Welcome to the forums man, hope you enjoy your stay. I first started djing about 8 or 9 months ago; I made the transition from Chopin and Berlioz to Headhunterz and Aoki after hearing stuff like Phat Brahms and Tiesto’s remake of Barber’s Adagio for strings. Be careful with djing/producing man, it’s a dangerous addiction that is worse than any drug/ psychological -ia I’ve ever experienced. In particular, gear lust is dangerous.
Gear lust: When I saw people jamming on f1s, maschines, etc. I felt there would be something lacking from my performances if I didn’t learn to fully utilize every new bell-and-whistle on the market. The result is that 4 months later I still have yet to tap into the full potential of my controller, as I’ve been doing nothing but studying different ways of incorporating all the tools into my kit instead of focusing on 1 piece at a time. My f1 is still collecting dust, my maschine is integral in creating drum kits/production but I haven’t worked on a live application of it, and the full potential of my 4trak still remains untapped. Before any of the kit additions, I’d work on getting a controller, learning to fully utilize fx/cue-juggling/variating transitions/4 channel mixing, and semi-live remixing (taking acapellas and putting them to different melodies).
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