DJ Tucker
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The wego and djay 2 combo is a tight little setup. Always remember that you are special because you are willing to step out of the crowd and control the music, while everyone else is busy either enjoying themselves or complaining. The only advice I could give is to echo what Phil says -get playing in front of people as often as you can. That’s where you’ll learn to read the crowd and deal with tech issues.
Bro, play whatever you like. I get so bored when I’m stuck with only one genre. If it makes sense to you in the mix, toss it in. A good tune is a good tune. If you’re reading the crowd, they’ll let you know when you’ve gone too far off the rails. I love switching genres in my mixes. If anything, that’s what I like to be known for. I guess they call it open format djing but I hate that term because it sounds lame (to me).
I will add that, although I play a variety of genres in my mixes, I’ve adopted a more hip hop style of transitioning where I do more dropping on the 1 than trying to pull off long blends (like a house music dj would do). I’ve heard sets that play my style of tunes but in a long blend way by djs like Greg Wilson, and I enjoy them, but I’m more of a grab it and chuck it in type of DJ and only blend when I notice that the next song is really close in BPM and stuff.
Cheers.
I can honestly say the best laptop to dj with is whatever you can afford. I’d make sure it has an SSD (or that you budget enough to chuck one in). I’m partial to Windows 7 and i5 machines. Beyond that, it’s a matter of tweaking Windows to minimize lag and stuff.
That said, you’re looking at laptops that cost the same as a trusty 2012 MacBook Pro. I bought one a few years ago strictly for DJing after using Windows laptops for many years and can say that it just worked better with far less need to tweak any settings. They’re still out there and maybe even for less than the laptops you’re looking at.
Back to Windows machines, remember that they all are somewhat meant to wear out so you could probably grab a $300 i5 laptop, clean install Windows without the added crapware, and be perfectly fine. Don’t overthink it.
