Quote Originally Posted by basslinejunkie
after reading dustins comments regarding track piracy,by coincedence ive just found one of his live pa's from belgium.i was wondering what everyones views are on mixes/live pa's being avalible for download?? do you dj's consider this piracy or do you view it as publicity,as in people who mite not have heard you play b4 now have,and in turn now look out for you?? i can understand your views on tracks being pirated as out of order,but what are your views on dj sets and live pa's??
Well, you can look at this issue two ways really. On the one hand, the person's live pa has tracks they did themselves, and it all comes down to, if they really want people to have copies of stuff they just created that could or could not be pressed on vinyl. So in a way, it's almost giving the track away free, because someone recorded your set. But this is not always true, because I have heard DDR's live sets, and he'll play some killer acid tracks, and then 3-4 months release that track on vinyl, but completely change everything around. I personally think it's just how the person who does the live pa's, feel about his stuff being copied before he could possibly make money from them. But then again, it's also good because people can see what your full potential in productions skills.

So the way I see it, is if youre an uptight producer who gets pissed when people record your sets, then don't play those tracks until you've made money off of them. But for the really cool guy who really doesn't care, I'm sure he would be stoked you downloaded his set, and that way people can see what he's all about in producing killer music. No matter what, there will always be a good and bad side to everything that anyone does.
Just handle the situation the best you can, and try and not look like a total ass in the process. Well I gave my 2cents on this subject, agree with me or not, but that's how I feel about this topic