hands up if you DON’T rely on blogs/charts/et al to buy music
how many other ppl on here just dig through new releases to find the gems and rely on their own ears?
instead of buying that weeks ‘must haves’ according to charts and blogs…
i know there are various threads on the ‘how do you find music’ tip, but not from this angle, they’re all asking for blogs to check out…
i use them as a guide some times. but maybe once every couple of weeks.
most of the stuff i get is by unknown people, or just small scale stuff and free eps from new labels.
at least thats how ive been going for the past couple of months
I’m a huge fan of RA and their reviews, they are usually spot on for what I’m into. With that being said,I still do copious amounts of digging on my own, just use RA as way to see if anything as slipped through the cracks.
i second that, theory28. blogs are a good indicator for new artists/lables and what to look for next 
never the less, the diging is too much fun to leave it to other people alone
I usually check labels blogs and incoming tracks on soundcloud. easy way to keep track of whats going on
raises hand.
there was a couple years there in 08-09 that i acquired almost all of my music from blogs.
it’s not worth it to rely on them. not only is it way more time consuming because it’s 99% garbage to sift through, but even if the tracks are new and hyped up - you’re basically limiting yourself to playing tunes out of someone else’s record bag versus an entire store’s selection.
i’m not against getting the odd track here and there from a blog, but i pretty much only use them now if i’m redirected by a link that’s posted from an artist page on facebook or whatever.
Since I don’t personally know any of the artists I’ve got in my library, I have to rely on blogs and suggestions to even know that EDM exists. Of course, I use my ears to decide if I like the tracks I’m presented, and still spend hours digging for that one gem.
Dig dig dig!! It’s the one thing you learn from going into a record shop and digging through loads of vinyl!! Blogs didn’t exist when I started looking for tunes!!!
I’m bout 90/10 digging to blogs.
mixmag buzz chart…? But yeah agree with this totally.
I’ve managed to separate myself from the hype to the point these days I don’t know if a track I’ve picked up is big or not…
It’s all about the digging and finding your own music for me!
Digging is half the fun, but it does take some time though.
takes alot longer now I find. Stupid digital making it easier to release stuff…
j/k 
Find a few people I like on soundcloud, and then look at people they like because I know I’ll be able to find more people I like.
Then I buy loads of it.
To me the few blogs that I use are part of my digging routine. It’s like that one records shop where you always had a guy that knew what you liked and recommended good stuff for you.
Blogs, artist twitter feeds, soundcloud, etc. all count as a first step in digging to me. I use them as a springboard to start looking for sounds and artists. I don’t necessarily see a difference between digging and reading a blog or going to, say beatport, and use an artist I like to start branching out and finding those “hidden” gems. Of course, if were to just automatically buy whatever the blogger suggests, I’d be cheating myself. I love my music too much to do that.
so much more satisfying to dig and find a track… then for it to become popular AFTER youve already been playing it.
I pretty much only dig to find tracks. Sometimes if there’s stuff I like in podcasts that have track listings I’ll buy stuff from there though.
Honestly, I don’t find many blogs to be all that useful. There’s a few, but most of the time they report back on whatever flavor of the week. The few that highlight new artists and such, most of the time it’s not stuff I enjoy listening to.
I mainly go to the big charts to see what’s out there. Frankly, the charts are there because generally the tunes up there, are good. But there’s always the diamonds you only find by digging hard, and mixing that up between the stuff that people know is beauty.
hookups thru labels. youtube. actual taste in tunes helps too. if you need someone to tell you whats good, listen to the radio