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  • March 21, 2015 at 6:04 pm in reply to: 'HID' abbreviation… #2160211
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    Thanks, DJ Vintage

    March 7, 2015 at 7:45 pm in reply to: all the way or half way ? #2152561
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    Personally, I think your two scenarios – live gigs & recording mixes – are completely different. When playing live I prefer to give the audience enough of a track to ‘get into’, whereas when recording mixes – presumably to exhibit your skills to potential clients, clubs etc. the object of the exercise is to show your skill at mixing between tracks so the more you ‘ride the x-faders’ the better. Just my personal opinion.

    February 23, 2015 at 7:40 pm in reply to: (Legal!) Ways to get music before it's on iTunes or Amazon… #2145821
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    Thanks Danny P.

    Can you point me towards any such ‘blogs please – URLs, etc. I presume, as you mention ‘Like’ & ‘Follow’, that these maybe found on Facebook?

    February 10, 2015 at 11:20 pm in reply to: First Gig but need this tune? #2139071
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    Try ‘Googling’ the lyrics to see which songs feature them. As DJ Vintage says, the original is from “Love Can’t Turn Around” by Farley “Jackmaster” Funk with Darryl Pandy.

    http://www.whosampled.com/ is a good place to start.

    February 10, 2015 at 10:33 am in reply to: Where are the learning videos? #2138941
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    Hi Prime Suspect,

    There used to be a free 50-part (weekly email) course, which you would be sent when you signed up at – http://www.digitaldjtips.com/how-to-dj-training-courses/ – enter your email at the bottom of the page. If that is no longer the case, try searching on Youtube for Digital DJ Tips. You should find videos called ‘Learn to DJ (#2 to #50)’ (the first part is just called ‘Learn to DJ’ hence numbering starts at #2), by Digital DJ Tips, with a bit of effort.

    February 1, 2015 at 11:34 pm in reply to: The best way to get Testimonials? #2133591
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    Thanks to ‘ScottoRobotto‘ – once again the DDJT Forums & members are the ‘go to’ place for good, solid advice.

    January 17, 2015 at 2:05 pm in reply to: How can I avoid getting 'bogged down' with organising my music? #2123611
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    DJ Vintage –

    Good point. Whilst other skills can enhance your performance as a DJ, reacting to the crowd & keeping them on the dance floor is paramount.

    January 15, 2015 at 4:56 am in reply to: How can I avoid getting 'bogged down' with organising my music? #2122131
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    Thanks to both Terry_42 & Phil Morse –

    Terry_42 – My issue is less about organising the music in Playlists, etc. but more about ‘weeding out’ the dud & missing files. When I first ‘came back’ to DJ’ing I tried both MIK & PN – the latter COMPLETELY DESTROYED my music collection & made it unusable with Serato DJ (my chosen software – but that’s another story altogether!). Thanks for the Workflow though, I will implement the bits that seem helpful to the way I work – I’m not really a club/Genre DJ, more of a mobile, private-hire kinda guy so my Playlists tend to be in decades, plus special occasions such as Christmas/NYE & general party hits. As time goes on I’m sure I will find other ways of defining Playlists though. Question: What is in your ‘Plan B’ Playlist – I’m guessing we’re not talking about the artist/rapper! Just want to clarify the penultimate bullet-point in your Workflow list too – ‘Check in iTunes if all comments are OK’. By ‘comments’ do you mean the ‘Comments’ field in iTunes? I have noticed quite a few in my iTunes have a nonsensical, alpha-numeric string of text, along the lines of ‘00000000 00000210 00000714 00000000008E85DC 00000000 00812D64 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000‘! Where I spot this I have just deleted it.

    Phil – Thanks for the tip. I will look up beaTunes. I take your point about throwing away stuff ‘you will never DJ with’ but, as a mobile DJ, I pride myself on being able to cater for music tastes from the 1920s to the present day chart so am pretty loathe to discard anything ‘just in case’.

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