If you don't know about Beatport -- it's OK. DJ's and professionals in the industry use Beatport similar to the iTunes store. All the newest club/electronic tracks and remixes are published there for purchase.
Most of the time, a track will be released on Beatport and take a month or two to catch on at a club. This depends on the size of your city. Where I am from in Anchorage, Alaska; good luck.
I decided to put together a sampling of some of the top 100 tracks (five to be exact) purchased by fellow DJ's in August.
The trend as far as I can see is going to more "club-ish" sounds. Even pop music these days is taking hints and stealing sounds from electronic music. Hence the new Britney Spears single.
Another trend I am noticing are the "harder" and "sour" electronic sounds. Crunchier, heavier melodies that go "sour" (David Guetta loves to do this) seem to be catching on.
"Party Rock Anthem" and Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer's "Give me Everything" are examples of the watered down top-40 version of this trend.
Most popular dance songs are also right at 128 BPM (beats per minute) or 130 BPM. (David Guetta loves the 130 instead of the traditional 128).
And yes, those are my Allen & Heath XD 53 DJ phones.
So here it is, some of the top most purchased songs by professional DJ's for the month of August. Track listing is as follows:
1. Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & Nervo - The Way We See The World (Tomorrowland Anthem Instrumental)
2. Mord Fustang - Magic Trooper (Original Mix)
3. Avicii - Sweet Dreams (Cazzette meet At Night Mix)
4. Deniz Koyu - Tung (Original Mix)
5. Afrojack & R3hab - Prutataaa (Original Mix)
