Dominic Souza-Larimore

and i thought vdj had problems with itunes integration. looking forward to what vdj8 has to offer.

old backup that made dj’ing hell
– 2005 dell inspiron e1705 single core processor 1.2ghz, 80gb hd, 2gb ram, windows xp media center $1200 brand new at the time
good ridance

-brand new asus 15.6″ 2.0 quadcore i7, 500gb hard drive, upgraded to 12gb ram, nvidia geforce 5400
still tweaking it and getting all the drivers updated, but the best deal you could find for a laptop under $600 (*refurbished, $1300 brand new)

pros
-fast and lot of useful features to configure how to run laptop. i.e. speed, battery saving power, media, office use
all at the click of one button
-less than half the price of a macbook but just as fast, if not faster
-10 key keyboard

cons
-needs to be tweaked to run optimally, have to update all drivers
-for a 15.6″ its just as big as my 17″ dell, but lighter
-screen resolution maxes out at 1368×720
-weird lighting

i went with windows again because its what im familiar with, didnt feel like learning a whole new system and switching over to mac. not to mention i probably saved over a grand by doing so. and in all honesty i dont mind tweaking out my computer or spending time getting it to run optimally, i may even enjoy doing it a little bit.

Im fine with my computer, im not overly excited about it though. but it gets the job done and i can dj again hassle free. for everything else it does more than whats required. very nice

Good music does it for me. especially good new music, the kind that raises the hair on your forearm. if that doesn’t do it for you then idk. what inspires you personally? music, money, girls, popularity, fame, material things, a combination of all? whatever it is, just use that to motivate you and push you.

try checking out some Podcasts mixes from your favorite artists/djs.

Is the orly thing still popular? I can’t imagine it is or will still be two years from now. its just a fad in my eyes, and you’ll probably get tired of it when u get older. especially if u have doubts n think its stupid now lol

But then again Lmfao made it work. if your as shameless as they are, it could work. good luck

Being organized.

mainly music library organization. no matter what kind of dj you are.

Everybodys biggest headache when they start out and a mistake they take every precaution not to make again lol

I’m curious about this as well, where would somebody go to learn how to use effects properly anyway? I wasn’t able to find anything on youtube.

And for the beat matching thing I could see using all the same bpms to start off helping with the timing issues. get that down first then start tempo matching.

I would think u just cater to the people who are dancing or taking up the dance floor. which in your case we hope are the young’ns lol

But if its the older crowd (and chances are it will be cuz of the booz haha) well then just play their music. u could probably get away with just straight cutting or the easiest mixes available. thats what the dj at the last wedding I went to did and I didn’t see anything wrong with it.

Stepping down n passing up a potentialy good gig jus cuz it might be a bit tough does not seem like an option for me. if anything it will be a learning experience and a paycheck.

jus make sure ur prepared for anything IMO