Dubstepforum.com

first of all hello everyone im your latest n00b here!
www.myspace.com/highrankin
www.myspace.com/suicidewatchuk
thats all dnb but i'll get some dubstep up soon


anyway, how many people buy dubstep mp3s?
what are your feelings on digital (mp3 only) labels?
etc

discuss

i buy mp3 alot.

i would, but i can only find a limit selection of tunes to choose from..

any good sites u guys know of?

yeah i know what you mean:
bleep.com are quite good for DMZ / HYPERDUB/ TECTONIC /HOTFLUSH ect.

but still quite limited

Not bought any Dubstep mp3s but I may end up doin now I have a cd deck. Are you the same High Rankin who released Alice on DOA, and just released a new 12"? If so I bought em both, pure filth

I buy tracks in WAV and FLAC whenever possible. Some on Bleep, Addictech, Trackitdown, Juno

mp3s are okay for listening on the bus, but I've tried them out in clubs and they just don't cut the mustard... next to proper full audio files.

Me! Althou I kinda bun Bleep.com for being hard to browse

*raises hand*

But, as pointed out, the selection isn't exactly vast. Bleep is where you'll have the most to choose from thus far. I don't know whether the blame for the selection lies with the vendors that are slacking or labels that are reluctant to give their cat out.

www.digital-tunes.net

^^ quite a lot of dubstep on there


www.myspace.com/ramadanman

I like getting the stuff from the independant guys on the site ^^^ just mentioned.

I definitely like supporting the up and coming folks, because they're really putting some fresh stuff out there right now.

If some labels are slow in releasing digitally (as opposed to vinyl), then one interesting question that comes out of this:

do labels feel that releasing mp3s and vinyl at the same time affects the vinyl sales?

Our label waits a while before releasing stuff digitally. What of the other labels?

Releasing vinyl is a risk, you need ££ to master, press and distro it.

Releasing mp3s consist of, well, filling in some track / artist / label details, uploading a file to an ftp site, and er... that's it!

ramadanman wrote:www.digital-tunes.net

^^ quite a lot of dubstep on there


www.myspace.com/ramadanman

Shameless self-promotion time is any time, eh?

ramadanman wrote:www.digital-tunes.net

^^ quite a lot of dubstep on there


www.myspace.com/ramadanman

speaking of the lurrvely art of shameless self promotion, check out Dubkraft records on there

I've bought a few, yes

I hope I never have lack the option to buy a dubstep tune on vinyl.

Bought many an mp3 both dubstep and otherwise, so far ive really only found good dubstep on bleep, will check the other sites mentioned...

If there was a site featuring just dubstep with a good selection of independants and established labels would you all go there? or is everyone usually shoping multiple styles?

Also, Ive noticed that most of the stores have a very hard to browse interface... would you choose one store over the other becuause of a better front end?

I personally dont like bleep's interface at all and some of the other sites that actually have dubstep are hard to browse and cumbersome, and all the good sites only have the really commercial tracks (Beatport)...

I've started buying a lot more on digital recently but if I can get the vinyl of it, I prefer that every time

Bleep for me

stormfield wrote:If some labels are slow in releasing digitally (as opposed to vinyl), then one interesting question that comes out of this:

do labels feel that releasing mp3s and vinyl at the same time affects the vinyl sales?

Our label waits a while before releasing stuff digitally. What of the other labels?

Releasing vinyl is a risk, you need ££ to master, press and distro it.

Releasing mp3s consist of, well, filling in some track / artist / label details, uploading a file to an ftp site, and er... that's it!

i have some thoughts on this.

while i understand the fear of cutting into vinyl sales by releasing mp3s, i think it's important to realize that both feed into each other in the grand scheme of things.

some people use digital media and some people still do not want to/cannot afford the tools needed to utilize said media. so there are still people who want the plates.

and there are people (like myself) who use digital media to play dubstep (i still play vinyl too, but using serato), and grab up every new release (of many genres) i can find off bleep.com, trackitdown.net, addictech.com and wherever else. by playing the tunes, regardless of the media used, at the end of the day, djing promotes the music. not making digital tunes accessible in a more timely fashion curtails the ability to get more worldwide promotion if djs cannot get the tunes.

how many people are being excluded from new dubstep releases because of lack of access to vinyl because of location? how many people who would really love to drop the last few releases on DMZ (ahem) either have to wait, or spend an exorbitant amount of money to have vinyl shipped overseas?

i see techno releases come out simultaneously on vinyl and on beatport all the time. if i want a new release i just go buy it. no waiting. no feeling like my choice of media makes me somehow not good enough to get the tunes in a timely fashion.

i think it's actually shooting yourself in the foot to push aside digital sales, for the simple fact that more people are using it, and it increases the reach of the music worldwide. that's what has helped bring dubstep to the masses worldwide, and the djs who are pushing this sound outside of the UK deserve to get to play the freshest tunes without having to sell their house to afford it.

plus, lets look at the obvious too...as you said: Releasing mp3s consist of, well, filling in some track / artist / label details, uploading a file to an ftp site, and er... that's it! that's low overhead sales right there. why not pad the vinyl sales with some low/no overhead stuff too? people who want the vinyl are always gonna buy the vinyl. people who can go either way, may buy the mp3 or both, depending on their situation. either way, your tunes are getting out there, getting bought and getting played.

just some thoughts (albeit slightly hungover, not-caffeinated-enough). sorry if i rambled.

kidlogic wrote:I personally dont like bleep's interface at all and some of the other sites that actually have dubstep are hard to browse and cumbersome, and all the good sites only have the really commercial tracks (Beatport)...

I find Bleep much more pleasant to browse, but that's just me. I hate flash-sites, and therefore I hate Beatport