Older tracks on demos

[g-RocK]

whats everyones taking on putting older tracks on your demo's?

[decypher]

for me, the track would have to be an anthem, not completely played out, and depends on how u work it in, and i wouldn't use more then 1 or 2 of them, and only if i was doing a 20+ track mix..but even so i still think those older tracks would work better live anyways..

[zarlon]

i like the older tracks, it shows some kind of originality, and that you've been involved in the (insert music genre here) scene for longer than just a little while.

shrug.. knowledge of the genre you play is great. plus, it adds in some variety, mixing up the styles and making them blend into each other = phat.

[Moon]

i really couldnt care less as long as its good

theres alotta old gems out there that have barely been touched. i must say i'm most happy when i find an old track that stands out and is completely new to me

[shift]

I agree with k-pryde... I've got lots of older, more obscure tracks that haven't been played out much if at all and I wouldn't hesitate to put them on a demo.

I'll usually try to stay away from older anthems tho, because while they work out well on a dancefloor it's hard to make your mix stand out as something original when everyone has heard most of the tracks before.

[zarlon]

^ word to that

its good to do some digging around for old unknownt racks

[tvmann]

Just cuz music is older doesn't man it's bad or not cool. It's fun to hear the fine old tracks again. Why play what everyone else is playing? And lots of people did not hear the older music when it first came out, so it's new and refreshing to them.

Also there's the money factor - you can get older music legally very cheap, by buying used, and searching the sale racks. If you want to DJ, being legal is important.

I just picked up a couple of Eric Morillo house albums for the price of a Big Mac, new in the blow-out bins, quite a few good tracks. I'm talking CDs here, dont know how it is with vinyl.

If you are doing a demo, definitely put in some old tunes.

[jmzD]

gems are gems. if it's a good rekkid, who cares?

Personally I like to buy a bunch of new shit every week, and turn around and play it out right away. However, when it comes to making a demo, I just play what sounds good together, regardless of how old.

[g-RocK]

very good advice! Thanks guys. I was on the fence b4 now im all good! PEACE

[wigglesworth]

as a promoter, if i heard a demo with nothing but new tracks, mixed in and mixed out, it would turn into my new frisbee very quickly.
that kind of stuff puts me to sleep.
new tracks are nice and all, dont get me wrong. its part of the djs job to introduce new music to people. however, the demo with nothing but new tracks on it (with a lot of the tracks just being on the demo because they're new, not because they're actually all that good) is just like most of the other demo's out there.
make your demo as different as possible
scratch your name in the begining. put on something funky that you know no one else has.
do something! :kam:
good luck.

[AWOL]

i agree with wigglesworth & shift