How do you guys feel about GIVING AWAY TRACKS?

[Hermes]

I don't worry about people stealing/duplicating someones tracklist. If that DJ has no talent, it will come to show eventually.

As for sharing tracks in general, do it as much as possible. One of our jobs(but certainly not the most important one) as DJs is also to educate.

[haze324]

Telling someone the name of a song?

I'd tell that freely to anyone --- it's simply just the name of a song. I'll go even further, I opened for a pretty popular guy where I live one night and the guy killed it....played some awesome personal edits. I was having a drink with him in the booth and mentioned his last track was great work, he took down my email and send me about 10 of his personal edits and said use them anytime man, and out of respect I'll only play them places that I know he doesn't play at. I just can't imagine why you would protect the name of an openly avaiable song.

[chicomodo]

Guys you all have some excelent views and opinions and respect them all.
But to find that specific song, that rhythm and combination of bongo's and sax that nobody listened to and you always make a set that underground hit always tear the dancefloor apart.
Why you should give it so easily to someone else?
There is a lot of smartphone apps that do this trick, but why you should give the bigger part of your work to anyone?

[ksandvik]

Guys you all have some excelent views and opinions and respect them all.
But to find that specific song, that rhythm and combination of bongo's and sax that nobody listened to and you always make a set that underground hit always tear the dancefloor apart.
Why you should give it so easily to someone else?
There is a lot of smartphone apps that do this trick, but why you should give the bigger part of your work to anyone?

I doubt that many club goers would notice this, not even the most eager fans would recognize using sets and tracks others have used...

I think this is a perfect example of where DJs thinks one way and the audience something totally different.

[elliot1106]

Yes, because the track a producer made is your hard work

[JesC]

http://serato.com/playlists/Dj_JesC & http://serato.com/playlists/Dj_JesC/7-31-11 i usually post my playlist, its not what you play, its how you play it.

[squidot]

Guys you all have some excelent views and opinions and respect them all.
But to find that specific song, that rhythm and combination of bongo's and sax that nobody listened to and you always make a set that underground hit always tear the dancefloor apart.
Why you should give it so easily to someone else?
There is a lot of smartphone apps that do this trick, but why you should give the bigger part of your work to anyone?

i'm sorry but i guess i don't consider finding and listening to music as work. i've been doing it my whole life, long before i ever became a dj. when i read people's comments who don't want to share song names because of their hard work, and not wanting to get ripped off, I can't help but to think they hold themselves in too high of a regard. not wanting to share that undermines the writers and producers, etc...the people who put in the real hard work for years to be able to make a good track. all you have to do is be on the computer for 30 mins and dig into the rabbit hole a little bit. i'm failing to see what's so hard about that. besides, most people are going to hate the underground track that you love, so why wouldn't you want to share it with people who actually care and have a love for that music too? plus, it's not only djs who are going to ask about tracks. are you really going to tell one of your few fans that you won't give them the name of a song because you worked so hard to find it? that seems like a pretty good way to lose a fan to me.

[shr3dder]

Guys you all have some excelent views and opinions and respect them all.
But to find that specific song, that rhythm and combination of bongo's and sax that nobody listened to and you always make a set that underground hit always tear the dancefloor apart.
Why you should give it so easily to someone else?
There is a lot of smartphone apps that do this trick, but why you should give the bigger part of your work to anyone?

Well.
Because, you didn't make it, put up the cash to release it or do anything other then play the music. If anything you should feel obliged to promote the track, its SOMEONE ELSE'S work. You've done jack shit compared to them and you've probably been paid for your performance that night, so it's the least you can do, especially seeing they probably won't see a cent from that "play" of the song.

I've never got this attitude. It's elitist and stupid even more so in a local DJ sense, I'm pretty sure in certain circumstances you'd be obliged by law, I've played big festivals before where I've had to submit a tracklist at the end of the set for the rights association of that country.

[Patch]

i'm sorry but i guess i don't consider finding and listening to music as work. i've been doing it my whole life, long before i ever became a dj. when i read people's comments who don't want to share song names because of their hard work, and not wanting to get ripped off, I can't help but to think they hold themselves in too high of a regard. not wanting to share that undermines the writers and producers, etc...the people who put in the real hard work for years to be able to make a good track. all you have to do is be on the computer for 30 mins and dig into the rabbit hole a little bit. i'm failing to see what's so hard about that. besides, most people are going to hate the underground track that you love, so why wouldn't you want to share it with people who actually care and have a love for that music too? plus, it's not only djs who are going to ask about tracks. are you really going to tell one of your few fans that you won't give them the name of a song because you worked so hard to find it? that seems like a pretty good way to lose a fan to me.

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Best post, in any thread, on any forum, EVER.

[chicomodo]

I agree with every post, but I know a guy that listen to 5000 songs weekly and focus on playing only the newest hits and so on.
And lives just doing it, and yes, he is living listening and playing to other people's song. Isn't that a work?
Yeah, the producers did all the work by making the tracks, but when we come to "professional musician" (using this term broadly, DJ is more a performer then a musician) is someone who lives from the music, pay taxes from it and so on.
Then yes, he is living through listening and playing other people's song.

And I never said that I don't and I won't give any song names. I play with Traktor, and anyone could see the name of the song that I'm playing. I just stated my opinion , didn't judged anyone here. Didn't said that is a foolish act to tell the name of songs. Didn't said that was a stupid move.

Playing, mixing are the final part of the DJing process. I listen, choose, pay, download, categorize, rate, organize and set the beatgrid before I even think of playing it. Playing it's the main part, obviously, but I doubt that someone here considers the time spent of searching music (even ASKING for music from others people) is throwing your time away. Organizing your library is a topic that always come back and forth on the DJTT blog.
Do not say that is "not a hard job to do". I often pass more than 2 hours on my library. It's not that joyful compared to mixing, but I have to do it. It's easier than producing music? Obviously. But is still a time well spent and will reward you in the future.