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Posted by Maka08 on Nov-19-2008 21:20:

How do you guys keep up?

So i was wondering how do all you EDM heads keep up with the latest track/album releases? Are there some websites that always mention new releases?

Posted by david.michael on Nov-19-2008 21:23:

This one.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-19-2008 21:26:

I don't, mostly. What I do sample doesn't convince me very well to get back into keeping up, since it often seems like the two extremes of cheesepop and spare emotion-free throwaway beats are the two most popular kinds of dance music right now.

Posted by david.michael on Nov-19-2008 21:27:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I don't, mostly. What I do sample doesn't convince me very well to get back into keeping up, since it often seems like the two extremes of cheesepop and spare emotion-free throwaway beats are the two most popular kinds of dance music right now.

Why are you looking at what's popular?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-19-2008 21:28:

quote:
Originally posted by david.michael
Why are you looking at what's popular?

Yeah, maybe I have just grown lazy in my searching.

Posted by daphunky1 on Nov-19-2008 23:27:

Well I sure don't "keep up". It's harder than ever these days with my edm tastes much wider, and the the easy access to being a producer, meaning many more releases...but i use this site and then I just sort of wander around beatport for something I like. If I find something I just spread out from there.

Posted by Clovis on Nov-19-2008 23:42:

beatport, RA, discogs, charts

I browse beatport new releases once every 3 days at least

Posted by Subtle on Nov-19-2008 23:44:

I only look for releases made by artists im already fan of.

Too much music out there to keep up with all the new music coming out.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-19-2008 23:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Subtle
I only look for releases made by artists im already fan of.

Posted by Subtle on Nov-19-2008 23:53:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles

Im a fan of alot.

Posted by ReclusNdangrmnt on Nov-20-2008 00:02:

Yeah, I keep tabs on the Beatport New Releases, as well as reading the New Release threads a couple subforums down.

Posted by -FSP- on Nov-20-2008 00:16:

there are literally hundreds of releases for every genre released daily.

realistically, it's hard to keep up.

i just use word of mouth (like in this forum), try and get lucky by surfing beatport new releases, or see what other djs are playing.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Nov-20-2008 01:55:

Beatport (and there are a lot of ways to keep up using Beatport), live sets/promo mixes/podcasts, charts, the new releases sub forum, radio broadcasts, and mix compilations.

So yeah, pretty much everything everyone else said.

Even then, it's a challenge to stay on top of things, especially if you're trying to divide up your time between new releases and browsing the much larger back catalogue selections for all the gems you may have missed months/years ago.

Posted by TranceArmstrong on Nov-20-2008 04:42:

digging through a whole lot of mediocrity on beatport

checking RA and other blogs

downloading a lot of random shit by artists I've never heard of

trying to listen to as many mixed comps as I can because if I like it I will almost always support the artists and buy singles from it

Posted by mehta on Nov-21-2008 01:30:

communities & cross-referencing