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  • April 13, 2013 at 2:59 am #39075
    DJ Euforiske
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    http://www.livingelectro.com/ check out this site it gets some popular releases early and has a great chat and community of other dj’s/producers/listeners to help you out. hope this is the kind of thing you were looking for.

    April 13, 2013 at 9:13 am #39080
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    I have used pools before. zipDJ is decent for example and so are many more. Most offer you to browse their site or trial memberships.
    However you have to ask yourself: How much music do I want to get?
    If you knock it down to really good tracks you want to spin it can be quite little that actually are played in sets and the rest clutter your hard drive. So in many cases you could be better off just buying a few tracks on iTunes for 10 to 20 bucks a month than a 30 to 50 dollar subscription to a dj pool.

    April 14, 2013 at 9:31 am #39147
    jamesk7916@gmail.com
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    Word, thanks for the help. I’ll try their trial memberships to see if it’s worth it and guess the verdict is out on the loss-less formats.

    Just sucks that you spend many hours a week listening to all the spots I mentioned above, yet when you hear the artists you admire in your genre you always a) hear amazing tracks that you have never come across and b) have no idea where to get quality tracks like that.

    If anyone else can help with this I’d be much obliged 🙂

    April 15, 2013 at 4:02 pm #39191
    henley
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    Terry makes a good point, how much music that a pool sends you will you actually use? Get on sites like beatport, whatpeopleplay and traxsource, browse their libraries and buy the individual tunes that you want. you’ll also hone your own sound, rather than relying on what someone else sends you.

    April 15, 2013 at 11:53 pm #39200
    jamesk7916@gmail.com
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    I understand what you guys are saying and I really do appreciate your feedback. Before I give up on joing a promo pool I just want to ask this – how else can I get hard to get tracks/promo tracks, etc. aka the gems, the good stuff, the unshazamable stuff, etc. if I am just searching on Beatport/Traxsource, etc. (which I already do as mentioned above).

    In fact, that’s the only way I know how to search for music – follow record companies on Soundcloud, listen to underground and famous mixes for tracks that stand out, searching through recommended videos on Youtube as well as Beatport and Traxsource. I would be willing to pay $100 for 15-20 rare tracks to round out the methods that I already use in order to develop my own sound.

    I just wanna know the best site that I would be able to do that – and if they over lossless formats 🙂

    (https://soundcloud.com/rhapz/warm-kotatsu-mix – a link to my stuff if you are interested! Also send me links to your sets!)

    April 16, 2013 at 6:42 am #39210
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    It is very rare that the remixes and “special tracks” like acapella or instrumental are not included in a single release.
    I bought a lot of single releases on iTunes and they are all there.

    April 18, 2013 at 9:06 pm #39336
    Strictly T
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    Hi DJ Shoni I am not sure exactly what scene you are involved in but for the techno that I play, the tracks are not really rare, it is more likely that a lot of the DJs are producers and using them in their own sets, perfecting them, swapping them with other producers and DJs before they go on general sale to the public. Also some labels are releasing vinyl only so it is impossible to buy on MP3. I am starting to get into production as it feels like this is the sure fire way to get involved with the latest goings on and it also means I can have some tracks that noone else in the world with have 🙂 (although I think my production techniques need to improve a lot before I play them out haha 😉

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