Pioneer aren’t planning on endangering their business ecosystem in Rekordbox, higher-end controllers, and standalone hardware like the CDJ. And Beatport is offering its catalog of tracks for US$14.99 a month for the beta, which is a pretty phenomenally low price – and one that would rightfully scare labels and artists.īut it’s important this is in WeDJ as far as DJing. So yeah, SoundCloud streaming is now in a DJ app. So there you go: Rekordbox and and CDJ and TORAIZ equals nightclub, WeDJ equals countertop next to a pan of fajitas. Just in case there’s any doubt, Pioneer has literally made the dominant product image photo some people DJing in their kitchen. That is, neither of these works with Rekordbox – not yet. Beatport (and SoundCloud) have each created a subscription offering that works exclusively with Pioneer’s WeDJ mobile DJ tool. This first point is probably the most important. WeDJ streaming is for beginners, not Pioneer pros In fact, if there’s any problem here, it’s that no one will buy this – but that’s Beatport’s problem, not yours (as it should be). The first sign of real streaming DJs – but the companies catering to serious DJs aren’t going to give away the farm the way Apple and Spotify have. Won’t destroy music (uh, not saying something else won’t, but this won’t). Works with Rekordbox, costs 40-60 bucks, but isn’t entirely unlimited.
REKORDBOX PULSELOCKER DOWNLOAD
Will work with Rekordbox in the fall, but you’ll want to pay extra for extra features (or stick with your existing download approach).īeatport LINK PRO: the real news – but it’s not here yet. Included in the other stuff here and – saves you losing your Beatport purchases and gives you previews. Use it for previews if you’re a serious Beatport user, recommend it to your friends bugging you about how they should start DJing, and otherwise don’t worry about it.īeatport CLOUD: five bucks a month, gives you sync for your Beatport collection. TL:DRīeatport LINK: fifteen bucks a month, but aimed at beginners – 128k only. We’re fortunate now that the person doing artist and label relations for Beatport is Heiko Hoffmann, who has an enormous resume in the trenches of the German electronic underground, including some 17 years under his belt as editor of Groove, which has had about as much a reputation as any German-language rag when it comes to credibility. So I talked to Beatport to get some clarity on what they’re doing. Forget even getting rich – if big services take over, just getting heard could become an expensive endeavor, a trend we’ve already begun to see.
So the fear is that a move to the kinds of pricing on Spotify, Amazon, and Apple services would be devastating.Īnd, well – that’s totally right, you obviously should be afraid of those things if you’re making music. Independent music makers tend not to see any useful revenue or fan acquisition from streaming.
Let’s see what’s actually going on, if any of it is useful to DJs and music lovers, and what we should or shouldn’t worry about.Īrtists, labels, and DJs are understandably on edge about digital music subscriptions – and thoughtless DJing. And then lots of people kind of freaked out.
Pioneer and Beatport this week announced new streaming offerings for DJs.
0 kommentar(er)
