Comments on: Beatport Mixes

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:57:41 +0000

Nice… which one did you get? Just curious… are they separate files or markered or just one long file?

By: Rene

Rene — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:21:59 +0000

This is great! I already bought one of those mixes and it’s worth every cent. A great place to go to buy good music to listen to. And since I’ve been DJing at parties for a while using exclusively purchased tracks from BeatPort I may upload a mix of my own one of theses days.

By: Mason

Mason — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:55:31 +0000

I think this is just a way to get more DJs to buy from beatport.

By: Philipp

Philipp — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:38:44 +0000

I agree that 5.29 is fair. I was just wondering if the market will agree, too.
I still pay for my music, and I am happy with it. Good music is worth its price – to me. I was just giving some thoughts about the situation, since it is clear that download shops have to compete with illegal offers.

My idea was that lowering prices might bring more people back on the right track. You are a true music lover Oliver, who is willing to spend the money he has on music, all your readers know that. But the music sellers are struggling because the mere consumer has – for a relevant part – stopped spendin his money on music. I guess most beatport customers are djs or wannabes.

The idea is, that people will buy music, if the price for a single song does not get them thinking. In the end this could spill more money back into the industry.
I’m actually thinking about a little boy from my neighborhood, that I know. He wanted an iTunes account and was able to spend about 5 Euros a month on music. But when he figured out, he would have to make the tough decision which songs to sort out of those he wanted, he lost interest and spent his money elsewhere.
I don’t know, but I suppose he will listen to music anyways.

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:43:55 +0000

I was thinking today right before I got on my elliptical trainer that I wish I had a really great techno mix to listen to. There are great mixes on Mixcloud but you can’t fast forward via mobile devices which makes them useless to me… I’m not listening to 1 minute of a bad song anytime anywhere. So then what? Go hunting forums/illegal sites? $5.29 would be convenient. This is just one small side of the view from a music lover.

By: Oliver Chesler

Oliver Chesler — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:41:22 +0000

It’s music publishers that are insisting more than artists. True sometimes they are one in the same but in general it’s the larger companies.

By: Philipp

Philipp — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:27:56 +0000

Hard question, I guess generally it is fair to pay for music. Though, I don’t think the dj should be the one to make the money, mostly the producers have more pains getting their track down, than the DJ getting his mix done, his domain is the club, while he uses mixes to promote himself (ok, this is meant generally). I’m making an exception for those DJs who really put in a lot of work and mix loops and so on.
The other point is, that I have doubts, that the system will work. $5.29 does not really sound like a lot of money for an hour of music, but after so many people are used to getting mixes for free, it may be hard to convince them to spend an amount of money that really hurts their wallets (they are going to want to consume a few mixes per month, these days). I always wondered, why the music business did not adjust its prices to the internet. I mean, I used to pay 12- 15 Euros for a CD album. If I pay 1.29 Euro per track on beatport I will reach about the same price for the music, even more if I pay a higher price to get a high resolution mp3, without the joy of having a new touchable item with a nice booklet in my collection. Also, I’m quite aware of the fact, that download shops spare themselves the costs of manufacturing cds, having them distributed by real people and paying loads of staff to run their shops.
With the internet people have gotten used to consuming a lot more music than they used to, but they are probably not ready to spend more money. With prices like on beatport for nothing more than a lousy file download, it is no wonder a lot of people take to illegal downloads. Maybe prices should have long adjusted to that fact. Then, some people would earn less perhaps, but more musicians would get their share.
Just thinking.

By: Computer Controlled

Computer Controlled — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:24:57 +0000

20 years ago, no one cared that their music was on DJ mix tapes, and these tapes were being sold, and they weren’t seeing any money from it. Since, that WAS and IS the whole point of making this type of music, to be put into mixes. So what has changed now? Why all of a sudden does everyone insist on their tracks being licensed for use in a DJ mix? Has time brought on greed? The producers get their pay when they sell tracks. Anyway, now a days, DJ mixes are free. Maybe its because i don’t care about making money off of music, but i think this is a stupid idea. And just another way for Beatport to make more money. They’re slowly going to bully their way into the DJ Mix world, and no more free mixes.

By: Thomas Gass via Facebook

Thomas Gass via Facebook — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:56:57 +0000

I’m all for free mixes too, they should be, but if someone wants to make money off it that’s their call.

By: Robbie Mueller via Facebook

Robbie Mueller via Facebook — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:17:19 +0000

i guess in the case of beatport it really would be more like “promo-tastemaker-mixes” which could be a bit biased towards their catalogue. but hey, why not… no harm done really. personally i just prefer more the “adolescent mixtape romance” ;-)