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Dave Seaman turns to Kickstarter to fund the very first crowd funded DJ compilation
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| Unique2701 |
Dave Seaman turns to Kickstarter to fund the very first crowd funded DJ compilation.
Goal: £25,000
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In exchange for your support in making this happen, you, the pledger has the opportunity to secure all sorts of exciting and exclusive rewards from signed copies of the album (a double CD no less), your name featured in the Thank You section of the album credits and exclusive T shirts featuring fancy artwork from those awesome designers Neighbour (down in that there London) right through to one-to-one DJ lessons, VIP nights out or even a private party for you and all your friends. Well not all of them, just 30.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...mix-compilation
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| Sykonee |
| I'll donate if I get to dictate what tracks get used, and only me. the other donaters.:gsmile: |
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| Unique2701 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sykonee
I'll donate if I get to dictate what tracks get used, and only me. the other donaters.:gsmile: |
How much dough are you willing to pay?
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| Sykonee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Unique2701
How much dough are you willing to pay?
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Money? I thought we just had to donate the music.:conf: |
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| Woony |
To me it just seems like a PR stunt of "look guys, I made the first crowdfunded mix CD!" Because it doesn't seem like he even really needs the funding and honestly a mix CD is a really lame thing to crowdfund.
Anyways, I'd like to see people do some more crazy mixes/projects with the possibilities digital gives you and not turn to crowdfunding to continue such a outdated and lame format. |
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| TheTranceAddic |
| Wow, so this guy makes a crowd funded CD and everyone is excited. It is a PR stunt at best.Can't believe there are people out there that will PAY for mixes rather than individual tracks. You can god damn make a mix yourself. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Yeah, the mix CD is effectively dead and I really doubt he'll do anything adventurous on his own funded compilation that he wouldn't do on yet another Renaissance mix CD. Dave Seaman is a surprisingly good DJ after all these years, but it's not like he has any radical ideas that labels won't support. |
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| Unique2701 |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Yeah, the mix CD is effectively dead and I really doubt he'll do anything adventurous on his own funded compilation that he wouldn't do on yet another Renaissance mix CD. Dave Seaman is a surprisingly good DJ after all these years, but it's not like he has any radical ideas that labels won't support. |
i miss the mix CD. Mixes, or music in general is so disposable these days with soundcloud, youtube, spotify etc being so integrated. I miss the days DJs would actually take time to think about the concept, the atmosphere they wanna sketch with their mix and do something extra to turn it into something special.
No doubt this is a PR stunt for a big part, but I do wonder if labels are still willing to finance the makings of mix compilations, because well, who still buys mix compilations?! |
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| Woony |
| quote: | Originally posted by Unique2701
I miss the days DJs would actually take time to think about the concept, the atmosphere they wanna sketch with their mix and do something extra to turn it into something special. |
You can still do that with digital. In fact you can do way more since you're not bound by licensing (with mix CDs, a DJ will almost never get all the tracks he really wants on there) and time constraints.
A good example is DJ Rum's RA podcast which would never make it past the licensing department.
And there's still plenty of mix compilations being put out. But just like with vinyl, it's for the marketing, not because it actually sells well. I dunno, I just can't feel nostalgic for the mix CD. There's so many good mixes being put out and I don't think the constraints of the format actually end up being particularily constructive. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Yeah... I feel the mix CD was an extremely limited format for a DJ. Licensing, running time limitations and the need to make the tracklist sell-able all compromised it. Very rare indeed were the mix compilations where the DJ got to do something really conceptual. I much prefer listening to old Essential Mixes than classic mix CDs. |
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| Spacey Orange |
| They still sell mix cds? |
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| Adam420 |
| Don't see the point at all. The guy has enough mixed CDs out. Really not interested, thanks. |
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