IndigoDeviLLe
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September 27, 2012 at 8:59 am in reply to: Ever purposely post a mix with a few minor mistakes? #1012736
IndigoDeviLLe
MemberTo me when listening to others mixes, it is those little imperfections that actually make the mix more interesting. Listening to how beats starts drifting then how quickly the dj notice and put them back in places.
I always favor those mixes made LIVE with minor mistakes, than those made using programs such as Pro-Tools and took hours of editing. Those pro-tools ones are just too perfect, and eventually made them boring unless they are made very creatively.
And I notice when mixes are made LIVE, I can feel the energy the dj is trying to deliver.MemberFor internet radio amd live broadcasting, I listen to:
http://www.vyzionradio.com/ and MIXLR
Other sources I tune in to listen to other mixes:
Official.fm , House-Mixes.com, Soundcloud and MixcrateMemberWhen I made my first mixtape, I made a lot of copies and give them to my families and friends. Felt so great and thinking it was like my biggest achievement.
Now listening back to it, I just feel “Eerrr…” and “Eeeuuwww…” LOL
Thinking back, I really appreciate the supports they gave back then. They probably felt ‘Eerrr’ and ‘Eeeuuwww…’ too when listening to it, but instead they still gave me their positive and supportive comments. 🙂Membermr_john, post: 4699 wrote: ellaskins aka Jonathan is my tutor… haha.
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I’m so grateful to him for all his youtube videos on deejay tutorials.MemberIf it’s an audio only try: http://www.listen2myradio.com
VDJ users can broadcast directly. Others can use winamp. Simply google the “how-to” to find out the settings.MemberI had been interested in deejaying from the first day I listened to dance music. But back then I could never afford to pay for lessons at deejaying schools. Let alone buying the turntables nor cdjs.
Around three years ago, I saw a deejaying school on way back after a business meeting. So I parked my car and walk into it to make some inquiries. In there I found out that you can actually deejaying from a computer. I was thinking of taking some classes there. But my busy schedules made it impossible.So I googled for information on digital deejaying and ended up downloading VDJ Trial Version. Well, the story continues with watching lots of dj tutorials on youtube, reading dj forums on lessons and tips, buying Hercules Mk2 and later VCI 300… And here I am now making my own mixes. Digital deejaying makes all these possible for me. I would’ve given up if I had to spend a fortune on buying turntables or cdjs and mixer in order to pursue this hobby.
July 5, 2011 at 11:32 am in reply to: So where in the world are you? (Apart from the US/Canada and Europe) #2921MemberWell, just in case you are wondering what a “funkot’ sounds like, here are two examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrxKeRNloXY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqN4VUSrK4I personally can’t stand it at all. But it’s so popular in Indonesia. 🙂
MemberThanks a lot for the warm welcome, folks 🙂
July 5, 2011 at 2:40 am in reply to: So where in the world are you? (Apart from the US/Canada and Europe) #2884MemberJakarta, Indonesia. Some clubs play progressive house and RnB. But the music that’s played most in Indonesian’s clubs are called FUNKOT a.k.a. “City House”. Locally produced and running around 180-195 bpm. I hate the sounds of it so much!
Recently, there have been attempt to bring back the music from 70s, 80s and 90s into the scene. We label this genre as Classic Disco.MemberI remember how such question used to intimidate me: “If you can’t beatmatch manually, then you’re not a DJ”. When I first started I tried so hard to learn it on VDJ using mouse and then later Hercules MK2. It was impossible for me at that time. I thought maybe I need an actual pitch slider. So about a year later after using VCI 300 and ITCH, I tried again following what Ellaskins shows in his youtube video. It didn’t take me too long to learn how to beatmatch manually. I guess somehow these ears got used to differentiate the two sounds after all these mixing activities for awhile.
Now I still use Sync Button a lot to get the right bpm (I don’t use beatgrids in ITCH). And when the Bpm readout is wrong, then I’ll do it manually. And this happen quite often since I’m mixing 80s and early 90s.
The way I see it, I think some people just make such a big deal about this “Manual Beatmatching” thing. There are so many other things to be learned if you want to produce great mixes.
I personally care more about the sounds that comes out from the speakers. But until the softwares can ensure 100% correct BPM readout, manual beatmatching still need to be learned.
MemberOLD: Listening to the headphone
NEW: Staring at the waveformsMemberStarted with VDJ, but now using Serato ITCH. I am happy with both of them. Each has its own’s plus and minus, eg: I love Serato’s coloured waveforms a lot, but I miss the effects and samples I can thrown in from VDJ.
Membermr_john, post: 1784 wrote: at my last job they had a big PA system and people would put their Ipods on. But they’d always play the same thing, or one artist too much, etc. It seemed like common sense to me to play something that everyone would enjoy, and I couldn’t understand why that was a hard concept for people to grasp. I was new though and I wasn’t sure what the “Ipod protocol” was, so I just brought headphones for a while. But then my headphones broke… So I threw it on the PA one day and people loved it. So I started making playlists specifically for work, I became the “DJ” if you will haha. This is when I really started amassing music, listening to an Ipod for 10 hours a day really burns through a lot of songs and I hated hearing the same songs too often. My relationship with my music changed dramatically because of that job, I got to know my tracks better than I know myself :p
I can imagine you playing your own mixes to your colleagues… It’s a great way of promoting yourself! Words spreads out fast.
MemberI started with Mainstream House. But now I mostly mix 80s and 90s: freestyles, italo disco, funky, new jack swings, house and pop. Got addicted and find them very challenging with those unstable beats and unpredictable songs’ structures.
MemberYep, I do. There are times when things are slow or repetitive which don’t need my concentration, I play my music at work. But of course at low volumes.
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