I have heard this so often - and consistently - from such a cross section that it would be impossible to dispute. The facts speak for themselves. So many distributors have done under, for a start. I think most if not all labels have tracked sales so if you were really determined to verify it beyond hearsay then you would be overwhelmed with evidence. ;) You could chart sales of pop albums - where it's easier to ascertain and access info from Billboard - and work your way down to vinyl and specific genres. It would be interesting for someone to do, I guess, if they had the patience for stats! May be depressing though!
> I keep hearing this from people - artists, record labels, record stores, > etc. but is there any source for stats? I'd like to see some numbers > compared from year to year about the drop in sales of DJ vinyl to back up > what people are saying. Not that I do or do not believe them, I just would > like to know if any group has tracked the sales figures either in a > specific country or globally. > > any DJ trade magazines cover this? > > MEK > > > > > "/0" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Cyclone Wehner" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "313 Detroit" > mi.net> <313@hyperreal.org> > > cc: > > 10/06/2004 11:13 Subject: Re: (313) Is this > the new Swayzak sound? > AM > > > > > > > > > > techno isnt selling how it used to. I'd hate to have relied on selling my > music(ha) for the past few years, as I'd imagine I'd have to make the > choice > between getting a dayjob or releasing something suited a bit more for mass > consumption. > > enough of me and my recently jaded opinions, sorry. > -Joe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "313 Detroit" <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: (313) Is this the new Swayzak sound? > > >> It is. I went to Japan lately for work and hung out with those guys at a >> festival I covered. They're not selling out, they're very underground in >> ethos. They didn't do the ad without thinking and were worried about >> appearing in it but deemed it a worthwhile outlet since it's hard for > them >> to get exposure elsewhere. They do have a live band type set up now and > one >> of the guys doesn't tour. They have a singer. I think with the changes > over >> the albums they just don't want to get in a stylistic box. They were >> bewildered with the electroclash tag for Dirty Dancing, saying they'd > always >> done electro. I do remember them playing here years ago and it was very >> different to what they're doing now. >> The only small thing I have is if you want to do vocal music you need a > good >> song - a hook - of some kind or the music is in limbo and they need to >> develop that. Jeff Mills once explained to me and a promoter here that > even >> a techno producer has to have a hook, all music does, and that stuck with >> me. >> Hopefully I will post the Swayzak interview soon. >> >> >> > Weird - I just saw an advert on tv last night for a phone - there is a > guy >> > on a bullet type train and he's walking from car to car. He flips open > his >> > phone and it says 'SWAYZAK' on the screen. >> > >> > He then turns around and there is a full glam/garage rock band behind > him. >> > Drummer, guitarist, lead singer, etc. Very fuzzed out overdriven guitar >> > rock style. The band was looking quite glam in purple suits and sh*t. > Like >> > a very bright version of the Hives. >> > >> > the music was nothing like I've heard from previous Swayzak releases. > It >> > sounded nothing like the great deep dub house/techno from >> > "Snowbaording...", "Himawari", or even the last electrocash one. It was > all >> > heard-it-before garage glam rock crap. >> > >> > Can this be the same Swayzak?! >> > >> > MEK >> > > > > >
