What do you find frustrating about discovering new music?

[SirReal]

I'm not sure I'd call Carl Cox or David Morales mainstream EDM DJs.

Totally serious, not sarcastic at all.

[djchriswoods.co.uk]

i hate filtering through the shear amount of awful tracks out there to find the gems...record stores used to filter the crap out from their distributer as they knew they couldn't sell it...sadly this filter is lacking nowadays as online stores allow anyone to sell their drivel

[SirReal]

i hate filtering through the shear amount of awful tracks out there to find the gems...record stores used to filter the crap out from their distributer as they knew they couldn't sell it...sadly this filter is lacking nowadays as online stores allow anyone to sell their drivel

truth!

[keithace]

I'm not sure I'd call Carl Cox or David Morales mainstream EDM DJs.

Totally serious, not sarcastic at all.

and sasha plays at ushuaia, Lawler at Sankeys, Carl Cox also plays at Amnesia, Dubfire at Pacha...I could go on and on...

I am going to start calling this dude Hillary. He only uses what fits his narrative. The fact that no one agrees with him and multiple people disagree with him should be a sign....but its not...he wants to be right.

I'm done...

[Stephen Nawlins]

I am going to start calling this dude Hillary. He only uses what fits his narrative. The fact that no one agrees with him and multiple people disagree with him should be a sign....but its not...he wants to be right

First of all: I am surprised that a moderator talks that way. I got a warning for less than calling someone Hillary

Then yes, the big Clubs not only Play EDM, but DC10 is the only one having (let's say nearly) no Mainstream in their Line-Up and with his capacity it makes 5,5%, soeven if you do not cosider Cox & Morales as Mainstream and you add the Space to that percentage you get a 16% and this is still a minority...the question is what is representative for the Music Scene? Is Ibiza representative enought?

What I just realized due to this discussion, is that You guys consider yourself, and the role of a DJ, way too important.
We are just a Little part of the whole mechanism. We are only Relays for other peoples Music, in no way we are Trendsetters...we relay allready existing Trends.

If we were soooo important, why do we still have to pay for Music??? Why do Labels not send us their records for free, like they do with Radio Stations so that the Songs get played and heard by our audience???

In the end it isn't important if we are Trendsetters or not.
I just hope noone will get hurt too hard having this Kind of illusions.
And as I said, I do not like the System as it is and if anyone can give me an example of a trend setted by a DJ nowadays it definitively would enlight my day.

You guys make interpretations and critics on my Posts like if we were enemies, sad, but we are not, we just have a different opinion...and NO I don't wanna be right I would even love to be totally wrong, but I think most of you should take off their Pink Sunglasses and face the reality...it doesn't hurt not to be a Trendsetter, it may just be your ego that gets hurt but it isn't lethal.

[SirReal]

Not sure if you're including me in the "you guys" stuff but I only made one statement in regards to Morales and Cox not being EDM DJ's and I don't feel it was inflamatory, just accurate. Also, just FYI, when DJ's reach a certain level (and it's it's not really that high) labels do give you their tracks for free. Not trying to have a go at you, just making a point.

[Stephen Nawlins]

Not sure if you're including me in the "you guys" stuff but I only made one statement in regards to Morales and Cox not being EDM DJ's and I don't feel it was imflamatory, just accurate. Also, just FYI, when DJ's reach a certain level (and it's it's not really that high) labels do give you their tracks for free. Not trying to have a go at you, just making a point.

It was about the whole discussion, please don't take it personally.
You are right they are not EDM but still Mainstream (I was relating my comment to some of keithace comments)

The fact with the Labels sending Songs to DJs, I agree but you have to get a certain Level allready...Localy known isn't enough for them, but as a Local Radio Station you allready get the Songs for free (well partly as you have to pay royalties for the airing of the Songs over here, but this is also the fact for Clubs or Events playing Music for Commercial use).

So there's no comparison between how Music Industry treats DJs and Radios. Even if I say since years, that what we do should be more interesting for Labels as the People come for an active consumation of Music to Clubs or Parties and most People listen passively to the Radio.

[Monkey Mouse]

Trackhunter,

I do a few things to really help me work faster and more efficient.

1) I use classic view, 150 songs per page.

2) I ignore compilations - mostly redundant

3) Anything with a "radio mix" is ignored

4) I use memory to see if new releases are by artists I like/already own


This has sped up my search 3-4x, and I rarely miss music to my liking.

Back in the record store days, you would have to remember what you listened to the prior visit (a good thing for memory) - but my store did have a system of moving things down the aisle so the new music was always in the same spot, week after week.

[maccwerk]

Excellent advice Monkey Mouse - I do the same and it really does help the workflow!

[Jester]

Delete all tracks from your collection not played in the last year.