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An unheralded advantage to pulling tracks from a properly managed record pool is having access to quantized versions of classic dance tracks. If you mix only modern electronic or hip hop music, just about everything you play likely comes already quantized. It was made on a computer, and even if the producer opted to swing […]
Its been a little while since the last round-up of DJ Tech News, so lets take a look at the most interesting tidbits of tech news! Rekordbox Professional Plan – Unlimited Cloud Storage! This one is a doozy – I’ve long been an advocate of storing your whole music library in the cloud, as I […]
One day I will be able to write a blog post without commenting on what a strange time it has been for DJs. But today is not that day! Depending on where you are reading this from, you’ve most likely had some form of lockdown for at least some of this year, or at the […]
One of the most significant dates in the DJ calendar (along with the 12th of October, or the 10th of December, depending on how you do your calendar for 1210…) is the 8th of August – 8/08 Why is that? Because one of the foundational instruments of modern music is the Roland TR-808 drum machine, […]
Today we have the tremendous pleasure of speaking with DJ Irie – and he has a hell of a career to tell us about. Lets jump right in! Can you tell our readers a little bit about yourself, and what you do Born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and raised in Miami, Florida. Music […]
One thing that you learn as you grow up within the DJ industry is that there are a lot more facets to the trade than you realised as an outsider. And a lot of the best DJs have fingers in more than one of these pies, for all sorts of different reasons. Today, we are […]
Something that I am extremely passsionate about is one of the more unglamourous aspects of being a DJ. But it is also one of the most important. Backing up your data. Primarily, this means your music library. But it extends beyond that. Your file system, the way you arrange your crates, your invoices, artwork, photos from […]
We have some fantastic new things to talk about today, so lets get right to it! Mixed In Key 10 First up, the respected Mixed In Key software has released a v10 update, promising even more accurate key detection. Users of this software (which includes me) will be well aware that it is more accurate than […]
Well, this has been a pretty insane year for the DJ community. And we are far from over it all yet – if we have learned anything this last year or so, its that you should never take anything for granted, even if you have it booked in your diary. Events can spiral very rapidly. […]
Well damn, the time just flies by! Feels like yesterday that the Heavy Hits Podcasts mix series kicked off, and now here we are – with the incredible DJ Perly dropping an awesome 100th HHP. DJ Perly is a member of the world famous Heavy Hitters DJ crew, and in 2017 became the first female […]