more phones on the dancefloor

Good news, anyway.

I hope this means that people will just use Shazam on their phones for 30 seconds to get a track ID'ed rather than holding it up and recording a video clip to later upload to Youtube for IDing, so this could actually be a good thing...

Definitely less annoying than people holding their phones up to take videos every minute. IDing a track on Shazam can be done with your phone held down by your side.

Good desicion Matthew!!!!!! Keep moving!

Good news here! Always find that shazam rarely knows tunes of the House/Techno variety! Things can only get better!

Brilliant, so you saying all the millions of hours i spend scrounging through Beatport (only buy my tracks off) with my heart and soul i dig and and put so much effort in finding and paying tracks that no one else does, developing my own sound!! And now any ol person can just stand on the dancefloor and shazam it ??? Furious!

Agreed Samantha, but your experience and ear will always keep you many steps ahead of the competition. You can't fake being a true artist

Isn't the whole point of being a DJ to promote the music so people can buy it, supporting the industry... if you are that bothered just don't buy your music from Beatport, lots of other places to shop from

I think it's pretty cool, if you're an aspiring producer this could really help your work become more widespread, it's annoying asking a dj what a tune is too, it annoys them and you this is an easy way out, and lets not forget most of those gems you really want will unlikely be on beatport anyway.

Search for your music...stop being lazy! Everybody wants to be a superstar DJ but nobody wants to put the work in these days...they want it all done for them!

I really cant stand this attitude some dj's have about not wanting people to know what they are playing , get over your self ! you dont own the tunes , like somebody else said a good ear will keep you ahead of the competition, and if somebody dose tag and buy a tune you play think of it as a good deed done for the label / artists you are promoting by playing there music

This is great! take that greedy DJ's!

this is a WIN WIN WIN. one of the coolest apps ever made.

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Shazam should be forbidden on party!

What about the smaller dance music retailers? Contrary to popular belief, Beatport does not carry every dance music record released.

Had someone come up to me on Sat night moaning that Shazaam & Soundhound couldn't find the song i was playing. Why didn't he just ask me in the first place?

Artists should be allowed to opt in/out to protect the integrity of their music.

They can opt out by not making it available on Beatport. Find this whole argument against it because of "integrity" weird... sounds to me like DJs who are scared that if other people can find out what their tunes are, they'll be as good as them. Have a bit more faith in your selection abilities!

Why would a producer opt out of promoting their music? jw...

Hmm because they would prefer their music to remain 'underground' for lack of a better word, instead of it being available to any Tom, Dick and Harry who does'nt repect the influences or vision that make a tune what it is. Notice how every house music fan now turns their nose up to a Hot Creations release ever since they made the top 40? I suppose you could just release on Vinyl if you gave a s**t.

Are you shitting me? If someone wants and ID, he likes the tune. What more do you want? Do you have to answer a quiz to be allowed to like a tune?

This is great news

Globalization a good or bad thing?

Not a fan of this as most of the comments have already mentioned the fact that this removes the underground OR in my view it puts more emphasis on the artist to create that original material for liveshows. Also maybe this will increase the world of wax... (speaking more about NorthAmerica..)

douchebags turn up their nose. I like some Hot Creations tracks, I don't like other. Why should it matter if Jamie Jones breaks into the top 40? I don't know who the rest of the people on those charts are; they don't really influence me positively or negatively. I don't see how allowing me to ID a track takes it out of the underground? You have to find out somehow, don't you? What's next, limited online releases? I can see it now, *only 500 digital downloads available!*

Some of these responses sound like the mutterings of an old man talking about how phones ruined personal relationships, how the less older man talked about how email will destroy communication, and how the person in their 40s talks about how social network will destroy society

Get over it.

OMFG, people... This doesn't take anything "out of the underground". You have to HEAR a song to ID it, which means you still need to be somewhere that would play it. If you're DJing somewhere that is filled with a bunch of "any Tom, Dick and Harry who does'nt repect the influences or vision that make a tune what it is" then perhaps you should be more selective about where you DJ.

Or just don't sell your music on Beatport. If you're complaining about things being mainstream, isn't Beatport a pretty damned mainstream place to be selling your tracks?

You're a DJ. You play music. People want the music you play. This is natural, people. You don't want people to buy it? Don't sell it. That's why producers make VIPs.

To be honest, if the user is an environment where they are hearing an "underground" track, and genuinely likes the track enough to want to know what it is, I think fair play. This "Tom, Dick, and Harry comment" smacks of elitism. Integrity of an artist's work should be judged on how good it is as a product, and not by how popular it gets.

What proof do you need to provide to ensure you are classed as a deserving person?

I can see where you're coming from though to a certain degree, I've felt like that myself in the past. It's natural to try and preserve something you love.

Can you dig through Beatport with your heart and soul? It's electronic music's answer to ASDA. Go to a record shop if you want to be really over-protective of music that other people make.

It's basic courtesy to tell people what a tune is if they ask... and if they want to Shazam it then fine; at least it shows a passion for music absent from most clubs nowadays.

Released music should be known.

All im saying is that some artists fear venturing into mainstream/ popularity, therefore should be allowed to opt in/out. Every musicians own perogative should be respected, but yeah, if you don't want it shazammed dont release it on beatport. Maybe im just old fashioned.

next logical step would be creating some kind of radio where all that music could be played

For people who value convenience over dedication

Yeah man, I feel you on that level. Would imagine their label would need to give permission for their music to be on the Shazam database though.

Well, that's how I understand it.

Fair point anyhow.

Great move this. There has always been moments in the dance floor when one wanted to ID a gem tune but never could due to lack of technological help. So this partnership between Shazam & Beatport would help in that regard.

But one has to remember that there are many DJs out there who play tracks/remixes/Bootlegs etc which are yet to be released or could never see a release.So they can still have that "wow" factor or some of you put it here, the "underground" factor about their sets or mixes.

real music hunting was a special part of being a DJ. now everybody its gonna have your tracks, now its all about the unreleases tracks., not quite happy about this and i know lots of dj/producers agree with me.

Yep i agree with that last comment, its should be up to artists to take control of their own releases, making certain tracks available for digital & online and preserving unreleased material or vinyl only tracks.

maybe more DJs, producers and those who like to release half finished tracks will release less and keep some for personal identity and also to beat the system!!!! Ha!

Real DJs should only play tracks that haven't been written yet, on music formats that don't exist. Personally I've moved to 100 % telegraphic transmission directly into the minds of everyone at the party. This bypasses the horrors of Shazam and saves energy because the venues don't have to power a sound system. The only problem is when I get Calvin Harris stuck in my head, then everyone is fucked.

finally!!!! (y)

Keep it Original, Record Shop!

I don't see why people are moaning about this, yes the beatport thing is new but Shazam has been about for years. This is good for producers, it allows further recognision of hard work and great tracks.

LOL

eot for me

Finally! The right move for Shazam!

ROX

Finally!!!

p.s. not sure i'll ever use the shazaam thing, but think its a good idea.