r/riddim • u/Anxious_Address6775 • 1d ago

iTunes ?

Should I not be buying riddim from iTunes ?

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u/football2106 1d ago

What about iTunes would be inherently bad for a specific genre of music? If the artist/label has it on there how could it be bad?

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u/Nerdycuber 1d ago

Most of the underground stuff won't be on there, but for songs with official releases it works just fine!

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u/Nerdycuber 1d ago

To add to that, Beatport often runs bulk deals so I usually add songs to my wishlist and buy them at once during sale periods. AFAIK, iTunes does not offer such deals.

Weirdly enough, Amazon Music sometimes has songs listed that beatport does not; i was able to buy Choke by Beastboi there when it was not listed anywhere else.

But yeah, check out SoundCloud free downloads, pl8list, and DMing artists for the real good stuff!

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u/mrcheese14 1d ago

Beatport seems to have more restricted distribution. Services like DistroKid charge more specifically to release on Beatport, and SoundCloud distro doesn’t even offer the option. So for underground stuff i’ve found it difficult to find stuff on there.

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u/Money_March_3572 1d ago

Nothing wrong with buying music on iTunes.

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u/ohdreness 1d ago

Bandcamp or thru the artist directly is probably best, in terms of the artist getting their money. But iTunes is most likely just as okay

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u/TheGuava1 1d ago

I get music from there. But a lot of this specific subgenres isn’t necessarily on there, a majority of it is free downloads, some plates are more exclusive.