I’d like to take a trip down Memory Lane…
Well – even my most recent DJ gig feels like an eternity ago. This has been a crazy, crazy year for this little spinning rock out in the Milky Way. I don’t know what I expected from 2020, but, well… not this *gestures at everything*. I feel like everyone needs to find ways to put […]
Music Documentaries!
Everyone suddenly has a little bit more time on their hands than they expected to have, and it looks like we are going to have to get creative with passing that time. Well, thankfully we have streaming sites all over the internet, carrying all sorts of fantastic music documentaries – here’s a little summary of […]
Heavy Hits “Stay Home” Challenge
All over the world, people are being asked to spend a lot more time at home, and we are all looking for ways to keep boredom at bay – well, Heavy Hits has your back, and for good measure you have the chance to win over $500 worth of prizes! Heavy Hits brings you the #HHSTAYHOMECHALLENGE! […]
Making a Silver Lining
These are strange times. 6 months ago, the world was trundling along, much the same as it had for decades. Sure, there were problems, but nothing we hadn’t seen before. Fast forward to now, and we are facing an unprecedented global situation – a pandemic in a globalised world. We talked a bit last week […]
Pioneer DJ Sold!
But don’t panic – apparently its business as usual at the biggest name in DJ technology! Japanese company Noritsu has taken on Pioneer DJ, spending $606m on the brand, and buying them from private equity firm KKR (who picked up Pioneer DJ in 2015). Noritsu is best known as a photo-printer manufacturer. A short statement […]
Coronavirus – COVID-19
Its a well established fact that you can catch several horrible diseases from playing low-quality MP3s in your sets, which is why things like the Heavy Hits Pool are so important for DJs. But now there is a new risk for DJs, and looks like it is going to impact 2020 in some pretty unprecedented […]
Performance Anxiety, And DJing Sober
One of the realities of DJing, especially on big stages in front of large crowds, is performance anxiety. And one of the most common ways to cope with this is to use alcohol – something that can easily slip into abusing alcohol, which has led a lot of DJs (myself included) to completely quit in […]
Music News – February 2020
Today we’re going to have a little round-up of the big stories from the world of music in the last few weeks. Starting things off, a couple of sad stories. The untimely deaths of legendary DJ and musician Andrew Weatherall, and young rapper Pop Smoke, shocked their fans. First off – the tragic death of […]
Brits 2020 – All The Winners
The annual Brit Awards has become a real institution in the music calendar, and given the global reach of the British music scene, that should come as no surprise really. Last week the winners of the 2020 awards were announced, and so here’s a little run through who won what! So, without further ado, the […]
Happy Birthday Rihanna!
This might be a day late where I’m writing this from, but somewhere in the world it is still Ri-Ri’s 32nd birthday! Party DJs all over the world understand the huge appeal of Rihanna – she’s delivered hit after hit after hit since debuting with Pon De Replay, a song which still goes off in […]
