Originally posted by meriter
really enjoying this, thanks for posting
No problem.
I also found this:
Seandroid
Depends though. Pleasurekraft, who were completely unknown beforehand hit #1 with Tarantula (siiiiiiick tech house track) and I believe they broke some beatport record in 2010 for longest at #1 or something.
SYSTEM-J
I think most of the charts represent the artists and tracks with the money behind them. You obviously have to pay good money to get on the front page of Beatport or featured in their emails, which will generate sales. Pop(ular) music isn't always the music most people want to hear, but rather the music a few influential people have decided is the safest product to push. Even in this era most people don't know how to find their own music, and they accept what is put in front of them as the totality of music.
arskinetica
It doesn't surprise me any more.
Before, I was really shocked that so much music is just a bunch of loops.
So, it seems the only way to really succeed is to cater to a trend, but at the same time, define your own sound.
Zombie0729
quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I think most of the charts represent the artists and tracks with the money behind them. You obviously have to pay good money to get on the front page of Beatport or featured in their emails, which will generate sales. Pop(ular) music isn't always the music most people want to hear, but rather the music a few influential people have decided is the safest product to push. Even in this era most people don't know how to find their own music, and they accept what is put in front of them as the totality of music.
you couldn't' be any further from the truth, none of the banners on beatport are paid, they've made this VERY clear on a number of occasions. Now there's obviously a scratch your back i'll scratch yours thing going on but your assumption is very wrong.
it's just what's trendy and sells copies, not necessarily what's good.
kitphillips
I'd say there are few factors playing into the beatport top 10s strange selection of tracks...
Firstly, I'd say that the stuff that DJs buy is not always what the crowd wants to listen to no. The way you get numbers in this game is appealing to the hordes of bredroom DJs and other DJs that only get a gig once a year. Those people don't neccesarily know anything about what a crowd wants. There are relatively few DJs buying on beatport who actually play to crowd, let along play to crowds regularly. Given this, you assume that they don't actually know what crowds want, or they'd be more famous, getting more gigs, and getting their tunes on promo.
Second, I suspect that the beatport charts are heavily weighted towards DJ tools, and other inoffensive but boring tracks. The tracks that get bought the most are the ones that are going to fit in every set, and the tracks that fit in every set are likely to be slightly boring.
Safety has a lot to do with it, the tracks that succeed in the short term are the ones that the largest number of people like on average, not the tracks that one or two people absolutely love.
