Yes, it is... here is the same info I posted yesterday! ;-) [Akbal051] - Max Jacobson & Dave Powers: K-Oates New release on Akbal Music out of Playa del Carmen, Mexico! Release date, July 18, 2011. http://www.beatport.com/release/k-oates/394476
K-Oates / 120 BPM. Deep House. Sheila Don't Love Me / 118 BPM. Tech House. ___ What the so called "Disc Jockeys" are saying... DJ Sneak: "i likes very much. nice oates redo." Solomun: "top ! :) full support !" Bloody Mary: "will play for sure" Loco Dice: "Coool one WAV please D" Matt Star: "nice ep on akbal music" Wink: "Some fun summer time boot-legish tools! Love bizarre- fun!" Franck Roger: "I THINK I GO FOR THAT" On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Diego Simak <diego.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > I wonder if your release is available for listening in beatbort. > If it is available can you post here the link? > > Thank you > Diego > > > 2011/7/19 David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> >> >> Okay, I think you all misunderstood my question. I'm not trying to get >> SALES... I'm just trying to get BUZZ / conversations started. I just >> want people to listen to the music! There is so much music out, even >> getting someone to spend 5 minutes listening to your stuff is almost >> impossible now. >> >> What I'm really looking for are INTERACTIONS, which I measure two >> ways: forum post views, and actual responses via forums, email, and >> social networks. >> >> I do know that de:bug will be reviewing the release, so that should be >> good. >> >> Getting sales is the label's job... honestly, even vinyl that I >> released that I know did sell, never made me a dollar, as most vinyl >> releases seem to have expenses equal to the cost of creation. >> >> ___ >> >> By the way "get your music to more djs" is obvious... but HOW? I've >> sent emails / fb messages with little success. >> >> I will say Akbal Music did a great job, getting the release to DJ >> Sneak, Loco Dice, Hawtin, etc... But I would like to make some direct >> connections and not only have my connections only exist through the >> label. >> >> As far as releasing more, I have a lot of music but my past releases >> haven't done much for me so I'm not sure that in itself, releasing >> does much good. I have come to the conclusion that releases need to >> fit into some bigger plan to be of much benefit. >> >> ~David >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Minto George <mintogeo...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> > Get your music to more djs and release more music. That is primarily how >> > you generate interest in the digital market. Combine digital releases with >> > vinyl (even limited runs). As long as you have music people are genuinely >> > interested in, it will sell. >> > >> > good luck, minto@dL >> > >> > >> > >> > On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:20 AM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Has anyone had any luck promoting digital releases online? I've got a >> >> new release on beatport, but as if this point in time, all the "usual" >> >> channels (email lists, facebook, forum posts) seem to generate very >> >> low interest. I'm very proud of this release and think it's as good as >> >> anything out there right now! But getting noticed in 2011 appears to >> >> be impossible as far as I can tell... >> >> >> >> So do you simply have to be rich and spend huge wads of cash to get >> >> noticed? (that's my theory--it's all a rich kids game!) Anyone who >> >> wants to weigh in, online or offline, please give me your thoughts!!! >> >> >> >> I do have an upcoming net release on a major website that should >> >> generate some thousands of downloads, which I hope may generate some >> >> new listeners. But I'm not sure what else to try at this point. >> >> >> >> From my point of view, it feels like the internet has turned into a >> >> giant crappy stripmall and I've got a storefront in some horrible, out >> >> of the way location!!! >> >> >> >> Oh, I will admit that there are some things that I still haven't >> >> gotten to that are in the works, like finishing my own site with good >> >> SEO content, that should at least drive a little bit of google >> >> traffic. >> >> >> >> Also, I may have mentioned this, but I will be starting a music blog >> >> in the next month, that will PRIMARILY be covering deep house from >> >> Chicago, Detroit, and NYC/east coast... So stay on the lookout for >> >> that!!! >> >> >> >> ~David >> > > >
