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beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:25 am
by mrvinyl
I want to get my productions on to beatport but can't find a suitable distributor - any ideas?

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:29 am
by Superchibisan
get signed to a label

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:40 am
by mrvinyl
I am signed to a label, the label distributes everywhere but beatport

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:48 am
by funky shit
mrvinyl wrote:I am signed to a label, the label distributes everywhere but beatport
Get on a different label.

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:55 am
by drush
mrvinyl wrote:I want to get my productions on to beatport but can't find a suitable distributor - any ideas?
why is this so important if you label is represented elsewhere

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:59 am
by Superchibisan
beatport is a lucrative endeavour. that is, if someone ever finds your music in that giant pile of trash music that beatport sells.

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:05 am
by drush
junodownload

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:06 am
by mrvinyl
beatport apparently accounts for over 80% or something of all digital dance sales

thats why

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:11 am
by drush
so... make some tracks that a label that's on beatport would want to pick up.

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:15 am
by Superchibisan
strike a deal with a distributor that is already on beatport? proton maybe? they picked up tide pool so they could get them on beatport.

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:39 am
by mrvinyl
easier said than done

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:31 am
by Superchibisan
can be done

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:05 am
by freshdrumma
even if your label is signed to beatport doesn't mean they will accept your release until you are already well known that's what happen to both my band and my label :-(
don't care to much now days :-)

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:17 am
by mrvinyl
basically there's too many producers

Re: beatport brickwall

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:55 pm
by funky shit
mrvinyl wrote:basically there's too shit many producers