lo> Hey man, those white labels end up at the stores too, you just have to
lo> dig for them. I was rocking the fresh white labels long before I was
lo> established enough as a DJ to get them from the labels... I bought
lo> them at the *store* "just like regular folks." In fact I still do.
lo> So stop
lo> whining about how nobody services you, and how *real* you are, and
lo> start digging in the crates. Music is like anything else, you have to
lo> work if you want the good stuff.
>2) Old releases are just as likely to show up as new
>ones. I can't afford to buy everything the week it
>comes out!
>3) Non-aj releases will get hyped as well, if that's
>what I'm listening to.
lo> Stop patting yourself on the back, check out my top ten (or one of
lo> many other good DJs) and you'll see (and hear clips of) records
lo> released a long time ago as well as last week. You're not the only one
lo> into the old shit, a lot of us on this list are into lots of different
lo> types of music you know.
lo> I hate when people complain about not being "hooked up" with the new
lo> releases. We DJs work very hard at keeping on top of this scene, and
lo> presenting new and fresh sets every week,
i'm DEFINITELY w/lo-ki on this one. i've been picking up white labels and
promos for years "in the stores". i only started getting stuff from labels
because i'd CALL them and hype myself (you'd be surprized how well this
works). if you want the names of stores to find these goodies in, talk to a
dj! all the djs i know go record shopping regularly (i've met a few people
while shopping) because the dopest shit is usually stuff you find on your own!
as far as playing old stuff, everyone looks for the new stuff, so it's nice to
spin an old track people have forgotten, or never peeped (i do this all the
time).
i'm mainly an acid jazz dj, but if i really like something that's not a/j,
i'll find a place to put it in. i've been sneaking d & b & weird world music
into some of my sets, and me & my partner have been spinning d'angelo purely
because we like it.
t-bird
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