Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
I am a former vinyl maniac, buying 20 records every month, and since the beginning of 2010, I have started to explore the world of digital DJing.My first tought when I installed Traktor and spinned the scratch control record, was: ”Wooh! Now I have 10.000 new records to play!” Never forget the basics, always ...
I recently participated in a very interesting debate among DJs in an online forum. The original question was this: What is an adequate salary for a gig? How much should a DJ ask for? The debate got very heated when some newcomer DJs said they were accepting gigs for free to build a reputation and ...
Part of being a DJ is carrying lots of stuff around when you have a gig. I kinda got used to carrying record cases, cd cases, turntables, laptop bags and various other things around. However, I wasn’t really aware of how much of an effort this was until I finally found a good solution for ...
I my first flat, I used to collect all the flyers from parties that I played at and tape them to my door. Over time, this grew into a pretty big collection of flyers in various colors and sizes. I was somewhat proud of this collection as each flyer was a bit like a trophy ...
I recently had a discussion with a couple of other DJs in a forum: We were talking about how to mix tracks with different tempos. Of course, almost never do two tracks have exactly the same tempo, but a lot of DJs are hesitant to mix tracks that are more than just a few BPM ...
