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Pay Per Download MP3s

Because of the demise of many independent record labels in EDM, many others who are still in the bussines have started to offer MP3s for a price over the net. I think this is a great thing that the record labels are doing to keep themselves from going out of business.

I hope more people will pay the .99 cents for your favorite tune rather than going and dowlonading of of a peer to peer program.

I wrote this because i just saw that www.yoshop.com(deep dish's label) has put up a pay per download section(hooj also has this). I think its great thing they are doing and more and more people should just pay the .99 cents for the fav tune and suspport our artits in EDM to make more fresh new tunes for our enjoyment.
Because when you think about it in EDM not that many vinyls get pressed( about 3000 per song) since EDM is not in the mainstream market, so please either buy the vinyls or just pay the measly .99cents and support the artist, let them enjoy the fruits of their labor.



any views/opnions on this?

i totally agree.. labels should press more cds as well since not ALL of ppl that are fascinated with the edm culture are djs.. its nice to see cd-r sigles in stores since many music shops do not carry vinyl.. and paying 99 cents to download is a good idea imo... in that case, you've 'purchased' the track and youre free to do what you want with it.. burn em, play em, whatever.. more n more labels should do this and also release singles on 12" and on cd format as well.. its really sad to see the edm scene struggle in the past few years.. its like theres more djs than average fans now..

I have to agree with Taub and Tek....without the proper support, our favorite EDM artists won't be able to gain the recognition they deserve, while the ones that sellout will continue to make money.

i am all for it but i want to be able to hear the song at least once before i pay to download it. the one luxury of downloading mp3's is that if it turns out you dont like the song after you listen to it (if you hadn't heard it before), you can just delete it.

but yeah supporting the artists is a good thing and so is the pay as you download idea...

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Originally posted by pvd420 i am all for it but i want to be able to hear the song at least once before i pay to download it. the one luxury of downloading mp3's is that if it turns out you dont like the song after you listen to it (if you hadn't heard it before), you can just delete it. but yeah supporting the artists is a good thing and so is the pay as you download idea...

oh without a doubt.. theres should be a crappy version of the track availble for stream.. then if you like, you buy it. simple as that..

I look at it as not everyone buys vinyls and most people aren't going to pay for a cd single, thats why a lot of downloading of singles occurs. Now that you can pay for the single download, I think people will start doing this to support the artist.

If people dl britney spears or whatever, who really cares? They have enough money. It's the lesser known artists, especially EDM artists, who take a hit from downloading...it's good that there's a way to support them even from downloading.

I think this can work in future so I'll give my support, though Im more into vinyls. Here is another good purchase-mp3's site. http://www.distinctiverecords.com/

I agree, but there are bilions of sites that give tracks for free

yes but if you format your pc u will lose the songs wont u?
its the security of the file....
i have a lot of mp3s but i have spent almost 900 uk pounds in 2 months for vinyls

good or not it w ouldnt work

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very true

people will always take something for free if they can


you will never get rid of the pirates. arrrrr

toufas is right about the security of the file..

i would need guarantee the mp3 is of the highest quality too.
192kbps wouldn't do for me..

$0.99 is a good price, though.

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Originally posted by phazzy I agree, but there are bilions of sites that give tracks for free

This is exactly the problem we have. I as well as many others have spent nearly every penny i've ever had on music, but how much of it would the artists see ? not much I bet.

Paying for Mp3's should have been implemented from the start, I would happily buy tracks for download & keep them private especially if i knew this money was going to the artists I love so much. The problem with mp3 is that the underground community exploited it first, so it's 'bad' cos they don't make millions in profit over it. Anyway with more trance artists offering it, support your artists in some way or you're a disgrace. Why ? The ass you kiss when you listen to the track is the same one you're fleecing if you didn't purchase it

id rather dl mp3's and then send artists $$...

I mean really, purchasing music by the track is an easy way to go. It not only gets the tracks into the hands of the customers, but it also helps the label decide what should be pressed, and what shouldn't. It's like a voting system or sorts...

Besides, it gives all of us mp3 hounds a fair and legal way to support our habit and to support the artist at the same time. Win-win situation to me.

EDIT: It also gives us CD-DJ folks a way to have access to smaller tracks which are only pressed to vinyl anyways.

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Originally posted by Toufas yes but if you format your pc u will lose the songs wont u? its the security of the file.... i have a lot of mp3s but i have spent almost 900 uk pounds in 2 months for vinyls

See, many sites will keep track of what you have bought so you can download them again if something happens. If they don't offer this service, then yeah, you'll have to do your own back-ups.

As for the security of the file itself: Yeah, any file on someone's home computer can be compromised given enough time and energy. However, if the company in question make the DRM fair, (look to the iTunes Music Store for a great example of this) then most people won't have a problem with it.

Brainfart!

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should be a crappy version of the track availble for stream.. then if you like, you buy it.

I say that is a great idea...but .99 per song??? Shite!! I d/l 20-30 songs per day... how 'bout say $10/month or something.

In Canada, SOCAN (like America's ASCAP) is trying something that I think is even better than all this pay-per-download crap.
They would like to charge the Internet Service Providers a small fee per user to cover monthly downloads. Everything stays anonymous at the peer to peer level and the extra fee (which will obviously just get charged back to us - the users) covers the royalties that should go to the artists. I don't know all the small details, but I think this will keep everyone happy here should it come to fruition.

Kinda like what the RIAA is doing with the blank cassette and CD-R markets..charging a fee to cover lost royalties.

PFFFT! What will they (RIAA)want to tax next??

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Originally posted by tor8024 toufas is right about the security of the file.. i would need guarantee the mp3 is of the highest quality too. 192kbps wouldn't do for me.. $0.99 is a good price, though.

ive never paid to dload a song but il b more in support of a monthly payment unlimited dloads scheme

hey if this could work for DJs and listeners alike, ie. new promo tracks and brand new releases available for download immediately for a small price, that would be amazing. yeah, mp3's not the best quality...but in all those CD-R's that get mixed, we all know its done some time or another!

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