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Posted by Radders2003 on Nov-17-2004 14:20:

Good set of vinyls for beginner?

Hi,

Just bought my first ever decks! I'm now looking for some vinyls. I've seen loads of vinyl's for sale on ebay. Is this set of vinyls good for TRANCE. I don't like hard house or house that much, just trance. Just thought i would ask your experts to make sure the tracks listed are all trance and are actually good.

Sorry if i posted in the wrong section.

Chris.

Vinyl Selection

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-17-2004 14:32:

The very first rule of DJing is only play what you like. If you play what other people like you won't get anywhere. That said, I wouldn't buy those vinyls.

Posted by Radders2003 on Nov-17-2004 14:36:

Thanks. I like any trance, literally any kind of trance. What would you suggest doing? How did you get your first trance vinyls?

I've already bought Art Of Trance - Madagascar, Dumonde - Never Look Back & Alex Morph - Flaming Clouds.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-17-2004 14:40:

Well one thing you learn the hard way about buying records is never, ever, buy anything you haven't heard. So you want to listen to lots of livesets, trance compilations, radio and occasionally music TV. Try to listen to samples on websites and things like that. If you hear something you like, find it on single and buy it.

A lot of online record stores let you listen to samples, then buy the single, which is really helpful, as you don't have to trawl round shops looking for singles, and you know what the track sounds like. If you like a tune by a producer, try and find the artist album the tune is from, because there's a good bet you'll like a lot of the other tracks on the album.

Posted by placebo on Nov-17-2004 14:48:

Most of the records I have I found digging through crates at used music stores.

I found alot of gems in there, for prices that were unbelievable.

I usually find out about most of my stuff by listening to internet radio (www.ets-global.org) or downloading livesets (www.djmixes2k.com)

And just about every record store online has samples.

And don't buy those records from that auction haha.

Posted by Radders2003 on Nov-17-2004 14:52:

lol. Ok thank you for your help.

I was thinking of buying 2 records the same, like a paul van dyk one. I read on recess.co.uk about this, helps you to DJ also. Ok, i will be looking around and listenign to different tracks. Thanks

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-17-2004 14:56:

Two records can help you phase-match, and you can mess about with the structure of the track and do a live re-edit if you're good enough.

If you're starting out, I seriously recommend you buy this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...7760436-4933469

...it's absolutely full of everything you need to know about DJing.

Posted by svens_bath on Nov-17-2004 14:57:

its quite easy to learn to betamatch with hard house or pumping trance cos your pretty much dealing with a steady bassline. maybe you should pick up a couple of these tracks to help you practice?

Posted by Cloud on Nov-17-2004 15:08:

Hear to some samples first...
http://www.juno.co.uk/

-GtR-

Posted by Radders2003 on Nov-17-2004 15:18:

Thanks. You lot have been really helpful.

GtR, i love ur sig

Posted by tu_face on Nov-17-2004 15:25:

you need to go here immediatly:

www.chemical-records.co.uk

check out some tracks, they have 3:29 samples, much better than juno's 1:30

Posted by Radders2003 on Nov-17-2004 15:59:

Thank you mate.

Posted by Psiweaver on Nov-17-2004 16:37:

ya just pop around online look for some great tracks that you really like the sound of. Also if you have a local record store head over there and browse through there bins nothing quite like feeling the vinyl in your hands plus your supporting your local scene.

Posted by Exodus17 on Nov-17-2004 16:38:

that DJ Darra one is Dnb unless theres another DJ with that name

one way to find tracks is to search for samples on the internet, i used to use a p2p program like kazaa or soulseek, do a search on trance music or a certain artist and check out the results.

if you try that you'll want to have virus protection cus you can get some comp killers if ur not carefull and im not kidding - my computer wont even read the windowsXP instalation cd

but if youve got protection its a good way to find tracks, altho its not always 100%, sometimes you look for a track and end up with something totally random. dont always get what ur looking for unless you keep trying

but yea, if u find a track you like, make a list so you can go out and find them on vinyl, saves you from buying a record youve never heard that you end up regretting - which sucks cus records arent always cheap

Posted by DJ_Ikronix on Nov-17-2004 18:44:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Well one thing you learn the hard way about buying records is never, ever, buy anything you haven't heard.

If DJ Shadow wasn't alive, he'd get out of his grave and kill you.

Posted by keithos27 on Nov-17-2004 22:51:

I have about 30 vinyls for sale...most either brand new/uplayed or mint. PM me if you are interested. I live in New York City.

Cheers,
Keith

Posted by dartman on Nov-18-2004 07:07:

quote:
Originally posted by tu_face
you need to go here immediatly:

www.chemical-records.co.uk

check out some tracks, they have 3:29 samples, much better than juno's 1:30

exactly what i was going to say. go there NOW!

Posted by Cosmic Realm on Nov-18-2004 07:27:

like 95% of ALL my trance records are from Chemical-records...

and that other 5% is from this local shop that was open the first couple of months i started DJ-ing about 4 years ago and soon after it closed down... so i just started buying from there...

best place to get Trance records imo...

Posted by dj jasonF on Nov-18-2004 12:50:

yea chemicalrecords.co.uk is the best for trance as far as i know...

just make sure to buy records you like... you can start with some classics on ebay just like i did... i knew the tracks and i wanted to buy them on vinyl and it turned out its was the best way to start.

and dont be afraid to leave the record store with out buying something... (if you dont find something good that is)

Posted by Radders2003 on Nov-18-2004 17:28:

Thank you. My mates brotehr is also sellign trance vinyl, i might have a look at them too. At the moment i will buy a couple of classics from ebay then start to look at chemical brothers and my local record store. Thanks again.

Posted by tu_face on Nov-18-2004 17:38:

ive got a shit-load of old vinyl that i will be getting rid of soon, i'm only really looking for 2-3 quid per record (except for the odd one here and there), pm me if your interested and i will send you a spreadsheet i've knocked up listing all the titles/artists/labels.

they are all 1-3 years old, quite a few classics in there, no new stuff or owt

Posted by D Dubya on Nov-18-2004 18:36:

You guys knock those packages on ebay, but let me tell you a little story. I bought one of those lots (everything in the lot was named, no surprises). Bought it for like 30 bucks for 30 records. I bought the lot for only 3 out of those 30, RARE vinyls. Got em, found a couple more I liked out of the group and ended up way ahead in the deal. I would suggest not automatically discounting lots. Look through them, sometimes there's some stuff in there that would be near to impossible to get otherwise.

Speaking of which, if anyone wants the other 24-25 records out of that lot that I don't want, I will sell em cheap