it's true, there are millions of releases about these days. still though, it's definitely a choice.sten wrote:just because of the piracy theres no point in releasing any tunes for an artist ? sounds a bit silly .. and why should people who actually respect artists nuf to buy the releases suffer for the bad seeds ? though in fact there are plenty of dubstep releases , its just that theres so much music being produced that u cant release everything , hence it feels like there are so many dubs floatin bout , yagetmeh?setspeed wrote:sorry, but the world has changed and it's not going back any time soon. there is less and less point releasing tunes because everyone just torrents them or rips them off youtube to play on their phone on the bus. so artists have to use live appearances to make their money instead. so what's the best way to get people to your shows? the promise of music that they can't hear anywhere else. for better or worse, this is the way it is now and the 'music should be free' ideology is going to strengthen 'dubplate' culture massively.mdc_1990 wrote:fair enough if it is just me but there's something so dangerously frustrating about tracks that never see the light of day. I don't mind if he's got a load of dubplates, you go see him and then a year later they surface and everyone can enjoy them because there's a new set of dubpaltes knocking about, but it's just depressing to have a track that you'll probably only ever hear once or twice.alexchuck wrote:it's just you buddy. the dubplate culture's been around since the 1940smdc_1990 wrote:
it might just be me, but the dubplate culture is starting to get old.
on the plus side, it should stop that problem of tunes getting overplayed and everyone getting bored, so tracks should have more longevity. online 2 minute clips are gonna be the way forward, i'm afraid.
excluding the biggest players (I'll discount the likes of skream/rusko etc, as their tunes will sell no matter what) - if you're a 'mid-ranking' producer who gets something in the region of 300 quid a DJ set, if you were releasing singles in 2002, you were probably getting about 600 quid a release - something like 250 quid advance, 150 in extra sales a year down the line, and maybe a couple of licenses to small compilations at 100 quid each.
these days, you're probably not getting anything. hardly anyone pays an advance on singles, sales have dropped through the floor so you won't get much later, and CD and mix sales have died now that everyone and his dog throw up free mixes online all the time, so no licenses either. at best you'll get 100 quid, a year or 18 months after you sign the track. is it worth it to you as an artist to release a track for that? is there a better option?
is it worth it, maybe trying to hold back a few releases to see if you can gain a reputation as a DJ who has loads of great dubs, to maybe increase your bookings? you'll need to keep releasing some stuff obviously - keep the profile up and all that, but really you've got nothing to lose by keeping a few bits to yourself... worth a shot?
i hope everyone gets to hear it its a massive massive one.