Whats Your Digging Process?

BradOblivion · Post by **BradOblivion** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:33 am

I am an avid vinyl digger, I've been searching for black wax artifacts for close to 10 years now. I was just reading an old article in LifeSuxDie Mag(damn i miss that joint) On Cratedigging and PBW mentioned how he noticed how his crew and himself would begin their digging journey. Some started in Jazz, or Soul etc...I was wondering where do you cats start when on a digging mission? Do you find as your taste changes you tend to spend more time in other sections more?

DREWDANK · Post by **DREWDANK** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:37 pm

old jazz mostly...at yard sales and thrift stores
people are weirded out when they see a sixteen year old come up and pay for 5 paul whiteman albums....
lol one lady said do you even know what these are?
i was like im a dj kinda
she just gave me a blank satre...lol thought i would share

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:42 pm

I usually get a feel for the crate I'm digging in. A lot of times the crate is records from the same person or same couple people. I try to be more picky if its a wack crate.

BradOblivion · Post by **BradOblivion** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:40 pm

I've been digging a lot of smooth jazz ish lately. Mainly cuz the record store in my area is overflowing with it. Stuff like Bob James, Dave Grusin, Earl Klugh... ish like that. A lot of its mad soft but there are some ill gems to be found. I'm growing tired of the same soul samples so Im trying to get into some new sounds. Haven't Heard any really ill spyro gyra flips yet so its my mission to cook em up.

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:29 pm

Depends... When I go to a record store I usually hit the bargain bins first just in case. Then I usually goto soul/funk Then to easy listening/world to find those lovely command records. Then I'll usually go through the jazz stuff.

If im at a thrift store I usually just go a few times that week and basically listen to everything.

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:36 pm

Spyro Gyra!! I copped one of their album for 0,99$ during the soul craze and was wondering why it was so slept,plenty of ill sounds waiting to be processed by my samplers :lol:

Well,I first started with soul but around 2000,those records were overpriced so I decided to focus on dollar bins where I found some of my favorite records and now my tastes broadened quite a bit,I will look for late 70s-early 80s jazz,eighties soul,nu wave,prog rock etc...
Yes,I agree that it can be so tiring to hear the same soul samples flipped the same way.
Anyways now,I don't dig as much because I don't have much room to store more vinyl and there's plenty that I haven't listened just yet.
But you guys should peep Craigslist!! In this "so-called" digital era,some people get rid of their vinyl for next to nothing,I picked up 73 records for 45$ and there was some good stuff in there like Eddie Kendricks,Marvin Gaye,Led Zep,Pink Floyd,Bobby Womack etc...
So anyways now,I'm really into cheap and obscure records of all genres.
A lot of producers hate on loops but it takes a whole lot of dedication to come up with that obscure gem.

mostblunted · Post by **mostblunted** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:16 pm

I usually start at the soul section in which every record goes for 2 bucks.
Looking at covers and if I like the cover, I look at the year it was pressed, I usually don't go for anything that is over 1985. Then funk, followed by jazz and finally classic and rock (usually I don't even get to classic/rock).

Vynal Duss · Post by **Vynal Duss** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:35 pm

The cheapest stuff first, (Whatever Genre). But then I'll go through the more melodic soul singers. They usually have the most lush instrumentation with very little to no drums. Then from there, just wherever. But whatever I do I usually stray away from any BIG NAMES no matter what genre. Collectors will be like, Wow!! I cant believe they got this mint "Fill in the blank". And I'll look right over it, because its usually high as shit, and has been used a million times. Oh and I usually go for the little funky indie lables from 1960 to about 1979. Thats where I personally think some of the best stuff is, but hey, I NEVER limit myself though, Peace, Duss.

BradOblivion · Post by **BradOblivion** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:50 pm

Vynal Duss wrote:The cheapest stuff first, (Whatever Genre). But then I'll go through the more melodic soul singers. They usually have the most lush instrumentation with very little to no drums. Then from there, just wherever. But whatever I do I usually stray away from any BIG NAMES no matter what genre. Collectors will be like, Wow!! I cant believe they got this mint "Fill in the blank". And I'll look right over it, because its usually high as shit, and has been used a million times. Oh and I usually go for the little funky indie lables from 1960 to about 1979. Thats where I personally think some of the best stuff is, but hey, I NEVER limit myself though, Peace, Duss.

Word Vynal Duss! a lot of my friends are on some elitest shit and I try to tell them it really isn't the records you have but how you flip them. I know dudes that drop major ducats on 1 or 2 pieces and make straight doo doo with them. I consider myself a dollar bin scholar cuz some of the illest stuff resides in those cheapo crates. Stuff that got over shadowed by bigger artists when released buy just as good and sometimes better, you just gotta put in that work to find them.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:38 pm

Vynal Duss wrote:The cheapest stuff first, (Whatever Genre).

Hot Sauce · Post by **Hot Sauce** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:29 pm

bosa nova and jazz fusion are the only real genres that im interested in. so those are the only two genres that i know what im looking for, so to speak, when im digging. i don't even have that great a knowledge of funk or soul and i just mainly pick of how the cover art looks.

i ain't got mad wax though and i aint that interested in having crates of records either. before i would go out and buy records after records after records just so i would have a large collection. it made me feel validated so to speak. but after a while i decided to just streamline my collection. i mostly buy online now and research the records im buying.

you can get any record and flip it. i don't understand why people are going out there and buying 50 crates of wax just because they want a certain piano sample. these are the people who do minimal rearrangement, i usually chop to the max.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:02 pm

Hot Sauce wrote:chop to the max.

word, only way to do it