Does anyone else always buy the wrong records?

djslate · Post by **djslate** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:29 am

I buy everything with one thing in mind: what would this sound like on a nice PA / Rig / my 400 watt speakers? This sorts out my decisions mostly, although I also try to think as a DJ and not if I 'like it', this may sound like a contradiction but chosing tunes is a proper art. I make lists and carefully document those I like a bit, definite buys, growers and those which I have already bought - don't wanna be getting the same tune twice!

More than not the production speaks for itself, but variety is also essential, no one style, for example a selection of the best of the techno orientated bits but also some of the mid-range filth. When you turn up to a dance with a bag brimming with styles and a knowledge of how to mix all of them you can't lose!

Moreover, there is nothing worse than not buying something and wishing you had. I still remember tunes that I let get away, some over 5 years ago! I swear I could go on - tune selection is an art - when you spend as much on vinyl as I do (and I'm sure alot of people do on this forum) you have to be methodical and meticulous.

Serious.

pre-thought process · Post by **pre-thought process** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:01 am

Djslate wrote:I buy everything with one thing in mind: what would this sound like on a nice PA / Rig / my 400 watt speakers? This sorts out my decisions mostly, although I also try to think as a DJ and not if I 'like it', this may sound like a contradiction but chosing tunes is a proper art. I make lists and carefully document those I like a bit, definite buys, growers and those which I have already bought - don't wanna be getting the same tune twice!

More than not the production speaks for itself, but variety is also essential, no one style, for example a selection of the best of the techno orientated bits but also some of the mid-range filth. When you turn up to a dance with a bag brimming with styles and a knowledge of how to mix all of them you can't lose!

Moreover, there is nothing worse than not buying something and wishing you had. I still remember tunes that I let get away, some over 5 years ago! I swear I could go on - tune selection is an art - when you spend as much on vinyl as I do (and I'm sure alot of people do on this forum) you have to be methodical and meticulous.

Serious.

This is exactly me, just have to work more on the mixing part

I find what else makes a difference, with internet buying anyway, listen to that tune on a few different sites. Something that sounds great on SOTU can sound rubbish on Chemical or Redeye, or vice versa.

DeepThought · Post by **DeepThought** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:37 am

spooKs wrote:and why would you not want the Grime 2 LP!?!?!???!!??!??!!??!??!?!?!?!??!?!

definitely more to the point this!

(unless you have 2 copies that is... please tell me that's the case fella lol)

ammo · Post by **ammo** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:39 am

yeah i just try and be really picky cos im on a budget. i try and listen to the tunes a couple times each, these days if it doesnt make me immediately move or gasp at the drop i don't get it. i love all the songs i buy now... altho my copy of the vex'd remix of 'fallen' skips and i only realised when i got home

i didnt get 'squeeze my lime' by darkstar tho and regret that. but these days i love what i buy, there's so many well produced tracks coming out right now it's hard to buy a shit one lol. feel more like i'm spoilt for choice.

ory · Post by **ory** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:53 am

Ammo wrote:altho my copy of the vex'd remix of 'fallen' skips and i only realised when i got home

all copies have that pressing error if I recall correctly. I'll check mine later.

ammo · Post by **ammo** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:17 pm

Ory wrote:
Ammo wrote:altho my copy of the vex'd remix of 'fallen' skips and i only realised when i got home
all copies have that pressing error if I recall correctly. I'll check mine later.

ah that makes me feel slightly better

powerpill · Post by **powerpill** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:24 pm

that darkstar tune is still available aswel man

Be-1ne · Post by **Be-1ne** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:23 am

so i had a dig through the box while making some room, and here is what i have for sale if your interested....

RSD - Jahway/Speakbox (Punch Drunk)
Calenda - Forever (White label)
Dub Child - Lethal Dubz pt 2 (White Label)
Rusko - Gone 2 Far/2NAQ (Sub Soldiers)
Caspa - Louder/Noise Disorganiser (Picth Black)
Macabre Unit - GHost/Road 2 Nowhere/Fantasy (Boka)

Three quid each Plus Postage or the lot for £15..

Pm me if you interested....

also i feel i should add.... all of these have had very little play, so a in virtual mint condition.

jrj2020 · Post by **jrj2020** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:45 am

My problem is that I buy tunes that dont necessarily fit together that well. In the same bag i'll have Martyn, Distance and SP:MC so i dont have a lot of one style (although it is all dubstep!).

And re what everyone has been saying about not liking tunes they've bought, its happened to me but then a year down the line i randomly pick a tune out of my bag and be like "damn this is good! Why didnt i like it before?"...

polho · Post by **polho** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:05 pm

You've got to listen to your biology. Experiencing jawlock or becoming incapable of moving your arms are good indicators of a record worth buying. In the dubstep scene you'll do well only buying those tunes because there are a lot.

whighzeguy · Post by **whighzeguy** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:03 pm

That used to happen to me fairly often when I played DnB.
I'm at the point now where I look for value.
Example.....
That latest RevolveR release or the latest Red Volume (W/ Transient & Must) are absolute must haves. The RevolveR plate is 3/3 and the Red Volume release has 2/3 ridiculously good tunes. I find myself passing on plates with only 1 side I'm digging. If the 1 side is really banging sometimes I just can't pass but as a general rule these days I look for value in a plate. I also pay attention to whether or not certain labels are good with digital releases. If they are I'll often pass on a plate with 1 good side and just scoop the digital release.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:06 pm

There's always tunes that sound indispensable from internet soundclips and then I get them at home, play them once and go 'ehhhh'

i.e. Skream + Cluekid: Sandsnake (although that was more because I heard it at loud volume while pissed at a rave) / TRG RMX of that Tayo tune... boring in my bedroom

MARCHMELLOW · Post by **MARCHMELLOW** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:33 pm

A-FUCKIN-MEN my friend, finally some one who has the same problem as me, i always buy the wrong records bro, can't explain why, i have some right ones, but alot i rarely look at!

phobang · Post by **phobang** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:14 am

my taste is impeccable, I surely have no idea what you mean.

guyus- · Post by **guyus-** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:50 am

it's easy.. don't buy records when high

tercerojista · Post by **tercerojista** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:09 pm

I sometimes buy tunes 'for a laugh', for example, if I hear a drop that's so large it's stupid, and then a second drop that's daft too. I know at the time I buy it that the tune's not really any good, but anyway...

Mind you, I have bought some tunes for a laugh, and then gone on to really like them. My interest in bassline started as a bit of a joke, but I now really quite like the genre.

Does anyone else always buy the wrong records?

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