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  • DJs and Streaming music via Beatport LINK discussion

Mad_Cyril yeah that’s my point. from an artist’s perspective, it’s the best way to panhandle online and keep more of what people are willing to pay. from a user perspective, it needs to be better, especially as a streaming platform (although that’s probably not their goal).

      Mad_Cyril

      Agreed. It’s fine if you know exactly what you’re looking for, but for browsing/exploring it’s utterly useless.

        303abuser

        There’s definitely a gap in the market. For me need something that caters for all 4 of the following;

        1. Easy to browse
        2. Easy to organise shopping (build lists etc..)
        3. Decent recommendations (a tricky one!)
        4. Doesn’t rape the people who make the music.

            Mad_Cyril that would be ideal, i’m just not sure anyone has the motivation to create it.

              zackster Mauro Picotto’s UK chart climbing hit “All Night”? I

              I did a quick search on youtube to see what you were on about - how were you even aware to begin with that such a monstrosity existed?!

              Oh Mauro, how the mighty have fallen!!

                  Like the pose and white headphones that Mauro is rocking in that shot.

                    hugopal jon made the mistake of reminding me that I used to be into MP, which lead to a night of me getting 3 sheets and playing his old records, which lead to me following on all forms of social media, which lead to All Night entering my IG timeline, which lead to it becoming part of my riffs package. Very organic.

                        Smallman1 Like the pose and white headphones that Mauro is rocking in that shot.

                        Its the best. Been trying to find that screen shot as a pic; I’d love to use it as an avatar, but so far no luck.

                            Mad_Cyril Agreed, all feels a bit early 2000s somehow. Even when you get the page / artist / track you want, it’s not clear what you are getting or meant to be clicking on. Their designers have no concept of hierarchy or pertinence when it comes to layout.

                              Mad_Cyril Are you not just describing Beatport? Feels like the most easy to use of them all imo, and so far it’s all been purchases from me, not rental / stream etc.

                                  zackster Its the best. Been trying to find that screen shot as a pic; I’d love to use it as an avatar, but so far no luck.

                                      I honestly think it was my earlier attempt to upload that Picotto photo which caused the board to break - it happened the second I hit ‘post’ previously.

                                      Amps
                                      Beatport does 3 and 4 poorly.

                                      To be fair, recommendations based on metadata will always be shite and robotic unless you are allowed to pick your own, eg. Genre, key, bpm range

                                      Most just seem to be heavily artist or genre weighted. Juno pushes shitloads of Nu Disco at me for some reason I can’t fathom!

                                      • Amps replied to this.

                                          Mad_Cyril I admit I don’t know a huge amount about how they pay, but as they are outright purchases I figured they can’t be that bad, but I could be wrong.

                                          As for recommendations, I agree about algorithms, but I think Beatport does a good job of filling the page space with lots of options such as charts, and what other purchasers also bought etc. I don’t feel like I have to go too far for similar inspiration.

                                              hugopal 👌🏼 The board isn’t currently allowing avatar updates, but one it is….