I think the elephant in the room is that for a very long time, and still in a lot of ways, there has been an internal conflict in that the people who work for record stores and distros were primarily DJs who don't really want to sell records because they want to keep them to themselves. The cult of the whitelabel, so to speak.
On Jan 10, 2008 12:36 PM, JT Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surprised it's taken Syntax so long. They seemed to be a mess 5 years > ago. We worked with them for a couple years, and I can't say much good > about them except that John D (the owner) was cool. Eventually they > were ordering fewer records of ours than we could sell direct in the > USA by ourselves, which struck me as a little odd. > > I order from dancerecords.com, or go to dope jams in brooklyn...also > sometimes visit/order from turntable lab, submerge, or forced > exposure. Thre's also a great recordstore in Chapel Hill, NC called CD > alley (despite the name, it's full of as many records as cd's, and > though they don't carry loads of dance music, they can order anything > with US distrib for you). > > I still think there is opportunity for new record stores and distribs > in the USA. All the old stores and distribs who are still centered > around dance music as club/party/dj music are going to fail. The > places I see it thriving are places that sell it side-by-side with > jazz, disco, soul, rock, etc, ie as "real" music....tough times but a > change for the better, in the long run, if you ask me. > > jt > > On Jan 10, 2008 12:09 PM, Generator Music <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Curious, where do some of you buy techno (domestic & > > import) in the US? By the way, a little bird told > > me that its official: Syntax is the next casualty in > > distribution closings. > > > > > > m. > > > -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
