CD Pool...What's that all about then????

[Shaun]

I subscribe to the CD pool (Radio) Monthly. No complaints here.

[CD Pool]

I'm baffled with what this is all about. I've just looked on their website. Clicked on their special offer Dance Hits 2010 and I already have 95% of the tracks on there.

I checkout the charts fortnightly using Radio 1. Then download from Amazon the tracks I don't have I.E. Any new entries. If I want any spcialist new house music just go to Beatport or a million other places I know I can get it from.

Buy new hits weeks before their released. Why? Tracks no-one has heard yet won't go down well at a mobile disco. No matter how big they go on to become. They need radio airplay for that etc.

So what's the point? or am I missing the point?

We're sorry that you are not quite convinced by our service. However, just clarify, the 'Radio' disc is the monthly compilation which pre-empts the chart hits which 'Dance Hits' takes the strongest Remix's of the songs currently being played on the Radio. The 'Hits' Disc provides people with a more current selection of the songs that are a little bit more established.

The Radio Disc has proven useful to a lot of mobile DJs who have had requests from clients on the day. If you have any further questions, we are more than happy to answer them. We're certainly open to all suggestions.

[Excalibur]

I don't. Totally disagree.

Why on earth would they think a professional company does that?

Guess that means I'm not professional then, cos I get that theory explained to me on a regular basis.

[soundtracker]

We're sorry that you are not quite convinced by our service. However, just clarify, the 'Radio' disc is the monthly compilation which pre-empts the chart hits which 'Dance Hits' takes the strongest Remix's of the songs currently being played on the Radio. The 'Hits' Disc provides people with a more current selection of the songs that are a little bit more established.

The Radio Disc has proven useful to a lot of mobile DJs who have had requests from clients on the day. If you have any further questions, we are more than happy to answer them. We're certainly open to all suggestions.

Perhaps you would like to explain the logic behind providing unusable material as part of your six-pack? i.e littered with needless bad language!!

[CD Pool]

Perhaps you would like to explain the logic behind providing unusable material as part of your six-pack? i.e littered with needless bad language!!

Normally if we have two choices of songs to put onto the discs, one clean and one explicit, we always favour the clean one as it's more radio friendly.

To my mind (and please correct me if I am wrong), the only release you have received with explicit lyrics is yesterday’s ‘Billionaire’ by Travie McCoy. In this instance there was unfortunately no other high quality version of the song available to us in the timeframe provided, and I deemed it too important a release to omit from the Chart Hits compilation. The pack information and file were both clearly marked ‘explicit’ to avoid any embarrassing DJ situations(!), and should you deem the release important enough to play you will actually find that there are very few explicit words in the song. I’m not suggesting your own edit here, but the track isn’t laced with explicit language and may lend itself to a bit of ‘delicate’ mixing.

Please feel free to PM us if you have any further queries regarding the issue or any other issues.

[soundtracker]

Normally if we have two choices of songs to put onto the discs, one clean and one explicit, we always favour the clean one as it's more radio friendly.

To my mind (and please correct me if I am wrong), the only release you have received with explicit lyrics is yesterday’s ‘Billionaire’ by Travie McCoy. In this instance there was unfortunately no other high quality version of the song available to us in the timeframe provided, and I deemed it too important a release to omit from the Chart Hits compilation. The pack information and file were both clearly marked ‘explicit’ to avoid any embarrassing DJ situations(!), and should you deem the release important enough to play you will actually find that there are very few explicit words in the song. I’m not suggesting your own edit here, but the track isn’t laced with explicit language and may lend itself to a bit of ‘delicate’ mixing.

Please feel free to PM us if you have any further queries regarding the issue or any other issues.

Its not a question of "how many" explicit words there are, its the fact that there are any at all, its not big and its not clever, Mastermix here I come.

[CD Pool]

We’re not saying it’s big or clever Pete, just that there was no other mix available.

We do take explicit material very seriously, and in the unfortunate event that we have no choice but to feature a non-radio friendly version will clearly label the track in question.

[Corabar Steve]

Are there any plans to release the "Discs" (radio, dance, hits etc) digitally as per the six packs?

[Corabar Steve]

I'll take that as a no then.

[simon1969]

Oh dear, I was considering using cd pool but after some of the comments on here I don't think I will now.......