WHen you go to the record shop, do you look for the best music, or what would work well in a set with what you have??

Im just starting out, but when I gon im confused because im not sure if i should focus on what I like, no matter genre,tempo,etc, or what I can use when playing??

Help!

I just atarted buying vinyl, I have about 20-30 records so far. I bought what I liked and I kinda regret it now. Barely any of the vinyl I bought mix well together. I wish i would of thought a bit more of what I was gonna spin instead of just buying what I liked. I might also only be having this problem because my collection is still small. Just my thoughts. L8r.

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Originally posted by Veldrid I just atarted buying vinyl, I have about 20-30 records so far. I bought what I liked and I kinda regret it now. Barely any of the vinyl I bought mix well together. I wish i would of thought a bit more of what I was gonna spin instead of just buying what I liked. I might also only be having this problem because my collection is still small. Just my thoughts. L8r.

I have this same problem. Kinda makes learning to beatmatch a little harder. Keep buying records, things will start falling into place.

i've had the same problem. i like soooo much shit that it's so hard to not buy things that won't work into my set. what i try to do is for every 5 records i buy for my "set" i'll allow myself to buy 1 of whatever i want. i've found at times things i never thought i could work into my set, i've been able to once in a blue suprisingly well, so it all works out. i haven't been spinning that long though (only about 7 months) but been producing for 5 years. i'd say just get to know the music very well as i've realized that that's helped me more than anything else in my dj'ing.. that n screw the rules.. do what you feel..always emote..and push your limits always.

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i think when buying records you have to have a bit of everything house, trance, garage watever DONT just buy wat you like that doesnt make ne sense. The best records to buy are bootlegs or whitelabels you will generally find them to be the best buy. When your djin ur not just gonna be playin to Tranceaddicts you need to play some commercial records.

i hope this helps.

I buy, prog, Trance, hard house and Breaks. Pretty soon you build up enough to do 2 hour sets in any one of those genres. After you start playing out you'll start to limit what you buy to your 1 or 2 fav genres and stick to that. Either Epic trance and hard trance, or trance and prog. You'll just find yourself wanting more of a certain genre and the problem will fix itself.

I look for hard hitting, fast 4/4 trance and hardhouse. I tend to keep to the same style so they will mix well... of course harddance is a little more forgiving to mix than say trance or progressive house.

but of course, I love music... so if I see a track I like, regardless of the tempo or genre, I buy it. I dont have to mix every record I have, and having records of other styles allows me to learn more about how to spin that style... so i have some dnb, breaks, fluff trance, and even some old classic stuff on vinyl. as I find more tracks that are not my usual style, i slowly start to build up enough records of other genres that I can start trying to put them together into a set of tracks I usually wouldnt spin. i find this futhers my knowledge of mixing, and gives me the chance to work with different beats to keep my interest peaked.

this way, I spend most my $$ on the genre i want to mix... but my collection slowly grows in other areas so I can occasionaly lay down a set of a different style... and its always fun to try to figure out how to smoothy insert a vastly different track into a mix... then try to recover back to your real style.. just to shake things up.

-mer

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Originally posted by MekTek i've had the same problem. i like soooo much shit that it's so hard to not buy things that won't work into my set. what i try to do is for every 5 records i buy for my "set" i'll allow myself to buy 1 of whatever i want. i've found at times things i never thought i could work into my set, i've been able to once in a blue suprisingly well, so it all works out. i haven't been spinning that long though (only about 7 months) but been producing for 5 years. i'd say just get to know the music very well as i've realized that that's helped me more than anything else in my dj'ing.. that n screw the rules.. do what you feel..always emote..and push your limits always.

WOW! this sounds pretty much what I have been doing without even realizing it! I try to buy stuff that I know I am gonna spin and once in every 5-6 records I get one that I really love but I know I am never really going to play it.

Also when buying stuff I think to my self if I buy this record would I be able to work it into a set let's say a year or 2 down the road. I don't wanna just buy up stuff that's gonna get out dated in a month or two. But than again once in a while I buy stuff that I know I just love. Also I try to use my judgememt why buy vinyl, I say to my self "well I like this tune, but am I going to get sick of it after hearing it 20 times or more?" and if I say yes to myself that I pass it up! In a way it hurts but it's good because I don't end up spending too much on vinyl!

I agree with buying a variety of stuff, I mean I like all kinds of electronic music, but when I buy them I sort of try to think will I be able to put this in a set together with what I already have.
I buy "Electro, House, Trance, Progressive, Hard-Trance, Tech-Trance, Hard-House, Techno, and once in a while some electronica." I have only started less than a month ago with my collection but already have 50 records and 5 more in the mail, and most likely going vinyl shopping on Sat!

It's an addiction!

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Last edited by trancearmada on Jul-18-2002 at 22:38

jeez guys. Buy what you like, there is no point in buying records that are easy to mix if you just kinda like em. When i go record shopping i listen to the records and i buy what i like,I never think "Oh this is a hard record to mix, ill pass". Dont think about shit like that because eventualy if you stick with it those hard mixes wont be that hard anymore.

i think you misunderstood.. i don't think anyone meant buying tracks just for the sake that they mix well but rather buy tracks that you really enjoy and mix well..and then buy some other stuff here in there in other genres that you absolutely love. i definately agree with buy what you love no matter how hard it isto mix..the better you get, the easier it'll be so why pass up on a track you really dig?

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