New radio show @ 674.fm
For us music nerds, it’s hard to find good music on the radio. Fortunately, there are some passionate people out there who want to change that: It’s my pleasure [Read more...]
DJ culture
5 ways to feel better after a night of partying hard
Dancing all night to great music in a club is awesome – but the next day can feel like hell. Being tired and hung over, we often spend most of the next day on the sofa [Read more...]
Dance tracks that are ideal for changing tempo in a DJ set
I have been using tempo changes in my sets a couple of times already. I think that this is a great way to make a set more dynamic. In a club, when the DJ does a tempo change [Read more...]
9 ways to promote your own party
At some point, many DJs and fans think about hosting their own parties instead of playing at other people’s parties. This will mean some extra work, but the prospect of [Read more...]
The challenge of having all the music you ever needed
“Sorry, but I don’t have it.” This is a sentence I have said many, many times. Almost every DJ is frequently approached by guests who request their favorite [Read more...]
Digital DJing vs. Vinyl Mixing
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 [Read more...]
Is DJing “work”?
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 [Read more...]
My new DJ bag
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 [Read more...]
Is the flyer dead?
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 [Read more...]
5 Ways to Mix Tracks With Different Tempos
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 [Read more...]