I have paid artists.......so yes money is still exchanged. Its' just becoming less frequent and much smaller.

To give you an idea, I emailed BlackHole and told them who I was and what my plans were (to release an album) and that I would like to license 4 tracks from them. I told them in that email that there would be no advance. I sent a pretty damn convincing email and didn't think it would work, but it did. I was pretty surprised at how quickly and professionally we got it done. They were not childs play tracks either. Don't want to give too many secrets away, but one of them was a track that charted well on Beatport and has some nice names on it. Jones Steur feat. Jeniffer Renee - Pure Bliss (Born For The Summer Mix) - Every single label that I contacted and received a reply from allowed me to license music from them without an advance except Baroque.

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Originally posted by DjStephenWiley Don't want to give too many secrets away, but one of them was a track that charted well on Beatport and has some nice names on it.

I'm not really interested anyway. I don't even know who YOU are


I'm just glad i'm in this for the love


I only ask these things out of curiosity as I was surprised when the guy told me he got paid for any his tracks!

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I think trance labels are struggling a bit because tech house and deep house are the big trend right now, with so-called "indie dance" and electro house in second place. Trance's days of being the most popular genre, at least in terms of sales, are long gone. I guess a few really big guys still fill up arenas, though.

well, to be fair, in the vinyl days there also was a fuckload of uninteresting shit being released at well, and I've made virtually no money on a couple of vinyl releases.

When you produce / release average tracks (production-norm wise), that may productionally be very well, but it still means about 50% of all boatloads of productions are better than yours.

Maybe most of us think we're better than we really are. Keep working to really stick out of the crowd.

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it's all about building up a fan base and making a name for yourself this is what gets you sales.

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Just what we need, more people starting their own labels to release the shit that nobody else will.

It's funny to me that people were making more money releasing music when they weren't going around pushing it on people like annoying used car salesmen.

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Originally posted by hexadecimal Just what we need, more people starting their own labels to release the shit that nobody else will. It's funny to me that people were making more money releasing music when they weren't going around pushing it on people like annoying used car salesmen.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery It is amazing, though perhaps not in the same sense you meant. The outcome will suffer greatly from that sort of pace.

Laidback Luke does one track in four hours which includes writing, mixing, and mastering.

Supposedly, Prydz works very quickly too.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

i've said this so many times but once again

until producers stop aiming their songs to djs, they wont' be making money from production.

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Originally posted by RichieV i've said this so many times but once again until producers stop aiming their songs to djs, they wont' be making money from production.

Translate please.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

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Originally posted by Beatflux Translate please.

Here you go:

ｉ\がこれがそれほど多くの時しかしもう一度プロデューサーが djs に（彼・それ）らの歌を向けることを止めます、彼ら習慣\」まで生産高から金を作っていると言いました。

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Anthony Mea - Get It On (Storyteller Remix)

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