Saw a DJ at the O2 Indigo last night blasting out some classics pre a charity comedy night. He was great, mixing sounds in with the beats to perfection - but when did DJs stop chatting in between songs? Not one word was spoken! I think that gives my age away, come from a time when chat was important too.
Funny you say that, last night during our show, one hour in and we'd only played 8 tracks, all talking between me and the Mrs and listeners love that, especially when we start arguing or getting the giggles which happens often.
Sincere question: If you're playing music off a laptop or similar device and there's no discs to jockey - how is that DJ'ing?
If you’re talking club/house DJs. It’s an absolute art mate. Selecting the right tunes, mixing only vocals in or just drums. Building a set to suit the room. Engineering many a “drop” to get the room screaming. Etc etc.
Saw a DJ at the O2 Indigo last night blasting out some classics pre a charity comedy night. He was great, mixing sounds in with the beats to perfection - but when did DJs stop chatting inbetween songs? Not one word was spoken! I think that gives my age away, come from a time when chat was important too. Did say to my Wife at least they don't have to haul boxes of records around with them anymore.
This from my DJ friend: I’m not sure, the one that I use Traktor DJ 2 has lots of clever stuff on it but you don’t have to use that. You can use it in a simple manner. It was free for iPad but I don’t know if it still is
Got myself one of these back in November. Numark Mixstream Pro+.
As a complete beginner DJ — possibly a midlife crisis as I approach 50 — I was looking for a solution that offered everything this one does:
Stand alone unit which would integrate with a music streaming service. Therefore, no need to buy music. Takes anywhere from 15-30 secs do download a track to one of the channels.
I already use Amazon Music (it also works with Tidal and Deezer), so was super easy to add existing libraries. It also has built-in speakers (nothing flash, but fine for home use), cue buttons, loops, filters, stem and effects.
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