What’s The First Track On Deck When We Bars & Clubs Open Back Up?
The brilliant Heavy Hits instagram channel asked our community this question, and we got a great selection of replies from the DJs there! Its a question that a lot of us have been asking ourselves, and so here’s the highlights from the post, to spark some ideas for your sets! DJ edit legend Isaac Jordan […]
Tech News!
For obvious reasons, it has been a relatively quiet year for new tech, and it looks like this trend is set to continue for some time… NAMM 2021 has officially been cancelled, to be replaced by a Believe in Music virtual event. The music trade event was originally scheduled for the week of Jan 18 […]
How to deal with requesters!
If there is one thing that unites DJs, it is that we have all, at some point, had to deal with super-drunk people asking for songs. How we handle these moments can really change the way we experience a night, and so it is a good idea to have some strategies and techniques for dealing […]
Protect Your Ears!
One of the most important things for any working DJ is to protect their hearing, but it is amazing just how many DJs don’t make any attempt at all to do so. This is especially strange when you realise that tinnitus is irreversible – once you damage your hearing, you are stuck with the damage […]
Tips for DJing in the open air!
Its the summer, and not only that, loads of clubs are closed indefinitely. So, an awful lot of DJs are having to DJ out in the open air. This can be amazing fun, and lead to some magic moments, but it also presents certain logistical challenges, for all sorts of reasons! Here’s some practical tips […]
Music Podcasts!
I’ve been a podcast junkie for years. For a long time the focus of my listening was politics and sports, but over time, a great selection of music-based podcasts has emerged, covering all sorts of areas – whether songwriting, legendary careers, the DJ circuit, and much more besides. You can learn a huge amount from […]
Diggin’ In The Crates
One of the most important skills that any DJ can develop is the ability to work out what is hot, and what is not. There’s a tightrope to be walked between playing things that you can safely rely on to move a crowd, and playing things that differentiate you from the other DJs out there. […]
The Dos and Don’ts of DJ Changeovers
All DJs have their ideas about their ideal sets, and those fantasy moments where it all comes together for pure magic; hundreds, maybe thousands of people united in a moment of euphoria and togetherness. Hands in the air, a seething mass of happy humanity. But there are also more practical concerns that it pays to […]
Mindblowing new tech in Algoriddim’s djay Pro!
Every so often something comes along that just leaves you scratching your head thinking “how the hell does that work?”. Having a rotating plastic disc that you drop a diamond-tipped needle into, and the bumps in the groove convert into music. A smaller plastic disc with a load of 1s and 0s that you fire […]
Cosmo Baker
Can you tell our readers a little bit about who you are, and what you do? I’m Cosmo Baker and there’s a lot of things that I do but primarily I’m a DJ and music guy who’s based in Philadelphia. I mean I do a lot of things haha, from being involved with education, entrepreneurship, […]