? For "Experienced" Diggers

I met this guy the other day and I was just surprised at his knowledge and shit of labels and members in bands and shit.

Does this just come to you or do you make it a point to memorize specific things? I don't know if I'm making sense? Like, how long did/does it take to just know what's up with musicians and producers on old records?

I'm just trying to get my digging game up but all I do is buy really random lps and I have no idea what I'm doing. Any advice?

spectre wrote:I met this guy the other day and I was just surprised at his knowledge and **** of labels and members in bands and ****.

Does this just come to you or do you make it a point to memorize specific things? I don't know if I'm making sense? Like, how long did/does it take to just know what's up with musicians and producers on old records?

I'm just trying to get my digging game up but all I do is buy really random lps and I have no idea what I'm doing. Any advice?

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when you hear something you like, read every line on the lp..artists, producers, studios, instruments, labels,,everthing. youll pick up on things even subconciously so when you see them again youll remeber Ah! i gotta cop this because its got the same blah blah as my favorite record...just absorb the info on the labels...

yeah thats what i do. i basically aim for artists, instruments, labels and years. Like certain artists travel in packs. Just read the liner notes on ur favs and really pay attention to the people who play what. It just takes time. Im just gettin to the point of knowin how to come home with records that i like. it was mainly hit or miss before. It makes it alot more fun and easier on the wallet casue u know what ur lookin for. Cats like (these are all off the top o the head) george benson, bernard purdie, roy ayers, lonnie liston, freddie hubbard, idris muahomead (sp) etc, have done mad studio sessions and cameos on diff jazz albums and u will be surprised how many lps will have them on them. They run in the same circles. Also labels like CTI, Flying Dutchman, Prestige, Groove merchant, even atlantic have ill artists on them. so i aim for thouse also. Just always keep reseraching and follow what 4k and beatlust said.

what these guys said. Just read them records while you are listening and don't worry too much about memorizing per se.

Also try to hang out with this guy you met who knows all this stuff. The best thing for record collecting is having friends who are into records and music in general. I have got and given a lot of my favorite records that way. If you can go diggin with them that's even better. If you're just getting started there's a ton of great music that can be had for a dollar anywhere just because it's common, and your friends won't mind givin you tips or even giving you extra copies from their stash. Start with that and you will automatically grow into knowing what you're looking for. Before you know it you'll be able to tell a high percentage of the time if you're going to like it or not just by looking at the cover. Then you can get into the deep shiz.

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Buy yourself a portable turntable that plays on batteries and bring it with you to the record store. Hide in the back and listen to records. You can get an old Seaseme Street record player off e-bay or buy the Vestax one. You'll save money in the long run.

Also, keep a little pocket sized notebook with you & when you learn new info about a record (players, songwriters,etc) that you like....just write it down. I call it my diggin journal.

cant say it enough yo read the liner and foot notes , thats the graet thing about albums back in the days they had alkinds of info on them now a days they aint got sht,

liner and foot notes my friend it will all come to you,
peace

YO, I suggest you keep just buying random lp's....one suggestion avoid most records before the 70's, you might get some lo fi ish.....unless you are looking for that..one

BigStu wrote:YO, I suggest you keep just buying random lp's....one suggestion avoid most records before the 70's, you might get some lo fi ish.....unless you are looking for that..one

there are a lot of pre 70's records with some of the stupidest hardest drum breaks....don't sleep.

I would recomend staying away from shit after 1970 until you've got your sixites on lock.

I was talking about the music not the drums though.....^sixties on lock....what are you talking about....you "lock" down decades or something....?

you know who the players from the sixites are so you can trace them and the players they have played with right on into the 70s. The sixties as far as "digging" music is concerned, is when all the greats got started. Knowing the sixities will help anyone gain a wider musical appreciation and be able to put the music of the seventies into context. That answer your question....

lots of times you just start noticing musicians' names and record labels,
then you get deeper like knowing aliases of certain artist and releases
prior to major label releases.