Steve Ensall

I’m trying to teach myself to DJ (going through a mid-life crisis!) & an avid listener, particularly of Prog / Tech / Deep house.

I’m glad you liked Japanese Snowbell … when it kicks in it bangs!! In all honesty, the likes of Guy J & Hernan Cattaneo (Soundexile) blow my mind with their productions. If you get chance, check out Darin Epsilon & CID Inc too as they are also extremely good producers / DJs to follow if you like that genre.

There’s another Guy from Israel called Guy Mantzur who is also fantastic btw … often plays with Guy J as they are on the same label (Lost & Found).

Some nice tunes in there so will check your set out over the weekend.

Guy J’s Dizzy Moments is epic & is undoubtedly (for me) the best track I’ve heard in many a year. Couldn’t believe it when he finally released it!

I tend to base searches on those who are the leading remixers of tracks & then work backwards, i.e. see who’s tracks they seem to work on & then listen to a number of tunes that the artist has put out. You then come across quite a few people that you’ve never listened to previously.

I also listen to the likes of Proton Radio & Frisky Radio (more geared towards Deep House, Progressive etc). They have tracklists on their sites and then go from there.

Twitter is also a good tool – there’s a lot of accounts on there that preview new tracks.

Seems to me that more & more sets posted on Soundcloud etc do not come with tracklists from the DJ.

I can understand the “mystery” element & there’s plenty of guys out there who thrive on searching + providing ID’s of tracks, however we’re all in the same boat in terms of a love of music & it secondly doesn’t help the artists of the music used if the DJ doesn’t give support IMO.

As & when I feel ready to post a mix, I’ll certainly be offering up the tracklist.

Chuck / Terry

Facing a similar dilemma … I’m currently using Virtual DJ & have an urge to move on to different software (lord knows why having said that!).

I mix house (prog / deep) and was wondering if you’d please give me your best recommendation as to direction to go.  Presently using a Mixtrack Pro, but another part of the equation is that I’m planning on upgrading my controller in the near future.  Like the look of the Pioneer DDJ-SR & therefore would be tied to Serato if I took this route, but am open to suggestions.

Not the most technically gifted in all honesty & not really a big user of effects.  Would like the opportunity to develop ability to re-hash tunes, but not to level of overkill.

Advice / guidance would be much appreciated.