Quote Originally Posted by eyeswithoutaface
i dont think anyone would wanna slate you for this idea, its greati in theory. The problem with mixe's is unless its a pretty hyped, big commercial release no one wants to buy them, its just too easy to download them for nothing, and the difference between mp3 track downloading is that downloading mixes is something pretty much EVERYONE is happy for people to do for nothing. Even this site has a mixes for download forum, and a particulary great one at that
this unfortunatly is very true.. i for one will buy every mix cd that i cant afford (which doesn't always work out in my favour... there are some really bad mixes out there). one thing which might be an idea is for artists/labels to sell through their website on order. ie when someone orders the mix they burn it package it and post it (this is what dave ddr did for me when the "live techno bollocks" went out of print). this would be inexpensive (packaging kits are buttons these days) and would give an insight into whether there is enough interest to make a full release commercially viable. (i really would'nt be concerned about cheaper packaging if the mix was good)