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Buying Music as a DJ as a poor college student

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Buying Music as a DJ as a poor college student Posted on: 13.04.2012 by Tania Whitby How do you do it? Obviously there is tons of music out there available via blogs or torrents, etc. And as someone who DJs as a hobby (though wouldn't mind playing a paid gig somewhere), but is also a broke college student, how am I supposed to do it? I realize it's a hobby, and like anything it costs money, but the fact is...it add's up. At $2.49/track on Beatport it can be quite costly to even put together a single mix. How do other "poorer" DJs do this? I mean, if a track is available as a download on a blog, it's still pirating...am I right? How do you deal with this moral dilemma? I mean, when I graduate college and have a job, and have money, I will buy every single track. Not just for playing out, but for home listen to. I mean what's a guy supposed to do?
Celestine Porebski 18.04.2012	Originally Posted by Jay Melis No... i'm serious It's about time devotion and making the right choices. I know people enough that worked in the weekend for shit they do not really needed and dropped down into a "more easy" education. Most of those people live in their parents basement because they cannot find a job with their degree... This dj'ing might be a hobby and has a big possibility to always stay one, for him. With a decent degree he will have no problems in the future AND will be able to support any kind of creators. Care to elaborate on your logic? Pirating the music doesn't change anything about the time that needs to be invested for digging and finding the music. So it does not help him focus on his education. I really fail to see your point.
Yong Aptekar 18.04.2012	Originally Posted by Jay Melis If you are doing hardcore math... Pirate that shit until you get some jobs and pay for it later. Joke?
Matthew Yanagisawa 17.04.2012	You can always ask friends for tracks but don't count on it. Some might not even give you a track name... Shazam is your friend. DragonsLair-01.jpg Pic related. Me and my tracks.
Teresia Janusch 16.04.2012	Back when i was starting out it was
Lashawn Maycock 16.04.2012	Posted something related to this elsewhere on the community ; I've spent an absolute fortune on tunage (vinyl) since the early 90's which I'm definitely not grumbling about, there was no alternative, but since switching to digital, it's soooo much cheaper. I used to easily clear
Evelyn Navarijo 16.04.2012	Originally Posted by DJTechMag I totally agree with this, when I started out tunes used to cost an absolute fortune, I remember having the same ten records for like ever just mixing them over and over, then at the end of the month when I got paid I went out and bought some new tracks I spent about
Sherley Headden 15.04.2012	Originally Posted by deevey Lucky you are doing this now and not 10 years ago when it was $8-12 per track (and I was a poor student at one point) but if you really want to do it you'll beg/steal/borrow to feed your habit much like any other art :P Word of advice though is DONT look at getting 100 tracks a week just because you can, listen, select, listen select or you'll just end up a mess of a music collection with tons of mediocre "filler" tracks that are "ok" - its worth spending the time, effort (and money) building up a really choice collection of tracks that won't age in 2 or 10 years and buy the "big ones" occasionally as you need, but I'd be looking at perhaps getting a maximum of 25 tracks per week. Oh also must stuff on Juno is $1.75 per track and (IMHO) they have a better selection and better categorization I totally agree with this, when I started out tunes used to cost an absolute fortune, I remember having the same ten records for like ever just mixing them over and over, then at the end of the month when I got paid I went out and bought some new tracks I spent about
Yong Aptekar 18.04.2012	That may be, but this community does not condone or endorse piracy. Unless it is over ships, and small junks. There is more than enough free music out there that the OP can find if money is an issue. If there are tracks that he really wants, a couple bucks won't set him back too far.
Celestine Porebski 18.04.2012	Originally Posted by Jay Melis No... i'm serious It's about time devotion and making the right choices. I know people enough that worked in the weekend for shit they do not really needed and dropped down into a "more easy" education. Most of those people live in their parents basement because they cannot find a job with their degree... This dj'ing might be a hobby and has a big possibility to always stay one, for him. With a decent degree he will have no problems in the future AND will be able to support any kind of creators. Care to elaborate on your logic? Pirating the music doesn't change anything about the time that needs to be invested for digging and finding the music. So it does not help him focus on his education. I really fail to see your point.
Vada Branyon 18.04.2012	No... i'm serious It's about time devotion and making the right choices. I know people enough that worked in the weekend for shit they do not really needed and dropped down into a "more easy" education. Most of those people live in their parents basement because they cannot find a job with their degree... This dj'ing might be a hobby and has a big possibility to always stay one, for him. With a decent degree he will have no problems in the future AND will be able to support any kind of creators.
Yong Aptekar 18.04.2012	Originally Posted by Jay Melis If you are doing hardcore math... Pirate that shit until you get some jobs and pay for it later. Joke?
Vada Branyon 18.04.2012	Depends on the studies you are doing... If you are doing hardcore math... Pirate that shit until you get some jobs and pay for it later. If you are doing communications... GET A JOB because you have plenty of spare time :P
Matthew Yanagisawa 17.04.2012	You can always ask friends for tracks but don't count on it. Some might not even give you a track name... Shazam is your friend. DragonsLair-01.jpg Pic related. Me and my tracks.
Tania Whitby 17.04.2012	Thank you for all the legitimate responses and help. Thank you to those who could have ranted about "back in my day..." and didn't. And uh...nice of some of you to assume I am jobless and that is the reason I can't afford it. Some of us have more pressing financial matters. This is a hobby for me, and my current situation doesn't really give me time to go out and look for gigs.
Yong Aptekar 17.04.2012	@keithace you DID just get into it OP, there are lots of cheap tracks out there, just search. Beatport has deals sometimes, and like others said, compilations will save you a fortune. Also check out soundcloud. People put tracks up for free sometimes. Lots of mediocre stuff, but if you are patient, you will find some good tunes
Denyse Waterland 16.04.2012	get a job like the rest of us poor college students
Margie Pavell 16.04.2012	compilations and pillage itunes... (i wont get into how i used to pay 11 bucks for import 12 inch singles and 7 bucks for domestics AND would have to order 50 dollars or more to get free shipping AND would have to wait for them in the mail AND hope none of them went out of stock...but i won't get into that...) (or drive down to melrose and spend the entire day digging for three maybe four records and three or four different shops...but like i said...i wont get into that)
Teresia Janusch 16.04.2012	Back when i was starting out it was
Sherley Headden 16.04.2012	Thats it once you start buying vinyl it costs a bomb, its just to easy and cheap nowadays.
Lashawn Maycock 16.04.2012	Posted something related to this elsewhere on the community ; I've spent an absolute fortune on tunage (vinyl) since the early 90's which I'm definitely not grumbling about, there was no alternative, but since switching to digital, it's soooo much cheaper. I used to easily clear
Evelyn Navarijo 16.04.2012	Originally Posted by DJTechMag I totally agree with this, when I started out tunes used to cost an absolute fortune, I remember having the same ten records for like ever just mixing them over and over, then at the end of the month when I got paid I went out and bought some new tracks I spent about
Sherley Headden 15.04.2012	Originally Posted by deevey Lucky you are doing this now and not 10 years ago when it was $8-12 per track (and I was a poor student at one point) but if you really want to do it you'll beg/steal/borrow to feed your habit much like any other art :P Word of advice though is DONT look at getting 100 tracks a week just because you can, listen, select, listen select or you'll just end up a mess of a music collection with tons of mediocre "filler" tracks that are "ok" - its worth spending the time, effort (and money) building up a really choice collection of tracks that won't age in 2 or 10 years and buy the "big ones" occasionally as you need, but I'd be looking at perhaps getting a maximum of 25 tracks per week. Oh also must stuff on Juno is $1.75 per track and (IMHO) they have a better selection and better categorization I totally agree with this, when I started out tunes used to cost an absolute fortune, I remember having the same ten records for like ever just mixing them over and over, then at the end of the month when I got paid I went out and bought some new tracks I spent about
Rolanda Clodfelder 15.04.2012	How do you do it? Obviously there is tons of music out there available via blogs or torrents, etc. And as someone who DJs as a hobby (though wouldn't mind playing a paid gig somewhere), but is also a broke college student, how am I supposed to do it? I realize it's a hobby, and like anything it costs money, but the fact is...it add's up. At $2.49/track on Beatport it can be quite costly to even put together a single mix. How do other "poorer" DJs do this? Lucky you are doing this now and not 10 years ago when it was $8-12 per track (and I was a poor student at one point) but if you really want to do it you'll beg/steal/borrow to feed your habit much like any other art :P Word of advice though is DONT look at getting 100 tracks a week just because you can, listen, select, listen select or you'll just end up a mess of a music collection with tons of mediocre "filler" tracks that are "ok" - its worth spending the time, effort (and money) building up a really choice collection of tracks that won't age in 2 or 10 years and buy the "big ones" occasionally as you need, but I'd be looking at perhaps getting a maximum of 25 tracks per week. Oh also must stuff on Juno is $1.75 per track and (IMHO) they have a better selection and better categorization
May Artman 14.04.2012	There's enough free music out there to mix with. You won't have the beatport top 10, but that's probably a good thing.
Latoria Kavulich 14.04.2012	Originally Posted by Nicky H http://www.ektoplazm.com/ boom
Janyce Henningson 14.04.2012	http://www.ektoplazm.com/
Danial Sawn 14.04.2012	Originally Posted by jake0617 Also as for the compilations on beatport...links? I see the DJ charts, and those don't look like .70/track... Because a quick search is so hard? Most releases that comprise of more than 10 tracks go for <$1 a track. Eg. http://www.beatport.com/release/vitamin-d/882988 for an album http://www.beatport.com/release/arma...2012-01/897546 as a compilation
Jenae Hensarling 13.04.2012	Check out iTunes, most large EDM labels have compilation albums. Example, Spinnin' Records. You can buy a 25 track compilation from them on iTunes for 10$ while BP sells it for 25$. Digging for tunes this way is great and you'll be surprised how much iTunes has to offer.
Tania Whitby 13.04.2012	Also as for the compilations on beatport...links? I see the DJ charts, and those don't look like .70/track...
Tania Whitby 13.04.2012	For the record, I spin mostly, if not exclusively EDM. In my own time, I spin anything, but for gigs I've done (unpaid that is, or on school radio) it's EDM. Dubstep, trance, electro and progressive house, and dnb. Checking out that A.Skillz remix. I dig it, but it's not something I'd spin. I'm looking at DJCity right now, and am wondering about this versus other pools. So if a blog posts a track for download, can I legally play that as a DJ?
Valeri Holderness 13.04.2012	Alot of artists give out some of their music for free. Here is one of my favorite free tunes. Also check out Mad Decent's soundcloud page (its a record label run by Diplo), they have tons of free tunes on there too. http://soundcloud.com/a-skillz/calif...a-skillz-remix
Danial Sawn 13.04.2012	Record pools, stealing tracks off friends, buy smart. There are lots of compilations on beatport in which you can pick up 20+ tracks in one buy for around 70c a track.
Tania Whitby 13.04.2012	Eh...realized after this should be in the general discussion community ..

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