beatport

This week, online music store Beatport put out a jubilant announcement via press release. The big news? They're adding a new genre to the store, Melodic House & Techno. But what feels like it should be a futuristic online store still…

While covering ways of getting cheaper music recently, we noticed that there's a gap in the market for music download price comparisons. And particularly so for covering specialist dance music stores and genres. In today's article, we look…

One of the hardest parts about the business of being a dance music producer is getting your tracks in places where listeners can hear and buy them. But unlesss you're signed to a label or have a great distribution partner, this can be a…

Genres are constantly a topic of debate for every music lover and DJ. The way that music stores decide on genres can actually impact the success of tracks and artists, so wouldn't it be great for DJs, labels, and fans to influence that…

In a dramatic twist to the Beatport auction process, the sale has been temporarily called off and the company is shutting down almost every project they run that isn't the music store. Keep reading for details:

Beatport has been up for sale since February of this year, and finally the hearings that will determine the buyer take place later this week. Twelve years after the digital-download store was firmly established, the online platform for…

Remember when record stores were staffed, owned, and run by people who were first-and-foremost passionate about the music? What if later this month, the electronic music world went back to its roots, and a confederation of DJs, labels, and…

There are only a handful of online DJ music stores out there - but still enough that it's not always clear where DJs can look the best deals. We decided to take on the challenge for you, crunching the numbers to find out what the average…