New Year’s Resolutions!
Its that time of the year! Where we look back at the year just gone, make plans for the new year ahead – and where we commit to resolutions, to improve ourselves and our lives one way or another. Its a great opportunity to try to start good habits or end bad ones, so here’s […]
DJ Tech News – Dec 2020!
Well, we’ve nearly made it through 2020. That was… not great. We can only hope that 2021 will be a better year for everyone! But I’m back here for our periodic examination of what is going on in the world of DJ tech – so let’s dive right in and see what’s new! Air DJing?! […]
Patrick Hagenaar
Today we feature an in-depth interview with a stalwart of the dance music scene, Patrick Hagenaar! He’s had some career so far! First up, can you tell our readers a bit about how long you’ve been in the music industry, and how you first got involved, and what you do these days? In 1999, when […]
Serato DJ or RekordBox DJ – Which is best in 2020?
For today’s post, we have a special guest column, generously shared with us by DJ Tech Reviews – be sure to bookmark that site for more of this sort of content! But without further ado… Serato DJ or RekordBox DJ – which is best in 2020? Ah, the age-old question – Serato DJ or RekordBox […]
The Many Ways To Be A DJ – Residents
The first instalment of this series is going to look at one of the most common types of DJ, the local resident. Its not as glamorous as some parts of the DJ world, but it can actually be a very useful corner to establish yourself in! It offers more job security than the average, less […]
RIP DJ Spinbad
On 10th November 2020, the world lost one of the best DJs ever to do it. DJ Spinbad (born Chris Sullivan) was a true legend of the scene – an incredibly skilled DJ, and creator of some of the best, most influential mixes ever recorded. He was 46. A fixture on New York radio for […]
Calling All Twitch DJs!
2020 has been a year of dramatic changes to the way the DJ community works, and one of the big trends has been a shift towards a lot of livestreaming of sets. There are various platforms, but the one which has emerged as the most popular is Twitch. However, some DJs have warned for a […]
Arranging Your Crates, with DJ Freefall
A lot of people tend to have this idea that DJs are super cool rock-stars, and maybe a few are. But one of the unglamorous realities of DJing has always been its proximity to being a librarian – back in the day, it was shelves of thousands of records that you had to arrange so […]
The Many Ways To Be A DJ
On my morning run today I was listening to a brilliant episode of the excellent podcast Questlove Supreme, with the guest, the magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff. Early in the conversation, Jeff mentioned how, wherever he goes, he plays the same type of set – he doesn’t get to a city and start running the local […]
Be Prepared!
DJs might not always behave like boy scouts, but it certainly pays to adhere to their famous slogan – “Be Prepared”. There are few things worse for a DJ than arriving at a gig, something unexpected going wrong, and finding that you are unable to play as a result. So in this piece I will […]