Img source: RIAA Acorrding to the graph, It shows the lowest point in vinyl sales at 1994, before slowly climbing back up from 2007 onwards. Expanding further upon this, Due to the rise in popularity of the casette tape, and its smaller form factor and portability, sales of the vinyl record began to wane, but the increased popularity of the CD dropped the sales of the Vinyl record to it's lowest point. it wasn't until 2007 where sales for the vinyl record began to climb back up again. Although the the climb in sales is gradual, it does increase as the years go on. in 2020, vinyl record sales finally over took CD sales becoming the physical format with the largest amount of sales. in 2021, the sales gap became even wider. This is in part due to trends on the internet, with some claiming that vinyl records have much higher audio quality than other music formats. according to the data given by the BBC, it states that the largest demographics of people who purchase vinyl records are those ages from 25 to 34.
Expanding further upon this, The younger generations that haven't grown up with vinyl records are currently the largest demographic that are buying the format. This could be in part to several factors. One is the choice to buy vinyl records for the art. Vinyl records are an easy way to get a high quality print of the art of an album, and the gatefold and sleeves of an albums can have more art that can be used for display. This rise in the use of vinyl records will be more beneficial to up and coming artists. It allows for a more tangible version of the music to exist, and that may be part of the appeal to collectors.
Although the technology has advanced past the need for vinyl as a main source of audio recording, the medium remains important all throughout the music industry today. It gives consumers a tangible form of the music that sounds as close to the studio recording as possible, and allows smaller artist to have more control over their music, and recieve more profits from their music.
sup. now that this essay is turned in, i will display my grand scheme for th breaking bad ride at universal studios flordia. this ride will be a combination darkride and roller coaster. it will use the same ride system as indiana jones adventure in disneyland, in which there is a simulator on top of a jeep.
the story of the ride will go as such:
the rides starts out in a dark ride section in which you see walt and jesse cooking a batch of their famous blue meth. they are discussing how to sell it and jesse brings up tuco. moves to the next scene which is at tucos office where they discuss a time and place for a sale. cut to the final dark ride scene (maybe a screen because it'll be very hard to do with anamatronics) where the deal goes wrong where walt and jesse try to make a quick escape in jesse's car (from season 1) and tuco chases after them. at this point, the ride quicky shifts from a slow dark ride, to a fast-paced chase as tuco does everything he can to kill walt and jesse. the track starts out on the road before swerving away from an incoming car and going onto the dirt road. you see tuco's car pull up to the side and there are gun flashes that come from the car. there will be an effect where compressed air is pushed onto the guests to make it as if bullets are whizzing past them. (maybe even breakaway windows on the ride vehicle?) after the shoot out, there is a fast segment where it goes from the dirt road, bumping the car up and down, to the a winding road where the car leans to make it feel like there are sharp turns, and then dodging cars on the freeway before stopping under a bridge or something. there is one last scene in which walt is winding down with his family. there is a sinister feel being this scene, as his family doesn't know about the meth making. and then the ride ends.