Disko Warp is dead - Long live Disko Warp
Posted: 16 Jun 2013, 06:35
From Facebooks:
Soundcloud Pro Unlimited Account was sponsored, now started releasing free downloads at https://soundcloud.com/diskowarp in *.wav.OK, real talk time. Let’s have a heart to heart. Pull up a chair.
Music sales are down for everyone (unless you are a furry or a brony apparently), us included. I promised myself that if things ever got to a point that Disko Warp’s releases were actually costing me money to put out and not seeing enough sales in return, then I’d stop. Well, we’re at that point. I could go on and on about the changing tides of digital indie music, or something about “kids these days” and tell you to get off my lawn, but I’ll spare you the lecture, and no one in particular is to blame anyway. Basically; Shit changes. What I need most right now is to walk away from the “business” side of music entirely, and that’s happening right this second. Poof. I’m ready to put that energy someplace else, into things that I love or (god forbid) something that actually makes me not dirt poor.
I’ll keep making music, whether anyone cares or notices or not, because I am stubborn and my head is filled with songs (some of them are even good). But I refuse to sink another dollar or minute of my time into administrative tasks involved in selling/marketing them when I am at best going to break even (if I’m lucky). What would be more important to me than getting dollars to keep a fledgling label going would be getting these tunes out there, having people listen and share them, and having DJ’s play them again. I want to make music fun for *me* again, and it might be the 6 shots of espresso I’ve had today, but my gut is telling me that means taking money (mine and yours) out of the equation.
I’m ready to put our entire back catalog (*minus cover songs) up for free download, but in order to make that happen I need a Soundcloud Pro Unlimited account for www.soundcloud.com/diskowarp. If somebody gifts us one (There’s even a discount code that brings it down to $90 US - Y2LCZ2XUdp), I’ve got 8 years worth of happy hardcore, eurobeat and hi-nrg music (and everything in between) to upload for free, for everyone.
I’m putting it in your hands, though.
Disko Warp is dead. Long live Disko Warp.
Sincerely,
Pete (Initial P)