my day is now complete for i have seen Mark Ankh's rather biased March top ten techno tracks
bingo
no modesty left in techno these days
ah give the lad a break..
you gotta do whatever it takes to sell records/downloads these days.
look at APaul - that guys whores his naked lunch label.. no one complains (although it is quite sublime!!!)
haha i'd rather just not sell records. And it's only banter, he's probably a lovely chap, just a bit too fond of his own releases maybe.
i dont even know what Naked Lunch is, i know Apaul though
you should check out naked lunch.. probably one of the most underrated labels around.
stuff by the advent, submerge 101, apaul himself.
just good solid techno
i think i may have some incidently, i've got a few apaul records here that a mate sent over in a package last year, never even looked at them for some reason.
I don't see any problem with it if he wants to push his own releases in his top 10 then why not I don't understand why people have to slate him for it fair play to him if he wants to promote them
All u need is a good ear for music!
chill out girls were just ribbing him, if you cant at least see the funny side to it then you need a sense of humour transplant
i do enjoy selling records myself Chris, luckily i dont need to chart ten of my own to do so hehe
Go on Mark Ankh!
Love the tracks mate.
wow what a response of this topic..
did i ever ask anyone to listen, comment or buy my releases?
belive me, i dont need any charts and forums to sell my records/mp3s, each release has 500 vinyl sales and 200-300 mp3s in around 5-6 months, so..beatport asked me to do charts..
chart has 7 of my own trax & remixes, 1 from Reaky, 1 from Peppelino and 1 remix from Dave the Drummer and thats cos i play in my sets 90% of my own trax, its just a few artists that have style that i play, i know what im doing and where im going so..sorry that i didnt include one of your trax..
from now on, i will never again put any posts here so you can relax and be happy!
over & out,
mark
i wouldnt sweat it mark. most of us know exactly what it takes to sell records these days - promotion promotion promotion.
hell ive had my own charts on trackitdown with at least 5 of my trax in them.
just keep doin what you want. its not really important what anyone else thinks anyway.
I dunno. Charting five or seven of your own tracks\releases in a top ten is a bit disingenous. If makes a complete mockery of the concept of 'charts'. Do people really think their music is that great that is better than every other release out there at the moment? And If you are having no difficulty selling 500 vinyls & 300 tracks online then why not give someone else a break in your charts? Ever felt good when someone else charted your music? Dont feel the need to spread the love?
Nothing wrong with a couple of your own releases thrown in the middle sure. But it should be about the music not just shifting units. If the tunes are good enough they'll sell.
Just my 2cents.
Last edited by massplanck; 14-03-2008 at 03:24 PM.
I really wish that was the case bud, honestly i do.If the tunes are good enough they'll sell.