@elip: "As someone who makes side cash doing exactly this, I can reassure you, this statement is incorrect. I also cut vinyl records for folks in the local music scene here in NC... if anything, tape, CD, and vinyl are growing in popularity (again)."
But isn't that because their popularity dropped to essentially zero for a while there? Yes there seems to be a small resurgence (I see vinyl at Barnes and Noble at the mall as I walk by their window), but what sort of percentage does it have compared to digital? The vinyl "comeback" really just feels like already-established artists pumping out alternative types of media alongside usual digital releases, in order to reach hipsters that use retro equipment in an attempt to be cool.
Not trying to be argumentative, just curious about the actual size of this resurgence.