Emma Partnow

jezalenko, post: 4114 wrote: Thanks D-Jam

I’ll clarify a few points for you.

Although the current DJ can’t mix, he has been the resident for 12 years and the owner likes him, for the fact that he ticks all the boxes – so we have to work with him, not against him. We have to try to get the owner to see us like he sees him, by bringing in the crowd.

The venue actually doesnt usually open on Fridays, so at least there is no regular crowd to drive away. For the owner, he stands to make a profit by opening in doors to the crowd we bring in. So the music policy will simply be keeping it similiar to what the current resident plays.

Our biggest challenge will be letting the punters know that the venue is open on a Friday, so we’re planning to get into the club on the nights it’s open and promote it then. This should allow us to get the regulars in the know about our night.

That sounds like good advice. The venue normally charges after 10, so we could do exactly the same.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll keep you all posted with whats happening.

This is Excellent my Friend 🙂
As I Believe that Everyone Loves Familiarity (Feeling Comfortable in a Recognised Environment); and if the Regulars from Wednesdays and Saturdays have to go Elsewhere on a Friday; to be able to Stay in their Favourite Place would be a Big Crowd Puller in itself; I Understand that it is Important to ‘Keep the ‘Main Nights Music within what the Owner and Regulars Expect’ from the DJ; but your idea of Introducing New Sounds (at the End Of The Night) is a Cool one; as it may go down a Storm 🙂
When we did the Only 2 Nights we Ever Did (before the Team Split Up); One of The Most Important things for us were Flyers; I worked in an Office of 500 people and 100 people took a Flyer; the others Members Of Our Team did the Same; and of course we also Fly Posted; but both nights were Packed and we made a Fortune 🙂

pilotmike327, post: 4111 wrote: Alrighty! Let’s try this baby out. I don’t know if I should do a full install on this computer and use up a license code or run a demo and wait to get my new comp and install it at that time. I remember reading that you can only register 2 computers so i’m not sure if installing the full version on this one is a wise choice (as i installed a full version on my last mac).

Hello Mike 🙂
I don’t know what Restrictions (if any there are on the Trial Version – as in Reason 5 for instance they don’t allow you to Record Anything on Trial which is a bit Pointless); but if you are Definitely getting a New Mac Soon; I think it is Important you don’t Waste Your Last Licence;
I will Help You with Anything you Need to Learn to DJ with Ableton; and you will Honestly (having Experience as a DJ but also Experience as a Producer within the Ableton Environment) Never Look Back 🙂

U31, post: 4117 wrote: Ok ok, i’m sold on the idea too now.. Gonna D/l the trial and give it a whirl..

If I can Learn ‘How’ and Make It Successful; you can Too my Friend :);
It is Hard to Find Tutorials on DJ’ing in Ableton; but I know where they are and will Point You Towards Them 🙂

Paul McGuinness, post: 4122 wrote: Ive done loads of mixes for radio shows over the years in Ableton although it took me a while get used to the new warping feature in Ableton 8 but its ok now. The only thing I haven’t yet used fully in Live is doing mixing on the fly for me its no much messing round, by the time ive warped and marker-ed the mp3 or wav i could of just mixed in on cdj or vinyl deck ha ha.

This is True to Some Extent Paul of course; but once I have put a Warp Marker (and I only use One); I Mix in Session View (on the Fly) just by Ear; I don’t set up Cue Points or anything; and of course once you have placed a Warp Marker and pressed ‘Save’ you will never have to touch this Track again; where with CD and Vinyl you are Starting From Scratch Every Time; (and Maybe why Some people only carry a ‘Few’ Tracks – and Know Them Well – as Our Brains can only Memorise ‘So Much’) 🙂

Hello Steven and Welcome to The Forum 🙂
I have just been to your SoundCloud Page and listened to your 3 Tracks; and have Followed you as they are Great :cool:;
Dubstep is also a Big thing in my Life; and you will see I have a SoundCloud Channel Dedicated to Dubstep 🙂

D-Jam, post: 4100 wrote:

Emma, I also suggest you upload your mixes elsewhere. SoundCloud is fickle, and the one mix I usually upload there barely gets any traffic (although I don’t promote it). On MixCrate I get a lot of traffic without doing anything, and on MixCloud I’m gaining followers.

I think like I mentioned with the iPhone app, you need to think in terms of the end user. I think more people log on to SoundCloud looking for tracks over mixes, thus it’s why Phil wrote his article and why I push DJs to get off SoundCloud unless they’re uploading produced tracks and remixes.

Upload on some of the other sites, wait a month, and see how you do.

Thank You D-Jam; I have just this minute Signed up to Mixcrate on your Advice :);
When I was creating the Profile I thought that on Half the Internet I am ‘Tilly Ferrari’ (my Daughter’s Name); and Everywhere else ‘Emma Partnow’; so that isn’t much good for Promotion really; but then it is the Music that Matters; I am just a ‘Vehicle’ really; and to be Truthful; with my ‘Life Expectancy’; I can’t think far enough ahead to Organise Press Kits and things; so; as it stands; if my Audience don’t like what they Hear they can Switch Over 🙂

D-Jam, post: 4079 wrote: Let me tell you a little story. In Chicago there is a known local DJ named Infinity. He originally was a Euro/NRG DJ who elevated into hard trance and handbag. When those sounds died down in the scene, he managed to find a niche playing what I like to look at as “White people house”. It was the time when Gabriel and Dresden released Tracking Treasure Down and Deep Dish released Flashdance. He made a mix and called it “Downtown” to more or less signify how he and his fan base were not teens anymore and thus were in the downtown 21 and up scene.

Very quickly I noticed many young DJs like yourself were literally buying up every track Infinity played and anything that sounded like that “Downtown” sound. Even at that time the Beatport Top 20 were many of those kinds of tunes, and you would see a plethora of young DJs all playing the same stuff. I even remembered one guy who posted a mix for a show I was doing, but I wanted to post a tracklist (since I think it’s a good practice). He was all adamant on not giving anything because he claimed “I don’t want people stealing my playlist”.

We talked further, and he believed he was managed to snag promos and tunes about as fast as Infinity did, and thus this might not put him ahead of Infinity, but it put him ahead of the pack of people all trying to sound like him. I simply told him he’s trying to make a name for himself by pretending to be a less-expensive carbon copy of a popular local DJ. I told him if I was a promoter, I’d hire Infinity, not him. Nothing personal, but Infinity will bring me bigger numbers of patrons and thus he’s worth the money over a less-expensive copycat.

I told him he needed to really invest in developing his own sound. Granted when you look at my mixes you know there are guys playing deep house, tech house, trance, and electro-house…but my playlist, how I arrange a set, how I like to mix music, etc…that what makes my mixes sound like “D-Jam” and no one else.

You need to do the same Mike. Yes, get the popular tunes when you need to play them, but then go seek out things that make you stand on your own and make you feel good about yourself. I originally came into DJing with an idol worship of Bad Boy Bill, but a few years into it all I started exploring music because everyone was trying to sound like him. I learned that while it’s easy to just buy a playlist and play the music like your favorite DJs or the popular DJs, it’s better when you put your own twist on it and thus you don’t sound like them.

You’re getting the idea with your instinct thought:

Go forth and do. Next time you go shopping, buy half of what you think is popular, and then buy songs you think compliment your sets well, but aren’t necessarily known. Anyone can sound like some popular DJ, and anyone can make a career out of “playing the hits”, but the guys who become superstars are the ones who do their own thing.

The rest become wannabes and jukeboxes.

Superbly Well Written Post my Friend :cool:;
I think in the Music Business Bands have been having a ‘Similar’ challenge for Many Years (when On Tour);
As All the Audience have come to Hear The Classics within their Repertoire; but of course the Band have to Take Risks when they play New Tracks they have Written; and as the Crowd may Never have heard these Tracks; there is a Difficulty in Guaging (Vile but Correct Spelling) the Public’s Response;
As DJ’s ‘Our Reputation’ is ‘On The Line’ each time we ‘Expose Ourselves’; and it is Paramount that we Keep Our Following (or so it ‘Seems’ to us); but as Time Moves On; So Do People (as Most Are Fickle); it is Important we are ‘Open To Change’ (within Ourselves and Public Acceptability); but to get to the Place where ‘We Can Do Our Own Thing’ Must be Every DJ’s Dream (who looks toward Stardom);
I did a 2 Hour Set recently; using just Hard House Tracks with 85% of these Tracks being Quite Obscure;
I have to be Honest and say that it although it was Appreciated by the Radio Station; in the sense that my Whole 2 Hours were Broadcast; when Mike Koglin (AKA DJ Cosmos) who has Sold Over 20 Million Records (as an Artist and Remixer); was only given 40 Minutes Airtime;
Soundcloud didn’t Appreciate my Set at all as it got Very Few Views (it was at 150BPM and Hard);
However; once I had listened to it through I thought to myself ‘This ‘Sounds’ like Dave Clarke/Dave Angel’; but it was just the Power and Expression within the Set that ‘Felt’ Similar; but Dave Clarke/Dave Angel Do Not Hold Copyright to ‘Energy and Power Of Expression’ within a Performance; I was ‘Doing My Thing’ on that Particular Night;

But; Back to you Mike (not that I have Left Your Initial post for a Moment); I Always Understood the Object of a Club DJ (for instance); was not just to keep the Audience Entertained (Most of them were entertained just by Being There ‘In The Moment’); but to Introduce them to New Sounds (through the Art of the White Label); and if the DJ didn’t even know Who the Track was made by then this was Even Better/Cooler;
Our Object (unless we are Booked to play a Playlist) as DJ’s (I Feel) is to Search Out These White Labels (that Contain Music We Love); and Share This Passion With Others;
SoundCloud (Unsigned Artists) is my White Label Shop 🙂
Everyone can go to iTunes; Beatport or wherever; but Few will spend 5 Hours on Soundcloud to find Unique Tracks;

Chris Jennings, post: 4069 wrote: A greater understanding of how other programs work can, but not always, lead to developing new and exciting ways to use the programs you’re comfortable with.

Your beatgrids were more than likely off as they’re what tells Traktor how to sync the tracks. You can study the keyboard mapping in that thread to see how the default mapping sets cue points. You’ll more than likely need to go into preferences and tell Traktor your using the keyboard mapping by setting the in port to keyboard. There is no out for keyboard mappings since there’s no LED feedback.

I don’t even know How To Set A Beatgrid in Traktor Chris :);
So I will have a look at the Manual when I don’t have So Many Committments Elsewhere 🙂

U31, post: 4057 wrote: Yeah, getting stuff out there on Mixcloud is poor unless your Cox or Digweed :p
The promotion tools are pretty poor unless you pay to get your profile on the front page..
I just stick my stuff up there for a bit of fun, its up there if we are ever at a house party and everyone is all played out, click on a mix and the music carries on.

What i do love is being able to click on a tune in your mix and see who else is using it, then listen to how they have worked it, and how the play list is timestamped, i have had many great ideas for new tunes off there listening to other peoples sets

Wow; that is a Function I Certainly Didn’t Know About; but Sounds Excellent 😎 😎
I will have to look into it in More Detail and see what I can pick up also 🙂

Hello Ivyquake 🙂
Unbelievably I watched the Video you just put up at 5am this morning 😀
The Challenge I have with Traktor and Ableton though; is that Ableton will Only Run off my Internal Soundcard; and Traktor will Only Run off an ASIO; so I am Unable to Link them (which is what I Wanted To Do);
And there is No Possibility of me Affording an External Soundcard 🙁

Although Mike may be able to; and it is his Thread after all 🙂