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Originally posted by Eleazar What are the ways in which you stay on top of getting/playing the latest tracks even before they're all over the place and overplayed? I'm thinking of a track like Whippenberg's Chakalaka which, to my knowledge, isn't yet released but is around amongst the likes of Armin and Markus. It seems to me that unknown djs like myself are at the mercies of ASOT and GDJB to find out about cutting edge trance and progressive. I'm a member of a site that serves as somewhat of a barometer for upcoming tracks based on the numbers of hits and comments a new track gets. So, this is one way I feel like I can keep up. But does one just have to scroll thru pages of new tracks released on Beatport to stay ahead of the game, or do you really have to know people like the Whippenberg guys in order to get a hold of their track from the beginning? How do you stay on the cutting edge and discover new music before it's overplayed? Radio shows? Beatport? Newsletters? Knowing producers/labels personally?

You're not going to get hold of tunes like that before the big guns do (or even at the same time), unless you get lucky and happen to know the producers etc, but generally it won't happen.

1000s of tracks get released every single week - just because a track has been released doesn't mean it's been hammered to death... you can actually end up with comparatively exclusive tracks just by trawling through the new releases and grabbing tracks which aren't overplayed yet. And most other DJs (let alone punters in the clubs) won't have heard of half of these tracks, so if you really want to be exclusive it's still very possible without playing a single unreleased tune.

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Last edited by Stu Cox on Oct-05-2008 at 00:13