Vinyl vs Digital - Which do you buy?

[dirty_bass]

It`s not so much that man, it`s just the sheer level of new labels every week, it has made people take new labels less seriously.
Getting avoice as a new producer on a new label is a real tough thing to do, but everyone thinks it is the way forward.

And this is what happens with most new labels.
To get the sales up and for 002 to go anywhere, new labels go for a big name.
Let`s say Dave Clark for example.
Record sells.
Why, because of Dave Clark.
Fans that bought it for Dave Clark will then buy whatever other release Dave Clark does next month, and said new label, who doesn`t have big name for following release, gets overlooked again.
So you get caught in the trap of making your label an outlet for the big names, which defeats the purpose.
OR you need to do something really original, which of course means taking a risk, which few are willing to do, and fewer distributers are willing to distribute.

You`ll see for yourself, running labels is no walk in the park.
Good luck by the way.

[rhythmtech]

ive already pulled all my hair out at this stage with it:ohdear:

its possibly the hardest thing i've ever done.. having to learn everything involved with it. the music part seems to be the least of my worries.

but i agree that there are 1001 new labels evertime i open up beatport. hopefully by keeping our runs on the small side we can build on each release and actually releasing on vinyl seems to be a novelty aswell so that will hopefully stand to our favour.

i know its not a 100% indication of sales but our orders for 01 are doing very well so far.

plus, and i think this is the most important factor.. this has been a long time planned, so the money is there to take us thru bad sales if that happens.

without proper financial backing and planning it would be madness and possibly very short lived

[SlavikSvensk]

It`s not so much that man, it`s just the sheer level of new labels every week, it has made people take new labels less seriously.

agreed. flooding the market is also not usually terribly good for the market's durability. i mean, fair dos to anyone who wants to publish themselves. their right and good luck to them. but the cumulative effect of many such ventures--especially those that are low-grade--is damaging. vinyl sales overall decline, etc.