DJ Skittles

Coltrane09, post: 36992, member: 2800 wrote: So in the instance of there being several DJ Skittles, will that pose a trademark infringement threat even if the DJ’s are in cities/towns across the country?

Chuck van Eekelen, post: 36994, member: 2756 wrote: Not unless they registered their DJ name as a trademark, which most won’t have done. I think it would be a mistake to try going by Tiesto, Afrojack or Armin van Buuren thouhg 🙂

you know, I’ve always wondered this. Thanks for the info

Do you have any nicknames or anything amongst your friends? You could shorten parts of your name too, such as “DJ Kol” or something like that

DJ Medik, post: 36972, member: 8061 wrote: It is a bit of a grey area.. I mostly spin at clubs and they get a lot of regulars who often have drama. Crying girls, people waaaay to drunk passed out in the corner, vomit on the dance floor, fights, you name it! It is a party scene after all and some people get a bit too out of control. Staying professional is the best course to take. Don’t feel like it is your duty to babysit those who cannot hold their liquor (unless they are anywhere within a 20 foot radius of my DJ gear)! On the other hand, I love the idea of networking with the people at the party you are playing at. I think it’s important to meet and greet people as it gets your name out there and people will recognize you behind the decks and be more willing to support you in your DJ career.

Experience will tell you when you should step in and when you shouldn’t. Best of luck to you!

I agree with this! At the clubs and stuff like this, I wouldn’t worry so much about the drama and weird situations that DJ’s normally don’t do. That being said, though, if your just at a friends party then its a little more understandable.

J-Zed, post: 36507, member: 1486 wrote: This needs to happen in Canada, preferably Toronto.
*cough* hint *cough* for any Canadians here

Haha this needs to happen everywhere. This needs to happen where I live in Salt Lake City, UT too. Give the LDS Church here something to whine about 😉

Hey, Im currently go to college and its not too bad. Obviously, its take a little bit of time getting down how to balance your time, but that happens for everyone. Most of things I DJ are at night, and I there isn’t much going on at night besides parties anyways!! I consider myself a pretty busy guy, and I still can fit in homework, DJing, and a social life, plus everything else I do.
Finding job opportunities in my town was pretty hard, because there are literally no clubs here. What I did was I became friends with people who put on some events for the university, and so when they needed a DJ they knew me! Also, in that way, people see you at that event, come up to you, and ask you to do their parties or anything like that. DJing at University is 100% about who you know, because I guarantee there will be 20 “other” DJ’s who are just as willing to do the parties. Something else I did, too, is I became friends with other DJ’s. What we did was start a little group. We pulled together our equipment, skills, and music and together we thrown down some pretty sick parties. Plus, everyone else has their own friend group, so there is always something going on we can do!
Sorry for typing so long, but my WHOLE experience DJing has been at University.
Where University are you going to?

Active speakers you wont need a mixer, since its already built into the N4. You just gotta give the speakers power by plugging them into an outlet.
In Traktor, you go up to Setting (its the button on the top that looks like a gear). You go to audio setup and then under Audio Device you select your mixer.

If your mixer isnt there, than you may need to download the TSI file for your N4. You can find that http://www.numark.com/product/n4. Its on the side bar on the right, the first file under the downloads. Once its downloaded, there are instructions in the zip file on how to install it.

Happy Spinning!

Look on the pack of your PA speaker. On the back there is usually two ports, one that says “Line Input” and one that says “Line Output”. You plug your N4 in two of the PA speakers into the “Line Input” ports. Then, you run a cable from the 1st and 2nd speakers “Line Output” ports into the 3rd and 4th speakers “Line Inputs” ports. This is called “Daisy Chaining” If your speakers are configured this way, it should work.