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Posted by dave on 11/2/2009, 11:39 pm, in reply to "M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
72.153.78.109for sure i have to say.. first heard it on Party931HD2 - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by Stephanie K. on 11/2/2009, 11:44 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
66.108.110.247Thank you guys! We totally love it here as well...it's a brilliant track.
Let's see what this one does
Stephanie K.
Robbins Ent.
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Posted by Robert T.
on 11/3/2009, 4:10 am, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
76.115.180.71...Is Robbins planning on release this and the other single commercially on CD? If not, then I should just purchase it via iTunes!
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Posted by BarrC
on 11/3/2009, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
66.32.121.63I asked in an earlier post if the M'black and Kendi songs would be released as physical cd singles but was never given an answer. Here's hoping they will. - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by Stephanie K. on 11/5/2009, 11:15 am, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
24.213.167.50Hi BarrC,
Unfortunately no, these two will not be seeing a physical release.
Stephanie K.
Robbins
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Posted by BarrC
on 11/5/2009, 1:20 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
66.245.123.211I kind of figured they would be for download only. I've noticed that Ultra hardly ever releases physical singles anymore, is Robbins planning to go that route too? - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by Stephanie K. on 11/6/2009, 1:49 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
24.213.167.50We'll be doing physical releases on a case by case basis.
Stephanie K.
Robbins - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by Robert T.
on 11/5/2009, 3:02 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
76.115.180.71...Interesting! I hope Robbins will still release CD singles in the future.
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Posted by Steve
on 11/5/2009, 3:54 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
155.33.134.154I'm actually not a fan of either song, so it doesn't bother me if they are digital only. Since they are relatively unknown, I'm hoping their digital only releases will serve as just a way to make some money in order to promote the bigger artists. - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by Robert T.
on 11/5/2009, 7:11 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
76.115.180.71...Well, the M'Black track wasn't that bad. Still kind of surprising that it did not receive a physical release.
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Posted by BarrC
on 11/8/2009, 5:22 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
66.32.94.200I may be wrong (and I hope I am) but my guess is that Robbins will probably go the route Ultra and other labels have done. They will stop releasing physical cd singles and will eventually go the "download only" route. - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by NOT REALLY on 11/9/2009, 1:19 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
99.225.239.91Nahhh, Robbins will selectively release physical singles (even though they may or may not barely break even sales vs. cost-wise) for artists that they can bring here for tours and such. Thus fans can rush to the store and buy the current single on the radio rather than just download it (or wait for an album to come out) and get it autographed if they get the chance.
This is how it works in Europe. - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by BarrC
on 11/9/2009, 5:12 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
66.32.20.177Don't count on it. - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by NOT REALLY on 11/10/2009, 1:45 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
99.225.239.91I guess you know absolutely nothing about the music industry and are naiive. There are countries in Europe that have less than 15 million people living in them and singles still get pressed - it's easier to break even in a market the size of 300 million (USA) than 15 million (smaller European country).
Why you choose to think otherwise is beyond me. Just because Canada has gone the "download-only" route does not mean a market the size of USA will do so. Canada has something called a "blank media levy" which means in exchange for downloading of MUSIC (not movies, etc.) being completely legal, the levies get collected by our royalty society and then get paid out to all composers, authors and creators of music. Since that is in place, a lot of Canadians prefer to download than go buy a $7 single, that's why just before singles started getting pressed to CD in the mainstream here in 2004/2005, the price of them had dropped to no higher than $4.
Ultra believes in cutting costs but Ultra also has no clue about promotion beyond a band/artist's tours (which usually get organized by the band's tour manager anyway). Ultra is a "wait & see" label to be honest, they are not proactive. Also, Ultra got lucky they have Pitbull otherwise their revenue stream wouldn't have a golden escape the way it does now.
Sorry for being critical about record labels in North America (so that does include Canada and Mexico at the very least.... all the way down to Panama too but I know nothing about "Latin America" at this point) but they certainly operate in ways that just boggle my mind compared to Europe - Europe actually embraced digital first, long before North America did, and they use it now to their advantage. Some nations have a limit of how many minutes of recording time can be on a single according to IFPI so they will put 20 or so mins of mixes on the single, and the rest will go on digital as "exclusives". The idea actually works! Also, the labels spend a lot more time there getting involved in promoting their artists. - Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!
Posted by BarrC
on 11/10/2009, 6:51 pm, in reply to "Re: M'black- Heartbreak WOW!"
66.245.127.99I think I know plenty about dance music. I not only owned a dance music store for twelve years but was a Billboard Reporting Store and a club disc jockey since the late seventies so don't try and tell me I'm naive when it comes to dance music and the industry. I've also lived in Europe, have friends there and travel there every year. As a matter of fact last year when I visited Germany I went into a large music store and when I inguired about certain maxi cd singles the music store clerk told me they reduced their maxi cd single section because people were downloading and sales suffered, just like here in the States. He said they could try and order some singles if they were still available. And just out of curiosity why are you making such a big issue of this matter. I mean what does it matter if American labels aren't releasing cd singles like they used to? You definately need to lighten up Mr. Canada.