DJ School: How to Choose Music

A DJ's job begins with the search for music, not from the stage. Your price as a DJ starts and ends with what's on your computers and in your bag. For each additional paid hour at the club, a good DJ spends days, months, and years picking songs and learning more and more about music.

The basics

Is this great and high quality music?
Is it suitable for the dance floor?
Does this suit my style?

Some rules

Buy and download tracks little by little and often.
Regular visits to the sites are the basis, firstly, to keep abreast of events, and secondly, to catch these elusive gems (fresh releases).
Record the tracks you can't live without!
You have downloaded hundreds of tracks. Now force yourself to select only 20. Of these 20, select 5-10. This is the best way to keep the best quality music.
Don't buy anything that you've never listened to yourself.
Don't be fooled by their boisterous advertising campaign.

How to find information about music

By joining the ranks of DJs, you must become the real owner of your business as a dance music librarian who gets a lot of excitement from track listings. Knowledge of music is musical energy; get it wherever you can.

DJ rating

If you like a certain DJ, then you will love the tracks that he puts into his set. You can find their charts on their websites or bitport .

Rumors and rumors

They are useful indicators of what is about to become popular. They are usually based on joining and comparing tables with charts of a large number of different DJs.

Sales ratings

These ratings are less useful because they only show what is already popular. But they are a good roundup of news about what you might want to listen to.

Store rating

It is usually represented by a list of records that the staff think will be sold for the most part. If this is your main store, you should at least listen to these recordings.

Release overviews

Invaluable as a guide to what comes out, who did it and where it came from, along with what it sounds like. Ask which reviewers you can trust.

Radio

From John Peel and Russ Allen to Tim Westwood and Mr. Tong himself, you'll find radio shows filled with what's new and wonderful.

Recommendations

Listen to fellow DJs and acquaintances you meet on stage and learn from them. Most of them will shed additional light - if they know something that you do not know, they will be happy to share with you.

Don't forget the manufacturers

If you like a track, find out who created it and follow the author's name. The same applies to individual labels.

Be curious

Do research and build knowledge. Find out what hit it was; sniff out classic performances, remixes; learn about the roots of your music; listen to pirate radio stations; browse strange websites; stay after watching the movie and read the names of the songwriters and artists. It's a never-ending job.