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WTF Beatport!!
Posted on: 30.07.2012 by Nicola Oatts
anyone else seen this ... just went on beatport checking out my latest tunes from what ever artists and labels i like


31.07.2012
Originally Posted by Jack Bastard
Why would you say that it isn't legit?
Actually, that's more of a rhetorical question. It is completely legit as many producers I know sell their music and list their charts there, plus Stompy has existed for a long, long time. It was a normal record store for many years.

You shouldn't really cast aspersions based on your uninformed guesses.

They don't sell trance though, it's more music for grown ups.
Darlene Strohbeck
31.07.2012
Originally Posted by deevey
Juno for me will stay my #1 and itunes if its available
Yup. +1 for iTunes. Saying that Beatport is still cheaper than Vinyl is a weak argument, and an unfair comparison. That's like saying we shouldn't complain about the price of washing machines because it's still much better than washing by hand. The comparison should at least be made to the same medium...And with iTunes being the largest distributor of online media, I'd say It's a good starting point for comparison.

Romantic techno.
WTF?!

EDM Genre classification has reached an all-time low.

31.07.2012		Why would you say that it isn't legit?
Monique Swanier
31.07.2012
Originally Posted by Jack Bastard
Stompy = $199

www.stompy.com

They don't get enough love imo.
imo it looks like some site I don't believe sells legit, but I could be wrong but also it looks like there's no trance section

31.07.2012
Originally Posted by MelloState
Lets say you buy 100 tracks
Beatport = $350
Juno = $275
Stompy = $199

www.stompy.com

They don't get enough love imo.
Monique Swanier
31.07.2012
Originally Posted by Le Goat
Um, not strictly BP related as such, and this won't apply so much to those who pay WAV handling fees, but I was reading somewhere that iTunes 256kbph AAC files are actually superior in quality to Beatport's 320s due to AAC using better encoding algorithms and masters than mp3, and those tend to be less than
Catharine Okamura
31.07.2012		Um, not strictly BP related as such, and this won't apply so much to those who pay WAV handling fees, but I was reading somewhere that iTunes 256kbph AAC files are actually superior in quality to Beatport's 320s due to AAC using better encoding algorithms and masters than mp3, and those tend to be less than
Monique Swanier
31.07.2012		Looking at juno the price for new lossless releases is 2.75, beatport new released lossless is 3.50
already saving a bit of money there.
Lets say you buy 100 tracks
Beatport = $350
Juno = $275
Not to mention that you also save money for buying a whole release on juno it seems

Go Go Juno, I believe I found my true love haha
Also juno can convert their wavs to Flac and send it. +1 on that side as well.
They will also give you the cover art files in 700x700
Rolanda Clodfelder
31.07.2012		For an industry that was crying out over how MP3's screwing them over - prices like that are a kick in the teeth to the people who bother their asses to pay for music if you ask me.

Juno for me will stay my #1 sit thank you very much and itunes if its available At least they make the effort to categorize things correctly and don't make up stupid genres names like Romantic techno.

If they want to do things properly they should have a "4/4 Pop" category for SHM and David Guetta type tracks, not fucking progressive house, Honestly theres is ZERO tracks in their "progressive top 10" that I would touch with the progressive moniker - Trance would be the closest genre I could put them in.

Seriously WTF is "progressive" about a intro, drumroll break build drumroll boom boom break again drumroll boom boom outro? That entire category should IMHO should be the likes of Bedrock, Bonzai, Baroque record labels all of which are progressive tracks in nature and tell a "story" (or maybe they should create a genre called bedtime house for this? just so I know where the fuck to find it).

beatport just pisses me off these days and only use it when i'm either extreamly bored or cant find the track anywhere else.

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The quantity has also increased I've found.
But the % of quality tracks has gone to shambles.
Lashawn Maycock
31.07.2012
Originally Posted by Sean_Boy87
anyone else seen this ... just went on beatport checking out my latest tunes from what ever artists and labels i like

Corrin Penney
31.07.2012		For
Judi Sissel
31.07.2012		http://community .djranking s.com/showthr...l=1#post509492

Might help a little. Just used the last one this weekend. Hopefully it works for you
Rolanda Clodfelder
30.07.2012
And with vinyl you just spent $12 for four songs and three of them suck. And after playing it out enough it gets worn out or some drunk chick scratches it and you've got to buy it again.
Alot of my vinyl has survived longer than any Hard drive i've had, and outlived even most hard-drive protocols (USB1.1/IDE/SATA/SCSI) - I've only once had a vinyl destroyed beyond playable and that was after a party where the dj spinning after me dropped a hit rock on my last one (sure plenty have deep scratches and scrapes and pretty much worn down to the nub, but still playable).

Also with vinyl there was alot more people in the supply chain needed to get paid as well. The producer, distributor, deliver people, printer, cutting house, record shop.

$2.50 does seem crazy high for an MP3 with that taken into consideration.
Celine Surico
30.07.2012		Wait three months and the same tracks are $1.49 or something similar. Oh the beauty of EDM where releases age within days.
Monique Swanier
30.07.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
And with vinyl you just spent $12 for four songs and three of them suck. And after playing it out enough it gets worn out or some drunk chick scratches it and you've got to buy it again.
true
they had their ups and downs
Monique Swanier
30.07.2012
Originally Posted by Nikefutbolero
Yeah but with vinyl you get the actual record in physical form. This is for a file. It's absurd..
I was about to say... At least you get the full quality of the vinyl.
Leeanna Ayla
30.07.2012		And with vinyl you just spent $12 for four songs and three of them suck. And after playing it out enough it gets worn out or some drunk chick scratches it and you've got to buy it again.
Alena Horten
30.07.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Still cheaper than the vinyl days.
Yeah but with vinyl you get the actual record in physical form. This is for a file. It's absurd..
Leeanna Ayla
30.07.2012		Still cheaper than the vinyl days.
Monique Swanier
30.07.2012		Yeah their pricing is a bit absurd for mp3 files. That should be the price of lossless imho

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