Where do you get your music from?

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Posted by phobosCGS on Dec-04-2005 21:38:

Where do you get your music from?

I noticed the vast majority of people here have incredible amounts of music and know a lot of tracks that the general population and people not really into electronic music would ever hear. There are all sorts of tracks, albums and ever artists that I have never heard of.

I want to expand what I listen to. So please tell me where do you find music. Do you buy it online, at stores, stream from radio, download live sets? Are there specifc sites you visit?

Basically what I'm trying to get at is to find out the sources for discovering the enormous amount of music out there.

Posted by slinkyhead on Dec-04-2005 21:45:

i personally listen to quite alot of livesets and try and get the songs i like off them.

Once you find an artist you like it's pretty easy to branch out by looking at who they remix for, or get remixed by, and who they do colaborations with.

Also just listening to things on online music stores.

Posted by cryptic_reign on Dec-04-2005 21:54:

listen to Livesets

Also, I go to the local record store and pick out several records that look good, and sample them on the stores turntables before purchasing... but I have spent over $200 in the past three weeks buying records.

Posted by DJ Sarah H on Dec-04-2005 22:17:

listen to online radio shows too

check the sticky at the top of this forum for info about live broadcasts

also try www.etn.fm

trance and prog channels plus a chatroom where u can talk to other fans and some of the dj's that play for the station

Posted by Nayil on Dec-05-2005 02:48:

Re: Where do you get your music from?

quote:
Originally posted by phobosCGS

Basically what I'm trying to get at is to find out the sources for discovering the enormous amount of music out there.

r u an fbi ? fbi is yet to explore the trance genre

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Dec-05-2005 03:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Wicked Neo
listen to online radio shows too

check the sticky at the top of this forum for info about live broadcasts

also try www.etn.fm

trance and prog channels plus a chatroom where u can talk to other fans and some of the dj's that play for the station

Aren't you a dj for etn? This equals self advertising and qualifies as spam. You are banned.

SIKE! I'm just pushing your buttons.

Posted by yujie__ on Dec-05-2005 03:32:

Posted by 604trancejunkie on Dec-05-2005 03:33:

all my music come from "trance traffic" .com

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Dec-05-2005 03:52:

Take a wild fucking guess.

Posted by Floorfiller on Dec-05-2005 03:53:

don't listen to live sets...if you want to expand your tastes dig around in online record shops...

Posted by Ygrene on Dec-05-2005 03:55:

All the music I get comes from:

dancerecords.com
juno.co.uk
planetxusa.com
germantrance.com
and
beatport.com

I check the new releases for the vinyl sites everyday and I check Beatport maybe once every two weeks.

Posted by Ygrene on Dec-05-2005 03:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
don't listen to live sets...if you want to expand your tastes dig around in online record shops...

Srsly? I was just going to say, I need to listen to more live sets.....I never do and I was thinking it would help me expnad my horizons/mixing.

Posted by phobosCGS on Dec-05-2005 04:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
All the music I get comes from:

dancerecords.com
juno.co.uk
planetxusa.com
germantrance.com
and
beatport.com

I check the new releases for the vinyl sites everyday and I check Beatport maybe once every two weeks.

Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I didn't even know there was something like this.

I'll add this to listening to DI and ETN.fm

Yu mentioned you were mixing. You sample records here and buy them exclusivly? I don't know of any places around where I live where I could physically try out vinyl.

Posted by Floorfiller on Dec-05-2005 04:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Srsly? I was just going to say, I need to listen to more live sets.....I never do and I was thinking it would help me expnad my horizons/mixing.

hehe well do what you want of course . but i pretty much do what you do on the sites above ...of course listening to live sets is a good idea...i just think it needs to be combined with the digging .

when i listen to live sets i find that tune i like and then i go find it and other tunes by that artist at the record stores...then i check their aliases...then i check other tunes on the labels their releasing etc...so i guess yeah i listen to live sets too, to get me looking in the right directions...

Posted by idoru on Dec-05-2005 04:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
hehe well do what you want of course . but i pretty much do what you do on the sites above ...of course listening to live sets is a good idea...i just think it needs to be combined with the digging .

when i listen to live sets i find that tune i like and then i go find it and other tunes by that artist at the record stores...then i check their aliases...then i check other tunes on the labels their releasing etc...so i guess yeah i listen to live sets too, to get me looking in the right directions...

It's always been a tough choice for me, as far as trying hard not to mimick what I'm hearing in livesets. I do more digging now rather than listening to livesets (although I do still listen to a fair amount), and I've found that it's a lot better for me; I've found tracks that I haven't heard anywhere else, and have (at least in my opinion/from what I've heard recently) come up with my own fairly unique sound.

Of course, it's all up to what one chooses to do for themselves.

Posted by Sykonee on Dec-05-2005 06:06:

I just dig. I'm addicted to the hunt.

Added: I've also been getting promotional material lately as well. It helps to have an inside connection or to be part of a pool.

Posted by _Ocean_Drive_ on Dec-05-2005 11:53:

Beatport
iTunes (vastly improved EDM selection)
3beat

Posted by montana on Dec-05-2005 12:37:

well someone has to say it. i download most stuff (and it hell ain't on some legal way) but i also buy music on vinyl & on cd

Posted by Ygrene on Dec-05-2005 14:07:

quote:
Originally posted by phobosCGS

Yu mentioned you were mixing. You sample records here and buy them exclusivly? I don't know of any places around where I live where I could physically try out vinyl.

I sample them there and buy them there. I rarely ever buy at a shop because A. I don't know where one is lol and B. I usually come up empty-handed or the purchases i make are 'forced'....and by that I mean, I pressure myslef to find a record to buy and then i usually end up buying something i normally wouldnt and i never play it.

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller

when i listen to live sets i find that tune i like and then i go find it and other tunes by that artist at the record stores...then i check their aliases...then i check other tunes on the labels their releasing etc...so i guess yeah i listen to live sets too, to get me looking in the right directions...

Yeah, that's what I need to start doing lol

Posted by Psychotron on Dec-05-2005 14:35:

www.audiojelly.com is one of the best ive found for both price and the qualilty of the samples plus selection. I just listen to the latest trance tracks every so often. if i like it i buy it, if im not sure, i do something naughty listen to it then buy it.

Posted by Reactic on Dec-05-2005 14:54:

quote:
Originally posted by phobosCGS
Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I didn't even know there was something like this.

www.astralmusic.nl

best site for samples! listen there to the whole track/album when available with samples.

Posted by zoric on Dec-05-2005 14:55:

The best way of exploring trance is listeing to livesets on radiostations. It's pretty hard to listen to everything, that'll include every liveset ofcourse.

But if you're interested always check out ETN.FM and DI.FM - They've got some really good shows even though I'm not a fan of most of DI's shows.

Check it out and choose your genre.

Posted by Aquarian on Dec-05-2005 15:15:

A blend of livesets and download sites.

I listen to livesets, write down the tracks I like, then I go on sites like audiojelly or beatport and search for those artists to find similar tracks. Or sometimes when I have time to burn I just go on sampling frenzies and listen to random tracks on those sites.

Posted by bananas on Dec-05-2005 15:42:

Posted by Cosmic on Dec-05-2005 15:44:

Sites:

http://www.djmixes2k.com/index2.php
to dl livesets

http://www.binsearch.info/

http://releases.mp3-tunes.nl/frontpage.php
to check releases

and ofcourse different fora, like ukta, ta, clubcharts.nl

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