Quote Originally Posted by djshiva

at the risk of sounding like an ass, if you have a family and are relying on TECHNO to support them, that's probably the most irresponsible idea i have heard in a long time.
That's very easily said, but this does happen... the whole world is not like the US, I live completely of the money I make from music, I don't think it's irresponsible, it all depends how much money you are making, and whether you think you can make enough to live off of.. Its the same as for anyone who is self employed/ involved in creative industries.. I mean, I have a daughter, and I know for a fact if she is living with me, and times are looking hard, you find other work, simple as.. I know various people who have families who live from this thing.. Sorry, but I think to say anyone who tries to support their family from their income as an artist is irresponsible is a really judgemental thing to say..
so yes, you do sound like an ass :cheese:
sorry, couldn't resist, but you see my point yeah??

and re: the shops. personally if a lot of record shops are going over to selling mp3s as well as vinyl, well, that's perfect as far as I'm concerned. I mean by all means, if you want to set up something like that, go for it, but you really have to think of the amount of time money and investment that goes into setting up something like that.

I think a shop like juno have got it sussed as they don't have all their eggs in one basket, i.e. not just one format, but they do the lot, plus have 5 or so years experience of running something like that. AND along with net labels have vinyl labels with their releases in digital format.. they have it pretty sussed from what I can see, and I could see a lot of the current online shops going this way, along with having 12" vinyl, Albums and Cds, have the option of buying something as MP3 or WAV also... I found one of my own 12"s there as a digital release also, I knew the label were doing that, but I didn't realise it would go out through Juno also, so there must be some kind of digital distribution going on here... think I'm going to look into rereleaseing my label backcat as digital now.... ;)