Thanks, sorry but I have a lot of 313 emails to read (I'm observing your email as unread.....) I understand your frustration when I asked you about this link
Will hear it and let you know. Thanks again Diego 2011/7/19 David Powers <[email protected]> > Yes, it is... here is the same info I posted yesterday! ;-) > > [Akbal051] - Max Jacobson & Dave Powers: K-Oates > New release on Akbal Music out of Playa del Carmen, Mexico! Release > date, July 18, 2011. > http://www.beatport.com/release/k-oates/394476 > > K-Oates / 120 BPM. Deep House. > Sheila Don't Love Me / 118 BPM. Tech House. > ___ > > What the so called "Disc Jockeys" are saying... > > DJ Sneak: "i likes very much. nice oates redo." > Solomun: "top ! :) full support !" > Bloody Mary: "will play for sure" > Loco Dice: "Coool one WAV please D" > Matt Star: "nice ep on akbal music" > Wink: "Some fun summer time boot-legish tools! Love bizarre- fun!" > Franck Roger: "I THINK I GO FOR THAT" > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Diego Simak <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi David, > > I wonder if your release is available for listening in beatbort. > > If it is available can you post here the link? > > > > Thank you > > Diego > > > > > > 2011/7/19 David Powers <[email protected]> > >> > >> Okay, I think you all misunderstood my question. I'm not trying to get > >> SALES... I'm just trying to get BUZZ / conversations started. I just > >> want people to listen to the music! There is so much music out, even > >> getting someone to spend 5 minutes listening to your stuff is almost > >> impossible now. > >> > >> What I'm really looking for are INTERACTIONS, which I measure two > >> ways: forum post views, and actual responses via forums, email, and > >> social networks. > >> > >> I do know that de:bug will be reviewing the release, so that should be > >> good. > >> > >> Getting sales is the label's job... honestly, even vinyl that I > >> released that I know did sell, never made me a dollar, as most vinyl > >> releases seem to have expenses equal to the cost of creation. > >> > >> ___ > >> > >> By the way "get your music to more djs" is obvious... but HOW? I've > >> sent emails / fb messages with little success. > >> > >> I will say Akbal Music did a great job, getting the release to DJ > >> Sneak, Loco Dice, Hawtin, etc... But I would like to make some direct > >> connections and not only have my connections only exist through the > >> label. > >> > >> As far as releasing more, I have a lot of music but my past releases > >> haven't done much for me so I'm not sure that in itself, releasing > >> does much good. I have come to the conclusion that releases need to > >> fit into some bigger plan to be of much benefit. > >> > >> ~David > >> > >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Minto George <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Get your music to more djs and release more music. That is primarily > how > >> > you generate interest in the digital market. Combine digital releases > with > >> > vinyl (even limited runs). As long as you have music people are > genuinely > >> > interested in, it will sell. > >> > > >> > good luck, minto@dL > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:20 AM, David Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Has anyone had any luck promoting digital releases online? I've got a > >> >> new release on beatport, but as if this point in time, all the > "usual" > >> >> channels (email lists, facebook, forum posts) seem to generate very > >> >> low interest. I'm very proud of this release and think it's as good > as > >> >> anything out there right now! But getting noticed in 2011 appears to > >> >> be impossible as far as I can tell... > >> >> > >> >> So do you simply have to be rich and spend huge wads of cash to get > >> >> noticed? (that's my theory--it's all a rich kids game!) Anyone who > >> >> wants to weigh in, online or offline, please give me your thoughts!!! > >> >> > >> >> I do have an upcoming net release on a major website that should > >> >> generate some thousands of downloads, which I hope may generate some > >> >> new listeners. But I'm not sure what else to try at this point. > >> >> > >> >> From my point of view, it feels like the internet has turned into a > >> >> giant crappy stripmall and I've got a storefront in some horrible, > out > >> >> of the way location!!! > >> >> > >> >> Oh, I will admit that there are some things that I still haven't > >> >> gotten to that are in the works, like finishing my own site with good > >> >> SEO content, that should at least drive a little bit of google > >> >> traffic. > >> >> > >> >> Also, I may have mentioned this, but I will be starting a music blog > >> >> in the next month, that will PRIMARILY be covering deep house from > >> >> Chicago, Detroit, and NYC/east coast... So stay on the lookout for > >> >> that!!! > >> >> > >> >> ~David > >> > > > > > >
