Archive for August, 2006

Happy Birthday, Eddie B!!!

Posted by Sam on August 28th, 2006

That’s right - another year gets racked up, more brain cells are burned, and you get closer to needing a walking frame!!
Happy Birthday mate - it’s a pleasure to work with you.
Sam

Sony - will you be around in 10 years?

Posted by Sam on August 25th, 2006

Probably. The reason I ask is the question is because on a regular basis there is something fresh that comes from the Sony camp that reaks of bad upper management, or costs them money, or both.
Shooting form the hip now - here are a few things that I can rattle off that should be raising […]

We just got word from SimfyDJ that their beta is now live. We were contacted a few months back by the developers asking if we would like to be included, and we signed up as it sounded interesting. More’s the point it has potential to be a good help for people searching for the best […]

What Is the Fate of Electronic Music?

Posted by Eddie on August 20th, 2006

What is the fate of electronic music? I’ve been pondering this question for years now, and I’ve never been able to come up with a definite answer. In any case, I figured I’d share some of my musings on this question in a blog post. It’s probably easiest to just divide my thoughts into two categories: those […]

Beatport 3.0 traffic disappears… (allegedy)

Posted by Sam on August 18th, 2006

I’m going to step it up in this post by talking about some of our competitors, not perhaps what you’d think is good practice.
But this is worth it…
OK, so some people will know that Beatport have recently launched their v3.0 beta site. They’ve had a really rough time making one thing stick with their customers […]

Walking in the Dark Remix Contest…

Posted by Sam on August 16th, 2006

I just wanted to write a quick note to say we’ve had a chance to listen to the entries - and there is no shortage of quality tunes! Both Eddie and I were impressed with the number of entires and the diverse sounds covered by the tracks.
We picked out 5 that seemed to shine a […]

How much would you pay for a download?

Posted by Sam on August 10th, 2006

This week we saw one of the other download stores launch their 3.0 site, so respect comes where it’s due for evolving and growing.
It looks like they made some subtle changes to the way the site works, and added some extra features too - all in all giving a nice boost to the user experience.
But, […]

I was in the local video store a month or so ago, and I overheard a guy ask a friend, “have you seen this movie It’s All Gone Wrong Pete Tong.” After hearing the name Pete Tong, I listened a bit more closely to what the guy was saying because I thought the movie might have something […]

Top of the Pops is done…

Posted by Sam on August 1st, 2006

TOTP was an institution in the UK for the better part of 40 years.
The final show aired last week, and the demise has been blamed on a few things, but as it was based around the UK singles chart, (the only chart based 100% on sales), digital downloads have been lumped into the blame game.
At […]