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How do YOU obtain your music?
Posted on: 11.06.2012 by Shakita Salansky
Personally, I'm a part of ZipDJ, a $50 a month record pool service.

I'm still pretty new, and am looking for maybe alternatives. I've always been told record pools would be the best deal financially, however sometimes lacking in song selection.

So my question to you all is, How do you get your music?
Any feedback is thankful.
Celestine Porebski
14.06.2012		And apart from all that: there is more to actually buying your MP3s (or whatever format you prefer) than the question of legality.
Glennis Bischoff
14.06.2012
Originally Posted by BFLY
What % of DJTT users do you believe use torrents for their music?

I ask because no-one has said that they do. Why? are they shy about admitting it on here do you believe?

Im guessing it would be 80% +
im sure many of us do, but this site does not condone piracy, so us as the users can not express our condolance either. i would say many users do, but because they post on this site, cannot claim that they do in the pages of the community s.

EDIT:
also, many users on here pride themselves of not pirating their music, and being as straight up in obtaining their music as possible. this is for many reasons including personal views on piracy, and the consequences of being caught deter them, as well as many people can actually afford it and enjoy supporting the music industry. as i recall there have been a few stories of DJ Careers ending after it being discovered that they had played pirated music, or were in possession of it as they passed through certain countries on their way to a gig.

there are legitimate reasons to pirate as well as many not to. but that is for another thread if you want to discuss that. as for people admitting to pirating their music, that is not something to express on this site.
Pansy Shiveley
14.06.2012
Originally Posted by faderswagger
Also... itunes? Guys, really? Don't they only offer 256 kbps....?
Yeah, because the difference between the 320kbps you get on Beatport e.a. is that big of a difference...
Lawana Spratlen
14.06.2012		What % of DJTT users do you believe use torrents for their music?

I ask because no-one has said that they do. Why? are they shy about admitting it on here do you believe?

Im guessing it would be 80% +
Natalia Bucko
14.06.2012		Didn't realize the folks on this community were so into their music being legal.

Also... itunes? Guys, really? Don't they only offer 256 kbps....?
Lashawn Maycock
14.06.2012
Originally Posted by itsbentheboy
im still in the learning process. people say i'm doing good enough to start posting up mixes, but i don't feel i'm there yet. but if i ever start posting them up, ill be sure to post on DJTT
Hey don't worry, get on a post I reckon, it's all a good learning curve, don't worry about it too much. DJ's can be the worst critics BUT I would also argue they may be the best to judge on a technical level, so it's a good way to learn I would say.
Glennis Bischoff
14.06.2012
Originally Posted by rgtb
interesting. if you ever post a set in the "mixes & productions" sub, i'll make sure to check it out.
im still in the learning process. people say i'm doing good enough to start posting up mixes, but i don't feel i'm there yet. but if i ever start posting them up, ill be sure to post on DJTT
Allan Neubert
15.06.2012		Most of the music I play is only released only on vinyl or not formally released at all just put on soundcloud. Vinyl comes from Toolbox but I scatter orders to other stores when things sell out before I get an order in; digital if available (which is next to nothing really) from Juno.
Glennis Bischoff
13.06.2012		i torrent, but the music i spin is mostly underground things from unsigned artists, where their only chance to get music out is put a torrent on their blog or something. i usually get all my music i need from blogs and free promos. just look deeper, and you will find undiscovered artists with free music just begging to be heard. find some good stuff, and you are in business!
Isa Erik
13.06.2012
Originally Posted by djchriswoods.co.uk
Also one of the guys who works for them produces and does remixes (7th heaven) and he abuses his position wildly, every month theres a crazy amount of his production on their discs...
yeah, I noticed that too
Onie Sarandos
14.06.2012		beatport, itunes, soundcloud and I subscribe to the DJCity record pool.
Roseanna Signorini
13.06.2012
Originally Posted by loverocket
I can't believe how many people use iTunes to DJ. Really surprising. I just searched for my Top 10 tracks on iTunes and zero came up? I feel that if you are relying on iTunes as a DJ you are falling behind. Just a tip. Even if you are a Top 40 DJ, get on DJCity or something if you want to step up your game.
I agree, I have never bought anything from itunes. As a DJ for the 99 cents you spend for 1 track on itunes, you can get the clean version, the dirty version, the intro/clean, the intro/dirty version, intro/first hook versions plus any and all remixes for the price of your subscription and its unlimited. I can go look at the hot tracks on beatport and go to 1 of my sites and chances are they have it. SO I recommend to any DJ to look into a record pool.
Teresia Janusch
13.06.2012		CDPool in the UK although imo, the quality of their cds/standard of track selection is very hit and miss. They had a new guy about a year ago who picked some real good stuff in his first few months but its went downhill across the board.

Also one of the guys who works for them produces and does remixes (7th heaven) and he abuses his position wildly, every month theres a crazy amount of his production on their discs...

BP and hmvdigital for older stuff



on the itunes side, as far as i know, itunes dont license their music for public performance, its for personal use only. thats despite having a produb license (in the uk)
Freida Leash
12.06.2012
Originally Posted by loverocket
I can't believe how many people use iTunes to DJ. Really surprising.
Sometimes I have to wait a week or two from the initial release date to buy something, as it was released at other stores first. If it was that important I would have got the physical/digital media pack a month earlier, I can save the $40 for a nuerofunk track. It might also be genre dependent, they tend to have most of the DnB I want to buy.

It is also the convenience of being able to shop while waiting somewhere on my phone. I like beatport and trackitdown but still shop iTunes more.
Werner Bile
12.06.2012		Beatport and Soundcloud. I use spotify sometimes(particularly the sounddrop app) to help find new music.
Jerica Salava
12.06.2012		I can't believe how many people use iTunes to DJ. Really surprising. I just searched for my Top 10 tracks on iTunes and zero came up? I feel that if you are relying on iTunes as a DJ you are falling behind. Just a tip. Even if you are a Top 40 DJ, get on DJCity or something if you want to step up your game.
Leeanna Ayla
12.06.2012
Originally Posted by loverocket
Does anyone remember dancerecords.com ....
I have some dancerecords.com white labels
Roseanna Signorini
12.06.2012		I subscribe to DJCity.com and 8thwonderrecordpool.com. DJ City is good for the commercial and the remixes. 8thwonder is good for videos as well as more house electro and also commercial. It costs me about $40 a month and I probably download 50+ tracks a month so its worth it for sure.
Erich Vallabhaneni
12.06.2012		iTunes and beatport for the win!
Jerica Salava
12.06.2012		Does anyone remember dancerecords.com ... what happened to them? they rocked the vinyl.
I like Traxsource, Juno and Stompy. I hit Beatport last if I cannot find a track anywhere else.
Elinor Happer
12.06.2012		Never even visited Beatport. Guess it really depends on the genres you play - I've mainly bought stuff from official Bandcamp pages of the artists I like.. As for actual CDs, well, where I can get them online, be it music stores or label shops.

(and psyshop.com, gotta love that dinosaur)

edit: Well.. After visiting Beatport, f**k this, I'm starting to buy over there, it has EVERYTHING!
Darren Teboe
12.06.2012		Satelliterecords.com, beatport, and iTunes... in that order.
Leeanna Ayla
12.06.2012		Beatport, iTunes, Traxsource and Soundcloud. I've let my emusic subscription lapse
Jenna Skeem
12.06.2012		im subscribed to DJCity, but then again i have to have all the newest stuff, currently resident in a club that is all commercial top40, and Djcity has all the latest tracks , and also has a good range of uk funky and uk house for my other needs
Norma Walsch
12.06.2012		There are any number of ways to get your music on Pandora. We
Claude Koveleski
12.06.2012
Celestine Porebski
12.06.2012		I sold my soul to Beatport....
Freida Leash
12.06.2012		I'm going to tell the lame truth iTunes for the majority. I'm in the group that can't hear the difference between a wav and aac.
Claude Koveleski
12.06.2012		record stores both new and used.
Nedra Fresneda
12.06.2012		Beatport and stuff labels/producers send me.
Lashawn Maycock
12.06.2012		Traxsource, Juno and sometimes iTunes... given up on Beatport, too much chaff gets in the way.
Cristian Carmona
11.06.2012		online, cd, vinyl, 2nd hand stores, and record pools.
Lela Umanskaya
11.06.2012		torrents <insert troll smiley>

For real, mostly Beatport, plus some blog digging.
Shakita Salansky
11.06.2012		With all of that said, I also use DJTunes. Is it smarter in the long run, to research compilations or dig dig dig *(Personal Opinion of course)
Pansy Shiveley
11.06.2012		iTunes mostly, as I mainly spin commercial stuff.
Danae Dumler
11.06.2012		I post a thread "recommend me some ____" and buy whatever people here tell me to

In all seriousness emusic is my go-to stop for music; I search on beatport and juno since the interfaces are nicer but I buy for 49-69 cents a song; the only drawback is you have to subscribe, but the money for your subscription goes to your song purchases so as long as you buy your allotment every month, it's totally worth it. But if I was playing out all the time and had to have the latest top forty, hip hop, electro, etc, I would probably go the record pool route.

But my favorite way to acquire music is still the vinyl record store
Cole Maroto
11.06.2012		i used to do a lot of beatport digging. then i found some blogs specific to various genres i liked. recently, i found that spotify is actually a pretty good place to discover new music and it let's you dig pretty deep.

right now i feel like i have too much music so i stopped getting new stuff and started getting deeper into the tunes i already have, which is enough for many, many lifetimes. i have cds i still haven't opened and about 10,000 records i haven't listened to lol!
Salvatore Husley
11.06.2012		Juno and beatport, when I can get a deal. If not I go for the independent sites and shops. Boomkat, bleep, Rubadub, Surus, Phonica, Hardwax, and chemical which isn't independent. And if I travel I always hit up a local vinyl shop.
Georgina Schatzman
11.06.2012		BP/Juno and lots of time browsing and digging

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