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whats wrong with beatport?
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| peace n trance |
| personally i love it but i gather from different people on here that not everyone agrees.... is there some better site that i am unaware of? |
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| peace n trance |
| ....other than the fact that it could be stupid expensive :eyes: |
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| BradMiller |
| I heart Beatport - price is legit and selection is amazing imo. Labels and artists don't make anything off $1 songs on iTunes. |
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| peace n trance |
| yea i dont mind paying to support the artists and all that, just sucks when you pay $30 for 12 tracks |
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| BradMiller |
Vinyl used to be $10-$15 a track so it still feels like a deal to me :cool: You can't really expect niche music to be priced the same as Lady Gaga since she can make it up by selling loads of tracks whereas a good EDM release might sell several hundred copies.
Ultimately, I try to think of price as a filter to make sure you really only buy great music. If a track isn't worth spending the money on, it's not worth playing out.
EDIT: Another tip I try to do - is leave tracks in my hold bin for 2-3 months before buying them since they drop down in price after that. Sure I'll buy stuff for a gig if I need it earlier, but in general I think it helps to separate which tracks are the real keepers in addition to helping with the price. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by BradMiller
EDIT: Another tip I try to do - is leave tracks in my hold bin for 2-3 months before buying them since they drop down in price after that. Sure I'll buy stuff for a gig if I need it earlier, but in general I think it helps to separate which tracks are the real keepers in addition to helping with the price. |
yes.
i don't dj, so i don't buy as much music as you would, but i still buy stuff on beatport if i'm really into it. unless it's something i feel that i "have to have. now.", I'll toss it in my hold bin (along with tons of other tracks) and then whenever i'm making a purchase i'll dig through the hold bin and bring a few tracks out to add to the purchase and x a few out of the bin that no longer seem that special to me. |
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| BradMiller |
^^^
Agreed, it always amazes me how differently you look at a track in 6 months.. Sometimes you love it even more than when you first heard it, other times you wonder what in the world you were thinking when you put it in the cart. |
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| euphoria |
| quote: | | Originally posted by peace n trance is there some better site that i am unaware of? |
I wouldn't call it better but it's another option:
http://www.audiojelly.com/ |
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| Sedna |
| quote: | Originally posted by BradMiller
^^^
Agreed, it always amazes me how differently you look at a track in 6 months.. Sometimes you love it even more than when you first heard it, other times you wonder what in the world you were thinking when you put it in the cart. |
AHAHHAHA this is so true! A lot of times when I'm practicing I'll load up a track I bought a while ago but never really played and I'm like... wtf is this , I payed money for this?
I personally love Beatport. Fantastic layout. The price is a little high comparatively, but I also know for a fact that the labels are actually making the money they deserve off of it.
I do, however, wish there was an advanced search feature where you could search by BPM and Key (at the same time). I, for instance, don't have many tracks in G Minor above 130 bpm. I'd love to be able to type into a search field "G Minor, 135, Trance" and get a bunch of tracks to listen to and potentially buy. That would be awesome :eyes: |
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| a.l.d.i. |
| yeah. thats something they need to work on. i tried to use google with all those key and beatport. then i have to annoyingly sit there and open each link manually. But since google is a learning software it makes my previous searches my priority.. so yeah a fery annoying and time consuming but sometimes you can round up some tracks like that |
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| BradMiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sedna
AHAHHAHA this is so true! A lot of times when I'm practicing I'll load up a track I bought a while ago but never really played and I'm like... wtf is this , I payed money for this?
I personally love Beatport. Fantastic layout. The price is a little high comparatively, but I also know for a fact that the labels are actually making the money they deserve off of it.
I do, however, wish there was an advanced search feature where you could search by BPM and Key (at the same time). I, for instance, don't have many tracks in G Minor above 130 bpm. I'd love to be able to type into a search field "G Minor, 135, Trance" and get a bunch of tracks to listen to and potentially buy. That would be awesome :eyes: |
Could always use Ableton to change the key :cool:
Or if you're dead-set on CDs you could always burn 3 copies of a track with the regular key, +1 and -1 |
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