r u twitch from twitch and satori?

tw1tch, I try a couple of different ways.
1) Listen to live sets. I try & listen for something that catches my ear. Then try & track it down.

2) d/ling tracks from places like TA etc. Have a listen to them, then decide about them.

3) Artist, I'll try & have a listen to some tracks, purely based on the artist & past experience, I'll do this with: Rank 1, Dumonde, Goureyella, Tiesto.

4) Similarly label, I'll try & listen to certain vinyl (at stores or d/l) based on the label & again previous experience eg: anything on Xtravaganza

5) Vinyl stores. Some of the stores I'll ask to listen to some vinyl off the shelves & point out which ones I want OR if the assistant is fairly knowledgable then I'll ask to be given any trance / progressive styles. I've tried to get friendly with most of the vinyl store owners, because then you have a better chance of getting records that they may not put on the sheldf, because they don't have enough. Then certain vinyl come out from the back rooms.

6) Lastly, in a few of the vinyl stores I've been to in South Africa, the guys are really friendly. So if one customer listens to a track & thinks it's incredible he'll often pass his headphones onto other customers to listen or the store will put it over the main speakers for everyone to hear.


I keep a .txt file on my PC where I keep a list of what tracks I am looking for as well as any specific remixes.

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Originally posted by TranceGeek r u twitch from twitch and satori?

Nope, I didn't even know about them until after I decided on a name to use for here. I signed up for a hotmail account to send any spam too and twitch came to mind, someone had it, so I used 1 instead of i and just kept it for now.

I buy what I like, it's really that simple. When I hear a song I like that I think I would play, I buy it and worry about how I can use it later :P

What I do, aside from listening to all the live sets I can possibly find, is check the new releases at every online record store I know of. I will then either purchase them online or try to find them locally. Browsing through record stores is always good too if you have the time.

oh ok... twitch is a local toronto dj... he usually spins together with satori...

You forgot a very important one. Talk... Talk to other DJ's... Talk to trance lovers... Find out what their favourite tune is. You'll probably know/have it already, but this will be widening your knowledge of other peoples tastes. If you haven't heard of the tune then check it out for yourself!

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