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D.J.Manhattan – Learning Journal

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  • March 26, 2012 at 2:17 pm #17359
    Arthur Kokanov
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    I’m back, fell off the board there for a bit due to overwork. Just a tip for everyone doing alot with their life… don’t do too much or you’ll burn out.

    So im getting right back into it. Also I think I want to merge this thread with another aspect of my life, Travel, well the preparation for my long ass trip. Goals for this week…
    Djing:
    1. Set up two hours worth of music that i most enjoy.

    2. Create a demo mix for promotion.

    3. Print biz cards.

    Travel:
    1. Start on light work out on chest and back and some running.

    March 28, 2012 at 1:12 pm #17491
    zhubajienierjie
    Member

    Keep up the great work my friend,This could also help people with their choice in life of what they want to do. However, with this they should also add stronger Magnet schools.
    also I’m not sure if you have started using a music software to produce with, but if not I think you should use Live.

    March 28, 2012 at 1:39 pm #17494
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    thanks for the tip, il check out live. not sure what you mean by magnet schools though, my philosophy is to follow what you want to do, the only draw back is that you must know yourself really well before you can do that. I just hope this journal helps people with make the choice on how seriously they want to take DJing and the process it takes to become good.

    April 2, 2012 at 2:14 pm #17774
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    Ok so I didint get to finish the promo cd since im still going through all the music that I have, almost done though. The biz Cards thing kinda fell through too. The guy who has everything set up had something unexpected come up and I wasent able to meet up wtih him. I’ll keep in contact with him and make sure to get that done this week Sat. Otherwise I got to play alot of music and just listen to the stuff I like. My gf has been helping me out with discovering some bands and hits that I havent heard of yet.

    Goals for this week: Lets do this right!

    1. Finish listening through all the songs by Wednesday night.

    2. Print Biz cards

    3. Work on Promo CD

    4. Create a new Mash up by saturday.

    Workout goals

    1. Visit gym 3 times this week mon, wed, thursday.

    April 9, 2012 at 5:35 pm #18231
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    So I finished listening through all the music that I’ve been meaning to listen to and picked out a hefty selection. I’ve been trying to set up a mix CD too but havent been playing around as much as I wanted to with this, i’ve had a really busy weekend. Biz cards flopped but thats ok. This weekend…

    Goals for this week: Dedication and orginization!

    1. Practice one hour a day for 7 days. No excuses. Focus on beat and song matching. The idea is to make the music sound as if it is part of one track so that you cant tell where one song starts and where one ends.

    2. Start reading the DJ Manual. 1 chapter a day.

    3. Start Figuring out Ableton Live.

    To complete all these goals I must be efficiant with my time and have lazer focus.

    Work out goals:

    1. Go Tue: Chest
    Wed: Back
    Thur: Cardio

    April 13, 2012 at 10:58 pm #18525
    DJ Stone Crazy
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    I don’t know if this fits for you. A buddy told to me journal any songs I see that gets people dancing. Here’s a thought: As you write your journal, how about turning it into a blog? What you learn just might help other DJs.

    April 13, 2012 at 11:01 pm #18526
    DJ Stone Crazy
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    DJ Stone Crazy, post: 18623, member: 79 wrote: I don’t know if this fits for you. A buddy told to me journal any songs I see that gets people dancing. Here’s a thought: As you write your journal, how about turning it into a blog? What you learn just might help other DJs.

    My bad. I didn’t your whole post.

    April 15, 2012 at 1:51 am #18556
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    lol haha, no worries. il start posting mixes again soon to show my progress.

    April 16, 2012 at 3:01 pm #1003576
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    It’s monday again time for another update.

    The only goal I was satisfied with was my mixing goal from last week. I did an hour a day and recored every set except for one where I forgot to press save… :/. from listening back I can tell a noticiable improvement in the blending and less mistakes. I didint touch the dance music manual or ableton due to… I dont really have an excuse so I guess I just loafted.

    I am going to focus on being effcient again this week and continue with the goals from last week. I also wanted to change my logo, il have a friend set it up sometime this week.

    This weeks Goals:

    – Mix an hour a day, with focus on blending music.
    – Refine my main music crate even more. I am finding that I use certain songs alot more and that I dont touch the others.
    – Start reading the dance music manual and read the manual for Ableton live.
    – Set up a promo mix CD on Sunday.

    Guys… its summer! time to go out and rock it!

    April 23, 2012 at 6:10 pm #1003654
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    Another monday! Time flies fast…

    Playing an hour a day worked out pretty well and I refined my music crate even more. Over the next two weeks I will be chopping my music selection even more to my most fave songs. My blends have been getting better too but it still a hit and miss. I am dropping where I am not supposto and my music selection seems on and off, the energy isint there.

    My younger sister told me she has hook ups with some pretty decent names in the club scene (she def knows more ppl more then me when it comes to the club scene). She wants to help me out but i dont know how to utilize this most efficiantly (i am open for tips). I dont feel ready for a real club scene yet but I need to start getting a name out there and that means I must post up mixes.

    I finally got together with my designer for the biz cards and we went down to the print shop. There have been some complications with the the dark border design and color. Whenever you are designing custom cards always set up a bleed (the extra space for your card to be cut.) which we were missing. If you are setting up a black border around your card you cant print it digitaly because the cuts wont be accurate, so you must print it offset (i think that’s what it’s called which means at a site where they use non-digital color and special cutting press), and that goes up in price since mixing those colors costs more. Lesson learned, so those should be done soon.

    Last but not least I was not happy with the quality of mixes i created so I could not set up my mix CD that will have to wait a bit.

    The goals for this week:

    – Cut the fat from my music crates.
    – Mix for an hour each day.
    – Keep reading the music manual.
    – Rework biz cards.

    I am looking for a couple of suggestions too. I have alot of free time at work that I feel I could be using more productively for DJ related stuff. The thing is though, i feel scattered. I know DJing is about the music and all but maybe something i can read or do that will in the long run help with my mixing and all that (like the articles on the DJ forums which I have read 90% of lol). Another thing, i know i’ve been repetative with these journals (same goals and such) so im open to suggestions on how i can improve on these posts. How can i be more helpful to the community and new DJ’s.

    April 23, 2012 at 7:15 pm #1003656
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I love your mini-blog here, it’s very inspirational and fascinating to read your path to DJ stardom 🙂

    April 24, 2012 at 6:44 pm #1003664
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    Thanks! I will keep updating as long as I feel I can contribute to beginners.

    As for the questions in my last post can someone help me out?

    April 25, 2012 at 4:13 pm #19199
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    Wednesday!

    I was reading a blog about the drum and bass festival in T.O. and it got me totally pumped! I just had to do a quick update about priorities…

    I came back home from work yesterday and played a 40 minute set I felt pretty tired so i spent some time with the gf. at around 11:30 before going to sleep i decided to play some GTA IV and that lasted until 2am even though I have to wake up at 6:30am for work. While I was falling a sleep though I was kicking myself… I could have spent that time working on music! I am all for having time to relax and w.e but remeber your priorities! Do you want to be a gamer/couch potato or do you want to go out and accomplish something great!? So just as a reminder for myself, put away your game controller or the remote to the tv, and go play some fucking crazy beats.

    More and more I’m starting to realize that I can accomplish something great with this DJ thing. There is just so much I can do with it! All I do is think about it all day and all night. I want this… and I want it bad.

    April 25, 2012 at 4:27 pm #19200
    VinnyBlanc
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    I sold my PS3 just to buy my new headphones…

    April 25, 2012 at 4:44 pm #19202
    Arthur Kokanov
    Participant

    haha I did that too a while back, but i gave it away to my best friend who lives in thailand.

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