Looking for some ideas on where to purchase music

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DJKLEEN

DJKLEEN

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Mar 31, 2016
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Hey, where are some good sites to buy good quality music. I want to own the music. Not stream it. I use Serato so I want good quality. I have a lot of music already, I have been buying music from amazon, I know there is something better

Any suggestions. I went to that free house music ? Didn't sign up yet. Is this good.

I don't mind paying for a membership.
 
For older stuff .. iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and ripping mp3s from older CDs. For new stuff, a music pool is best. Lots of them out there depending on what type of music you want (club, house, mobile). I use idjpool.com, but you can check out: digitalmusicpool.com, promoonly.com, zipdj.com, djcity.com. Just search for mp3 music pool or record pool.
 
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When building my library initially after digitizing every disc I already had (to fill gaps), I chose pawn shops and picking up the used discs. I'd go in and get them for like .50 a piece (those without cases) and purchase 50 at a time sometimes. Then, go back and rip them into the library. Cheap enough to throw them away & I was getting a quality rip directly from the disc.

To maintain current music, I subscribe to Promo Only. Love their digital Pool access.

Amazon is used to pick up the occasional special request(s).
 
For the first several years, I used Prime Cuts. It got to where I was getting a lot of "fluff" with them so I finally ditched them. I've used Amazon all along. Now, that's almost exclusively what I use. On rare, rare occasion where a track isn't available I'll pull it from youtube.
 
steve149 said:
For older stuff .. iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and ripping mp3s from older CDs. For new stuff, a music pool is best. Lots of them out there depending on what type of music you want (club, house, mobile). I use idjpool.com, but you can check out: digitalmusicpool.com, promoonly.com, zipdj.com, djcity.com. Just search for mp3 music pool or record pool.
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Explain more about what a pool is? What is the cost associated with a pool
 
rickryan.com said:
For the first several years, I used Prime Cuts. It got to where I was getting a lot of "fluff" with them so I finally ditched them. I've used Amazon all along. Now, that's almost exclusively what I use. On rare, rare occasion where a track isn't available I'll pull it from youtube.
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I like Amazon,,, one thing is when I preview a song.,, it starts playing then when the beat is about to drop!!!!!!! It stops
 
DJKLEEN said:
Cool thanks. Hey. I ripped all of my iTunes onto my windows machine,,,, but serato won't play them?...
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For purchased media through iTunes, typically, the files are either AAC or M4A. You can convert the files to MP3 - and they can be played by Serato.

If you're saying you ripped CD's using iTunes, then be sure that iTunes is not storing them internally to the DB.
 
DJKLEEN said:
Explain more about what a pool is? What is the cost associated with a pool
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Pools are mechanisms the song publishers use to get music out to DJs, radio stations, etc. Depending on the pool, you might get standard radio play releases or you might get remixes .. or both. Some pools cater to the club scene, so remixes rule. Most pools run around $50 or so per month and you typically get whatever is released to the market. For me (idjpool), I get Urban, Country, Pop, AC, Dance, Gospel, Jazz, Christian and a few others .. sometimes hundreds of cuts per week (many are remixes or standard sons with DJ intro and outro to help mix.

Check out the sites I listed .. If you post specifically what kind of music you get, maybe others can chime in on the availability in their pools.
 
I use Just4djs.net for hard to find older music from 50s 60s 70s they all have intro outro redrums, quality is 320kbps mp3. Also Segues and Transitions are great dj tools to have and they have the best ones. Their customer service has been a life saver, had some old songs needed for a wedding and they did the requests for me.
 
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