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  • June 7, 2012 at 5:16 pm #1005804
    Terry_42
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    Yes I did. There is no other way: Listen to music wherever you can. Take mixcloud, soundcloud, youtube and beatport with you on the road with an iPad or whatever you can. Listen to mixcloud sets of DJs you favour, then dig dig dig dig dig dig dig….
    Also: It is about hearing as much as you can, but selecting only the few tracks that you really dig. Quality >>> Quantity

    June 9, 2012 at 4:54 am #21630
    Reason808
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    Thanks for the reply, I’m doing most of your suggestions already. But is there a way to do this more productively? My original post must not have been clear.

    It’s easy to dig in the wrong direction and waste a lot of time. On the Internet every song is an “underground hit” or a “club classic.” I’m looking for good starting points.

    I’m planning to search year-end lists of DJs and Blogs. Hopefully – I can find some good indie dance blogs, and they’ll go back 5-10 years. But again, every DJ and Blog will claim to be super influential.

    Any suggestions along to separate the hype from reality would be much appreciated. I trust the people on this forum more than a Google search.

    June 9, 2012 at 5:25 am #1005875
    Steelo
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    I feel lost if I don’t dig for tunes after a month let alone a few years!
    Depending on what you mix you could always try checking out the tracklists from the last few years of the “clubbers guide to…” or any release for that matter, by Ministry of Sound. For house, deep house and disco check out the last few years of Hed Kandi releases. That will give you an idea of what was big in the clubs.

    June 9, 2012 at 10:56 pm #1005895
    Steelo
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    reason808, post: 21677, member: 831 wrote: After life forced a DJ hiatus on me, I want to return. (i.e., publishing my mixes online, creating a website, playing out and so on.) I have a ton of DJ sets I want to make. But I’m feeling like Rip Van Winkle.

    Where can I find a good summary of the classic underground dance tracks of the last few years?
    Maybe this era’s Chemical Brothers / Daft Punk / etc. has come out and I don’t even know it.
    Its hard to cratedig like this. Beatport top 10 and Hypemachine are great but their focus seems to die past one or two months.

    I haven’t totally been living under a rock – but I have been pretty casual about getting new music the last few years. My cratedigging was listening to nice online radio (KCRW, SRRadio & ETN.fm) and taking notes when something really stands out.

    My most active DJ periods were in 2001 and briefly in 2009 before my Torq system broke.
    I have some recorded sets from around 2001 – and tons of songs between now and then I want to mix – but I don’t want to debut by posting dated material. Does it make sense to post a killer mix of the 2007-era Deadmau5 style house I was listening to in grad school?

    Anybody else dealt with this problem of catching up? How did you handle it? Suggestions appreciated.

    Hey bud I just got an email from Beatport that may be of assistance. Check out their link:
    http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/check-out-beatports-origins-charts-to-connect-todays-dance-music-to-yesterd/

    June 10, 2012 at 5:18 pm #1005918
    Reason808
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    Steelo, post: 21782, member: 1368 wrote: Hey bud I just got an email from Beatport that may be of assistance. Check out their link:
    http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/check-out-beatports-origins-charts-to-connect-todays-dance-music-to-yesterd/

    Thanks a ton!!! Exactly the type of thing I’m looking for.

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