DJ Medik
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DJ Medik
MemberThere are a million different ways to get to the same goal which is to rock the crowd. So long as your crowd has fun, go with whatever works best for you! 🙂
MemberThat is exactly how I started. I had very little extra cash to spend on DJ equipment. So I picked up a cheap pair of headphones, bought the home edition of VDJ, and picked up a two channel Native Instrument sound card (The Audio 2 DJ). It is not the most optimal set up, but hey it got me started. I also learned how to use CD decks/ CDJ’s as well. My first live gig the venue had house CD decks and not wanting to mix on just my laptop live, I played on CD’s for a year while I saved up for my controller. Use the time to review the controller you will eventually want to buy. It’s quite a large investment and a pretty big decision for your career. After reading many reviews and analyzing what each controller does (even the placement of the buttons, knobs, and jogs were an important factor to me) I had my heart set on the Traktor S4. Don’t be tempted to buy a controller you don’t really want but is in your price range. It may be a quick fix now, but you will end up regretting it later on.
MemberHi Andilcii and welcome! I’ve never been to Prague but the pictures I’ve seen are beautiful! Most definitely on my stop when I plan my Europe trip! 🙂 I just started in small clubs about two years back and it does take quite a lot of work on your part to hit those big clubs. Practice your mixing everyday, put yourself out there, promote yourself, market yourself, etc. It will take a lot of time and dedication on your end, but the end results will be worth it! Start by networking with club promoters and other DJ’s in your area. Help them out.. offer to flyer for their clubs, set up audio equipment or help with setup/ breakdown. There is an article on this site about landing gigs that is awesome! Phil and his team sure are lifesavers (or at least DJ career starters! haha). Best of luck to you mate! Cheers!
MemberIt is a bit of a grey area.. I mostly spin at clubs and they get a lot of regulars who often have drama. Crying girls, people waaaay to drunk passed out in the corner, vomit on the dance floor, fights, you name it! It is a party scene after all and some people get a bit too out of control. Staying professional is the best course to take. Don’t feel like it is your duty to babysit those who cannot hold their liquor (unless they are anywhere within a 20 foot radius of my DJ gear)! On the other hand, I love the idea of networking with the people at the party you are playing at. I think it’s important to meet and greet people as it gets your name out there and people will recognize you behind the decks and be more willing to support you in your DJ career.
Experience will tell you when you should step in and when you shouldn’t. Best of luck to you!
Member“somewhere, DJ Shadow shudders and doesn’t know why.” That part had me laughing so hard!! I could just imagine him sitting there eating a bowl of cereal in the morning and all of a sudden a chill goes down his spin and he looks around the empty room like “what the heck was that??” haha!!
MemberAfter two years of DJ’ing live…I still get nervous when I first start my sets. The nerves go away after the first track and then it’s ON! haha
Welcome!
MemberHi DJ Urband and welcome! I’ve always wanted to go to school for Music, specifally in audio engineering but could never afford it 🙁
MemberNo prob! I don’t have my intro on any of recorded mixes yet as I just recorded it last night! haha. I’m actually using it for my Weds night gig and we are doing a sci fi themed night so I have the original Star Trek “red alert” siren in the background. I will record my set live on Weds and post it on Mixcloud over this next weekend. Good luck with your project!
MemberHi DJ TomTom and welcome! Rjwhite41 is 100% correct in that when mixing, you always want to have single tracks with a well defined outro/ intro. If you are limited in your music capacity for now, you can always just move to the middle of each track, start the first break and let the drop and chorus hit and then mix the same thing with your next disc. It’s going to take some work and you really are better off just buying the individual tracks from those mix albums you want to play (show the artists some love!).
MemberHey Jordan,
Do you work off a Mac by any chance? Reason I ask is that I just recently recorded an intro myself using Garage Band (it was actually the first time I had ever used that program). I just used my headphones as a mic, and recorded my voice saying “Attack is imminent, now deploying DJ Medik…” and I used some of the effects to mask the fact that it was my voice (made it sound like a radio com voice). Then I converted that file into an MP3 and played an alarm track in Traktor with my intro on top of it and recorded them together as one MP3. Now I can use that for my sets! If you don’t have Garage Band, I believe Audacity will do the same thing (which is a free program) but I’m not 100% on that as I’m still sooo very new at recording things. Either way I thought that might help you to create your own intro. I’m sure it will be much more rewarding than having someone else do it 🙂
February 11, 2013 at 5:47 pm in reply to: Lets all "Like" each others Facebook Fan Page. Post your links here! #36588MemberJust thought I would resurrect this page because I think it’s such a great idea! I “liked” all previous pages, but if I missed anyone please let me know! My link is below!
Member@ Chuck van Eekelen: We’ve tried having a note book to write down all the tracks the previous Dj’s have played.. but people stopped writingin it so that went away. The nice thing about the venue I play in is it’s very tiny. So no matter where you might be you can hear what is being played. All DJs are required to get there before the club starts so they can set up and sound check. Every now and again a song is repeated but it doesn’t happen that often.
@ Rjwhite41: Thanks.. I think I did as well 🙂
@ D-Jam: I LOVE that idea! I would prefer playing a longer set bi-weekly than a shorter set weekly. I’ll run that by the promoter and see what he says! Thanks!
MemberThanks for all the feedback everyone! I love the idea of hosting a DJ battle, but the sad thing is most of these DJ’s can’t even beat match! The other crappy thing about having 9 DJ’s is that 6 of the 9 booked are on laptop/controllers. So we literally have this line of tables spread out in front of the DJ booth with a sea of audio equipment. We use a four channel mixer connected to the booth so we would constantly be switching out cables during the live show (and I HATE messing with audio cables during the club) when each DJ starts their sets. It’s a circus!
I went ahead and sent the promoter a message letting him know I don’t appreciate booking so many DJ’s a night and reducing our already short time slots even further. I decided to take the night off instead (I don’t remember the last Sat night I had off! haha). I might use this as an opportunity to check out some competing venues and hand out a few demo CD’s! =D
MemberHi Mark25h! Welcome aboard!
MemberI’ve found that it has killed certain tracks I used to love due to what the crowd wants to hear all night/ every week. I’ve also found that I grow impatient now with songs and after about 2-3 minutes (where I would normally mix my next song) I start getting restless! lol
On the flip side, I do listen to music all the time. My normal method is to find/ purchase a song and then I listen to it in the car and at work to get a good feel for that track. Sometimes I will even take the “long way” home from work or just drive around for no reason so I can get to know a song or album well. I find driving late at night helps me with this as there is just you, the road, and your music. No other distractions.
But has it killed music for me? I would have to say no, I still love it! 🙂
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