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What Inspired You To Start DJ'ing?

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  • June 24, 2011 at 8:06 pm #424
    D-Jam
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    Illinoize, post: 368 wrote: Love for music. I’ve played several instruments in the past so I guess it was a natural progression. Also grew up listening to classic Chicago House music, I’m sure D-Jam could say the same!

    WBMX, WGCI, and even B96 back then did do wonders.

    June 24, 2011 at 9:34 pm #1000380
    B3AM
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    i played the drums all through school so had an ear for beats then my friend who is known as Amtrac got me inspired to start mixing and went from there.

    June 24, 2011 at 10:53 pm #471
    DJ Stone Crazy
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    I love collecting music. I love the free booze. Plus I love watching the girls shake that booty.

    June 25, 2011 at 2:34 am #1000394
    Syd
    Member

    I always loved music since i was born, but i don’t feel like listening to one kind of music all the time, i need the genre to evolve every day, so electronic music came into my life. Since that day i wanted to give to ppl the same sensations and emotions that i feel when i listen music.

    June 25, 2011 at 6:03 am #1000401
    Phil Morse
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    DJ Stone Crazy, post: 460 wrote: I love collecting music. I love the free booze. Plus I love watching the girls shake that booty.

    You’re addicted!

    June 25, 2011 at 7:25 am #528
    Benny Mackney
    Member

    I was always listening to music. I used to have an iPod plugged into my ear all the time (though I’ve recently ditched that in favour of my phone and my DJ headphones). I was at my half-brother’s wedding reception and I found myself more entertained by talking to the DJ and watching what he was doing than anything else. That got me into it. I downloaded VDJ when I got home and basically fell in love with the way you can mess with music.

    June 25, 2011 at 8:07 am #539
    Dr_Marv
    Member

    DJ Stone Crazy, post: 460 wrote: I love collecting music. I love the free booze. Plus I love watching the girls shake that booty.

    Yes the girlss. Lol.

    I got into it for the Love of the music and how i would like to hear it played.

    June 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm #1000412
    DJVendetta
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    At parties I ALWAYS used to do everything in my power to have MY music playing, which pissed off a lot of people. Last summer my mate downloaded Traktor and introduced me to it, I thought ‘I’d be pretty good at this’ so got it myself and soon after I bought a Mixtrack and X1.

    June 25, 2011 at 2:15 pm #591
    fullenglishpint
    Member

    Like everyone here I’ve always loved music and had a very eclectic and wide ranging set of musical tastes, then in my first year of uni I saw a mate of mine DJing with Virtual DJ in his room (no controllers, just mouse and keyboard), and I thought it looked like a lot of fun. And the rest is history.

    June 25, 2011 at 2:34 pm #599
    Craig
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    My inspiration is two-fold. I remember going to live shows (Lords of Acid specifically) back in the day and just loving the opening DJ’s. How they could make the music feel like one 60 minute song was just amazing to me.

    Also Minneapolis used to have some great DJ’s on the radio that I fell in love with. I would hang out with friends and listen and educate them on techno every Friday and Saturday night. Sadly the radio stations are gone or have changed, but the DJ’s are still reppin’ Minneapolis.

    June 25, 2011 at 6:19 pm #625
    Emma Partnow
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    What Inspired me to start DJ’ing was the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix that I listened to and Recorded every Saturday night :);
    Having heard the Greats; such as Carl Cox and Dave Clarke; a sense began to grow Within Me that ‘I Could Do This’; and not only that; but that ‘I Can Do Better Than This’; (Not Better than Cox/Clarke; but some of their Transistions); so; having bought 2 Pioneer CDDJ’s; a Pioneer Mixer; and Complimented this with my PC (No Software) and 2 Cassette Decks; off I went :);
    I was Determined to Emulate Carl Cox’s 4 Deck System; which I did; and then went on to use 5 Decks Successfully;

    June 25, 2011 at 11:51 pm #664
    Adam Sharizman
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    I started listening to EDM music 2 years ago. It all started with electro house. At first I thought DJs play with instruments to manipulate sounds. Then I learn that they DO manipulate sound, but songs that have already exist, not songs they make like you would on a guitar. That sparked my interest further. Then I started listening to trance and it just brought my interests further.

    June 26, 2011 at 1:13 am #675
    pilotmike327
    Member

    I’ve played drums for most of my life. Everytime I tried starting a band it never worked. Eventually started getting into House music and growing up in miami, started hitting up the clubs. I fell in love with the power that a DJ posses. The ability to control the music, control the crowd, however he/she wanted. More importantly, watching bad DJ’s and figuring out why they were bad and what I would have done differently.

    So i’ve downloaded Traktor, am starting to learn about cue points and beatgridding, building my library, and saving up for the Twitch as soon as it comes out.

    June 26, 2011 at 7:38 pm #799
    DJ Loso
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    The love for music inspired me most definitely.When up there doing my sets, it is a good feeling to see people react to the tunes your spinning.

    June 26, 2011 at 9:50 pm #840
    Liambo
    Member

    My father has been a DJ since before i was born, he retired and handed me all his vinyl and i just took it from there.. 10 years later 🙂

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