Kranic

First off, interesting question! 😀

As usual, I am in no form whatsoever a lawyer or even competent at law, so always get proper legal advice 🙂

Alix Elder, post: 9094 wrote: My question is, if you get money from a gig using mash-ups does that count as well? You are getting paid for doing a mash-up, and although you are not selling the mash-up it’s self, could the money coming from the bar or club you mashed it up in be used against you?

The first one should be covered by the club I think…because the club/bar has to pay to the local collection agency, such as ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. This usually covers all the music played in the club, including live performances, and they pay a set amount per year, performance or percentage of their revenue for using music. It’s basically the same as for live broadcasts on the radio, if you mashup 2 tracks together, they can just write up the titles.

It gets iffy when your artist name is…say…Girltalk…and you use an average of 30+ tracks per track you make; but that’s a whole different discussion 😉

Remember, get good and local legal advice, because this copyright and the internet and that’s where it gets reeeaaally complicated! 🙂

simon light, post: 9083 wrote: i think if you dont have the minimum spec stated to run the software your asking for trouble.

Or have a tendency to open lots and lots and lots of tabs in your browser 😉

I do agree though, those recommendation don’t come for nothing.

However, Windows 7 has Indexing on by default and the recommendations don’t specify the minimum speed of your actual harddrive. You could hook it up to SATA-3 and still have poor performance due to throughput limitations on disk itself.

SmiTTTen, post: 9087 wrote: Disagree – The fact that people want a beginners section indicates that people want to funnel off those questions so they don’t have to see them. So who is going to answer the beginners’ questions? It will be the blind leading the blind which doesn’t serve the long term interests of this community. Don’t get me wrong, the questions are frustrating – people need to actively research rather than passively research and if you need help with creative questions in a space that is purely creative – you might want to rethink the whole game.

What we do need is an FAQ or Wiki. Something that the community can contribute to and develop over time.

We were all new, lame and annoying once. Well, not me, I have been amazing from the very beginning.

I’m sure you were! Hehe 😉 (Yes, that comment was meant sarcastically and should not be taken seriously in any form whatsoever. ;))

In my experience and at least in my humble opinion, setting aside the topic here, it sometimes can be handy to incorporate all those frequently asked questions into a container of sorts, so new users to these forums can use them to their advantage and keeping the forums free/clean for the really interesting discussions.

The exact form/format is, imho, only secondary to the point having such a knowledge-base of the more novice typed questions.

Obligatory personal background bit; from gaming to programming, I’ve encountered these 101s, FAQs, KBs and other types read-firsts in some form; I’ve setup corporate Wikis and DMS’ in the past.

About your suggestions, I think the initial wording might have put you on the wrong foot, but in the end I think it comes down to the same thing. Whether it be 1 post summing up links to different resources (articles, FAQs, Wikis, whatnot) or perhaps a section dedicated to the new souls venturing into this field of new technology.

Somehow, somewhere, there has to be a pointer to the resources available for newcomers.

Ultimately, I think a Wiki would be the best solution.*
But to take your point into account, who would be responsible for the Wiki? The blind as well?

It doesn’t really matter in what form it’s exactly done, and I’m sorry if I’m stepping on your turf here Phil, I think the main thing mr-stiffy tried to make was that it would be a great benefit for these forums in general if general information and pointers were available to newcomers in an easy “package”. The information would just be a hyperlink away. It’s more about making the information available more easily and centralised, instead having to browse/search the forum looking for specific information. It’s not about not seeing the questions, it’s about seeing the questions that matter.

A central DigitalDJing Wiki might also be a really strong unique selling point for this community as well!

Just my 2 cents, ymmv.

Awww… memories…

You had me at

Dj iceman, post: 9061 wrote: ok time for some “my life is worse than yours” banter lol.

😉

I can totally understand it, because to some degree I think it also goes into the very essence of Hip-Hop…
I think Guru explained it in the outro of Loungin’, but then again… (and I realise I’m preaching to the choir here as well :p) shouldn’t your choice in technology be disregarded as long as you remain true to that creative spirit? I mean, creating a whole new sound from 2 (or more) records instead of focussing on the turntables.

Sometimes in order to see the point in something and be able to look beyond the technology, they need to see the motivation and respect behind it. Instead of turntables, you’ve got the jogwheels on your controller, and as you said:

Dj iceman, post: 9061 wrote: people forget that sync ONLY matches up the bpms of 2 songs,the dj has to make them sound right

, the software doesn’t pick records, scratches, or mixes it. Plus, you get extra creativity! Different tools, same platform. It’s not pre-recorded; you don’t do DAT, you do it live!

(Sorry for putting up another bit of text, but I hope this might help you out as well. This is just how I tend to look at it.)

It’s not the size of the tool, but how you use it! 😉
(Haters compensating much? ;))

(And props btw, I’ve always had huge respect for the hip-hop community for that “hackers”-mentality, taking something and combining it to something new. The only limit being your own creativity and imagination. Especially with some of the intelligent lyrics, using it as an expressive means. Kind of reminds me of Capoeira, but that’s a different story.)

SmiTTTen, post: 8993 wrote: If someone can make a name for themselves with “Funtcase” – you can be successful with whatever works for you. Knock ’em dead!

Funny detail, this just came by in my timeline:
DUB NATION HARTFORD VOL. 6 featuring FUNTCASE & TERRAVITA

MBPRPG, post: 9024 wrote: Most djs I’ve spoken to in the area have recommended going down the cd route as quite a lot of the clubs where I hope to get work use cdjs

If you can’t use your digital setup in a club at all, wouldn’t a basic setup be good enough to practice on?
Or would you need to bring your own setup to the club?

Wouldn’t your basic need be a setup you could use to practice on?
Imho, you could still do that on a digital setup, but you’d need to keep a library of CDs for when you play in the club.
And someone better correct me if I’m wrong!

So, again:
What would CDJ2Ks and the DJM2K allow you to do that you can’t do with your current setup? 🙂

Just my 2 cents 😉