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, […]
Doing it for the ‘gram!
Heavy Hits is obviously best known for its incredible music pool. I like to think a few people swing by this blog regularly to see what I’ve been writing about. But one of the most fun aspects of the Heavy Hits crew is our amazing Instagram, run by the brilliant Schuller. You can get the […]
The Livestream Landscape
There’s little doubt as to the major trend in DJing in 2020 – the huge explosion in livestreamed DJ sets. We’ve discussed this phenomenon here on the blog before, but some time on, things are gradually evolving. The most popular platforms for most people remain Facebook and Instagram, largely because that is where people have […]
Serato Studio, with DJ Blakey
Could you tell our readers a little about your journey from young battle DJ, to being Serato’s Artist Relations guy in London? I entered my first DJ battle in 2000 in Chichester when I was 15. I did it under a different DJ name and I was terrible. At that point I had only been […]
