NORRIS Sydnor

Coltrane09, post: 29968, member: 2800 wrote: I’ve been listening to “urban” radio stations all my life and most mixes do fall into that pattern. I usually call it the 5 o’clock traffic jam sessions where radio DJ’s tend to get in a lot of songs before the traffic is reported…LOL. Sometimes the DJ’s in the clubs will do the same thing, but it really depends on the crowd.

Yes, it sounds good to do a traffic jam mix because it keeps people guessing and dancing in their cars, but if a crowd in a club is loving a jam I just threw on I wouldn’t suddenly change it after the chorus to another tune. Depending on the length of the track, I may start introducing the next song when there’s a minute or so left to go from the first track.

Thats exactly what I’m talking about. As you mentioned, The 5 o’clock traffic jam type of sessions om Urban radio. The Morning Mix type of thing. Or the Lunchtime mix. They really get’em in during those sessions.

I’m actually working to get a set like this into my repertoire (sp?) lol.

What you said at the end makes sense. These are fine in those radio type sessions. However, if its in a club, I wouldn’t think you would do it for too long.

I’ve lean towards playing a lot of Old School Hip-Hop and R&B from the 80’s and 90’s and to take folk down a memory lane type of rise suits this type of style.

Ok, after scouting the venue for my upcoming gig, Im thinking I may need a mixer. I will definitely need two speakers. One will be next to me or near me to provide sound to the inside bar/lounge area. The other speaker will go outside on the patio area. So, Im thinking, I have to somehow get the sound to both rooms using just two powered speakers (the budget wont allow for more than two speakers). I know its best to have two speakers together for good sound but I just cant see it happening with this gig.

This being the case, should I get a mixer? Is it necessary to split the sound to two different rooms? My only audio sources will be my Mixtrack Pro and a Microphone which I can route through my Mixtrack Pro.

Any suggestions?

Bunyip, post: 29184, member: 2464 wrote: Welcome Big Syd. Great story.
And for what it’s worth, I prefer Big Syd, to Syd-Digital.

Hmmmm, maybe I should reconsider. There is a well known DJ in the area that plays events and is on the radio named DJ Big John and I was trying to distance myself from him. I may have to just roll with the DJ Big Syd or DJ Syd maybe.

Terry_42, post: 29142, member: 1843 wrote: Hey Syd, welcome to the forums! Cool to have someone who has active promotion experience, I think this is a topic from which many DJs can profit, so please feel free to write some topics about it.

I will try my best to contribute as much as possible.

Oh, and thanks for the replies and assistance.

I guess I could just bite the bullet and rent a pair of speakers instead of one. Or, Maybe rent a mixer and feed everything into the mixer and then run XLR to the speakers from the mixer.