Yeah you're right I forgot Lil Jon pivoted real nicely from King of Crunk Producer to EDM DJ
Fake DJing BUSTED...tell the truth..sometimes ya'll pretend to turn knobs just to look busy
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You started DJing in 2011?
Never heard that one. Listening to it now.
cant stand his fat ass,and black folk cosiging dude
Nah yall cant slander Khaled like that. His energy is second to none first of all. He's also the best dancer when it comes to yardman dances. He also gives cloth talk, hanmock talk, jet ski talk, mogul talk, tour bus talk, billie talk etc.
Niggas know DJ Khalid isn't a DJ persay..but we respect him cause he puts some good records together.
This is the key that's needed to be a dj,blending,trickery and beat juggling are things you should know how to do but it's not required as long as the crowd is moving or semi enjoying themselves to what you've selected to play.Timing is everything,the tricks of the trade,you pick that up later.
I'm no expert ,shit not even a good novice, but even I know that bu hopefully I will be able to one day crush a crowd,I'm working on it with an all in one ubs joint.
Yeah though I did learn basics from my people much earlier on their equipment so by the time I got my own I was able to still do basic mixing by ear
I had a 'cup of coffee' as a PAID DJ and my boy is a PAID DJ and what you said is spot on.
Even if you don't know how to scratch one fucking record your ass better know the crowd, where you want them to go, and how to get there via the BPM or that is you ass!
But fuck it...just put the iPhone playlist on shuffle and you're all good said no club promoter/owner ever!
*two cents*
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as well as dj jazzy jeff
well uhhh umm..sometimes they do..i kno i've been to a few and have host a few.. "throw on the playlist".."last nite i put together a 6 hr tracklist we good to go "..."pay that nig how much? man lets go with dj ipod"...dj ipod>>>>>>>>paying several hundred or more sometime for an event..sometime the jew route is understandable
AWWW bro..you started 15 plus years after the craft was bought out. I won't knock you though because we all need a hobby and if you enjoy spinning..do your thing.
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I started off as a rapper, but could never really find a way to make real money from it. In 2004 came across an ad from a wedding DJ company that was looking for new unexperienced people to play money at their parties. I loved it and was great at it, but ended up getting fired from them and the next company I worked for.
I put shit on hold until 2011 when I DJ'd my own wedding. Eventually I ended up working for another DJ company which fired me a couple years later. I finally realized that all these firings were ridiculously petty and came in the midst of rave reviews from the clients so I struck out on my own in 2013. After years of slow going my DJ income is finally starting to eclipse my square job earnings. I hope to making 100% of my living from the craft by next year. (BTW. DJ companies that hire other DJs are complete scams. If you're a DJ don't work for them. If you're a client don't hire them).
My gear is a Numark 4Trak controller with an Acer laptop souped up with an SSD hard drive. The music is roughly 45,000 songs carried on a Samsung portable SSD.
I'm looking to buy a controller that can work without a laptop and hold at least 1 TB of music. Can anyone recommend a good one and a mid ranged price one?
DJ Bedz' Old School Edition mixes are great for hearing originals mixed with more recent tunes. I just heard that Think track/sample yesterday on one of those mixes...I think it was Vol 2.
I don't take in too much edm...but I will roll with Walshy Fire with whatever project he's involved with.
I don't take in too much edm...but I will roll with Walshy Fire with whatever project he's involved with.
Who told you that? If you're referring to the use of vinyl then the craft is coming back stronger than ever. There's a reason why DJ equipment manufacturers are each making their own vinyl turntables & even Technics are making new turntables again. Just because actual wax isn't the primary media for music doesn't mean that spinning on wax is dead
I don't work for any DJ companies and have been pretty much working my way up the ladder ever since I moved to Raleigh. I knew no one down here but managed to network my way in and am now starting to make connections with all sorts of people. As for equipment, Look at the new Denon MCX8000 units.
It's a hobby man..there is no money in REAL DJing fam. Like I said bro...if its fun for you..by all means enjoy that shit.
Major Lazer & Walshy Fire can't do wrong in my book
I have seen that happen a lot in smaller towns. When I lost my gig at the Waiting Room in Castro Valley my replacement was some buster that spent most of his time outside smoking weed and playing prerecorded mixes. He was able to draw a bigger crowd than me because he grew up in Castro Valley and went to high school with most of the regulars.
My attitude is, if that's the hook that keeps you working then great! Do you and make that $100 on a Saturday night. Good luck getting hired anywhere else though.
If that's what you want to believe then hey cool. I won't debate that with you
It's not a belief..its a fact. There is no real money for classic DJ's like yourself fam. I respect you for honoring the craft but the game has changed and unless you conform, what you are doing is nothing but a hobby that you can make a few bucks with.
Most of this shit now is straight networking...you don't have to be super live with bounces, mixes and scratches. All you have to do is be cool with this person or that person...you can get gigs not knowing how to do any of that shit.
Worst is them cheap promotors who hire inexperienced DJs willing to do an event for a fraction of a fraction of what any other would charge and then complain about all DJs when their event doesn't go as well as expected. You get what you pay for
lot of lounges and clubs in ny.. lot of spots got equipment.. some play playlist on certain nites and may have dj's other nites.. it's all about type of venue, type of crowd, type of music, type of vibe, it is whether u go to the playlist or dj.. we got hookah bars sometime dj ipod is on most nites cause people are in more chill mode and don't need a dj trying to hype the crowd
dis nigga should be fuckin shot
I don't know shit about DJin,but this is the most saddest shit I've ever seen in my life...
I don't mind them either. Many helped me pay my rent at the last minute. Over time the gigs that didn't go as well as expected forced me to push my craft further. Now when those cheap promoters call me up I respectfully decline because I'm too busy making more money playing for someone else. Building a brand and serving your clients is the most important things whether you're making $1 or $1,000 for the night.
That's understandable. Although IMO a DJing is less about hyping the crowd and more about making sure they don't leave the building
Britney Spears used to make $10,000 a night just by showing up to parties in Beverly Hills. Paris Hilton does the same thing, but with turntables in front of her.
that was the old days..there's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more money now for making appearances now
Dj'ing alone is hard enough. Now I gotta be a celebrity too?! Time to buy a Maschine and start making beats again I guess
fuck the charts - hit the pools and the boards - Serato's boards are a good start - also look around, every genre has elite DJs that put out monthly or weekly mixes remixes and blends... for all time favs and new /hot
Jeff gets $$ to play everything!
you have no idea or knowledge of what you speak - its entertainment- if a dj's hustle is strong - he can get work by networking and marketing himself no different than singers dancers magicians or comedians... all successful entertainers need to know how capture and control an audience - if not then they aren't going to succeed
you have much more to learn young grasshopper
EDM DJs are adjusting pitch and the equalizer - especially before a "bass drop" but the best ones are also mixing in with samplers or even playing the sampler at times
Yeah - by mixing in the original song that was sampled and then bringing up the modern or iconic 90s 2000s hit under it - the older DJs have been killing that for years now -Jazzy Jeff's mixtapes will give you a ton of places to start looking
no its not a scam - those guys aren't just playing mp3s, many times they are also creating beats and melodies live during their sets - its why Tiesto and Harris have MPC1200s on their rigs... before a show he sets up what he is going to work with after he knows what the crowd should be or if there is a theme for the night
eh... not really - no disrespect, but none of the board's more experienced DJs have checked in this thread yet
its a hobby to some but real money for others here...
a DJ is as much an entertainer as a singer or rapper
a real entertainer can entice a crowd to fun, build excitement amp them to a frenzy, and calm / slow it down - best ones are able to do it all and keep their audience riding that wave for an entire show.
step your game up enough - your show will become an event
Key word is...'On Shuffle' pimp. Even going play list route you have to make a playlist that makes sense, catered to your crowd, and even then it's a crap shoot cause sometimes they just ain't going to feel what you got on.
Now if it's just music you need in the background like a bar or a lounge on an off night then fuck it...type in 'Quite Storm' or 'Watercolors' on Spodify and let it ride but if you're dealing with an interactive crowd and 'the music' is a pivotal part of the evening best bet is to have a cat monitoring that shit realtime.
Hell your industry is pack full of cats just doing shit 'Nigga I got these hoes, they got big asses, and they shake um...that's pretty much it.' and cause of that I'll bet you get 80% of your repeat business simply because you do shit RIGHT.....right?
*two cents*
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It's what DJing has become.Da fugg this bullshit...
Being a scratch DJ is something I always wanted to learn how to do.