Hey TA's.. I'm new, kind of. I've been reading the boards for a while and I just can't hold in my addiction any longer... :P
Anyway, my question deals with how I can progress with my DJ'ing beyond where I am now. I've got beatmatching down, but my mixing is still pretty basic.. I don't really know what I'm saying but I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about.
Plus, after about 6 months of spinning, my record bag basically looks like "Ferry Corsten's Greatest Hits", any suggestions for quality non-anthem tunes to fill out my set?

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Originally posted by J-PAX "Ferry Corsten's Greatest Hits", any suggestions for quality non-anthem tunes to fill out my set?

LOL .. My suggestion to you is you have to go into the shops and tell'em what you like (generally). Then they'll give you a stack of records to listen to. It's the only way to find things you obviously haven't heard Ferry play. I go into the local record store and I'll listen to maybe 40 different records and take home 3 of them. I've never heard of some of them, others I have. But damn they're good.

At first I bought all the anthems. Now, three months later (after getting beatmatching down), I am starting to develop my own style. I have made a swing towards a deeper side of trance/house. Something with a nice deep beat, mealody, break, maybe a vocal. Just remember to find stuff that you like. If every DJ played the same songs then I wouldn't even listen to music.

Deeper Trance/House
Interflow #6 - Kathaan (B side of Dutch Kiss)
Justin Scott Dixon - Pure (98 Remix)
Mainline - Innerspace
Maurice - Feline (Trancesetters Remix)
Maurice & Noble Ft. Jane Hadley - Faith Delivers
Praetorian - Released (Warrior Mix)

Progressive/Hard Trance
Voodoo & Serano - Blood Is Pumpin' (Club Mix)
D-Factor - The Wrong Shake (Jamie Anderson Remix)

Epic/Good 'ol Trance
Marc Aurel - Running (Dumonde Remix)

go to the record shop, and listen to a pile of no-name artist's stuff.. there's always some amazing stuff that people are missing out on, and tracks that were kind of lost in all the highly marketed stuff. Fill your set up with some of those. Try expanding the type of music you play too.. I always give some of the Tribal section a listen, and find there's actually a few good tracks that I was missing out on (and its not too different than trance in many cases). It also adds variety to yuor sets.

I think the only thing left to do is to go to record stores, choose and test the kind of music you really like, and buy them. Nothing else will matter. Don't buy a record just because it's an anthem or from Ferry Corsten..

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i agree w/ these guys.. go out to the record shops and talk to the guys that work their.. they usually are like an encyclopedia of tunes so they can know what you like.. and like tw1tch said.. out of a stack of 40 records, you'll probably hear a few you like.. but that is the fun part, whenever i go massive record hunting, i usually set aside at least 3 or 4 hrs to be at the record shop becuase i know most of the time i will be listening to trash but its worth it because you can find some incredible tunes that no1 has ever heard of!