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Posted by beefy k on Jan-09-2007 01:49:

The Beatport Appreciation Thread

Where would we be without it?

Posted by rabbitjoker on Jan-09-2007 02:02:

I'd own more than the 600 records I already have, that is for sure.

Digital downloads are soooooooo good.

Posted by richard raiban on Jan-09-2007 02:37:

Re: The Beatport Appreciation Thread

quote:
Originally posted by beefy k
Where would we be without it?

unfortunately the majority would be on soulseek

Posted by Skipper on Jan-09-2007 02:41:

Re: The Beatport Appreciation Thread

quote:
Originally posted by beefy k
Where would we be without it?

We'd be buying 4 releases a month on vinyl, that's where we'd be.
I love beatport.

Posted by Chris Allen on Jan-09-2007 02:52:

I <3 choons.

Posted by Endlesswave on Jan-09-2007 03:27:

Re: Re: The Beatport Appreciation Thread

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Originally posted by Skipper
We'd be buying 4 releases a month on vinyl, that's where we'd be.
I love beatport.

I've just started to browse it, YES! For D/L sites like this!

Posted by jon jon on Jan-09-2007 03:29:

beatport 1 year ago was so much better, nowadays every twat face is releasing their back catalog's as "new releases" thus fucking the whole system up.

Posted by shanny on Jan-09-2007 03:33:

Posted by Endlesswave on Jan-09-2007 03:34:

quote:
Originally posted by shanny
Fucking twat faces!

Fucking ass hats if they're doing that!

Posted by oldschool420 on Jan-09-2007 03:40:

quote:
Originally posted by shanny
Fucking twat faces!

LOL!

Beatport is awesome but I will agree with jonjon it was WAY better a year ago.

Posted by Cribby on Jan-09-2007 03:58:

I love beatport!! I had been using Juno.co.uk to find new releases prior...Beatport is such a good replacement..love the charts and top downloaded features.

My only complaint is the mislabling of genres for many tracks. (then again...my idea of electro might be different than someone elses...even so...I still find alot of tunes incorrectly labeled.)

Posted by beefy k on Jan-09-2007 05:29:

quote:
Originally posted by oldschool420
LOL!

Beatport is awesome but I will agree with jonjon it was WAY better a year ago.

hopefully that issue will fix itself

Posted by beefy k on Jan-09-2007 05:31:

k i have to eleborate because that was a shit reply.

the people that are releasing these shit choons will get recognized soon enough and it will stop... hopefully

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jan-09-2007 07:00:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
beatport 1 year ago was so much better, nowadays every twat face is releasing their back catalog's as "new releases" thus fucking the whole system up.

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I hate when I see tracks from 2001 being labeled as "new releases".

I also have some issues with the quality of some of their tracks. There's been a few situations where the track I downloaded skipped. Usually Beatport replaced it, but I had to really bother them about it On top of that, some songs they couldn't replace and just gave me credit, which didn't solve my problem: I WANT the damn song

Posted by Skipper on Jan-09-2007 12:21:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
beatport 1 year ago was so much better, nowadays every twat face is playing the top 10 tracks every weekend

fixed

Posted by _tAmiKo_ on Jan-09-2007 12:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Allen
I <3 choons.

+1

Posted by basilisk on Jan-09-2007 15:19:

Progressive/psychedelic recommendations from my blog:
http://www.ektoplazm.com/blog/digit...t-selections-2/
http://www.ektoplazm.com/blog/digit...t-selections-1/

Posted by jon jon on Jan-09-2007 15:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
fixed

huh? so you think beatport is less efficient because dj's are playing the charts?

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-09-2007 15:36:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
huh? so you think beatport is less efficient because dj's are playing the charts?

Nah, i think she's just saying that you hear repetition amongst dj's because they all play 'the most downloaded' track on the site. (not related to your original comment)

I think the reason Beatport does so well is because of the layout and how easy it is to browse. That's the main reason I don't really even bother with sites like DjDownload (totally annoying search engine/layout). I personally could live without them re-releasing tracks as well, but it's not that big of a deal.

There have been times where i've downloaded a whole bunch and deleted them by accident (or misplaced them). Their customer support are top notch, usually replying within 24 hours and giving me the opportunity to re-download with no questions asked. Might have something to do with the fact I have purchased over 650 songs since March of '06.

Posted by Skipper on Jan-09-2007 15:59:

I don't really care about the poorly dated releases - with a quick check on discogs you can find when it was originally released. Besides, if I like a track, I'm going to play it regardless of whether it's actually brand new or not.

Posted by jon jon on Jan-09-2007 16:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Button
I personally could live without them re-releasing tracks as well, but it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about clutter, I can sift through a few extra pages. The problem is that it compromises the actual current releases, the NEW work being put out by artists today. And by doing that, IMO it also compromises the site.

The solution is simple have "new releases" as that, and an "update on back catalog" option. However, that probably wouln't fly as I have a feeling record labels are rejoicing at the fact that they can re-release a track from 10 years ago (there are a few) as a NEW tune and beatport is cashing in on that as well.

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
if I like a track, I'm going to play it regardless of whether it's actually brand new or not.

well yeah that's another can of worms.

But surely you can understand how the ACTUAL release of a track is more important than the Beatport release date. lol

EDIT: or maybe the solution could be having two date stamps, the beatport release and the orig release date.

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-09-2007 16:05:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
The solution is simple have "new releases" as that, and an "update on back catalog" option. However, that probably wouln't fly as I have a feeling record labels are rejoicing at the fact that they can re-release a track from 10 years ago (there are a few) as a NEW tune and beatport is cashing in on that as well.

Yeah, that would definitely work.

To make it even easier, they could make it so if you click 'view all', it's everything (including re-releases) - and clicking on 'new releases' would be ONLY new releases. That way they wouldn't have to make a new tab, or really re-configure anything on the interface.

So who's making the request, you or me?

Posted by jon jon on Jan-09-2007 16:07:

I think we should nominate polish peter hah

Posted by Porky on Jan-09-2007 16:13:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
EDIT: or maybe the solution could be having two date stamps, the beatport release and the orig release date.

arn't the 'new releases' of old stuff, just a symptom of growing pains? now that we are starting to embrace the realities of paying for our digital downloads, sites like beatport are becoming more popular. perhaps in another year or two, all the artists will have finally released all their old stuff as 'new releases' and the system will balance itself out, allowing new releases to be 'new'.

Posted by jon jon on Jan-09-2007 16:17:

sure, but waiting for all the old releases (EVER, like in the history of dance music) to eventually be catalogued over the years isn't really a good solution. lol

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