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Boarding school. Ouch. So glad my folks kept me at home in the country. Even though the town was a hole!

Another good way to order would be ask your music teacher for the subject if you could put an order in with their stuff, as they get good educational discounts. Also pays to have the music teachers on side, thats how I could play at school so often 😉

Failing that, check out http://www.kosmic.com.au/ – these guys are my local plus they do online orders, and will happily beat any price you can throw at them 😀

Phil Morse, post: 2189 wrote: So do you buy MP3s in a local store??

Ouch. Okay, correction then, I buy everything gear-wise from my local music store. I think there may be some confusion about the term “music store” as I refer it to musical equipment and instruments, not actual music. The lesson here is if you can, network!

However, I do occasionally buy CDs from a physical store, as the staff there always have great insight on their music across a wide range of genres. See http://www.78records.com.au/

But in this day and age, I see the music store (equipment) as the record store of yesteryear, where the regulars and staff know each other, and network as a result. I’m just trying re-iterate the point of network, network, network! It’s gotten me places, so I’m just trying to spread the love! 😀

Adam Sharizman, post: 2129 wrote: I find reading music blogs are the best way to discover new music. Most bloggers would have their own personal input towards a song and would generally describe a song well. Downside is that these bloggers often stick to a certain genre

Same with me. The Hype Machine is my number 1 port of call for blogs, and if any blogs consistently post music I like, I’ll subscribe to them. Sometimes the blog will let you download the music, sometimes not. If not, then it’s off to Beatport.

Nup, that kinda lead cant exist, because USB is digital (1’s & 0’s) and regular audio is analouge (signal peaks with sound levels).

So if you plugged USB into, say, a mic input, all you’ll hear is a hum, where as you could damage a usb port with analouge signals…

Those Wirekeep LEDs look pretty cool, as does the Centre-stage. However I like to offset my stand, so the Centerstage isnt needed, and it looks as though the subtray can be added on later, as do the Wirekeep LEDs.

Although the custom engraving looks pretty cool, I dont think it’s all that visible from the crowd, but I can always get some done later if need be.

But I got a significant discount by buying what my store had in stock, so I’m not complaining. Might get the gf to get me some Wirekeep LEDs for my birthday though 😀

$385! Ouch! Mine cost $180 AUD – which was an ex-demo with no extras. Just wondering, what extras were you concidering?

First CD gig – hectic. I had barely enough tunes to last the night, I hadnt learnt to beatmatch properly yet, so about half the mixes were just trainwrecked, and everybody kept asking me to play the worst music. Even thrusting forward ipods at one point. But I learnt a heap that night, one of which is never play for school!!!

First digital gig – hectic. I had a half-hour of power at the busiest day of semester down at the uni tavern, and hadnt done a proper gig for over a year (heck, I hadnt mixed for nearly a year!), and straight out had to mix from the prevoius DJ’s drum n’ bass into my electro – not the easiest feat. Apart from my Traktor library going somewhat haywire (and it hasn’t done it since, so go figure!), the gig went of pretty well, with some of the pros commenting on how well it went!

DJ Mixes (mixtapes) – no way. I have a backup cd which is 30mins of my own recording which acts as my backup/changeover/dunny break CD. But no way would I concider using someone elses mixtape.

Mash-ups – Occasionally. I try to do similiar stuff live by dropping accapellas over breaks, but occasionally I’ll use someone elses work, especially if it’s a blend of two songs the crowld will love.

Remixes – Definatly! In my eyes, a remix put in the public domain is the same as an origional from a producer (in fact remixing is almost like producing!) so I concider it fair game. Remixes are also central to the sets I play, as I use them to convice a crowd to get down on some glitchy electo house by the end of a night 😀