record digging

It's easy to forget about music that you already own. Sometimes that best track to add to your playlists might be something that's been just out of your thoughts, or never got added to a playlist, or just hasn't been played anytime…

"I can't use Beatport's website anymore, I use Crates," a fellow San Francisco DJ remarked to me earlier this week as we discussed finding new music. Flying under the radar of most DJs, the Crates website is built on the the Beatport API,…

Following up on monday's popular "Why New DJs Should Start on Vinyl", we thought it'd be good to look at the importance of sampling records for producers and DJs. When digging for samples, it’s easy to fall into the trap of working with the…