How do you guys feel about GIVING AWAY TRACKS?

[Patch]

That's an unavoidable risk - some people are just dicks. You can't cover every possibility.

[brian_johnstone]

if another dj wants the tracks that i'm playing i take it as a compliment, tell them what it is and every now and then the favour is repaid... all's fair in love and war 'n all that

[rdale]

Most of the tracks i play in vinyl sets are white labels never been released, some i dont even know the name of, or never been made into an mp3

When I see a track listing that has Dubplate and White Label all over it, I'm pretty keen on giving the set a listen, especially if the artist is listed.

[rdale]

That's an unavoidable risk - some people are just dicks. You can't cover every possibility.

How often do you play the same set that you put on a mix tape anyways? By the time I finish a mix tape, my library has already expanded, he will still be months behind. But that would be a dick move, especially to drop them all in the same order.

[dj matt blaze]

Ripping off a tracklist and ripping off a mix are 2 different things. Just because you get the tracklist doesn't mean you are going to mix it the exact same way. Whats from stopping anyone from taking any DJ mix and calling it their own anyway? Its not surprising that elitist snobby DJ wouldn't want to share tracks or tracklists, its going right along with their view that everyting is about them. I would never have a problem sharing a track.

[squidot]

I mean, lets say you give a local DJ a tracklist and he rips it off and calls it his own. Still A-OK?

that's a really big stretch and no i don't think it's a-ok but to me that is not a valid reason to not share track lists. i mean we may as well never mix or create anything if we went around with that attitude all the time. besides, that can happen even if you don't put up a list. another dj could easily download or rip your soundcloud mix and just put it up as their own and it would be no different. if they have the tracklist, got the songs, and then even mixed them in the same order...well, at least they still did some amount of work to recreate it. i don't agree with it in even the slightest bit, but i'm not gonna spend any time worrying about something that is very likely not going to occur.

[seitz]

in the days before digital i can see giving away tracks being hurtful (due to the best djs having the newest tracks first because they were vinyl or what not)

but now that its all downloads...i dont see it hurting if someone has the same track you do

[ksandvik]

Just getting tracks played is a big victory in today's world of music -- don't exactly expect to make money from releases.

Speaking of which: http://soundcloud.com/quarkwaves

[Bl4ck3n3D]

I don't think I would refuse to reveal my track list if someone asked as I myself am a producer and from a producer's perspective, I would very much like for others to share my work.

It is only through this common courtesy may we grow and expand our audience. To horde tracks without revealing the artist behind them, is selfish and only serves to feed the ego of the DJ. Sharing experience and knowledge, or in this case music, can only better all parties involved as we connect off of each other's discoveries, creating a larger pool of our own as we add songs and reduce as required.

[tokenasianguy]

I mean, lets say you give a local DJ a tracklist and he rips it off and calls it his own. Still A-OK?

Just a tracklist?

A tracklist isn't intellectual property...You can't "own" a tracklist. Besides, anyone that's well versed in the same genre might be able to figure it out without you "giving it" to them. Not to mention we have smartphone apps that can figure out the songs in a mix set. It's a futile attempt to protect something that a DJ doesn't own to begin with.