I remember when it was easy to single out new local releases in brick & mortar
Detroit record stores. A few weeks ago I visited the Dance-zone on Gratiot and
the record sales were so slow the clerk kept the door locked, lights off and
only opened by request.
At this point you are correct about the market being saturated; perhaps seek
out newer digital local scenes within the midwest. In Grand Rapids it seems
like the most successful is whoever is the most social and the 616 veterans are
fading into obscurity along with all the old school drama that's kept many
down. Just saying: tons of new kids out there downloading music but I still
think the best way to connect with them is by going to events and partying,
lots of newer scenes in between Detroit and Chicago now.
DS
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:02:55 -0400, David Powers wrote:
> 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
> >> >
> >
> >
