Why are some producers so stingy with their dubs?

[skrewface]

Worth to mention is, despite what people might think it is NOT via P2P nor torrents.

[kirk]

Its true,it costs a lot to put tunes out.
You cant put out every tune you make,its nice for a tune to be exclusive as well.Theres certain tunes that come out and once youve got it its not as special anymore.In a way i like it that not everything reaches the shelves.

[slothrop]

if things are limited it keeps em special. it also encourages diversity, cos not everyone has the same tunes. all adds a bit of mystique n excitement to the tunes...

Yeah, it stops anthems getting rinsed out and stops all the DJ's playing the same tunes.

But I guess there's a difference between keeping your dubs tightly locked down until they're released and never releasing them.

[prisoner]

i think its worth mentioning that it's not possible to get everything released.

especially when producers are doing 1-2 new tunes a week, it's just not realistically possible to get everything out there.

(although legal mp3s would be an option....)

[bob crunkhouse]

But I guess there's a difference between keeping your dubs tightly locked down until they're released and never releasing them.

Exactly. Thats the only problem i have with how it all currently works...its good that certain tunes dont get completely rinsed by all the dj's at the same time, and that you know your gonna hear a load of fresh stuff whenever you go out and see a big DJ. Just a shame these tunes dont end up on my itunes!

[marsyas]

another whiney thread...ohhhh boo hoo.


enjoy the fact that you get to hear it at all.

[bob crunkhouse]

lol "enjoy the fact you get to hear it at all", what the fuck?

[stanton]

Rather dubplate culture than waiting a year or two for an artist to put an album together.

Here here.

[grooki]

not everythings for sell, somethings should just be enjoyed in the moment they exist


do we need to own and rinse everything?

what they said

[grooki]

another whiney thread...ohhhh boo hoo.


enjoy the fact that you get to hear it at all.

lol yes that is true about dubstep forum, a lot of whingers, bludgers and whiners...

[ufo over easy]

because if you could have everything you want, when you wanted it, life would be really boring and no one would have any incentive to do anything for themselves.

[incyde]

this thread is what's annoying.

[shonky]

because if you could have everything you want, when you wanted it, life would be really boring and no one would have any incentive to do anything for themselves.

Still if you could have life on demand, why the fuck would you want to do anything else? It'd be nice to have that before writing it off as boring, we're not all as priveliged as you Benny boy

[pangaea]

because if you could have everything you want, when you wanted it, life would be really boring and no one would have any incentive to do anything for themselves.

[marsyas]

this thread is what's annoying.

ditto

[netics]

Well to be honest im kinda new to dubstep, so when I ask "why are some producers so stingy with their dubs" i am genuinly enquiring. I see from most of your comments how important dubplate culture is to dubstep. im not just tryin to have a winge, its just music is a lot more freely available in most other genres, but i suppose thats one of the attractive things about dubstep in some ways.

don't mean to piss anyone off with this thread, it's a naive question is all.

[claw]

i just gave one away for free...go check the dubs section

[incyde]

Well to be honest im kinda new to dubstep, so when I ask "why are some producers so stingy with their dubs" i am genuinly enquiring. I see from most of your comments how important dubplate culture is to dubstep. im not just tryin to have a winge, its just music is a lot more freely available in most other genres, but i suppose thats one of the attractive things about dubstep in some ways.

don't mean to piss anyone off with this thread, it's a naive question is all.

fair play man. the way i see it is this: its the exclusivity of passing around tunes and the dubplate culture that allows dj's to make their sets unique and have a particular "sound" or "style". i mean, if everyone was able to play Lemon, it would make Skream's sets that much less exciting to hear. that's just one example.

And like Contakt said, they're just making music. In my mind, a tune is released because its something that's good enough for someone to devote their time and money to send to the pressing plant, and thus immortalising it in history. the lost dubs, those are the treats!! that's what makes every set special. and that's what makes listening to old radio sets/mixes still exciting to listen to, a few years down the line.

[skunkrock]

just be thankful you're in a scene where some stuff makes it down to the end consumer.

do you think all creative people who put their time into making something unique (artists, producers, designers, chefs, whatever) should give their stuff away for free? cos i certainly don't.

[shonky]

do you think all creative people who put their time into making something unique (artists, producers, designers, chefs, whatever) should give their stuff away for free? cos i certainly don't.

I think he meant available to buy