. you'll find SOS in the electronics section, computer music in the computers section and future music in the music section makes perfect sense doesnt it!!!

also tower records on wicklow street do them.

Argh

I'm just back from town. I should never have doubted the Fridge

Apologies.

Thanks for the heads up DT.

Rock.

trackmixstudio · 27-04-2011 3:18pm

Tech mags are ok as long as you remember they are driven by advertising.
NEVER trust any review in these mags.
If you see an item reviewed you can bet your @ss there is an ad for that item in the mag.

Platinum Recording · 27-04-2011 3:52pm

trackmixstudio wrote: »

Tech mags are ok as long as you remember they are driven by advertising.
NEVER trust any review in these mags.
If you see an item reviewed you can bet your @ss there is an ad for that item in the mag.

So true......

PaulBrewer · 27-04-2011 6:40pm

I'm not sure that's entirely true.

Reviewers like George Schilling give an honest view in my opinion based on real experience.

A bigger problem with reviewers, in my opinion, is their lack of knowledge or experience - how can you compare a Fairchild compressor plugin if you've never heard the original for example ? Of course you can say if you like it - but any of us can do that.

It's no surprise a company would advertise in a magazine if their unit was being reviewed is it - what better time ?

However - buyer beware at all times - there's only one sure fire way to know about gear and that's to use it.

DamagedTrax · 27-04-2011 7:26pm

in fairness guys who really buys them for anything other than wankin over? :pac:

The Fridge · 27-04-2011 7:39pm

Easons is the only store that I know that stocks SOS etc. I normally buy them in easons in dundrum.
Be interested to find other places where to purchase them in dublin.

Definitely buyer beware at all times, you gotta do your own research and try-outs etc. but I still like reading the magazines. What's up & coming on the scene and all of that.

Wish SOS still did the cdrom versions, already have had to off load a mountain of magazines as the wife was doing her nut to get rid of them, years worth of them (Recording Magazine, SOS, Mix, Em etc. - a few years ago now - i'm stilled scarred), so got the cdrom versions to keep the peace, but they seemed to have stopped doing them in 2008. And the mags arn't that cheap now as well. Have started buying the mags again. I'll have to get creative in where I store them.

krd · 27-04-2011 8:28pm

PaulBrewer wrote: »

I'm not sure that's entirely

It's no surprise a company would advertise in a magazine if their unit was being reviewed is it - what better time ?
.

It's a standard practice with trade magazines, to buy reviews. If you don't buy ad space with the trade the can get pissy with you. Or pretend you don't exist.

But the sales guys from trade magazines will usually make very direct offers about how your product will be covered.

It's the same with "industry" awards, or awards that magazines give like product of the month. A company I worked for, once paid 10 grand to get product of the month in a trade magazine.

There's a feud between the English music press and U2 that goes back to the eighties. U2 got a decent budget to promote the war album, and McGuinness didn't throw a bung the NME's way. Instead he spent it covering Europe in tens of thousands of red, black and white posters.

krd · 27-04-2011 8:30pm

I'm sure they sell sound on sound in Tower records.

Platinum Recording · 27-04-2011 9:00pm

PaulBrewer wrote: »

However - buyer beware at all times - there's only one sure fire way to know about gear and that's to use it.

Good advise,

Me, I just don't trust magazine reviews. If I'm interested in a piece of gear, sure I'll read the review but I always try to get my hands on the piece of gear and make up my own mind..

Rockshamrover · 28-04-2011 9:10am

The Fridge wrote: »

Wish SOS still did the cdrom versions, already have had to off load a mountain of magazines as the wife was doing her nut to get rid of them, years worth of them (Recording Magazine, SOS, Mix, Em etc. - a few years ago now - i'm stilled scarred)

That sir is the most tragic tale of loss I have come across on this forum. I don't have a big collection myself but I'd hate to have to give them up.

SeanHurley · 28-04-2011 10:21am

The Fridge wrote: »

Wish SOS still did the cdrom versions, already have had to off load a mountain of magazines as the wife was doing her nut to get rid of them, years worth of them (Recording Magazine, SOS, Mix, Em etc. - a few years ago now - i'm stilled scarred), so got the cdrom versions to keep the peace, but they seemed to have stopped doing them in 2008. And the mags arn't that cheap now as well. Have started buying the mags again. I'll have to get creative in where I store them.

SOS have everything online now so the cd-roms seem redundant. Everything that is over three months old is free.

The Fridge · 28-04-2011 4:59pm

Thanks Sean for that info, didn't realise or know about the 3 month rule, I see alot of 'login to open esub...', I must have been looking at fairly new articles then. Cheers.

SeanHurley · 28-04-2011 9:03pm

The Fridge wrote: »

Thanks Sean for that info, didn't realise or know about the 3 month rule, I see alot of 'login to open esub...', I must have been looking at fairly new articles then. Cheers.

Might be 5 months actually but it is all there (as long as you are not looking for the latest stuff)

condra · 26-08-2011 6:10pm

Tesco in Finglas/Clearwater sells Sound On Sound and Computer Music. They're open till midnight 7 days a week.

krd · 26-08-2011 10:54pm

Rockshamrover wrote: »

Are you sure about that? All I've ever seen in there is Future Music.

Cheers

Easons O'Connell street has them all.

But you might be better to order the magazine by post. Call them up looking for a trade copy, give the billing address as some bohran and fiddle shop in Skiberreen, and have it delivered to your house.

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