Russell Meixsel
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Russell Meixsel
ParticipantI know this response is months late, but I have a subscription to DMP. I forgot how I stumbled upon it, but I’ve been using it for the past year and half with no complaints. For only $20 a month, it’s more than worth it. I play a lot of Trap and House and it provides a nice selection if you’re into the more mainstream EDM tunes nowadays without being overwhelming. It covers a ton of the Top40 lists as well. Plus, it’s availability of acapellas is superb. They aren’t always studio quality acapellas, but they do a damn fine job since most people will mix the raw vocals with other songs anyway. It also has a decent selection of hip hop and tech house here and there. You can definitely find some hidden gems. It’s my only record pool subscription since I tend to buy everything else separately off of Beatport or iTunes or in stores.
As for the music key/notation, I haven’t downloaded songs strictly based on key, but DMP clearly lets you easily find matching tunes.
ParticipantWhy are the KRK monitors so grand? I have Yamaha HS8s and was wondering how they compare. Thanks in advance.
March 11, 2015 at 11:01 am in reply to: Should I get these and Should I get a sub with these? #2154121ParticipantSolomon Lusk,
What monitors you get depends on quite a few factors. How big is your room? What is their placement in your room? Are you a producer or planning on producing in the future? Whether you need a subwoofer or not also depends on those monitors. If they’re a nice size in comparison to your room, they may already have enough bass.
Do your believe your current M-Audio monitors are good enough? Do you really need new monitors? I don’t have any experiences with their monitors…so maybe someone else can help you out on this aspect.
Are you getting gigs and such? If you have cash to burn, sure…you could get those monitors, but if not…waiting and spending quite a bit on great monitors that will last in the long run would be your best bet instead of getting halfway decent pairs of monitors here and there for a lower price.
I currently have Yamaha HS8s which run from $300-$349 each depending on where you look, and I have a somewhat small dorm room to myself, so a subwoofer for me would be overkill…to me and my neighbors. Of course they have 5 and 7 inch versions in addition to a subwoofer in the same line of monitors. Hopefully this helps…maybe someone can add on.
-Caravel
ParticipantBy “Readers”, I’m pretty sure he means the people who read all the articles and such on this website, DigitalDJTips. He’s basically leaving it up to other people to comment on this post, and to better answer your questions.
ParticipantI honestly can’t take this post seriously. You don’t need moshing practice. It’s improv flailing. Expect to get hit…clearly. Bang your head, spin around, do whatever really. Just don’t purposely hurt people. Help each other out…I shouldn’t need to explain further. Cheers. xD
March 4, 2015 at 9:03 am in reply to: Do you DJs usually buy the extended version & instrumental version of songs? #2150881Participant@GJ FUKIT,
No problem. Glad you considered that to be great lounge music!
I honestly don’t do a lot a of live mashups. I tend to prepare and make my own mashups beforehand. It can be very intensive to pull it off live as you described. Of course the more you do it, the easier and better you may become at pulling them off.
The song structure difference between Acapellas and Instrumentals can vary greatly or even slightly, and those differences of course can make it sound off. Sometimes they might be on point. It just depends on the track selection. That’s up to you to play with more. The complications it could cause would actually make it more fun for me to play if I could pull that off.
On the other hand, I may even use mashups from other DJs. They tend to release these for free or not at all (since they can’t exactly legally sell mashups). You just have to dig for them. That’s another source of free music.
And again, whether the crowd likes your mashups or not…is dependent on the crowd. I wouldn’t use a lot of mashups in one set just because that just seems like overkill. I’d use more remixes and originals because people would sometimes just want to hear the song play out.
Anyway, I’m kind of going off on a rant here…so good luck with the gig!
-Caravel
March 3, 2015 at 11:55 am in reply to: Do you DJs usually buy the extended version & instrumental version of songs? #2150451ParticipantGJ FUKIT,
I tend to prefer the extended version of songs from the start since as you said, it does make it easier to mix and edit that. However, I tend to find these extended version to be more expensive on Beatport, etc. So it’s a matter of personal preference really. Usually albums / song compilations with said songs are cheaper, but tend to always be radio edits.
As for instrumentals, if you can find a lot of decent instrumentals, go for it! It adds something that you can mash vocals with when the mood strikes. I tend to prefer getting multiple version of the songs (acapellas, instrumentals, extended) because I have a little OCD thing going on here.
As for lounge tunes, I’m no expert, but I’ve found a lot of older CD compilations at my local record store that date back to around the early 2000s…and I’ve found these to work great in the lounge or in a relaxed atmosphere. An example of one compilation I have is “Chillin’ in Ibiza, Vol. 3 – Various Artists.” Hope this helps!
-Caravel
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