Board DJs - how do you source tunes? (WARNING: possible TUNE WEEDS)

whatever

Can’t really add anything much to what has been said already. Gave up using Beatport years ago for finding new tunes.

Bandcamp is my main tool, and like others said, I get deluged with all the label/artist/pre release stuff. I also follow some JC’ers on it which is a good way of getting pre-selected tunes.

I do like to check out mixes on HOR Berlin, Yoyaku In Store and Lot Radio to nick a few tunes because they tend to have a more diverse range of stuff played that is less mainstream.

Mad_Cyril

Millsy experiment with pitching down 120+ tunes while locking the key

Taking the key lock off when doing this mixes things up and can keep things entertaining.

Also seems to help with the sound, though couldn’t explain why

Millsy

Mad_Cyril lol. The amount I pitch down can make Minnie Ripperton sound like Louie Armstrong, mate. Dangerous groundm

Smallman1

Millsy have stopped flicking through the ole dusty crates?!

Millsy

Smallman1 dusty digital servers nowadays, chief. Or should I say GRANDAD?!

Along_the_Wire

Millsy Never really used SC for new tunes - definitely try that. I still sift through BP, but I can’t stand doing it and as a result don’t do it as often as I should / need to.

I find quite a bit on mixes from people on here and I’ve spotted you pitching down some tunes on your last mixes - there’s one you did with an Overmono tune (?) that was excellent - I can’t replicate that with anything for shit. Generally though, doing that has opened things up quite a lot for me - I like hovering around 120-124 tops.

Edit: Overmono - Everything U Need - Flox Edit

erik

About 70% of what I play is promos with the majority of the rest coming from bandcamp, I also pick up stuff from Traxsource and JunoDownload, I rarely use Beatport unless I absolutely can’t find it anywhere else.

I never scan other people’s mixes for tracks and only occasional grab a freebie from Soundcloud.

I’m also a big fan of playing stuff at the wrong speed, 118 and pitch it up or 130 and pitch it down

Millsy

erik playing just promos is a bit limiting, no?

apyssjw

If I find a track I like on Spotify, then start a song radio , it will feed you tracks on a similar theme - which at times has worked brilliantly.

erik I rarely use Beatport unless I absolutely can’t find it anywhere else

I have a, possibly, irrational dislike for beatport - so do the same thing.

Along_the_Wire

Also like the new album thread a generally finding unusual tunes on albums generally.

Smallman1

I do my best to keep that thread topped up with humdingers!

RichM

I go through the bargain bucket section in Our Price, then car boot sales on Sunday morning

erik

Millsy not at all no, I get loads of them, 50+ a week, prog, breaks, techno, deep house.

I’m really fucking lucky I get so much great music on a weekly basis so I play it.

Homegrove

Mainly BP feed which I’ve honed down for 20 years soon (I think it started in 2005?) by adding hundreds of labels and artists. Then I try to find them anywhere else in this order Boomkat -> Bandcamp -> Bleep -> Junodownload. Only if all those fail do I buy anything on actual Beatport.

There was a time I had to limit myself to ten tracks a week, because that was the limit of what I can absorb so that I still know my tunes, now I struggle to find five a week I like. But in 24 years of DJeing I’ve never stopped buying tunes.

Millsy

Homegrove think I average around 10 a month mate. Just being selective as fuck as there’s far too much garbage that you’ll never revisit. I’ve also gone through my collection and whittled out stuff.

Homegrove

Millsy it’s an addiction with me. Has always been. It was absolutely mental that in my vinyl days I used to throw down 300 € on records every month.

NasserAlazzawi

I hack into Wasily’s recycle bin and take all the spares

ArchimedesQ

Crates.co, trackID.net, Bandcamp feed and follows, Soundcloud feed. and stupid amount of (mostly shite) promo’s I spend probably 4 hours a week going through stuff and filtering.

RichM

I’m glad you guys all go to these great lengths and dedication to source this music, as I for one am extremely grateful that I get to hear so much amazing music as a result of the mixes on this board. So hats off to you all 🙌

Manski

RichM 100% this.
Most of the tracks in my collection are from ones posted on this board or included in your mixes.
I CBA/haven’t got time, to sift through all the shite that’s out there and, as most of you have got half decent taste, it saves me a lot of effort!

I’m very grateful and thank you all for your service! 😊

erik

apyssjw they’re like Spotify to a degree, money grabbing cunts.

Things like that streaming and charging more for a HQ download, utter shit housery