agreed. especially in the last year or so. there's been some sort of "urban underground revival" going on in dance music where people specifically specify they do not want their music on beatport.

What I typically do is run beatport in the background all the time even when I am not particularly looking for anything. For example... I load up a really long BP playlist at work and let it play out and when I hear something interesting I go and check what track it is, otherwise if it sucks I just ignore it till something better comes on.

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since youtube is the place where most music is hosted i don't see why it's a bad place to look at... like every massive network 90% it's useless but having a subscription to a channel it's nothing painful, if you want to discover new good tracks it's better starting from there than going to the "trance" category on beatport, because every time i've listened to the top 100 trance charts i've only found 3-4 tracks worthy.

And when i look at a dj tracklist and see a track that may be interesting i look it up on Youtube, 90% of the times it's there. And there are a bunch of really old tracks from the 90's or even older that you can only listen to there.

Additionally there is some unsigned music that you can only find there:



This is an amazing uplifting happy track for me.

Or this:



It's quite good too and it's unreleased.

But if you think rushing beatport it's more efficient do it, i won't.

Browsing live sets and their tracklists are a great way to find the more creme of the crop tunes I find esp if you find a DJ you like who's more consistant at finding the better tunes of your fav genre.

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Originally posted by daeus Browsing live sets and their tracklists are a great way to find the more creme of the crop tunes I find esp if you find a DJ you like who's more consistant at finding the better tunes of your fav genre.

But if you are also a DJ...by doing this you may end up copying someones style instead of creating your own and also in turn just play what everyone else is playing making you less unique as a result.

For someone who is just a listener, yes I agree this is a great way to find the more popular tracks.

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Originally posted by Rodri Santos going to the "trance" category on beatport, because every time i've listened to the top 100 trance charts i've only found 3-4 tracks worthy.

This is how you're fucking it up. If you want to find good music you never go look in the "Top" anything.

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Originally posted by stevö agreed. especially in the last year or so. there's been some sort of "urban underground revival" going on in dance music where people specifically specify they do not want their music on beatport.

When has anyone ever said that?

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Originally posted by woscar This is how you're fucking it up. If you want to find good music you never go look in the "Top" anything.

Eh? Not necessarily. The top 10 indie dance/disco section on Beatport had Black Van's Yearning

Although Beatport's general top 10 is absolute garbage

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I'd also get to know your record labels a little. If you notice a lot of tracks you like are produced by the same labels, you can just add them to your favorites list and get updated on when they have new releases.

I look at tracklists from sets of DJs I like, I find labels that put out music I like, and check the classics and top 10s of genres every once in a while.

I'd say the most effective method to look for music on beatport is definitely find some labels that put out the music you like.. a lot of the time, especially with the smaller labels, the "sound" of most of the tracks are similar, making it easier to find stuff you like. I've got 10-15 labels that I really like and check out every few weeks for new tracks..

Youtube is for fags.

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Originally posted by Chimney Youtube is for fags.

One minute Beatport samples are waaaay better to judge if a track is good