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the doc
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why is the distribution of dancehall so poor??
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further to the "is dancehall dead" post
i must ask, why is dancehall distribution so poor???

riddims are flying out of studios by the hour, but you try to buy the stuff radio dj's are playing in a shop and you are firmly greeted with a screwface man saying:-
"wah?"
"dat nuh out yet?
or
"mi nuh hear a dat"

whats going on people???

p.s. remember im in the UK so maybe things are much better where you are....

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bcuz they are very very very very few locally owned distributers, most of them are foreign owned, an they seek to exploit dancehall an make wat they can make from it then go, and bcuz most artiste dont understand the music biz, even some big artiste u'll be surprised, they are jus contented with stage show money an dub plate money, so dats y it so ez to exploit dem, the hottest dancehall artiste of last year only sold 15,100 copies so far, dats mavado, an vp coulda do more interms of marketing the man, but then that will cut into there profits, an dats all thry care about at di end of the day. i kno its business, but defjam even tho they do care about the business side of things, they also care about the survival an continuity od hip hop itself. Until we have local companies with that same passion and goal, things wont change.

-- Edited by Casino at 11:47, 2008-04-03

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raspek casino, informative..

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becuse dem no protect dem music is like everybady can get hold to dem thing same why king raj did have dem music the day after den voice it dem need fi protect dem things

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rite now the ting a run like a patty shop so the peeple involved nah really tek check as to whats goin on..they r jus for the quick $$$

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And thats where ThrowBack Ent comes in, we just no reach in fully yet (in prep).

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dats tru moet di song dem always a leak from studio

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Good Post. Im in the U.K. too & nless u DL Riddims ur not gon na get them or hear them ntil u hear them on radio

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lol ..umm no doc much di same mi can go 1/2 way tree a get som maad album for a fraction of wat dem sellin it for in di stores so...i dont kno wat di prob is

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A WEH CASINO COM FROM STAR!! u jus luv di discussion dem lol but u tru still marketin sud b a vry big ting

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u all make a good point about music leakin and so on and so on.... but i honestly feel dancehall distribution will neva be right until the outside communities embrace the music.. they are tryin to ban most of the music . remember majority of songs that out today cant even get radio play even if we all wanted it to and thats mainly because of the lyrics... and now with these bwatty bwoys tryin to protest and boycott the island and the music it will be even harder to distribute the musix further. its only a matta of time before these do do bwoys boycott the record companys for all the reggae/dancehall music that is going out into homes cars radio and so on... and at the end of the day these record companys will realise they will lose alot of money ...... so i think we need to start killin some more fags ....

but honestly i hope im wrong n things do get betta for dancehall/reggae

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yeaa dats truu

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i like di comments, it good fi hear everybody opinions...


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There are a few reasons why I think distribution of dancehall is so poor:

-Established artists could really care less about an effective distribution network to the consumer. Remember artists don't make money off of tunes put out by the Jamaican-based labels. Their source of income is live performances. They could sell 10 or 10,000 copies of some vinyl but never see a dime. The only distribution network they are concerned about is the one that feeds the big sound systems and radio stations (a very small network in the scheme of things which for the most part is working well) which leads to more plays and greater demand for their live performances. They could care less if the bedroom selectors out their have their latest tunes.

-The vinyl-based distribution network is dying a rapid death. If you haven't noticed most riddim-packs are no longer vinyl rips. So where are they coming from? Directly from the studios (legit or as a leak) in digital format. Does this mean dancehall is going to be successful in the iTunes era? I don't think so. The average dancehall fan is not going to drop $.99 per track because most dancehall tracks are produced in a less-than-2 minute format. When is the last time you actually listened to a dancehall song from beginning to end? Not to mention a lot of tunes can't stand on their own but excel when packaged together with several other average songs on a hot riddim mix.

-There are a lot of other reasons why dancehall's distribution net won't work like the big 4 labels and even more reasons why it shouldn't but I'm tired of typing...

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further to the "is dancehall dead" post
i must ask, why is dancehall distribution so poor???

riddims are flying out of studios by the hour, but you try to buy the stuff radio dj's are playing in a shop and you are firmly greeted with a screwface man saying:-
"wah?"
"dat nuh out yet?
or
"mi nuh hear a dat"

whats going on people???

p.s. remember im in the UK so maybe things are much better where you are....


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