When our alarm sounds in the morning and we drag ourselves out of bed, there’s already someone chatting cheerily on the radio, playing music for us as we sip our coffee and keeping us entertained during our commute to the office. Most of the time, our favorite radio DJs are an ever-constant presence, always there … Read more
Unlike in the past when DJs spun vinyl on a pair of turntables, nowadays, it’s all about digital – and there are many different ways of DJing. If you use DJ players or an all-in-one DJ system, you don’t need software, but for controller or laptop DJs, it’s an essential part of your setup. For … Read more
It doesn’t matter how well you can beat mix, you ain’t a DJ until you can scratch – at least according to Koop in the 1999 British cult classic, Human Traffic. Well, that depends on the type of music you play and your style, but a DJ who can scratch earns instant respect. Like beatmatching … Read more
They’re the people we listen to as we drink our coffee in the morning and they keep us company in the car during our commute to and from work each day, but beyond this, most of us probably don’t give radio DJs much thought. It’s not exactly a mainstream career choice, but most radio DJs … Read more
So you’ve bought all your DJ equipment, you’ve built your record collection, you’ve developed your skills and now you’re ready to play out. You know how good you are and you’re itching to start rocking the dancefloor – but the problem is, the gigs don’t seem to be coming. This is a familiar situation that … Read more
For bedroom DJs, one of the most fun things to do, even if you can’t get gigs, is to record your mixes and share them with your friends. If you know how to make a DJ mix, it’s a great way to practice, to learn and to get feedback on how well you did. Recording … Read more
Almost everything about weddings is expensive, and if you don’t want to start married life in insurmountable debt, you’ll probably be looking for ways to lower the cost of your big day. Often, one of the first things people organize for their wedding is the music, either a live band or a DJ, but the … Read more
If you’ve ever seen the elaborate stages that are constructed for the major dance music festivals each year and the thousands of ecstatic fans dancing in front of them, you can’t fail to have realized that there must be serious amounts of money sloshing around. So it follows that the DJs who draw in these … Read more
Perhaps you were blown away by a particularly talented DJ in a club recently or maybe you saw someone playing in front of thousands on the mainstage at Ultra or Tomorrowland and you thought to yourself…I want some of that. Every DJ treads their own path, and if you want to become one, you will … Read more
Anyone with even a passing interest in electronic music or DJ culture will have heard the words “DJ set”, and at first glance, it seems easy enough to understand. But then when you really start to think about it, you realize it’s quite a slippery term that can be tricky to define. So what is … Read more