Beatport Pro to be relaunched as a streaming music service

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According to Do Androids Dance, Beatport is relaunching the Beatport "Pro" portion of its site into a "free and ad-supported music streaming service featuring an on-demand catalog of electronic music." Will it work? I think it has a good chance because Beatport already has relationships with the more underground labels that may or may not have their catalogue's available on current services like Spotify or Google Music. So for those connoisseurs of electronic dance music, especially from the underground, they will probably be flocking to Beatport Pro to see what's on offer. 

Beatport: "We're not bluffing"

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In an effort to crack down on chart boosting services, Beatport delivered a strong message via their blog, here's an excerpt: 

"In response, we monitor our charts daily, looking for anomalies. We’ve built and continue to improve upon technology to prevent chart-boosting efforts. We’re not saying we’ve succeeded or will succeed every time, but we’re getting better at it every day.

When we spot a boosted record or track, we remove it from the store, and we’ll continue to do so. Our next step is to permanently ban the offending artists and labels. And we’re not bluffing." 

Well done, 100% support. 

To read the entire blog post, click here. 

Here's what Wolfgang Gartner had to say about the Beatport top 10 chart

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Wolfgang Gartner recently did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit and was asked his opinion on the present Beatport top 10 chart vs. 3-4 years ago. This was his response:

"I can't even listen to it anymore. Like, it will make me fear for the future of humanity if I listen to that top 10 these days. "

For anyone following him on Twitter you would know about his distaste for the current mainstream EDM sound, but it seems he's even less diplomatic about his opinion now than before.

To read the rest of his AMA, click here.

If you live in Toronto, Wolfgang Gartner will be headlining the Brrrrr! Winter Music Festival at Echo Beach - click here for more ticket information.

SFX and Clear Channel come together to create a top 20 Beatport countdown radio show

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As reported by Billboard:

"Perhaps most significant, however, is a weekly Beatport Top 20 Countdown, which will air on at least 10 major-market Clear Channel stations, including Z100/WHTZ in New York and KIIS-FM in L.A.  Beatport’s Top 10 chart is already one of EDM’s primary bellwethers, signaling a new potential star or dominant hit on the current festival-driven scene. But artists with big Beatport tracks don’t always “crossover,” lacking a platform beyond the site to grow."

This is great news and hopefully this partnership will create a lot of new fans.