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  • #1233106
    wickle
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      Surely technical skill and musical understanding is the most important part? I have no doubt i could please even the biggest crowds of ravers given the chance.

      #1233062
      BioTech
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        In an ideal world yeah. Unfortunately the dance music scene (like most other musical genres) is built around arse kissing and “who you know, not what you know”

        #1233107
        wickle
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          thats good to know i will keep that in mind!!

          although, i still believe it was alot more than a bit of brown nosing that got these two started http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKPlrQp2QR4&feature=fvst 😉

          #1233123
          AGENT 15
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            @JamZandwich 413448 wrote:

            Surely technical skill and musical understanding is the most important part? I have no doubt i could please even the biggest crowds of ravers given the chance.

            Not really.

            Just make sure you are playing better tunes than anyone else.

            #1233124
            AGENT 15
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              Lets have one of your mixes please

              #1233142
              Minghead
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                wheres this mix then ol jeff????

                #1233125
                AGENT 15
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                  You definitely need to work on your promotion , you have three people asking you for mixes in one thread . SORT IT OUT MAN ! ;o)

                  #1233143
                  Minghead
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                    @AGENT 15 414738 wrote:

                    You definitely need to work on your promotion , you have three people asking you for mixes in one thread . SORT IT OUT MAN ! ;o)

                    was thinking that yesterday when i logged on and had no pm’s with mixes!

                    get your mixes out! if there good we will host them on the website

                    #1233108
                    wickle
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                      sorry guys – my left CDJ is in for repair at the moment!! I Have the tracklisting and everything sorted out, it’s annoying as hell as soon as I get my CDj back working I will record 2 mixes so please bear with me 😉

                      Cheers,
                      Jam

                      #1233144
                      Minghead
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                        @JamZandwich 415140 wrote:

                        sorry guys – my left CDJ is in for repair at the moment!! I Have the tracklisting and everything sorted out, it’s annoying as hell as soon as I get my CDj back working I will record 2 mixes so please bear with me 😉

                        Cheers,
                        Jam

                        ahhh was wondering what happened to you! whats your track listing looking like then? get my juices going! :weee:

                        #1233145
                        Minghead
                        Participant

                          i dislike cdj’s emensly!

                          just thought id put that out there!

                          #1233109
                          wickle
                          Participant

                            BUMP

                            I have a mix that i saved a few months back on media player. How do i get the mp3 file available to share again so i can upload it here?

                            #1233064
                            Clang
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                              Noticed you posted this question twice, so wasn’t sure where to answer…

                              Get yourself a Soundcloud account buddy.

                              You can check some of my skills out while you are there (linke in my sig…).

                              #1233110
                              wickle
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                                @TEK Tonic 417861 wrote:

                                Noticed you posted this question twice, so wasn’t sure where to answer…

                                Get yourself a Soundcloud account buddy.

                                You can check some of my skills out while you are there (linke in my sig…).

                                Cheers will check this out now!

                                #1233111
                                wickle
                                Participant

                                  Do I have to record the mix using Soundcloud or can I upload a mix recorded on Audacity on it?

                                  #1233077
                                  DaftFader
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                                    you just upload your mix

                                    #1233112
                                    wickle
                                    Participant

                                      yea I’ve tried that it sais

                                      “Sorry, this track is too hot for us!
                                      Oh, damn! We couldn’t create the waveform for your track. We’re checking it right now and will try to fix it asap!”

                                      Bollocks”! 🙁

                                      #1233072
                                      Tocooltom
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                                        @Minghead 415142 wrote:

                                        i dislike cdj’s emensly!

                                        just thought id put that out there!

                                        I second that!
                                        When using CDJs, ther is a certain lack of skill involved. Also you cant mix your tunes properly just by looking at the track, coz u cant see it, its on a cd. With vinyl you can see the pattern of the tune and mix your tunes together in so many ways.
                                        Not saying CDJs are easy to mix on, but the majority of people who use em dont mix properly. I was at a BIG event in a club this weekend with 6 sound systems and they were all using CDJs (and vinyl but not much at all), i think i heard about 2 tunes mixed together for the whole 9 hours. The rest were stopped and played pretty much every time, and 3 or 4 djs managed to push the wrong RPM button on their “PHAT” pioneer CDJs that they dont know how to use properly. Pisses me off when you see DJs playing shit at events where they get paid and you know you can mix better than that and you just hav to stand and listen to them.

                                        Anyways, a good way to get sets at parties is to do wot your doing now on this forum, and also get into music production, make your own tunes and spam record labels with “the freshest techno to see the light of day this year” or sumthing along those lines. You get the idea realy, play phat tunes, play them well, make sure people hear them, dont give up, and you will get to play out at events sooner or later.

                                        #1233113
                                        wickle
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                                          @Tocooltom 418281 wrote:

                                          I second that!
                                          When using CDJs, ther is a certain lack of skill involved. Also you cant mix your tunes properly just by looking at the track, coz u cant see it, its on a cd. With vinyl you can see the pattern of the tune and mix your tunes together in so many ways.
                                          Not saying CDJs are easy to mix on, but the majority of people who use em dont mix properly. I was at a BIG event in a club this weekend with 6 sound systems and they were all using CDJs (and vinyl but not much at all), i think i heard about 2 tunes mixed together for the whole 9 hours. The rest were stopped and played pretty much every time, and 3 or 4 djs managed to push the wrong RPM button on their “PHAT” pioneer CDJs that they dont know how to use properly. Pisses me off when you see DJs playing shit at events where they get paid and you know you can mix better than that and you just hav to stand and listen to them.

                                          Anyways, a good way to get sets at parties is to do wot your doing now on this forum, and also get into music production, make your own tunes and spam record labels with “the freshest techno to see the light of day this year” or sumthing along those lines. You get the idea realy, play phat tunes, play them well, make sure people hear them, dont give up, and you will get to play out at events sooner or later.

                                          I know what you mean, Most DJ’s use cdjs (or even laptop) these days though. If I am to start performing sets in clubs or at larger sized events then obviously i’m gonna need to know how to use them. 😉

                                          #1233114
                                          wickle
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                                            @Tocooltom 418281 wrote:

                                            I second that!
                                            When using CDJs, ther is a certain lack of skill involved. Also you cant mix your tunes properly.

                                            not entirely true. certain cdjs have really good jog wheels these days that are very similar to turntable. also i think that because it may be easyer to mix on them it means there is alot more competition between djs when it comes to creativity (storing samples, loops etc) in the mix, which can be equally if not harder to get right than the beat matching ..

                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0G37c_Xfg

                                            #1233126
                                            AGENT 15
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                                              @Tocooltom 418281 wrote:

                                              I second that!
                                              When using CDJs, ther is a certain lack of skill involved. Also you cant mix your tunes properly just by looking at the track, coz u cant see it, its on a cd. With vinyl you can see the pattern of the tune and mix your tunes together in so many ways.
                                              Not saying CDJs are easy to mix on, but the majority of people who use em dont mix properly. I was at a BIG event in a club this weekend with 6 sound systems and they were all using CDJs (and vinyl but not much at all), i think i heard about 2 tunes mixed together for the whole 9 hours. The rest were stopped and played pretty much every time, and 3 or 4 djs managed to push the wrong RPM button on their “PHAT” pioneer CDJs that they dont know how to use properly. Pisses me off when you see DJs playing shit at events where they get paid and you know you can mix better than that and you just hav to stand and listen to them.

                                              Anyways, a good way to get sets at parties is to do wot your doing now on this forum, and also get into music production, make your own tunes and spam record labels with “the freshest techno to see the light of day this year” or sumthing along those lines. You get the idea realy, play phat tunes, play them well, make sure people hear them, dont give up, and you will get to play out at events sooner or later.

                                              Erm :laugh_at:

                                              #1233059
                                              General Lighting
                                              Moderator

                                                @Tocooltom 418281 wrote:

                                                The rest were stopped and played pretty much every time, and 3 or 4 djs managed to push the wrong RPM button on their “PHAT” pioneer CDJs that they dont know how to use properly. Pisses me off when you see DJs playing shit at events where they get paid and you know you can mix better than that and you just hav to stand and listen to them.

                                                dude thats nothing to do with technology, it was going on 20 years ago at raves when vinyl was the main format

                                                When people end up turning a “fun/creative” activity into a career it eventually becomes more stressful than real work due to the envy and intense competition, so they get bored and jaded. I learned this 10 years ago when I was working as an engineer in the TV industry.

                                                Even today, I have been looking at a new computer but I would rather buy a boxed one from a supplier than bother building it from scratch like I once would have done, as I do 60+ hour weeks keeping the damn things working in offices.!

                                                I do have some nostalgia for analogue audio formats, particularly because of my age, but in reality times have changed.

                                                its a double-edged sword – digital equipment culture has vastly reduced the entry cost into music making but its also wiped out a lot of the revenue streams for content sales and paying jobs for those involved, so there isn’t as much money in the entire music scene as their once was (especially as feds are more harsh about people trying to launder drugs money through it!)

                                                with regard to the business side of things, the clock can’t be turned back and we have to live with it, but when I pick up a electronics catalogue like CPC/Farnell which once would have been full mostly of components and office/industrial gear and it is packed full of music production equipment, I can’t really see any cause for complaint..

                                                #1233073
                                                Tocooltom
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                                                  I wasnt blaming the technology tbh mate, i was just pointing out that DJs use their expensive equipment badly, and theres DJs using their old and battered decks and still ripping it up.

                                                  Fair enuf the standard gear has moved on to CDJs because there are more possibilities with the digital format, but it would be nice if DJs could use their CDJs like they use vinyl.

                                                  The only time i would use a CDJ wud be to mix a tune that ive made on the pc or a tune that doesnt exist on vinyl, and even then it makes me cringe. All my friends have the same vue aswell, “only if we have to”.

                                                  Basicly if u wanna mix on CDJs go ahead but i know i like black plastic and thats the way its guna stay, i dont see the point in goin out to spend another 1 and half grand on CDJs and 4 channel mixer and then to spend weeks downloading mp3s onto a computer that i wud have to buy aswell. its much easier for me to stick with my vinyl and decks, and continue using the computer at work and college.

                                                  #1233060
                                                  General Lighting
                                                  Moderator

                                                    @Tocooltom 418302 wrote:

                                                    I wasnt blaming the technology tbh mate, i was just pointing out that DJs use their expensive equipment badly, and theres DJs using their old and battered decks and still ripping it up.

                                                    Fair enuf the standard gear has moved on to CDJs because there are more possibilities with the digital format, but it would be nice if DJs could use their CDJs like they use vinyl.

                                                    what I also meant was in the 1990s there was just as many name DJ’s playing shit but using vinyl (there being no other formats in existence) because they were already bored/jaded with the industry and trading on their names whilst you’d sometimes hear better sets at free parties (which is why a lot of us got into this scene).

                                                    Also its a wider issue with dumbing down/too much drugs that many people don’t bother to learn how to use their equipment (the digital stuff is actually quite complicated!) and those who do can often get better real paying day jobs in IT companies which reduces the time they have for creative stuff..

                                                    I am surprised myself at how prevelant CDJs and digital formats have become in recent years but a lot of this is because vinyl and associated equipment is now niche equipment and becoming more expensive whilst computers are found everywhere.

                                                    yes vinyl will stay, people of my parents generation collect 78 rpm records and folk still listen to amplifiers with electronic valves in them and tape recorders with spools of tape but its not as common as the digital stuff and the equipment/media is expensive and harder to find.

                                                    #1233136
                                                    joshd96320
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                                                      im 17. ive completely skipped the cd age

                                                      its vinyl, or serato vinyl for me

                                                      (well not actually serato, a cheap substitute that works well)

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