D.J.Manhattan – Learning Journal

I am like 30 minutes late typing this… Lets just say its been a really busy week. I just finished putting up my Set up at home… No more DJing on the bed… Now I have something that looks like a studio. I love it. Check it out on my Facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.368495059844046.110551.136944379665783&type=3

As for the week here is the break down.

– I ordered, The Dance Music Manual, and it should arrive sometime tomorow and I cant wait!
– I am up to 23 likes on my page… two more and I can add a vanity URL
– I have not practised as much as I like… since I have been really busy with many other projects.
– My business card is finished. I will get them printed next weekend, cant wait they look amazing.
– Set up a mini home studio.
– Picked out songs for my hour long 40 mix. I havent started it yet again due to time constraints.
– I’ve been on forums night and day… just getting to know people who are as passionate about Djing as I am.
– I have been listening, commenting, and studying what others make.

These are my goals for the week:

– I didint do well with my FX practice so I will be focusing on that for a couple of days.
– Finish my hour long top 40 mix.
– practice everyday for an hour, call it a POWER HOUR
– have 30 likes on my Facebook page.
– Start reading The Dance Music Manual once i receive it.

thats all for now. I must sleep due to work at 6am.

Another week has passed by:

I am ending on a rough patch this week. I wanted to do an hour long top 40 but nothing sounded right and nothing mixed well… I’ve been at it for four hours now and spent the entire week setting up cue points and organizing music. For now its done… I am just going to sleep on what I learnt. It is a real shame I can’t release anything to show for this week (music wise…). I will try again tomorow after work.

As for the other goals this week I have done pretty well.
– I received the dance music manual.
– I set up my mini studio/work area for mixing
– I end this week with 38 likes on my facebook page, 8 likes more then what i wanted to get!
– My bussiness cards are ready to print. I had a busy weekend so I couldent print them
– I didint work with FX to much.

The goals for next week are as follows:
– Read a chapter of the dance music manual everyday
– Practice mixing for an hour each day.
– Create 5 mash ups this week.
– Play around with FX and Samples.
– Finish the hour long top 40 mix.
– Design a more main stream logo. Add an animal or a character that people can recognize and describe easily.

Thats all for today! I hope you all had a great weekend and have an amazing week.

I feel yea… Last night I felt like I wasent focusing enough on music. So this month it will be 90% on that. The good thing about the past week is that I found alot of music I really like. I just havent mixed it though. Lets do it up and cant wait to hear the mash up man!

Just a quick update.

I worked on a mash for like 4 hours yesterday lol… and wanted some opinion on it.

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http://soundcloud.com/djmanhattan/hey-hey-hey-v-s-paso-nini?utm_campagin=timeline&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdjmanhattan%2Fhey-hey-hey-v-s-paso-nini&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=soundcloud

Actually I listened to it a few times over after it was finished and this morning and yes there are some mistakes and some general cleaning up to do. but otherwise for a first mash i think it sounds great. Btw this is a live mash up too no ableton or other music editing.

Thanks Phil!
A bit late on this update. I didint really have the energy to do what I wanted in the last 4 days of the week since I was in bed with high fever for 3 days. Also a late start to this week.

I didint get much accomplished which is a big bummer but i will make up for it starting tomorrow (still recovering). Only one goal for this week and thats to do a mash up I wanted to release last week.