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beatport lossless? where does the extra $$ goto?
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| movingincircles |
| do artists make more if people were to buy the more expensive lossless tracks from beatport? or does all of the extra $$$ goto beatport |
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| elFreak |
artists get a percentage of sales (scale) so yes.
now what is the lame performer name you chose, inquiring minds would like to know. |
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| nefardec |
are you sure?
i'd think that (in part) the extra $$ goes to storage and server costs |
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| elFreak |
| from the few release contracts that i have had the chance to see, payment is made on a scale basis. (after costs.) These contracts mean sell more, get paid more. I don't pretend to know it all, but I am pretty sure the server space does not cost beatport what you and i or the average joe blow would pay.:) |
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| THE_Chris |
| Beatport are a bunch of crooks with their wav charging. |
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| Blake_Jarrell |
| I've always wondered this too but recent statements i've got from beatport seem to show that the artist does not get any $ from the wav handling charge...wouldn't make sense that we would anyway. I do think the price of the wav handling charge should be adjusted to reflect todays current server/bandwith/storage prices...or have some sort of way to upgrade your account for a flat fee and you can download wav's instead of mp3s at the same cost...that would be alot more fair and current than $1 per wav file. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by THE_Chris
Beatport are a bunch of crooks with their wav charging. |
that's my theory |
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| bas |
| What Blake said sounds right. I certainly hope the artist isn't getting paid less for someone buying an mp3 vs a WAV...that's just illogical. |
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| xtr3m |
Dealing with WAV files does increase storage and bandwidth needs and expenses. However, it's probably not as much as $1.00 per track.
Having said all that, 320kbps MP3 is perfectly fine for any environment. |
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| elFreak |
i agree, until you play on a sound system that is not garbage.
big systems you can tell, the sony headphones, not so much. |
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| palm |
| 50% is 50% whether its mp3 or wav or 20mb or 90mb |
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| julien2 |
Are the WAV really WAV ?
I heard of some transcoded MP3s (~128 to 320 transcode) being sold at Beatport.
Do any of you check for transcoded MP3s ? |
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