are you for real? like on his whole post?

Yes. I'm curious if anyone here is a part of it - or what other sites I should look at?

....

this sight looks like it was designed by a 3rd grader and 3rd graders; no offense. there are many forums about dj pools on this site. just search brother.

I wouldn't join a music pool with the word Bangerz.

what if it was finger....... lol^^^^

Well then I would be curious!

I call shenanigans...

I was thinking it was just advertising while pretending it's not as well.

Okay, so after some searching, I came across DJ City, Direct Music Service, Promo Only's POOL, and MyMP3Pool.

Thoughts?

It really depends on what genre of music you play or plan to cater to. Some pools are more hip hop based while some are more electronic dance based.

cant really think of one thats better than the other, just one thats more into on genre than another

Bar Bangerz was co-founded by Victor Menegaux who was at one time one of the top remixers on Crooklyn Clan and then Strictly Hits. He does some good work. I wouldn't use it as my only music service as you would still need the original tracks but for remixes it should work for you.

Exactly. Victor along with DJ Phase and a bunch of other killer editors. It's geared toward bar-style venues over megaclubs. Also has tons of stuff for weddings and other mobiles. I'm just waiting on them to add video and I will be all over it. Probably going to join anyway just to get more stuff for my non-video casino nights...

Bottom line - don't be thrown off by the lo-fi site graphics lol. They have TONS of good stuff up, and the guys who edit for it ALL know their shit. You won't end up with any tracks with weird numbers of bars on the intro, or shit that is overly compressed and farts on the subs, etc. Everything they put up is quality.

LOL Bar Bangerz sounds like a low budget porn series.

Despite the name, I joined Bar Bangerz and POOL.

I have a lot to do this weekend now.

Itis named bangerz because barbangers is aporn site.

It's a great pool. Has tons of old school. Great for mobile djs. Would definitely recommend.

Not a member, but the guys that run it are standup dudes. I always hear good things about it. Highly recommended.

I'm an enjoying it so far. I like the redrums for some of the songs that seem hard to mix.

Hey, what does ACA stand for?

Acapella.

despite the site looking like that. Every remix editor on that shit do top notch work. And alot of their work is also on DirectMusicService.com as well.

shit = site*

I also like the way they organize the tracks on barbangerz esp for the acapella in/out edits normally searching for those is a bitch.

i like funk master flex pool.... its good and you get tons of music from different genres.... aso i am happy they are adding much more SOCA to their pool then previous years. they are great with hip hop and mainstream joints

I like franchise, but their djs are way too lazy. They make too many sloppy intros and outros. The exclusive section has been populated with a lot of trash lately. Ant they run their outros too long. I dont need an additional 4 minutes of instrumental. 16.bars is enough, i can loop it if i am doing a live mashup. 17 mb for each song is a little to much.

Perhaps... but i can argue differently .. the intros seems fine to me at least for my mixing purposes anyways. and for the most part i am in few other pools and all of their intros seems more or less the same level... unless you are willing to pay PER TRACK in other remixing services the intros are as good as they will get for the price. now on the long outros yes i agree they are excessive, But long outros are handy for MCing or making announcements while the song plays with out you having to loop...makes thing easier or like you said making a mash up on the fly.. and it is not always on all the songs... now on the remixing.. they are ok i am not to crazy about them like you said not a lot of good stuff and for the most part a lot of those EXCLUSIVE Tracks are done by and uploaded BY users (I make and upload alot of my own remixes) and i think that Pool Steals Remixes from other sources.. cause i get remixes a 1 week in advance from other pools and then Funk's pool get it. So they are not really exlusive lol. but again for the price it is a solid Pool

DMS was too expensive - $65 a month for unlimited?

I don't see why Bar Bangerz is so bad - the graphics? Maybe its just their style - who knows.

I swear all weekend all I have done is download.

Nothing wrong with them... their design choice is not the best for the crowd they cater to... Bad design choice... personally i Like the layout and the graphics but perhaps not the best choice for a record pool lol. i am actually about to join them.. i could use some Oldies. making your own intros and outros can be a bitch lol

I wouldn't even know how to make an intro or outro. Just started mixing recently.

well welcome to the mixing world.. my best advice to quickly get better at mixing is listen to other dj's you like their mixing style then make it your own... also good move on the record pool... having songs with intros outros makes mixing a lot easier.

practice and enjoy

I like Phase's edits.

We cater to the open format Dj but also make edits of Top 40/Club tracks. Our focus is to offer nothing but hits. Once a member you can request that we make edits of songs that you want. We are all working club/Radio Dj's. If anyone has any questions I would be more than happy to reply.

It's no doubt a great pool with good content, I like how they tag their files especially the "year" which is missing or inaccurate from other pools.

I just joined Barbangerz... and went on a downloading spree! Got some great redrums of 70's and 80's tracks. A couple transitions too. Good value and decent remixes. Still use Crooklyn Clan once in a while too.

Not sure why people are harping on the site design. Looks exactly like DMS to me but what do I know. My two cents: about I'm about to sign up. Do a few other pools but mainly a wedding and corporate DJ these days so I don't need frankenstein edits or bootlegs. Just the classics and the current "bangerz" -- pun intended.

No offense taken.. Our goal is to deliver a clean, easy to use site. Our focus is the content, not a flashy site. If you have any questions or requests let me know.

I like FranchiseRecordPool. They have a good amount of dancehall reggae & soca. However I need to build up my library with older dancehall from around the mid 90s. Does anyone have any recommendations on record pools that might possibly meet that requirement?

I found some real gems on barbangerz. I slam a few at every gig and they never disappoint. The "oldies" remixes are usually dope - if you're into that type of music. Their stuff is great for weddings.

www.PSSL.com has a music pool as well. They got video too.

Im on bar bangerz, soo many good edits/redrums of 60s,70s and 80s. Quality record pool in my opionon

Either way, whatever pool you get in is cheap. We paid thousands of dollars collecting vinyl. The price of an unlimited download site is cheap compared to them days. Research sites and jump in on them. I am fortunate enough to be an OG in the game and have VIP passes to several sites. Best advice I can give is for you to just try a few different ones out.

I joined Bar Bangerz about a month ago myself. So far I dig it.

Good pool. Been with them for 3yrs now. They have some videos as well.

Bar Bangerz has been great to me.

But, I thought the coolest thing they did was send me three free drops "DJ Fred Smart!", just for signing up, plus a handful of stickers.

Awe gee... thanks. Haha =)

So you went 15 years.. slamming away? lol after 15 years of trainwrecking i finally learned how to mix.. WTF!?!

It's been years since the last post on this thread, but instead of opening new one, I was just going to ask and check with those who have subscribed if barbangerz is still legit today. I'm trying to subscribe, but I always see a page saying "the password is: bosco".. so i wasn't sure if this site is good or they were just recently hacked or something..

Man what was he doing for 15 years

I'm sending your issue to the Barbangerz web staff now. I've never seen that before. That's interesting.
But to answer your question, barbangerz is still going strong. Membership and catalog is growing every week.

thanks, i tried contacting them too, but no response for the past month or so. :) i decided not to subscribe for now (simply went to beatjunkies for oldies). the problem seems to be related only on safari client, but im not good in web security, so who knows what's behind chrome or firefox...

Hey DJ Phase and DJ Kutt, I just singed up for BarBangerz. The material seems great, and I get that you aren't too worried about having a professionally impressive website.

But, one suggestion... It would be great to have some sort of a welcome page that explained how the site works and some of the terminology that you use... Like aca out, QH, SE...

I know the pool is for professional DJ's, but not everyone uses these terms. It can be a little intimidating after you sign up to know exactly what will be useful to download and what won't.

Also, I'm assuming it's intentional that you don't have a bulk downloader option.I'm not sure why, but it's such a difference maker that I assume it's an intentional move for you guys.
But for me, that would be super helpful. I signed up with unlimited access to the back catalog thinking that I could just download all of certain sections... Like download all of the 90s category in one click. I work a ton of hours, so knowing that I'm going to have to individually click each download link is a bit disappointing. I would rather just get them all downloaded so I can throw them on the USB in my car and listen to them while I commute and delete whatever I don't like.

It states quite clearly on the bottom of every page

"Key: (QH) - Quick Hitter | (SE) - Short Edit"

I purchased a 3-mo subscription for beatjunkies, but was a bit disappointrd. Not my type of pool, so I will try a bangerz next month.

So far for me, mp3online and bpm supreme works well. The throwback (60s-80s) library is something I'm still lacking.

You cant make this shit up lol. This shit gets worse by the day.

I tried to contact Barbangerz support few times the past few few day, but did not get Any response.

Gotta vouch for Barbangerz their website is so well organized. I keep my crates just like the genres are organized. 10s, 00s, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s etc. brilliant and their redrums of older tunes are 🔥 As a fan of Dms, djcity barbangerz is one of the top 3. Design I think is fine very easy to navigate.

Well, if tech vouches for it.....im not going anywhere near it #nocred

Good one all you do is insult ppl and work in a fucking cubicle...carry on

Let me know when you have a job

My job is full time djing and its fucking awesome🙌🏼 I'm actually "good"

Guess im "great" since i beat you in a battle

Keep dreaming that will "never" happen

Ha, ha, lemmie take this one...

So basically, the purpose of a Record Pool is to bring you NEW music, not be a clearinghouse for older joints....BUUUUTT, some places have a back Catalog so you can build up your library, but that's not the way a real pool is "supposed" to work.

Regardless, the idea with having to download each track singularly was supposedly so you could RATE each new track when you pre-listened, so they could take your feedback and give it to the label, which is the reason for the advance copy in the first place.

I remember when Franchise didn't have scripts in place to make you rate, and you could download entire PAGES of songs at a clip.

As a matter of fact, I did....;-D

That quickly was removed once cats found out about it, and they have a rating front end up for those "new" joints.

Back in the day, the pools required you to fill out PAPERWORK and send it back to the pool or else you wouldn't get another stack of vinyl.

Barbangez support contacted me, support was helpful though it took a while but all sorted out now :)

First off, thank you for subscribing and your feedback. We (everyone at Bangerz would love to hear it)

To address some of your feedback:
The simplicity of the website is something we like really like. Sure, we could make a fancy site with all sorts of things you could do and see. But why? Let's just get to the music.
We realize ALL DJs have their unique way of sorting, organizing, and labeling their libraries. Our system is fairly simple so hopefully it has minimal adverse effect on organizing preferences. So the SE, QH, Etc is labeled and is noted on the side. It's small, so look for it. I fully expect most DJ's do a little bit retagging as they see fit. I DO!

For a bulk downloader: It's something we've considered. We're not totally against it. Personally, I dont like it. It has potential of filling up my hard drive with stuff I dont need. I mean seriously, how many damn versions do i need of Uptown Funk?! Haha. Download what you want, leave what you dont. I think it saves me time because I already have the song in front of me when having the option to download.
But again, that's me, personally. If enough people want it, then we'll revisit it.

We would hope that no one feels intimidated by joining our site. If any one had a question, any one of the editors can help.

Thanks for your feedback. I made sure it was brought up to the rest of the staff.
Phase

You seem... like a dick.

I work a ton of hours running a DJ company and DJing. It's still a corporation, lots of book keeping and scheduling and client meetings and things like that. Doesn't leave a ton of time for downloading and organizing literally tens of thousands of songs.

I'd rather get them all onto a hard drive so that I can go throw them when I'm practising, driving, or waiting for clients in between meetings.

I'd rather get them straight into a software program that can sort, organize and rank them faster then I can even find them in a web browser.

Don't be the DJ that assumes that everyone wants to be the same kind of DJ you are and has the same needs.

First off, thank you for subscribing and your feedback. We (everyone at Bangerz would love to hear it)

To address some of your feedback:
The simplicity of the website is something we like really like. Sure, we could make a fancy site with all sorts of things you could do and see. But why? Let's just get to the music.
We realize ALL DJs have their unique way of sorting, organizing, and labeling their libraries. Our system is fairly simple so hopefully it has minimal adverse effect on organizing preferences. So the SE, QH, Etc is labeled and is noted on the side. It's small, so look for it. I fully expect most DJ's do a little bit retagging as they see fit. I DO!

For a bulk downloader: It's something we've considered. We're not totally against it. Personally, I dont like it. It has potential of filling up my hard drive with stuff I dont need. I mean seriously, how many damn versions do i need of Uptown Funk?! Haha. Download what you want, leave what you dont. I think it saves me time because I already have the song in front of me when having the option to download.
But again, that's me, personally. If enough people want it, then we'll revisit it.

We would hope that no one feels intimidated by joining our site. If any one had a question, any one of the editors can help.

Thanks for your feedback. I made sure it was brought up to the rest of the staff.
Phase

Hey Phase... thank you for your genuine response.
Yeah, haha, I had barely looked at the sight when I wrote that. I did see the key for the terms a little after that, and obviously, once I started actually playing some of the tracks it all made perfect sense.

As far as the bulk downloader... I absolutely get where you are coming from. For a ton of Dj's, probably most Dj's, that makes perfect sense.

Part of my thought process for sure, was that I've already been a member of Promo Only for about a decade and I've looked into other DJ catalogs as well... but nothing gave me a legal and reliable back catalog of substance that was easily mixable.

When I saw the type of material that BarBangers had, I thought signing up would be a no brainer, like a lot of DJ's, I started out with a hard drive that I bought off of ebay. Now I want to have a full and versatile and legal library for mobile gigs. I really thought the BarBangerz was my answer... and it could be. I'm just going to have to pay a teenager to download everything for me so that I can preview and sort it on the fly if need be.

So, if I'm working an event, like the one I was at last night, where it was a fundraiser for a bunch of rich older women to raise money for domestic violence, instead of mixing the Top 40 and Hip Hop, I could have really connected with them if I had all of the 70's and 80's redrums at my disposal. In bars and Weddings, I get a ton of requests... I'd way rather have the totality of BarBangerz library ready to go, and if someone asks for a song that I'm not super familiar with, I can throw it on in my headphones and set a few cues real quick. If it's 4 different versions of the same song, fine, USB sticks are huge and cheap. Sometimes I want the QH, sometimes I want the full version, sometimes I want the Aca In or Aca Out. It depends on the room, and I'd rather make that decision in the room, than in my office a month before the party.

Does that make sense? I'm definitely not trying to be disrespectful to a great DJ. Your edits are already a lot of what I find myself playing. I'm just guessing that me and thousands of other DJ's might be coming to BarBangerz with a different set of needs than other jocks. As a mobile Dj that works I ton, I am totally different than booth DJ's that only need a few hundred songs because they have a pretty good idea of what they are playing before they step into a booth.

After stumbling upon this forum, I signed up for them , I have to say that I'm very pleased, I have several weddings birthday parties lined up and the content will work out fine my only question is this , when you're playing stuff like Hank Williams family tradition and there's a break beat behind it, do people come up and say stuff like " hey that ain't the right one" ( we're talking the older Country type, I live in Texas and the audience is picky) or "hey your messin up the song" lolol , i mean, the re-drums are absolutely awesome tho.. and I have played these types of remixes before and there's always a couple of people to come up and just can't deal with the fact that it's not the original LOL. But then I guess that's what comes with mobile DJ you can't please everybody

^^ True ^^
I've seen some people turn up their noses to some of the redrums, but for the most part the crowd loves them. It's ultimately up to the DJ to play the right version for the crowd though.
A lot of classic songs NEED a beefed up bass line for dancing purposes and are better for it. Good job Bar Bangerz!

Redrums can ruin a track or enhance a track. It is a fine line. Some of the best redrums are the subtle ones. Some of the older tracks need to be remastered and have a little more oomph. When it gets to the stage where it becomes almost a remix or a new track then that will really piss off the old timers as you mentioned

Subtle is key! Just an added bass line or a snare in the right spot. A redrum should not change the aura of the song.

Took the words out of my mouth! Redrums should maintain the original integrity of the song. Sometimes I do them myself If I cant find a decent version.

like that time I was told to play a rock "ish" type gig at a night club.... (mash up / rock bangers / top 40 open format) ....and a fucking Metallica after party shows up....

out the window went every mash up / redrum / remix I thought I was going to play....
OG's only that night lol

Man, I just booked a dude's 80th b-day party this Sat. His wife tells me that he likes classic country from the 40's - 60's. Any good mashups or redrums for Hank Williams or Patsy Cline?

LoL

I did a pretty dope red rum to dixie land delight if that helps lol

Thank you for all that subscribe to the site. The feedback is great and its something we discuss regularly.

As far as redrums: You guys nailed it. Pick through the subtle ones and the ones that have a complete new beat. Discretion of the DJ is key for their given gig that night.

If anyone has specific request, please shoot them onto the site. Or you can email them directly to me. djphaseseattle@gmail.com
Cheers everyone!
Phase

Would of been great if you tagged your files "clean" for clean edits. Would really help for gigs that are strictly radio friendly. I see the dirty files are tagged. Usually searching for "clean" keyword in my library works well but not for barbangerz files cause they are not tagged😕 My only real complaint.

I am a subscriber, when I contact Barbangerz almost never get a reply.

I need songs from The Real Thing and more....

I am a subscriber, when I contact Barbangerz almost always I never get a reply.

I only got a reply once cause I had problem subscribing.
That was it. even that took many emails to get a reply.

After that I have contacted Barbangerz many times again and again.
I have sent many song requests but nothing. No Reply.

I even sent email to DJ Phase and PM ed him on Serato forum.... still no reply

I would like songs from The Real Thing and and other artists

im pretty sure the original poster was just a spammer for the site. If you check his post history, 90% of it promotes the site.

A) I dont check this forum that often. Pretty much only log in when there is a serato update. Like today.
B) I have no message from a djkulo here. Are you sure you sent it to the right dj phase? My personal email address is djphaseseattle@gmail.com I'll be happy to help you if I can. If I cant, I'll move it up the chain at the site.

We do not have a spammer for the site. I mean really, who has time for that anyways.

Phase, I've been on these forums since 2008, people have tons of time to pass off post under fake accounts to promote a product or website. I mean your trying to obtain new users for profit. There's a major incentive posting on one of the world's largest platforms of djing forums bro. Free marketing.

Bueller? Bueller?

I understand what you're saying so I'll re-phrase. WE dont have time for that.

Music is not bad or good its all subjective, to who is listening to it. If you're are listening to the music just for yourself, then you may say a certain genre of music does not fit your taste therefore i will not buy it or listen to it. But as a DJ the listening criteria is totally different because its no longer about you. Are job is to take music from all genres and all sources put it together and make something unique and different. Some of us are constantly searching and looking for the all glorious highest high of record pool that give you everything you want the way you want it. You will search along time that pool does not exist. I have never met bad music or a bad record pool our job is to sift through and preview all those track to find the right one you need to suit your way of creating for you or you clients. Its never the music its always the DJ.

Been reading this thread for a bit as I've been considering Bar Bangerz and man... all I'm looking for is a great house/EDM pool that has acapella's for my remixes -- for my DAW and live sets. Any suggestions? Do all pools have acapella's?

No, not all pools submit acapellas or instrumentals. It's been less and less as the years go on. Your best bet for that sort of stuff would be beatport.com and buying individual tracks.

I'm sure there are a few obscure record pools who still distribute what you want but they are usually between $30/$45 a month since the content is hard to find.

all record pools are different, i havnt been on barbangerz in a while, i need to sign up again but things have slowed down for me as a dj a bit , what i would like to see and i think all audiences would enjoy, are more "ghetto funk" remixes of stuff, like Father Funk / Featurecast / jimi needles / wbbl / allergies type jams for instance,

The ghetto funk sound is so dated these days. Most of those guys are mainly making glitch hop now.

Featurecast has a new album that’s either just out or ready to drop tho.

yes, i am a big Featurecast fan, and yea, im late on the whole funk glitch thing, i just got so burnt out on my first love (house) even went the ragga jungle route for a while (wont find that on no record pool lol)

Slynk just released a new album exclusively on YouTube music as well

Looking at getting into a pool myself, and i'm thinking about going with this one.. Does this pool offer any video options? thanks