Selling Out - how much music artists earn online

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tone-def wrote:
Themis wrote: Which leaves us with live acts.

there are nice live acts out there and they can play weird, new, good, creative music - no doubt about that.
but they are not DJs, thats the reason why no one would want to hear a 5 hours marc houl set or Johnny D Set. They can be creative in some ways but they are very limited in other ways. Thats also the reason why no live act will headline any decent festival or party ever.
i know loads of nights (including my own) where live acts are the headliners... and yes they are some of the best nights in the UK.
Just read the RA review of Perlon at Panoramabar/Berghain and thought it was a pretty cool idea to have all of the live acts playing Berghain before the dj's took over upstairs..

I've been to nights where Live acts have stolen the show, and where Live acts are the headliner. For example, I helped put Scion on a couple of years ago, they played Live, and were unbelievable!
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I agree track programing track selection and reading a crowd are the most essential efforts of a performer, and one can always ruin a vibe by a worse mistake of playing a wack track

the margin of error on turntables/vinyl is far greater a tightrope than some instant beat sync on a laptop.

the possibility that someone can get something very basic and simple wrong is ever present, and obvious when then screw up, it's like playing a wrong note on an instrument.

especially when ridding a mix for 10 min, keeping it smooth, not clashing your basslines then building the intensity with your eq's and doing it flawlessly for your whole set, which is why I spin vinyl and give it more respect, because it's a greater challenge. Of course I have mixed on my laptop and have close friends that do to. You know when someone kills it on vinyl they are a deadly samurai of DJ'n

The main thing to consider, no matter what the format, is
if you have a truly unique voice present in your music and performance,

that is what people come to see
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Just a reply, back to originally topic quickly, I've got a release on Beatport and it's sold a decent amount and I've yet to see any sort of payment. A few other friends of mine can also report never seeing a dime...

A few can... but not many.
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Ridley909 wrote:Just a reply, back to originally topic quickly, I've got a release on Beatport and it's sold a decent amount and I've yet to see any sort of payment. A few other friends of mine can also report never seeing a dime...

A few can... but not many.
Beatport pays quarterly (always in time, never missed one), then it's up to the label to pay you.
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i believe the title of the thread is "Selling Out - how much music artists earn online". you guys went a bit off topic -smurf
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~ € 0,5 per track :D

but I'm sure it's been mentioned before -squint
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dr.rodrigobernales wrote:Why do some people look down on laptop djs? Wouldn't real DJs know that the _music_ is the point, and not if you're spinning some discs made of carbon and hydrogen atoms on some machine? Sure vinyl sounds better... but, come on, that sounds like those movie buffs who can't enjoy a movie unless it's presented in maximun resolution HD or something. IMHO, It's missing the point completely. Digital sounds good enough to most people. Shouldn't we be happier that things are getting less complicated? This kind of debate is comparable to a doctor, who practices open heart surgery on his patients, looking down on other doctors who prefer to use more modern, noninvasive techniques, when in reality the important thing is the survival of the patient. It takes more skill to rip a guys chest open and cut into the meat, and it's more risky and dramatic, so surely a "real" doctor would not favor easier techniques... cause, you know... it's about making things complicated for no other reason than feeling superior.
no, it's more like sex: some use their 12 inches of madness, others watch porn behind their computers.

Kenny Dixon Jr. will second that :)

It's just that fx mostly result in 'too much of it', and that's what ableton users mostly do: 20 times a 2 minute delay/reverb break in one hour just doesn't cut it for me. I do think that live can be good. I remember very old Luciano live sets which were very nice...
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patrick bateman wrote:
john clees wrote:
tone-def wrote:can anyone name some famous laptop DJ's who made a name for themselves by playing with a laptop and a controller?

i don't see any new guys coming though and making it big using beat sync. .
sure ...

wolf & lamb guys...

:)
The Soul Clap guys are on cd and vinyl as far as I know?!?
not sure what being on cd and vinyl has to do with beat matching..

I wasn't referring to the label in its entirety but the founders..

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Zev & Gadi
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