Keeping up to date with 'pop' stuff?

[Invoke]

local radio charts. aslo the Ive found the charts on the Djcity blog to be most helpfull

[Steve_London]

You got a link to that blog buddy ?

[wrong chris]

start watching a lot of televsion, film or sports.

whatever you hear on there is generally pop or soon-to-be pop.


when your watching tv, don't mute the commercials. commercials are great because the music is a huge part of commercial's content, and depending on the product demographic - you're going to get a great selection of suggestions for what's hot and mainstream, or whats hot alternative manstream (hiphop,indirock,dance)


using pop culture as a digging tool is really awesome. it gives you a sense of trends and what the general public wants. if you pay close enough attention it also teaches you how music is used as tool to attract clients.

[Invoke]

You got a link to that blog buddy ?

yeah http://www.djcity.com/

[Zaniac]

If you have any younger family members (cousins, nieces, nephews etc..) between the ages of 9-15, then they will tell you straight up what is hot & what is not, without even batting an eyelid.

Raid there Ipods for ideas. they love the stuff

[DjZzeless]

For Pop & Hip Hop I usually go the Billboard, MTV or similar sites to see whats new or top 10.