DJ Record Pools For Club DJs
For many working DJs, purchasing every single record they might need to play is out of the question. With an ever-changing landscape of singles, remixes, bootlegs, and custom edits to choose from, having a simple, hassle-free service to help DJs find the records they need at a price they can afford can be a godsend.
Enter the record pool, defined as:
“…a regionalized and centralized method of music distribution that allows DJs to receive promotional music to play in nightclubs.”
DJ TechTools’ last round-up review of record pools was published over three years ago. Since then, there’ve been changes and new pools added – so today we’re looking at five unique pools that have a strong presence at the start of 2017.
The Pools
- DJCity: An often-discussed record pool used by working DJs, DJCity features a trendy, diverse selection of the latest and greatest new records released.
- Club Killers: With a heavy emphasis on the club atmosphere, this pool has an extensive video library, custom-curated playlists, and a team of editors to keep your crates fresh.
- Direct Music Service: DMS and its team of 15 editors offer the largest back catalog of music of the five pools reviewed here, while also adding essential new tunes that many DJs need each week.
- POOL by Promo Only: Using a unique desktop client, POOL by Promo Only serves club, radio, and mobile DJs an incredible variety of both audio and video content at a price nearly any DJ can afford.
- Live DJ Service: Although offering less content overall than the other pools mentioned, LDS is a specialty service offering Benzi’s personal picks of modern club music of all genres.
Editor’s note: there are other DJ pools out there – these five were chosen for their relative popularity among club DJs. Other great pools reviewed on DJTT recently include:
- BPM Supreme – reviewed July 2017 – read the review
- ZipDJ – reviewed March 2016 – read it here
DJCity
- Website: www.djcity.com
- Price: $90 for three months.
- What’s Great?: A sizable amount of trendy, diverse, DJ ready originals and remixes at your fingertips.
- What Needs Improvement?: Characters are typically changed in dirty song titles (e.g. “We Want Some P#ssy”).
Club Killers
- Website: www.clubkillers.com
- Price: $35 per month.
- What’s Great?: A true abundance of custom, truly “club-killing” DJ edits.
- What Needs Improvement?: One of the few record pools that do not also feature a mobile app.
Direct Music Service
- Website: www.directmusicservice.com
- Price: $29.95 per month (for the limited plan), up to 40% off for yearly packages
- What’s Great?: One of the largest back catalogs available, coupled with its own brand of exclusive edits.
- What Needs Improvement?: Some DJs may dislike that most records on DMS have an intro, few will start cold.
POOL by Promo Only
- Website: www.promoonly.com
- Price: Starts at $12.00/month
- What’s Great?: Highly affordable, with extra genres available that are of particular use for mobile DJs
- What Needs Improvement?: Unlike DMS, many tracks may lack introversions, a potential downside/upside depending on one’s mixing style
Live DJ Service
- Website: www.livedjservice.com
- Price: $30 per month, lifetime memberships regularly offered at a discount.
- What’s Great?: A specialization for big room club music, an extra touch of exclusivity
- What Needs Improvement?: Not updated each week – although it’s more of a boutique service than the others
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