quote: | Originally posted by MSZ
Do you have any factual data to back that up? Streaming aside pretty sure beatport has been growing over these years. Electronic music has been getting far more popular in the last 5 years than 12 years ago. |
You can't just say "streaming aside". Nobody except DJs and hardcore music nerds buys downloads anymore. I know a lot of people that kinda casually listen to electronic music (techno/house, not even EDM stuff). NONE of them buy downloads. Some of them buy some vinyl here and there but digitally, it's all Youtube, Soundcloud, Spotify. And hardcore music nerds tend to buy on Bandcamp now since they are more indie and music-nerd friendly, artists can set prices, lossless tends to be cheaper and the artists gets a bigger cut. And DJs get sent everything for free as promos now since promo networks have exploded in the last 5 years or so. So who the fuck is left buying on Beatport?
But you know what, they totally deserve it. The site rework was total nonsense, on the new version it's impossible to find anything anymore. And they still cling to bullshit lossless and exclusivity fees and take huge cuts like it's 2006. The "I'm going to charge a huge premium for 'high quality' files and then take a huge cut" model has been outdated for years. I'm fairly certain that Bandcamp is the only download site that's growing right now and that's because they realized that people that download music in 2018 want an immediate connection to the artist and not corporate bullshit. Bandcamp has also smartly integrated social and streaming features into their service without it feeling corporate and tacked on. They do really nice coverage of indie music and they give fans the spotlight with the collections thing. I've found some really nice music just browsing someone's collection that purchased another release and evidently has good taste. There's also an entire sphere of musicians on Bandcamp now (mostly ambient, indie, shoegaze stuff etc.) that would have never put their music on Beatport or other traditional download sites with all the distributor bullshit that you need to get on there.
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June 2018 mix
Last edited by Woony on Jun-15-2018 at 10:05
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