Basically title. Been DJ’n for a hot minute and wondering how people are adding to their collections. Mostly mix House, DnB, Dub, Hip-hop, Lofi, and plenty of genre-blurring niche experimental biz.
Some of the stuff I have was inherited from others, some of questionable quality. Lately I’ve been inspired to tidy up my collection with high quality stuff. Fundamental issue is if I paid a dollar for every song I want to spin, I would be financially ruined forever.
Do you use a service? Do you pirate? Do you find giveaways? How are you filling your catalogue with proper high-quality ammo?
Jungle/DnB DJ/Producer here for the past 10 years. Juno download for anything I purchase. Email promo lists for everything else.
A lot of label owners (including myself) will email out new promo weeks before the official release. If you can help promote their music, they will add you to their promo contact list. I’m at the point now where I don’t need to buy anymore music and get stuff before most folks.
I still buy music when there’s something I hear that I must have, but not so much anymore.
Happy to answer any questions