How do you guys feel about GIVING AWAY TRACKS?
How do you guys feel about GIVING AWAY TRACKS? Posted on: 02.07.2012 by Luke Loughin Do you guys care if other local underground DJs in the club scene get tracks from YOUR tracklists?Do you give away tracks freely and don't care sharing even your most unique, favourite tracks? | |
| Dione Haimes 04.07.2012 | Most of the tracks i play in vinyl sets are white labels never been released, some i dont even know the name of, or never been made into an mp3 |
| Brunilda Kora 04.07.2012 | How the hell else are you supposed to decide if you WANT to listen to a mix??? If Dj BAzil Brush posts up a mix, saying "please listen and provide feedback" why should I? What incentive is there for me to listen? Now - if a tracklist has some tunes that i like, or tunes that I like the sound of, THEN I'm likely to give it a listen. I fear the "non-sharing" attitude is a cross over from what people have heard about real funk/breaks DJ's - who had to dig (and I mean properly dig - picture the cover of DJ Shadow's Endtroducing poster) through THOUSANDS of dusty old records just to find a 4 bar break at some point on that plate! Those guys EARNED those breaks, and protected them fiercly. Protecting a tune that you've just downloaded from Beatport, or from a blog, or is on a Top 10 chart is just childish. 8f07f021-large.jpg |
| Freida Leash 02.07.2012 | I am all for open sharing of track listings. In the sub-genre I mainly play, you will likely not be playing anything I don't know, if you do drop something I haven't heard and I like, I would love to be able to explore that label or artist. If you have an unreleased track, be real nice to support the artist in the future when I can buy the song, even though you got it thru the cool kids club. In genres that I'm less familiar, I might well purchase a new track that is outside my normal buying pattern, I may never play it in a set, but it might get a hit on the iPod now and then. If I pulled a SoundCloud track, I would like you to know, go visit and play and download too, it is by far more respect than buying in that community, leave them a comment to make their day while you are at it. |
| Cole Maroto 02.07.2012 |
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| Antonetta Wikel 02.07.2012 | I'll always give somebody a track or artist name if they ask but I don't, generally, give out track listings with my sets. If you don't want to listen, it's your loss. I believe it takes out half the fun and work by just freely giving away the tracks you've spent time looking for. Today's music and scene is too disposable, if you ask me. |
| Cole Maroto 02.07.2012 | i find it off-putting when someone won't tell me a track name or give me a list of tracks with their sets. there have been a couple people on here adamant on not giving out tracks names and i won't even bother to listen to anything they do at that point. the whole reason i became a dj was to spread the word of artists i liked that were busting their asses to make tracks not many people have heard of. why would i want to keep that to myself? i always share that stuff so the artist can get some extra fans, exposure, and money...that is if anyone bothers to listen to my mixes lol. i love that feeling when you're playing a track and someone's face lights up as they ask you what it is. i can't imagine denying someone something so simple because they cultivated their sound over an eternity and they don't want other people to steal their style of sounds that they didn't write blah, blah blah and so on. |
| Georgina Schatzman 02.07.2012 | Doesn't bother me one bit. It's more important how you play them then what you play. |
| Darlene Strohbeck 02.07.2012 | Yeah why not? I know guys that hang onto them like they created them themselves and I believe that's a little lame. Some people believe because they "discovered" a song, that they have some god given right to them. Although I believe giving someone the music you bought is illegal. |
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