UPDATED! This post has been updated with new info (March 6, 2011)
Whether you’re a seasoned vet or a new dj just trying to make a name for yourself – everyone has their favorite spots to check out and learn about new music they can go buy and download LEGALLY!
Here’s a number of hot sites to download new jams across all genre’s. The Free Sites are helpful to preview new jams, but please show the artist’s some love and support by downloading their jams legally through the MP3 Pools or Pay Per Download Sites below.
I update this frequently so check back for new sites to check out.
FREE SITES
- dj-case | HOUSE MUSIC (ALMOST) DAILY –> These guys rock new music and “download packs†on the regular
- playcharts |updated every two weeks with best club tracks based on youtube views
- newjams | updated daily with FRESH Top 40, Rap, Hip-Hop tracks that haven’t been released to mainstream yet
- pelski | Pelski brings you a blend of house/electro remixes, a lot of underground stuff.
- the hype machine | the hype machine monitors the web for all sorts of new music and posts the latest and greatest tracks
- mp3zippy | multiple genres, they post all fresh new tracks from top 40, hip-hop and electronic music
- livingelectro | updated daily with new house, electro, trance music
- remixreport | a blog but check the downloads section for new remixes, mashups and fresh downloads
- dailytunez | as the name says, new tunes every day – everything from hip hop to hard underground electronic
- need-music | TONS of new electronic music each day
- mp3bear | free music search engine that crawls hundreds of sites to find the song you want??!!, hell ya!
- salacioussound | unique and hard to find remixes and edits of mainstream tracks
- greenhitz | TONS and TONS of music of all genre consolidated from various websites
- thefreshbeat | Dealing the freshest beat on the street. They are a globally recognized movement specializing in cutting edge club music.
MP3 POOLS
There’s literally 100s of record pools on the internet, all claiming to be the biggest, best, etc. Here’s some of the top record pools, endorsed by some big names and well known dj’s.
- djcity | mix of everything, Â range from house/electro to hip/hop, reggaeton and acapella remixes.
- breakzRus | another good record pool of hot new music sorted by genre
- i12inch (crooklyn clan) | record pool by crooklyn clan
- franchiserecordpool | another large record pool, endorsed by funkmaster flex and other big name dj’s
- mymp3pool | good sized record pool with good sorting abilities, also features good “dj toolsâ€
- dms | pricey, but well known for exclusive tracks and filtering through the crap out there
- breakthecrates | not the best on the market, but gets the job done
- mypromopool | cd pool turned record pool, large list of electronic music
- worksessions | FREE Record pool, tons of music uploaded by users, like the p2p version of record pools
- 8thwonder | music, videos and other dj tools
- zipdj | nice layout, good content and personalization
PAY PER DOWNLOAD & REMIX SITES
- djdownload | great site for downloading electronic and dance music, good sortable charts and hard to find remixes
- beatport | probably the best known and most popular music downloading site for club and dance music.
- mixmag | magazine turned dance music download website!
- yourremix | tailored to the club dj, you can buy serious remixes here, drops, intros and all sorts of other dj related gear.
- crooklynclan | remixes, edits, breaks, everything you need to rock the crowd.
- strictlyhits | membership website with tons of exclusive edits and remixes, including remixes, video edits and remixes
- crack4djs | exclusive tracks and remixes from many active djs, producers and remixers
OUR FRIENDS & OTHER MUSIC BLOGS:
- Housessentialsmixshow | Free House Music Mixes & Downloads from DJs around the World
- Tom Buster | French DJ, Producer, Remixer and up and coming DJ
- MMR | Boston Based Podcast and Online Radio Show run by DJs Joe Bermudez and Greg Pic
- The Mixing DJ | DJ Tutorials, Articles, Reviews and Gear Advice, excellent resource for any dj
This is a guest post from DJ Sohn at BD Thursday – a great website for DJs featuring new music, podcasts and other cool stuff for DJs and music enthusiasts. Be sure to check it out and bookmark it!
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As usual, your info rocks the house. Extremely useful and timely! This is a resource worth the bookmark and social share. Thanks!
With so many scattered resources for good music online it’s good to see a central collection where one can go to get the music they need. Good work. I will bookmark this site and refer to it often.
Sweet, Tons of free resources to. (Which idea for guys like me that are penny pinchers) lol…. I also have to agree with the other guy that its nice to have all the resources in one easy to navigate list like you posted. Definitely worth the bookmark. Thanks 🙂
check this site out
mp3bear.com
thanks for this great music resources. i am a dj for techno/house music in berlin and i love beatport for buying my music, because they have such a big load of music that blows your mind.
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Hey! Great post! thank you a lot for featuring our blog at the very first position 🙂
Thank you. Very nice post. I found very nice songs.
you forgot one this is the hottest music directory. service on the net and all music posted there is free http://www.djgrouponline.com
house
trance
electro
techno
hip hop
rnb..
etc..
Hey I wanted to send you an email but didn’t see a contact page. I was wondering if you could listen to me and my partners new album.
Hit me back if this is something you are interested in.
The link to the album is here:
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Haay, just dropping a line to say I enjoy poking around your blog!
Cheers,
Angela (DJ Fuse)
Boston, MA
Thanks! I checked out your Soundcloud page – great stuff!
Hey All, depends what music you into, but for the past few years I’ve been using beatport and traxsource. Both excellent sites, with nuf white labels.
Sean.
THAAAAANKSSSS!!!!!
thanksss a lot mannn
HEY GUYS!!
Swedish House Mafia bring us their new single!! Im sure you’ve heard it- it hit Number 1 on Beatport and im sure will continue to chart.
We thought it needed a good MAIN ROOM remix so put this together. We played it at a festival main stage over the weekend here in Australia and it sounded really good so here to share!
Save The World Tonight (Rave Radio Remix)
SOUNDCLOUD – http://soundcloud.com/rave-radio/save-the-world-tonight-rave
ZIPPY – http://www63.zippyshare.com/v/60081596/file.html
cool list, thanks for the help!
i wanted to add my new site here as well.. it will have the latest weekly updates, mixed…
DJCity is my favorite. BeatPort works good also. I used Living Electro for most of my music when I first started but after gigs started to pile up I had the money to blow on pay-to-download tracks.