mr_john
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November 27, 2011 at 11:10 am in reply to: Professional Dj's playing prerecorded mixes. Opinion? #10494
mr_john
MemberI’m not a fan of it. When I’m at a show and a big name DJ messes up, I smile and cheer. For example at ATB’s show he faded to the wrong track, just smiled and waved. My respect rocketed for the guy.
When a set is too perfect I start to get suspicious. Kinda like when a singer is hitting every note perfectly you start to wonder if they’re lip sinking. All a DJ’s doing is playing recorded music anyway, playing a fake set they might as well not even be there, and I might as well not pay 40 dollars to go see them.
MemberI never read the manual. Not disciplined enough haha trial and error and watching some things on youtube is basically what I did.. Ableton comes with tutorials that walk you through a few lessons and tell you what everything is. Those are your foundation. Very useful since the first time you open that program you feel a bit overwhelmed. Whenever I get stuck or forget how to do something I just youtube/google it.
Closest thing to a manual I read was the dance music manual.
MemberI use both. I love each for entirely different reasons though.
Ableton is probably your best bet for just remixing/mashing.
Reason is more for creating synths, beats, loops, etc.Strangely enough, I think reason is easier to edit with. While ableton is easier to create sounds with. weird right? But given the choice between the two, I’d go with ableton.
MemberNitronic, post: 10098 wrote: since it really doesnt matter, I think im gonna do tricks blindfolded
personally, that strikes me as kinda hoakey. I’d just stick with doing what your doing, and doing it well.
November 17, 2011 at 7:03 am in reply to: How much time do you spend each week looking for new tracks? #9983MemberWhen I first got my mixer, I spent the majority of my time looking for tracks. I quickly dug myself into a hole and now have a library filled with stuff I have yet to listen to. Listening to music became a chore. I would make playlists of stuff I downloaded just to get through it. I managed to take the fun and enjoyment out of it. Don’t do what I did. haha
Since then I spend hardly any time at all looking for music. I download new albums I know are coming up or things that come to me. Eg, links on facebook from artists, or stuff on soundcloud. As a result I feel my playlist is “dated.” But then I go to the clubs and hear the same songs I’ve been hearing for months.
I really need to make friends with spotify, or pandora, that seems like the best way to achieve a healthy balance.
MemberI vote fake. The audio doesn’t sound the same at all. Sexy girl sounds live, the rest of it doesn’t.
I’d never pay to see the guy live. But I don’t hate him either. At the very least he recognized a way to bring EDM into the mainstream which I suppose I have to give him credit for. Even though I hate what it’s becoming. Isn’t that what Dj’s do? Mix popular songs? He just took that and ran with it.
MemberYeah.. Pauly D’s residency is strange. Although it is at the palms which strikes me as the place for people like him.
Honestly I don’t think it will ever come close to Ibiza.
I just hope it helps the “real scene” and not the guetta scene. Say no to hip-house.
Seeing Markus Schulz had a residency there was refreshing although I’ve no idea what he plays live.MemberI’ll take Tiestos word for it when he said he was tired of what he’d been doing, and wanted to try something new. As a bedroom producer, I don’t want to make tracks no one likes. I want to make tracks that I like, and that other people like too. I don’t think that mentality changes much. I can see getting tired of the same old stuff. Almost every musician (whether they “sell out” or not) has an album or 2 that their fans hate.
MemberI can handle mainstream music. What i can’t handle is hearing it everywhere I go. I can’t make it through a 24 hour period without hearing party rock anthem. I’ve been hearing it for 6 months now. When will it end?!?
November 16, 2011 at 9:27 am in reply to: Possible gig, but they want me to play Rap, should I still play it? #9932MemberPaul Hillen, post: 9906 wrote: Exactly. She meant music like tyga and Big sean. I got a good collection of it so I should be ok.
TWIST in the situation. The theme of the party? Rave. Seriously? HUGE face palm
Words escape me. How do you theme a party rave but play hip hop I can’t even… ahhh
Memberof all the DJ “mistakes” I witness, mixing out of key is the one I forgive the easiest. I’ll recognize it, say to myself “well that didn’t sound very good” but eventually my ears make the transition to the new key and life moves forward.
As for myself, I play it by ear. If I don’t like how it sounds, I simply don’t do it. I don’t know my scales anyway :p So even if a program tells me the key I can’t do anything with it. Unless I consult “the wheel of truth” aka the camelot scaleNovember 15, 2011 at 12:16 pm in reply to: Possible gig, but they want me to play Rap, should I still play it? #1002146Memberdefine rap? because I refer to a lot of rap these days as “hip-house”
Membersend him a cease and desist letter! haha Idk try removing DJ or adding DJ in front of the name depending on what it currently is.
MemberMy favorite is PC. But it’s a pain, and too expensive to keep a machine that can handle games up and running. So I’m an xbox guy. I’d love to have a PC that could handle battlefield 3, but alas, xbox for me.
October 3, 2011 at 3:51 am in reply to: Is it me, or the new words for gear are "affordable" and "entry level"? #8062MemberI blame the dance music explosion. and the recession… But mostly the increased interest in the “DJ” scene.
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