Rob Francis

Thanks very much!

D-Jam, post: 575 wrote: My answer are “trixies”

That’s a term I use for the typical girls who come into the club and think they’re so important or special because they have a vagina. They come up, ask for music that usually conflicts with the overall vibe of the night, but insist you play it for various excuses that all lead up to a sense of entitlement because they’re women.

They generally flirt around for free drinks from men, but keep insisting outside of the club that they pay for their own drinks, are going to school, and aren’t just a pair of tits.

Every time I speak of annoying people, requests, etc…it’s the trixies that come to mind.

This exactly! +100

Ask around all your friends to see if anyone is having a party. House parties are a great way to meet other people who you may get to play for in the future. Like Phil says you need to play as much as possible.

I do a bit of production and remixing too. DJing is the priority on the limited time I have available though.

I have my stuff up on soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/djrobfrancis

For good transitioning, listen to some of the top DJs like Sasha or Digweed. They do it so well it’s difficult to spot where on track ends and another begins.

Ableton doesn’t “feel” quite right for DJing. There are simple things that you want to do but can’t like see album artwork, sort through tracks quickly, playlists, view multiple waveforms, etc.

With Ableton you have to put a lot more effort in before hand, less so with Traktor. I literally spent weeks configuring a live set so I had everything I wanted but even then wasn’t 100% happy.

Traktor feels easier to do things on the fly with. Like if you decide to loop part of a track you just do it! With Ableton you have to create your clips in preparation.

When I tried Traktor it just worked and felt really natural. It’s designed for DJing only whereas Ableton is designed for other stuff like production.

@Jem wow, what a massive tw&t!