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Could anybody give me any Advice on how to select best trance to buy. in order to build a set. Becouse Im downloading and putting onto cd what I think will work. I Only end up using about half of what I buy?

Whats the best way to go about Buying?
Im fine if it's vinyl Becouse I know the styles im buying. And there is only so much out there new that is around.
Thanks,

I think the only thing you can do is review your own selection process.

I used to do the same - some of the stuff I have on CD I can't explain why I ever burnt it!

TBH I used to buy vinyl the same way - some of the vinyl I had I would never have purchased a second time around.

It's all part of the learning curve.

Yeah you never stop learning. im not sure if this part of it. but im not into the commercial stuff that van buuren and that play.

But a lot more darker and deeper very much like M.I.K.E use to play!

Listen to podcasts or online radio shows and whenever you hear a track that you like, write its name down. Then when you see it on the online store, buy it and cross it off the list. If you don't like a track, chances are you're not going to play it. Granted I've bought a few tracks that I liked but don't listen to all that much. However, there are only a few of those out of a few hundred.

Well, sounds like you know what you want - I'd just stick at it - and learn from the trial and error.

Im always listening to shows but nearly all of it is cermercial though. I think Markus schulz does play awesome stuff.But something really differant shows are Marcel woods or Ruben De Ronde

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Originally posted by virtual24 dark Im always listening to shows but nearly all of it is commercial though. I think Markus schulz does play awesome stuff.But something really different shows are Marcel woods or Ruben De Ronde

There are plenty of online radio stations out there. Don't be afraid to go to one and just listen to it even if it is not a big-name DJ's show.

Can I ask What kind of style do you spin?

Just keep buying the music you love, u can't make a set instantly from every track u buy, just keep collecting and collecting until one day u have a selection which can be transformed into full dj-mix.. that's what I do..

For example I bought some tracks today which are awesome and I'd really really like to feature those on my next months promo mix, but after testing them out I can't get them mixed well to anything I have in my collection but I know that one day I'll get some new tunes which can be melted to these I got today and then new roads open for making a set.

And yes.. try using Mixed In Key software, it really helps out for creating and planning a mix!

Hope this helped

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Originally posted by Polt Listen to podcasts or online radio shows and whenever you hear a track that you like, write its name down. Then when you see it on the online store, buy it and cross it off the list. If you don't like a track, chances are you're not going to play it. Granted I've bought a few tracks that I liked but don't listen to all that much. However, there are only a few of those out of a few hundred.

Best advice so far IMO

Re: Track Selection

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Originally posted by virtual24 dark Could anybody give me any Advice on how to select best trance to buy. in order to build a set. Becouse Im downloading and putting onto cd what I think will work. I Only end up using about half of what I buy? Whats the best way to go about Buying? Im fine if it's vinyl Becouse I know the styles im buying. And there is only so much out there new that is around. Thanks,

Don't you just buy music for pure listening value?

I agree with you there. A lot of the time you just have to wait till you get enough tracks!
In my mind once you develope your own style I thnk it will just be a matter of time before you start to use those tracks that have been lying around. But when your there trying to put together what you brought It can get frustrating Especially if you really can't wait to mix it!

No I've Never really done that Since I got into EDM.everything I hear is mixed.thats just how I started Its like when I First brought Vinyl Back in 2006 I brought it becouse I new that was what I wonted to mix. But I wouldn't just play through those Becouse I know what thay where before I brought them. I get though about 4 to 5 hours of trance a day that would be radio shows.

I have actually placed a limit on myself with regards to what I buy everymonth. It has made me much more careful about what I buy and has helped me retain my relationship with music even in MP3 format.

Think about where a track would go in a set in terms of energy and flow etc. and then work out what you are missing... admittedly harder when you are first starting out.

Cheers
Nem

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 I have actually placed a limit on myself with regards to what I buy everymonth. It has made me much more careful about what I buy and has helped me retain my relationship with music even in MP3 format.

I do this as well, and still probably use less than half the stuff I buy. It's just the way it is with buying stuff online and not being able to hear the whole thing in perfect quality - some stuff sounds more promising from the clip online than it turns out to be, etc and some of it you always mean to play but just never find the right chance!

And some stuff sounds great right up until you actually try mixing it, when you realise the mastering's awful or it doesn't fit with your other tunes as well as you thought.

At the end of the day I don't see a couple of quid as too much to gamble on whether a tune will be as good as I hope it will from the sample. If I get one stonking tune, that easily makes up for a couple of duds in my eyes.

Mp3 format

I Agree with you it is exactly like that! But it's not that I have just started out mixing cds. The problem came when I had to buy all my music. I am ashamed to admit it but all the stuff I downloaded I got for free. The reason I did this was simply becouse I spent so much money on Vinyl + cd. I just could not afford buy downloads.

Anyway as new vinyl relases this year have got less and less and is all now virtualy just samplers of the labels most populer tracks.
So not much varity when chosing.

About 3 mounths ago I started to buy my mp3s so thay are proper legel. But becouse of all the suff I had got before I felt I could not mix what I had brought with I got free so thats whay I did not have meny tracks to play with.

One of the reasons I asked the question was to see what kind of advice you guys dish out.as I don't post much on here.Must say the advice is first class.
Thanks for the advice everyone!

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