Jason K
Anyone else notice that Franchise Record Pool has been overloaded with amateur remixes recently. Used to be a great resource for finding unique remixes, now you have to sift through 50 tracks to find something decent. I think they need to do a better job of filtering what's coming in. I plan on emailing them, and I know a buddy already has. Hope they can make a change before I drop them. I'm already spending $200+ on music and vids, If they can't make the cuts I will. Just got turned on to DMS. Their website is a bit glitchy, but worth it.
发表时间 Fri 11 Oct 13 @ 12:23 pm
xcakid
Reason: Ableton, Fruity Loops(FL Studio), etc. are also easily pirated. So not only is everyone a DJ, they are also producers and remixers.
I don't think its exclusive to Franchise Record Pool. I am seeing this a lot in the other record pools I belong too. You know the old saying, "if it was easy, everyone would be doing it" Well lo and behold, everyone is a DJ/Producer putting up crappy stuff.....LOL
I don't think its exclusive to Franchise Record Pool. I am seeing this a lot in the other record pools I belong too. You know the old saying, "if it was easy, everyone would be doing it" Well lo and behold, everyone is a DJ/Producer putting up crappy stuff.....LOL
发表时间 Fri 11 Oct 13 @ 12:29 pm
Jason K
If the service was free, I would be okay with sifting through the haystack for a needle, but I'm paying for it. I already spend prob ten hours a week sifting through music, it shouldn't be so much work to find tracks. When are we supposed to have time to practice. I figured the fees should give us access to new, but presorted music. I'm using Vj-pro, crack4djs, crooklynclan, dms, soundcloud, beatport, youtube, slacker, spotify, franchise, and I make pit stops at some other ones too when I have time. I still feel like I'm behind the curve. Seems like the industry has completely changed in the last 2 years.
I'm at the point now where I'm thinking I would be better off using my music searching time to produce my own stuff. I've got ableton, but I never seem to have the time to sit down and learn how to make it do what I want. I guess, I might need to rework my priorities.
I'm at the point now where I'm thinking I would be better off using my music searching time to produce my own stuff. I've got ableton, but I never seem to have the time to sit down and learn how to make it do what I want. I guess, I might need to rework my priorities.
发表时间 Fri 11 Oct 13 @ 12:51 pm
xcakid
Changed in 2yrs? Try 10yrs.
Your audience wants all of the same.
Back in the late 80's and early 90's (even 70's based on what I have heard) Club DJs broke tracks. At every club or bar gig I've done since 2009, if I played something that has never been played before, I would clear the dance floor so fast it would make anyones head spin.
Yeah most record pools are full of fluff and crap. However, as I mentioned above, no one really wants to hear a breaking track. I quit trying to dig for that golden track. I just wait till its played on Sirius/XM's Hits1, BPM or Electric channels, that's when I dnld it and include it in my set. Even then, if it has not been out a couple of weeks, it still has a good likelihood of thinning out the dance floor.
On another hand, plenty of videos on how to use ableton on youtube. Search for DJBolivia, he has some awesome tutorials. Some a bit long winded. I have done my own transitions and intro/outro on ableton. Nothing I would ever put out there, but I use em in my own sets. Nothing beats doing it yourself. I, much like yourself, really don't have time to put 100% effort into it as well. But it is a lot of fun to work on and discover stuff.
Your audience wants all of the same.
Back in the late 80's and early 90's (even 70's based on what I have heard) Club DJs broke tracks. At every club or bar gig I've done since 2009, if I played something that has never been played before, I would clear the dance floor so fast it would make anyones head spin.
Yeah most record pools are full of fluff and crap. However, as I mentioned above, no one really wants to hear a breaking track. I quit trying to dig for that golden track. I just wait till its played on Sirius/XM's Hits1, BPM or Electric channels, that's when I dnld it and include it in my set. Even then, if it has not been out a couple of weeks, it still has a good likelihood of thinning out the dance floor.
On another hand, plenty of videos on how to use ableton on youtube. Search for DJBolivia, he has some awesome tutorials. Some a bit long winded. I have done my own transitions and intro/outro on ableton. Nothing I would ever put out there, but I use em in my own sets. Nothing beats doing it yourself. I, much like yourself, really don't have time to put 100% effort into it as well. But it is a lot of fun to work on and discover stuff.
发表时间 Fri 11 Oct 13 @ 1:10 pm
xcakid
Also every DJ out there plays remixes, I find I get more reaction just playing the original track. :D
发表时间 Fri 11 Oct 13 @ 1:12 pm
Jason K
I've been in that mode for awhile, thinking nobody wants to hear new stuff. Playing the tried and true tracks, just isn't working anymore. I've watched bar biz in my area get cut in half the last year. The liquor distributors and bar owners are in a panic.
Recently I've found that a mix of remixes and regular stuff is working. I start with a remix and work in the old track, or the other way around. The over the top dance mixes really haven't worked in the last two years. I can't seem to get them on that level anymore unless I take them out of their element. We started throwing some electronic all nighters to build an electronic seen in the area and it was going over big and bleeding back into my club. We would start the show at my regular gig and finish up at place 30 mins away that could stay open all night. My club owner thought she was losing business to the all night place (absolutely not true) and flipped s%*t. She threatened to let me go if I continued. So right when the scene was growing like crazy she killed it. Had she let me continue we would be the center of a new trend in the area, but no luck on that. I tried to explain the long term plan, but she didn't see it my way.
I used to be able to take people on journey through out the night, jumping from genre to genre, and from one mood to another, but that's gone now too. They want it right up the middle and hot. I'm finding that 90-105 bpm tracks (mostly urban stuff) are my mainstay, and I jump around for a track or two when they get worn out and come back when their ready for more. I need the remixes to set our establishment apart from the other ones in the area. My crowd is very particular though. It has to be different, but not too different, hard to describe really, but I know when I find the right ones. It just takes a lot of work.
Recently I've found that a mix of remixes and regular stuff is working. I start with a remix and work in the old track, or the other way around. The over the top dance mixes really haven't worked in the last two years. I can't seem to get them on that level anymore unless I take them out of their element. We started throwing some electronic all nighters to build an electronic seen in the area and it was going over big and bleeding back into my club. We would start the show at my regular gig and finish up at place 30 mins away that could stay open all night. My club owner thought she was losing business to the all night place (absolutely not true) and flipped s%*t. She threatened to let me go if I continued. So right when the scene was growing like crazy she killed it. Had she let me continue we would be the center of a new trend in the area, but no luck on that. I tried to explain the long term plan, but she didn't see it my way.
I used to be able to take people on journey through out the night, jumping from genre to genre, and from one mood to another, but that's gone now too. They want it right up the middle and hot. I'm finding that 90-105 bpm tracks (mostly urban stuff) are my mainstay, and I jump around for a track or two when they get worn out and come back when their ready for more. I need the remixes to set our establishment apart from the other ones in the area. My crowd is very particular though. It has to be different, but not too different, hard to describe really, but I know when I find the right ones. It just takes a lot of work.
发表时间 Fri 11 Oct 13 @ 1:38 pm