Should you give your music away ?

[davethedrummer]

[QUOTE Techno became pop.

yeah but more pop is being sold in singles than ever before due to downloads...it doesn't seem to be the same with techno sales though.

BBC News - Singles sales soar to record high

I think the music is going the same way as dj'ing - somewhere along the way it stopped being a spectator sport and people just preferred doing it themselves, leading to hundreds if not thousands of mediocre labels.[/QUOTE]


basically music and media is in very high demand
the highest ever.
but....will people pay ?
pop music thrives on live concerts, advertising and music videos now
the sales may have gone up but the prices have tumbled so who's winning ?

but with techno because its small to start off with
it really suffers with no sales, there's no KFC endorsements for us
so we have to sell the bloody stuff.

I like the teaser idea
give away the odd track to get people to come and check out the label etcc..
I think that would work.

[Winds]

I like the teaser idea
give away the odd track to get people to come and check out the label etcc..
I think that would work.

Sounds like the best option to me. IMO giving away a free track every now & again would definitely attract more people to other tracks you have available to buy. This has been the case with me. About 2 years ago beatport released a few free tracks by different established artists as part of a promotion for beatport. I hadnt bought any tracks by any of the artists before, but always check them out when I see their new tracks released now, and buy them if I like them.