GCM EDM CLUB

Thanks Bill, that’s a good point and that’s also partially why I said in my first post genre conflicts aside here-unfortunately, getting people’s attention is quite a task and requires quite a bit of marketing expertise in itself. It always seems like you can never win doesn’t it? 🙂

We’re going to get back from winter break Monday so we will try out some different strategies and maybe some collaborations with other groups or teachers in school to spread word. If any of you have other suggestions or ideas, please share!

That would be awesome, thanks DJ Vintage! How would we get in touch if the chance arose?

So we’re located in Fairfax county, Virginia, USA. Big suburban area so we’re generally caught up on trends and all.

Yes I know, thats why we called it EDM club because even most pop or rock music these days can be counted as EDM because its electronic. I think that most people in my school aren’t aware of this. The problem with my area and high schoolers in general that are overworked is that they are oftentimes apathetic, so they don’t do many activities and aren’t willing to put in effort to learn something like this. This is probably one of our main problems but that is hard to combat. We even have 2 teachers who dj but aren’t willing to stay after school because they have to go home immediately so they won’t sponsor us.

Ok I’ll look around on the site for ideas I was just reaching out on the forums for specific ideas from the public. Thanks

The wego is actually a few more dollars than the Sb where I am.
Looked at the Denon controllers. They look nice and well keep them in mind, but so far the pioneers look better Id say, especially with that consolation of the jog sticking not happening that much.

Thanks guys this helped a lot!

Thanks! Speaking as purely a club rep, Ive had a lot of bad experiences on forums, not necessarily music related ones, but still. Thanks for understanding.

We’ve gotten to that point in school that nobody cares much about the work, so laptops are few to be seen. Its not as hard as I make it sound to bring one in, Im just being lazy myself. Ill do it.

Again, we have a very constrained budget, no precise number, we can always try to throw together a bake sale or whatever, but it will be slow by all means. I think we could pull together enough for the SR, if not definitely the SB after some time…

Good to know about those other brands. Its hard to find good info on them.

As for the preferances, I think I can speak for the group when I say the following:
We already have full serato, and for features beyond the basic jogs and faders:

FX built into serato
slip mode button
built in hpf/lpf

There’s not a lot more, especially considering the two’s similarities. Is there much of a difference besides the extra pads, 4 decks, individual fx knobs, and the extra little things around the bottom right of each deck?
Another thing, 4 decks is ridiculously hard to do especially for beginners right?

Sidenote – Ive heard issues with the SB about stuck jogs, dont know much about them or how often it happens, but haven’t heard much int he way of issues with the SR.

idk… feel free to chime in with anything, whether on these two controllers or something different.

Opinions?

Thanks everyone!

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