Tuesday, June 25, 2013

DJ Record Pools

After my main music source, ThePirateBay, stop carrying Promo Only torrents I had to find another source for my music other than iTunes. For a out a year I used Rhapsody but they were short on clean edits and I got tired of producing my own remixes and editing tracks. So, I turned to a record pool for my music. 

I searched and searched and searched and most sites and forums will refer you to the same record pool sites, mainly DJCity.com. After reviewing all the sites I narrowed my search down to 4 and purchased memberships to 3 and was offered a trial period for another.   

The Record Pools I chose were; DJCity.com, TheMixTools.com, ZipDJ.com, and ClubKillers.com (they introduced themselves to me via Instagram.). 

Here is what I thought of the sites:

1.  DJCity.com - Great site! Easy to use and top downloads sorted and archived each month. They have tons of remixes and clean edits and a rating feature for each track downloaded. This is a pro and con to me. Pro because I can see what others are using, con because I have to give feedback on every download. The biggest con is they only keep tracks for about 6 months. So anything old that is still hot in the club will not be on this site. I do not recommend this for new DJs just starting to get their music together. This site is for someone who already has a great music database. Price $90 for 3 months. Great for all music genres. 

2.  TheMixTools.com - I think this is the worst one I chose out of the 4. You are limited to 60 songs per month for $19.95 and the clean and radio I downloaded 20 of them were dirty. Imagine if I had a track loaded entitled clean edit and it turned out to be the dirty version at a wedding.  I did t delete the tracks because you are only allowed to download each track once. Honestly, I have not one pro for this site, all cons. You could say price wise $19.95 is a pro but another $10 bucks you can get unlimited download elsewhere. My suggestion, stay away. 

3. ZipDJ.com - Take everything I said about DJCity.com and take to the 2nd power. Great user interface, unlimited downloads but its $50 a month. Way too much for me. I recommend this site for house and EDM DJs. You guys will love it. 

4.  ClubKillers.com - What can I say? I site that at 1st glance I only thought they sold DJ gear but after I registered and joined the music pool I am amazed. They remix after remix and edit on top of edits. I love the CK Cuts and Quick Hitters. Great for all genres and for a limited time it's $35 per month for unlimited downloads. I would pick this one over all of them. 

So there you have it. I will cancel my other subscriptions and keep Club Killers. I would like to thank ZipDj for the tour and for you House DJs who are looking at DJCity check out ZipDJ. They have trial offer of $35 per month.