how many units does the average dubstep plate sell?

hate recordings · Post by **hate recordings** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:25 am

just wondering, like the subject says, how many units does the average dubstep plate sell in the shops?

any artists/label owners in here know? i'm curious.

and by average, im not talking stuff like planet mu/rephlex, talkin smaller DIY dubstep labels.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:30 am

i've heard one thousand for big big tunes. i've also heard smaller tunes doing nothing near that.
toasty "knowledge" and skream "request line" are probably well over 1000. i'm guessing though.

scoz · Post by **scoz** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:45 am

I wouldn't be surprised if many releases only had a run of 300 or so, and probably then don't sell out either. That seems to be the amount that people I know put out, albeit in a different genre.

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:47 am

Sales have improved dramatically in the last 6 months.

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:26 am

i reckon an artist like skream could blatantly sell 1000 copies in a couple weeks

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:28 am

http://www.google.com/trends?q=dubstep& ... l&date=all

baz · Post by **baz** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:07 pm

planet mu (and probably rephlex) don't press more records per release than your standard indie label, they're not big labels making mega bucks.

mshadetek · Post by **mshadetek** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:36 pm

The minimum pressing that's affordable is usually 500 12"s, so that's where most people start. I'd imagine in the past 6 mos the big dubstep tunes have gotten into the 1000-2000 per 12" range, which is quite good for vinyl. Most 12"s sell their 500 and that's it.

human? · Post by **human?** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:48 pm

word, yo, 500 is standard underground press....

thing is, tune takes off, repress the next 500 costs like half what the original press costs, cause youve already done your mixdown, mastering, laquers & stampers....

i honestly have no idea what dubstep is selling right now (although i do know for sure aint no stores in NYC that can stay sufficiantly stocked due to demand) but north american ragga jungle things sell 500 - 1000 with decent distro & outlets like redeye, juno etc.....

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:18 pm

mshadetek wrote:The minimum pressing that's affordable is usually 500 12"s, so that's where most people start. I'd imagine in the past 6 mos the big dubstep tunes have gotten into the 1000-2000 per 12" range, which is quite good for vinyl. Most 12"s sell their 500 and that's it.

That's accurate.

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:34 pm

it's not a money making game unfortunately, if your going into underground music to become rich, then change the aim before getting too deep into it.

dj mate · Post by **dj mate** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:16 pm

seckle wrote:i've heard one thousand for big big tunes. i've also heard smaller tunes doing nothing near that.
toasty "knowledge" and skream "request line" are probably well over 1000. i'm guessing though.

"Request line" sold like 5000

bruno belluomini · Post by **bruno belluomini** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:27 pm

Very interesting!

hate recordings · Post by **hate recordings** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:11 pm

Spaceboy wrote:it's not a money making game unfortunately, if your going into underground music to become rich, then change the aim before getting too deep into it.

definately not. pressing out records is no kind of money game for any label trying to get up, especially when dealing with underground music.

the reason i ask tho is cuz i've been thinkin about starting a dubstep label up lately. with everything i do, i cant stop thinking of it. so serious. im in the shower : dubstep label. im grocery shopping : dubstep label. hanging out with friends : dubstep label. for the past week ive literally lost sleep over it cuz i cant go to bed without thinking of what i have to do to start one.

it's literally all i can think about. obsessing over it very badly right now. at this point, just getting like a plate out real quickly would really make me happy.

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:15 pm

pressing issues

hate recordings · Post by **hate recordings** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:32 pm

ramadanman wrote:pressing issues

pressing issues on point?

i cant really press in the uk because of the us dollar/gb pound conversion. waaaaaay too expensive.

i was gonna get someone that deals with dnb to do the master and cut the lathe tho, someone like stu @ metropolis or somethin. that's who dillinja used to deal with (still deals with? i dunno). mastering HAS to be done in the uk, ALWAYS.

rand muzik in germany is my current pressing plant. they are fucking CHEAP and just did me up some very beautiful 140 gram vinyl records. so solid.

8bitwonder · Post by **8bitwonder** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:51 pm

ramadanman wrote:pressing issues

id say

badsign · Post by **badsign** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:57 pm

ramadanman wrote:pressing issues

lol!

999 · Post by **999** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:30 am

puns are good

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:08 pm

Interesting stuff! very intersting.....

how many units does the average dubstep plate sell?

how many units does the average dubstep plate sell?

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