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Posted by hugmac on Jul-20-2009 23:22:

Where do you find music?

Hi!

It always amazes me when I think I have found a new, really cool track that very few have heard of, then Google it to find out that it was played several months ago by at least one or two more or less well known DJs. This brings me to my question.

How do you find new music?

I have the usual tabs listing new releases from several of the major download sites like Juno, Traxsource, Trackitdown, Beatport and so forth, that I regularly check. Yes, I do skip through a lot of DJ sets every week. Still I seem to miss out on a lot of good, fresh new music, usually to be discovered months later. That is frustrating.

Really into Minimal, Tribal, Tech type of House at the moment.
Tips on where to find fresh music are very welcome

Regards,
Hugmac

Posted by alexf on Jul-20-2009 23:23:

not gonna tell you

actually, forget the usual places

Posted by hugmac on Jul-20-2009 23:32:

Haha, I guess it has to be learnt the hard way, and that is perhaps why few people want to share their sources! Thanks for your answer anyway

Posted by Lews on Jul-20-2009 23:51:

I swear there is a new thread about this every week.

Posted by Demoted on Jul-21-2009 00:05:

Dig through record shops.

Dig through the interscapes.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jul-21-2009 00:09:

Yep. You have to dig now more than ever. Much more music and much more coverage of tracklists and sets.

Posted by sljiva on Jul-21-2009 00:12:

It must be a tragedy to find out that the track you've just heard and enjoyed is actually couple of months old. And that all the djs have already played it!!! Oh, the tragedy! It automatically downgrades its rating and discards it towards "tracks older than couple of months that nobody even mentions anymore" folder.

Posted by Adam420 on Jul-21-2009 00:13:

quote:
Originally posted by alexf

actually, forget the usual places

This.

A lot of stuff that gets played these days is promotional stuff that doesn't get released until several weeks/months (and believe it or not, in some cases years) after.

Posted by Magnetonium on Jul-21-2009 00:13:

How do I find good music? Well, its a proper combination of good things.

For me, its:

Discogs + friends + Itunes + Music CD / record stores + one specific p2p program which I am not going to tell you

Posted by Adam420 on Jul-21-2009 00:14:

quote:
Originally posted by sljiva
It must be a tragedy to find out that the track you've just heard and enjoyed is actually couple of months old. And that all the djs have already played it!!! Oh, the tragedy! It automatically downgrades its rating and discards it towards "tracks older than couple of months that nobody even mentions anymore" folder.

pffft

I don't listen to anything unless it came out that week

Posted by Adam420 on Jul-21-2009 00:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Magnetonium

one specific p2p program which I am not going to tell you

I bet it's eMule

Posted by Magnetonium on Jul-21-2009 00:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
I bet it's eMule

No, but I'll give you a hint - it was founded by one of the Napster guys right after Napster was taken over by RIAA folks. Its the greatest p2p program known to man ... and I've never ever even needed to use those jaded torrents.

Posted by wotyzoid on Jul-21-2009 01:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Magnetonium

No, but I'll give you a hint - it was founded by one of the Napster guys right after Napster was taken over by RIAA folks. Its the greatest p2p program known to man ... and I've never ever even needed to use those jaded torrents.

fckin slsk bro!

Soulseek rocks if you want to be a criminal.

Posted by Polt on Jul-21-2009 01:13:

I listen to a bunch of mixes/podcasts and browse beatport/download stores. Regularly checking artist/record label websites is good too.

Posted by woscar on Jul-21-2009 02:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
This.

A lot of stuff that gets played these days is promotional stuff that doesn't get released until several weeks/months (and believe it or not, in some cases years) after.

This was pretty much what I was going to reply when I read the OP.

Also, I don't get people's obsession with release dates when they look for music. If it's good, play it.

Posted by andrewevenstar on Jul-21-2009 05:38:

ASOT
Discogs
Amazon reviews
Soul Seek
Trance Traffic
Songmeanings.net
Tranceaddict

Posted by kadomony on Jul-21-2009 05:41:

lol slsk

Posted by weymouth on Jul-21-2009 05:43:

I got a couple podcasts and weekly/bi-weekly/monthly shows I check out. I don't DJ anymore so it isn't that big of a deal and I only spend maybe $20-$30 a month on music.

I mainly like to catch up with older albums/comps that I missed or that I illegally downloaded when I was young and buy now. I don't take many risks when it comes to music as my budget is limited. It's become less a hobby that I once had and more of something I just listen to when I need some music.

Posted by Minimalism on Jul-21-2009 06:12:

I like last fm. U just enter in the genres u wanna listen to and it will play new releases as well as old stuff I never heard. Another good thing is that it also has iTunes link to the song that's now playing.

Posted by Ian on Jul-21-2009 06:38:

quote:
Originally posted by andrewevenstar
ASOT

there there. there there. there there.

Posted by alexf on Jul-21-2009 08:37:

quote:
Originally posted by hugmac
Haha, I guess it has to be learnt the hard way, and that is perhaps why few people want to share their sources! Thanks for your answer anyway

just think about the irony of the phrase "beatport exclusive"

Posted by TranceArmstrong on Jul-21-2009 08:56:

I just concede the fact that a DJ has played an awesome choon before...and If it grabs me, I'll play it and work it into my own sets however. Besides, lately I've been all over the place between house, techno, disco, even italo to worry about whether a track has been overplayed or not.

beatport
blogs
listen to mixes every so often from respected DJs or DJs I haven't heard much but would like to - example I just listened to a John Daly mix and it was a gold mine of stuff I'd spin

Posted by hugmac on Jul-21-2009 09:37:

Thanks for all the answers, some good tips here

So, after all, I am wrong. My thoughts of legal sites and programs that constantly give out fresh music, even unreleased tracks, don't exist, at least not to the general public. I have tried Soundcloud, Last FM ect... But, I often end up feeling that there is to much uninteresting music on there. I guess I have to be satisfied with that.

It is a bit releaving to know that so many others also spend a lot of time and money on finding new music.

Regards,
Hugmac

Posted by daeus on Jul-21-2009 14:35:

I think theres always going to be tracks that you stumble upon years after its release, it constantly happens to me, kind of a good thing because it suggests allot of diversity!

Going through DJ tracklists is a good way of finding new tracks though..

Posted by euphoria on Jul-21-2009 15:18:

It finds me

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