I want to sign up for the DJ music pools, to get new releases etc, quickly and with full proof that the music is legal. I’m looking for the one that has great hip hop/r&b collection, as well as good house/electro releases. I found few ones’ that i think are pretty good. They are:
starfleetmusic.com.
So my question is the following: in your opinion which one would u consider the best, or one of the best? Maybe you tried few of this, and think one definitely stands out out of all of them?
The help would be greatly appreciated !
From what i heard, djcity is the best…however just wanted to check maybe there is something else out there…
The cdpool is interesting however I didn’t find a lot of hip hop there…plus it’s UK, I live in Canada, it would be great for techno music, but for hip hop ( which is the mostly played genre here) it lacks the tracks.
If you’re looking for straight hip-hop with some mainstream then check out cicana.com. They get some good stuff plus hip-hop remixes (like luda on a rihanna track rather than a dance version of airplanes).
I was there for a bit and got some good stuff. Sometimes I join for a month, grab what I want, then cancel. Horrible, I know =)
i had djcity and it was cool…but i didnt want to sound like the rest of the dj’s playing nothing but edits and mush ups. Im looking at zipdj.com its a bit pricey but it can be worth it in the long run. I just wish i could be part of a free pool being that Im a working dj.
The sentences in bold (especially the last one) do really seem to mean that songs downloaded off this site can’t legally be used for DJ’ing for an audience, am I right?
Ohh wow, zipDj is out of the question now…I didn’t even see that…this is why u need to read everything carefully…
About djcity, unfortunately, yes, djcity isn’t very original, the problem is, that clubs in Canada (most of them) aren’t very original as well…and I am aiming to dj’ing at a club…I actually went to few of the clubs, not so long ago, and I knew every single song, except some Reggae, that they played…it’s kinda sad, because there are so many songs that aren’t made popular by damn radios, and they are wicked…but I remember one dj tried to do his thing, and I remember the floor wasn’t moving…than he switch to damn, mainstream, and everyone started dancing and having fun…it’s sad in my opinion. However that’s how it is here…
Also, whitelabel.net will be perfect since I have serato.
You guys do realize the whole point of a record pool is to break new songs right? @StephanV - that would kinda of defeat the purpose of it even being a DJ pool correct? You have to give a review of songs if you’re a Club DJ - therefore what are you going to do? Just listen to the songs yourself then guess how a club would react to it?
I’m a member of zipDJ - so I believe I have a tiny clue of what I’m talking about.
I do realize that’s the whole point, and that’s why I don’t understand why they included that in their Terms of Use. When people from my country’s copyright office (or whatever you call that) come check on my music library they’re gonna ask where I got all my digital music from, and 9 out of 10 they will never have heard about these pools.
What they’re probably going to do next is read these Terms of Use, and see that I was not allowed to spin these tunes live. Which leaves me with a huge fine, no matter what all the people on forums may have said. Because in the end, it’s just these Terms of Use that matter (assuming the aforementioned pool has valid Terms of Use, of course).
However, since these ToU seem to contradict the intention so much, I’m hoping I’m interpreting them wrong, which is why I posted this here: to get opinions from you guys with experience. And unfortunately, just being a member of zipDJ doesn’t quite provide the legal reassurance I need - no offence of course.
That sentence in bold seems to mean you can’t distribute copies of the music or at least that’s the way I understand it. It doesn’t say anything about performing.
The first one does indeed - although playing music for other people could in a way be understood as “provide through any means”.
What worries me most though is the second part, it’s pretty explicit: “the service is designed for personal sampling and use”. Ain’t nothing too ambiguous about that, right? DJ’ing to an audience doesn’t sound like anything personal to me?
there’s been a lot of discussion on pools before.. have a dig through the search function and you may find some extra info and other recommendations. there was also a main blog article too if i recall.
this happens in your country? that’s scary man. where you from? it would take them alot of paper-work and a good reason to be able to even look at my files in germany.
I’m from Belgium, and technically they don’t have the right to look into my stuff, but if I refuse they just call the police to do it for them, so it’s just a short delay really.
I’ve just sent an email to djcity with a couple of questions regarding copyright infringement with these pools for use outside the USA, I’ll post back if they reply with something useful!
itajeN, how much are you paying for zipDJ ?
You see, i heard a lot of people using djcity, and they dj at clubs, so I don’t think they are doing something illegal…however, zipDJ was a new discovery for me when i googled dj music pools.
