Reply to DJ Music Pools

I've always been a bedroom DJ rather than a professional and always just messed about with gear like a kid with new toys.

However, I'm now considering putting more serious effort into it and begin to play publicly as soon as I'm confident.

The one thing putting me off as a new DJ is the cost of music. True, individual songs from Beatport and iTunes are not particularly expensive per se. However, the issue for new non-gig playing DJs is that songs become outdated within a couple of weeks nowadays. Therefore to refresh a set almost on a monthly basis can become expensive for bedroom and beginner DJs.

For this reason, I've been looking into DJ music pools. I've currently signed up to Digital DJ Pool for the $1 for 5 days trial, followed by $12 per month if I continue. However, they mostly just have chart/poppy music and remixes of them. A better option seems to be DJ City, but at