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. 

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I AM DJ DK here bringing you a new blog on music news and reviews.  NO, this blog is not about gossip or any other celeb bullish*t.  This blog is strictly about new music, music reviews, artist reviews, dj equipment news, software reviews, and much much more.  IDGAF what Chris Brown and Rihanna do off stage.  I am here to listen to their music whether I like it, love it, or hate it.

Now, a little about me. I AM DJ DK, I can't stress that enough.  I am first and foremost a music lover, secondly I'm a dj.  I have a mass music collection and a great ear for music.  I can appreciate any genre of music and get something out of it.  My main love is R&B, Hip Hop, and Soul.  With the era we are in now R&B is becoming a lost art and I appreciate the artist like, Trey Songz, Miguel, & Frank Ocean for keeping R&B original.  I do like what Chris Brown does for the club, but in my car he gets no play unless it's "No B.S." on my iPod.  I'm a fan of Hip Hop minus the skinny jeans.  Aside from Lil Wayne the artist that rock skinny jeans I really don't feel, but I'm like 10 - 12 years older than those cats too.  If I wasn't from Louisiana and didn't listen to Wayne in my youth I would probably pass on his music too.  My favorite Hip Hop artist hands down is Jay-Z "Best Rapper Alive."  Why? Been listening since "Reasonable Doubt."  Most of you say Pac and Biggie but Biggie only dropped 2 albums and Pac I wasn't feeling the albums just his singles.  Soul music I love it all.  70s Soul and Southern Soul.  What is southern soul you ask?  TK Soul, Johnnie Taylor, Mel Waiters, Marvin Sease, Wilson Meadows, etc.  This is Southern Soul music.  That strange music you listen to on Sunday after church that talks about all of you things you have went through and going through in your love life while drinking bootleg beer from the club.  Now what you know about that?  See you have to be in and from the south to have a deep love for Soul music.  Yeah you got Motown but they didn't talk about those back street love affairs like ZZ Hill and JT talked about.

So there yo go.  You know how I feel about music and you see a lil of my passion for it.  I'm currently rebuilding my website, www.iamdjdk.com, and it will be up soon.  Keep looking out for my latest post and music reviews.

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