NewportDJ Drew

NI dropped the ball with these.

Mixing rock is a different kettle of fish. The best trick is look at the ends of tracks. They either stab or fade. On a fade you start the new song at the point it would immediately drown out the fade. A stab finish requires precise cueing and split second timing to start the new track seamlessly. There is no beat matching in fact, beat matching is counter productive. Rock songs are incredibly selfish in that they want to be played from start to finish!

I can’t stress enough that just because there is no one dancing that the people aren’t enjoying the music. I have had gigs that at end of the night and even tho the floor was empty that people really did have a great night and tell me so. If there is no one dancing I go into what I call ‘radio mode’. Play tunes from the 3 most popular radio stations in your area.

We will be taking our baby to gigs. my wife is still learning how to dj, but she is getting there!

Done plenty of small parties which doesn’t bother me. 10, 100, 1000 I charge the same price. What irks me is when someone hires a venue that’s much too big for the number of guests. I see it happen all the time.

Check your gain levels?

I am hitting mid 40’s and still gig. Wife and I have a baby due in October. (my eldest is 23 and also produced 2 grandkids for me) Just landed a gig for November that is a street party that, on last years figures attracted 50,000 people. I will stop when I don’t enjoy it anymore.

Making a logo is hard. I just finished mine today. 8)