Did some of the remix companies go under?

[DJ Jynxx]

I know the guys who run Full Tilt personally, but we don't talk about remixing really... I went to the site today and it's gone.
I used to be Lead Remixer for Select Mix and Hot Tracks, and they havent done a thing for a couple months at least as far as I can tell. (and the stuff they did was IMO not very good)

Did sites like crackfordjs kill the smaller remix companies? I post my mixes for DJs to use, and not to toot my own horn, but I personally feel that they are better than 98% of the crap that is on there. But I don't, and am not trying to, make any money off them. I still have to pay royalties, and I am wondering how sites like that work? Does anyone know? If it is legal, I may try to get on there. I have a lot of people downloading my mixes, but probably 2-4 people actually giving me feedback on them. It looks like those guys get tons of comments, even the ones who really have no idea what they are doing.

I would really love to just get people interested in my work and join the archives to get all my older stuff... that's what helps pay for everything. I really am not interested in the pay per song model, but it looks like thats the way to go if you are trying to stay in the professional remixing career path.

So what do you guys think? Did sites like that kill the smaller (but sometimes better) remix companies? Is getting on there something I should be looking into if I want to remain a professional remixer?

 

[Jon Tuck]

dude you are premium and deserve at least a notch above the weak assed mixes lot of the sites are putting out. You and most of your friends on site Rock Eric B, Dizney, Hammy, and a couple others some young kid who was on your last site was really quite good.

 

[Jon Tuck]

some kid named Jack or something with Jack in it is the young guy I recall. Is he still connected with you at all?

 

[DJ Freddy]

Maybe this has something to do with it.....

http://remixreport.com/black-thursday/#more-2103

April 15th, 2011 was a very sad day for those of us who enjoyed/profited from online poker. That’s the day the government arrested the head honchos of all the top sites which lead to US players officially being banned from playing. That day is now referred to as “Black Friday” in the poker community. Well, a little over two months later, it looks as though the same thing may be happening in the DJ world. First Beezo, and more recently YourRemix and StrictlyHits have all been taken down. Some of us took advantage of these sites more than others, but you can’t deny that they were all very useful. Beezo was huge for exposure and the remix sites give us tracks, that if used properly, helped us out a lot in the clubs.

We can’t really go into detail about why this is happening now, because we don’t know the specifics for sure. The question is, what’s next?? As DJ Deville asked, “Are they trying to destroy DJing altogether???” I guess time will tell, and the way it’s going, we will know soon just how bad things are going to get.

Recently a 45 page “blacklist” of websites was posted by an ad agency, GroupM, which services many top record labels. This blacklist forbids ads to be posted on any of the listed sites. The recently blocked StrictlyHits was one of the listed sites. So, what does this “blacklist” mean? Will GroupM attempt to get ICE to shut these sites down like many counterfeit goods sites, selling knockoff purses and DVD’s, have been recently? This leads to many questions and very few answers at this time.

What’s your take? Take our survey AND see the 45 page “blacklist” after the break!

UPDATE:
While it’s still unclear who exactly is behind our favorite sites being removed from the internet, it’s becoming more and more clear that the internet as we know it is under fire. An article that came out on Wednesday on CNET explains how the RIAA & MPAA are close to finalizing deals with some of the top ISP’s including Comcast, ATT & Verizon in which the ISP’s would punish users who are accused of piracy by the RIAA or MPAA without going through any legal process. They don’t have to prove anything! Only accuse.

This could be a bumpy ride for us DJs. While new services like Rdio, Moog, Amazon Cloud Player & iCloud may be great for the masses and are definitely good for the recording industry as a whole, they don’t help us DJs AT ALL! We can’t mix music with these services. Will this lead to the labels releasing fewer and fewer songs in a non-streamable format? Will we be able to get MP3?s in 5-10 years? Pretty scary stuff!

This brings a cause to light that’s near and dear to my heart. That’s Net Neutrality. We really can’t just sit back and watch our free and open internet disappear before our very eyes. For more information on Net Neutrality please visit savetheinternet.com

 

[DJ Jynxx]

I remember Black Thursday, its one of the reasons I steeled my resolve to start mixing again all the time instead of just a few here or there. I bought the site for 3 years that friday.

But 99% of the sites that were/are on that list havent been touched. Some have been blacklisted from sites like Facebook (you cant use most of the filesharing site's links), but sites like crooklyn clan are definitely still there. I think yourremix.com just got scared when they saw their name on the list, to be honest. I haven't really seen any site on that list actually get removed yet. Even torrent sites on that list are still up.

But I meant legit remix subscription services. Did the rise of the "un"professional remixer destroy their companies? If you can get DJ Squishy Biscuit's mix of "Cheers" for 99cents then why pay $25 for a CD? I think the whole CD service as a whole is going to go down... it's already taking second place to digital downloads, since most DJs are now either using all MP3's or Vinyl, or a combo of both lol. I don't know too many DJs who still use CD's exclusively.

So I guess it's just a matter of changing with the times... if you don't adapt, you get pushed aside. I know X-Mix offers digital downloads... does Ultimix/Funkymix? Or are they still CD based?