Fake "DJ's"

Sucks but connections mean alot in this industry. You can be the lousiet mixer but if you know how to socilize and have lots of friends that can get you far too.

It’s horses for courses. There are different mixing techniques for every situation. When I do weddings etc I don’t beatmatch I do fade ins/outs and talk overs. You can’t hate a DJ for doing it his way and making a good living by it. I even play pre-recorded megamixes and mashups, I don’t hide the fact as I’ll be at the bar or in the gents. However, put me in a booth and I’ll mix away to my hearts content, I don’t need to warp tracks to help me fit them in my set, I don’t need a sync button, I don’t need to look at a passing waveform to know when the break is coming. Some do, some don’t I really don’t care. What really matters is that the floor is rocking. Habit means I’ll look and listen to what a DJ is doing and either give him/her a nod of appreciation or just walk away if there’s not a lot to the style but hate not.

If a DJ is making money he or she must have some talent, zero talent means zero bookings, and zero pay.

Very nice writeup Si BooGie. I totally agree that it is hard sometimes to tell what will make people care about things.
For example my gf likes vases. We have lots of them around the house with various detailed paintings and art on them. However her price piece and most valued vase is one that we bought in Japan from a really old potter. It is plain sparkling white, but it almost brought her to tears when she saw it and was handed it by the potter.

Sometimes the magic of a moment lies in simplicity. I tell that to many DJs that I see fail in clubs lately, coming with a huge array of toys, beatmatching 10 songs in 10 minutes and F/Xing, sampling and even drumming on their Maschine like mad…. they have excellent skills in what they do, but you can only stand their performance for 10 minutes, then I need a break and a beer to stop shaking nervously….

Bottom line is as technical as you can get and as great as you are as a DJ ppl come out for the music not you. When you start hitting superstar status then it will be all about you and Your music. plan accordingly.

Fake DJ:ing is not about using sync buttons or A/B crossfade transitions. It’s to fake the whole thing by playing a fixed set of songs, worst case even already mixed together.

DJ:ing is about getting people to dance. If you have a fixed set, even pre-mixed, and the crowd does not get interested, you are hosed. The person above who showed flexibility to play top-40 tracks, that was a sign of a true DJ. And if you don’t like such gigs, don’t take them.

Still don’t get why people are fixated on the sync button, reminds me when vinyl DJs thought CDJs were only for fake DJs. Here we go again.

Indian Cosmic, post: 29641, member: 2667 wrote: So any djs that use SYNC and dont know how to beatmatch properly but know how to use vdj serato or traktor and know what traks like to the people at partys or clubs are real djs?
LOL

Yes. They have equipment, music and mix it for people to enjoy. Most partiers don’t know the technicalities of djing and don’t care either. They are there just to have a good time.

DJs are for getting people to dance. It’s not that the audience goes and checks you to make sure you are not using sync and leaves the place, exactly. So selecting the right tracks for the right situation is something DJs should spend more time learning. As for sync or no sync, that’s not a big deal even if some beginners think so. This of course is not applicable for bedroom DJs where I think most anti-syncs exist.