Well OK, if nobody else will reply, I will
I think this is a retrograde step, I think it's nibbling away at another little bit of Bell character for no particularly good reason.
I want the DJs in the pub to be as good and individual as the live music is, and I think in general they are: I'd be leaving it in the hands of the people who have been running it successfully, and not trying to tell them their job. And you already know their position on the vinyl issue.
There has been a suggestion of a Music Producers night, home electronic producers playing their own tunes. I like that idea: just that the guy who suggested it isn't in a position to do it at the moment, but I'm not in the habit of nicking other people's ideas. I hope that will happen in time.
But stick with the vinyl. It's even trendy at the moment FFS. Just the time to be shifting away from it? NOT
I'm a member of the Board and a Founder Member of the CoOp. I'm also an admin of this site!
I have worked for the pub in a freelance capacity, and at the Hat & Feather too, since the early 1990s.
I also work freelance for Bath Fringe and for some other festivals. I'm a musician and a writer.