a question for peeps that have been around the "industry" for a while

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Posted by denys envy on Jul-11-2009 21:58:

a question for peeps that have been around the "industry" for a while

Has the industry (labels) gotten less selective in what they put out there because of the ease of throwing something out on beatport and seeing if it'll fly with the general listener/buyer?

edit: i know it's a pretty expansive question. let's put a time frame on it. let's say now (2009) compare to 2005 - in a 4 year span.

Posted by adi_hanson on Jul-11-2009 22:07:

Re: a question for peeps that have been around the "industry" for a while

Posted by denys envy on Jul-11-2009 22:14:

so what you're saying is... cow noises sell records?

Posted by adi_hanson on Jul-11-2009 22:19:

Its industry standard mate..

No im saying if it is ' in ' , it'll be released , if it is a beautiful piece of music , but wil fail to please what is ' in ' , probably it wont be considered. , its pop music culture , its just spreading thats all.

Posted by woscar on Jul-11-2009 22:25:

Something that I have noticed is the increasing amount of labels that pretty much give out the impression that they put out everything they receive.

Posted by RebeL9 on Jul-11-2009 23:31:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
Something that I have noticed is the increasing amount of labels that pretty much give out the impression that they put out everything they receive.

I've noticed that since the emerge of digital labels.

Posted by woscar on Jul-11-2009 23:36:

quote:
Originally posted by RebeL9
I've noticed that since the emerge of digital labels.

It's not restricted to digital labels. But yeah, it is much more common in labels that only release digitally.

Posted by DJMaytag on Jul-13-2009 17:10:

Re: a question for peeps that have been around the "industry" for a while

quote:
Originally posted by denys envy
Has the industry (labels) gotten less selective in what they put out there because of the ease of throwing something out on beatport and seeing if it'll fly with the general listener/buyer?

edit: i know it's a pretty expansive question. let's put a time frame on it. let's say now (2009) compare to 2005 - in a 4 year span.

having been a buyer for the trance & prog house section at a record store, I'd say it's safe to say that that everyone across the board has gotten less selective, even the big labels. i used to spend an inordinate amount of time listening to everything online to decide what to bring into the shop, and it used to drive me batshit crazy to have to waste a chunk of my Fridays to do it.

What one has to wade through on one site like Beatport makes what I used to do seem like a walk in the park. I used to listen to EVERY single new vinyl release, to find those gems at a rate of about 10% of everything newly released. Now? easily 1% or less.

Vinyl has higher costs involved, and more risk to the label. MP3's don't have that risk involved, other than ruining the reputation of their label. Sadly, it seems as if the people running digital labels don't have clue how to discern the good from the bad. Even with crap record labels, you could occasionally find a b-side gem. Not seeing much of it in the digital world.

Posted by euphoria on Jul-14-2009 18:44:

quote:
Originally posted by RebeL9
I've noticed that since the emerge of digital labels.

Exactly! Since it's much easier and cheaper to put it out there nearly anything that sounds half decent will get released. Some labels do this more than others. I guess there are still some labels around that value their reputation for quality whereas others just release anything and everything.

Posted by elzidane on Jul-14-2009 18:51:

it depends on the label really.

if you look at the established labels, not too many of them release 5 ep's a week like the upstart mp3 only labels.