DJ Medik
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January 24, 2013 at 3:51 pm in reply to: New DJ – looking for feedback on my Electro/ EDM mix :) #35615
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MemberAwesome!! As soon as I’m off this boring conference call I’ll give it a listen! 🙂
MemberGreetings and welcome Tca! I’m new here myself 🙂 I made the transition to fully digital about a year ago (from CDs) and I love it! It really allows me to get creative with my mixes and focus more on my dance floor than searching through my sleeves of CDs! haha
January 24, 2013 at 3:44 pm in reply to: New DJ – looking for feedback on my Electro/ EDM mix :) #35612MemberHey thanks mate! That means a lot to me!! Thank you for taking the time to listen 🙂 Let me know when your mix is up, I’m looking forward to hearing it!
MemberOrbital will always be special to me as they were the first electronic group I ever heard. I received the Hackers soundtrack in 1995 as a gift and when I first heard “Halcyon & On & On” I knew then that electronic music was my calling! Of course I also discovered Underworld, The Prodigy, Leftfield, and a ton of other techno groups! But even today, I still rock Halcyon at shows as an opening track to my sets!
MemberFor sure! I would love to listen to your mix! 🙂 Just let me know when you upload it.
MemberHaha, yeah that’s me in the pic DJ’ing at my weekly bar gig. I’ve been DJ’ing now for about two years, but I still considered that “new” so to speak. I still feel like everytime I talk to the pros who have been DJ’ing for years upon years I just have a mountain of new things to learn! But I always say “If a day goes by and I don’t learn something new, I’m doing something wrong” 🙂
MemberHi Big Daddy G! I’m new to this forum myself and also new to DJ’ing! I’m going the club DJ route myself, but I have also DJ’ed parties and such. Club DJ’ing and event DJ’ing such as parties or weddings are night and day it seems to me! haha
MemberWelcome Dec MG and greetings from California! I’m new here as well and fairly new to DJ’ing. The advice I’ve received on this site is invaulable! I hope we can learn from each other 🙂 Cheers!
MemberThis mix was rockin mate!! It flowed very well and was perfectly seamless!! Such a great job!
MemberI know exactly what you’re going through!! I’m still learning everyday about every aspect of DJ’ing! In fact the CD Decks I used were just basic Numark CD Decks (not even CDJ’s but just basic decks.. and pretty crappy old one’s at that!). So needless to say I was forced to get pretty creative with my sets. I used the EQ knobs a lot to drop the bass or highs and create dramatic effects with the limited tools I had. The transition was not easy to be honest, but I will always appreciate the skills I learned on those decks. Of course the venue I was DJ’ing at, at the time, was a very small Mexican restaurant/ cantina turned “night club” so we had pretty limited equipment. I’m not sure what the standard CDJ is amongst the bigger venue though. I’m still fighting to get as many gigs as I can where I can and most are in small venues/ bars.
MemberI started off with the free version of Virtual DJ two years ago which is how I learned at first. I moved over to CD’s because my first club gig only had CD decks and I didn’t have a laptop. This was great because I was able to teach myself how to manually beat match which has come in handy a few times while using software.
I now am using the Traktor S4 controller with Traktor Pro software and a MacBook Pro as my laptop. It took me quite a while to save up for all of that, but it was worth it! This article might help you choose the controller that will best fit your style: http://www.digitaldjtips.com/dj-controllers-guide-2013/
MemberIf you have a boring office day job (like me) I will listen to internet radio all day and write down tracks I like. When I get home I buy all the music that I wrote down. You’ll be surprised how many good tunes you can find this way!
MemberHi TTR and welcome!
I’m brand new here myself and also new at DJ’ing. It’s difficult when slapping genre labels on artists because unless it’s blatantly clear, it can be a matter of opinion. I listen to a few tracks by Chasing Kurt (have never heard of them before) and the first thing that jumped into my mind was the “House” genre. When I want to dive into a certain genre and collect similar music, I utilize internet radio quite a lot. Pandora is my fav, but Slacker radio has a great house genre (I think they understand House better than Pandora does). I also use iTunes and Beatport to purchase my music. iTunes genius will help recommend artists similar to what you are listening to and also tell you what other people have bought. And Beatport has everything separated by genre on their site, so you can go to their house section and just listen to the top songs which will get you started. Then it’s just a matter of finding tracks you like/ want to play/ will work great on the dance floor. The hunt for new music has always been one of my favorite things to do! Well I hope I was able to give you some pointers.. while not an expert by any means, I hope I was able to help you out! Cheers mate!
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