Dayvue

2 years ago, the graduating class from my college went to Chicago for their senior trip. At one spot (Mother’s Bar), the bouncers and management refused to let in the black members of the class because “their jeans were too baggy.” Some non-african american members of the class protested, stating that their pants were baggier, but the management refused to allow any of the black students there into the bar.

Is urban nightlife color-blind? Hell no.
On another note, they love their well-dressed asians (in my experience).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/students-denied-by-mother_n_334588.html

Instead of effects, I would recommend playing with the crossfader to do some cutting and playing around with the different beats you can cut in every 4th beat, or something similar. If you throw in learning some basic scratching and cutting, you can give your sets a pretty personalized feel. Also, you can cue point juggle on one deck while letting the track play on the other deck (in moderation, of course).

And as for preventing train wreck mixes, drop new songs in on the downbeat. If they still sound clip-cloppy, nudge the side of the jogwheel in one direction until your tracks are aligned (in your headphones), and then move over the crossfader.

Where are you in STL, man? I go to Wash U

This Island Vinyl Technique is brilliant!

I don’t really spin any “Hip Hop” music in the sense of playing a set composed of mostly hip hop songs, but I’ve dj’ed a few bboy jams – spinning mostly breaks and such. I honestly prefer to DJ at all-styles battles though, because it allows opportunity to really tap into the breadth of music knowledge and make the set more interesting.

On another note, where do dance battle DJ’s fit into this whole scene? I haven’t yet met another one online; I have only met them at jams (dance battles).

All those music blogs out there where people aggregate their favorite recent releases. It makes digging for tracks much easier, especially for artists that I have not yet heard of. They also provide an endless supply of quality tracks that maybe only tens or twenties of DJ’s know about.

However, I agree with U31 that mixcloud is incredible, especially when starting out as a new DJ; I can listen to mixing techniques, analyze track selection and the flow of the mix all while doing homework, or cleaning the apartment.