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Posted by bluelimitd on Jun-12-2003 09:06:

How long have you been spinning?

Hey guys I am just curious...

From the first day you ever laid hands on a vinyl, how long have you been spinning?

Posted by djshawnb on Jun-12-2003 13:03:

Re: How long have you been spinning?

quote:
Originally posted by bluelimitd
Hey guys I am just curious...

From the first day you ever laid hands on a vinyl, how long have you been spinning?

im still in the bedroom, its been like 9 months.

Posted by Dj Flesch on Jun-12-2003 14:16:

Well, I've been djing far longer than I have owned a TT. I started on CD decks, and now I have both CDs and Vinyl in my collection of music and equipment. For me it's been almost exactly 4 years.

Posted by Luke Terry on Jun-12-2003 14:34:

18 months

Posted by raaven on Jun-12-2003 15:00:

all vinyl for just over 3.5 years now.

Posted by Seany_G on Jun-12-2003 16:28:

Friend's equipment, 6 months, my own gear, 2 weeks.

Posted by jonnycarcinogen on Jun-12-2003 19:31:

2.5 years

Posted by Vlad on Jun-12-2003 21:10:

I havent even got a chance to start spinning yet, im waiting on my mixer that i just ordered, and to buy a second turntable, although i have alittle experience spinning at my friends house, but there was no beatmatching or anything of that sort involved. Im a complete newbie.

Posted by Tony Morello on Jun-12-2003 21:20:

a year and a bit
2 years this november
i played my first gig 3 months after i started
my biggest gig so far was closing for dj scot project at a rave

Posted by Endlesswave on Jun-13-2003 05:57:

2 months. Fun as hell. We have apart of a local club here that is "reserved" on a certain night for certain TAs to spin at (you submit a demo etc and get chosen to go for it). Hopefully I'll be at one of them behind the decks...

Posted by venomdx on Jun-13-2003 06:41:

been spinning about 7 mths now

Posted by Arsalan on Jun-13-2003 07:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Endlesswave
2 months. Fun as hell. We have apart of a local club here that is "reserved" on a certain night for certain TAs to spin at (you submit a demo etc and get chosen to go for it). Hopefully I'll be at one of them behind the decks...

not before me bitch!! damn 19+ clubs haha

Posted by bluelimitd on Jun-13-2003 08:10:

I ask because I want to start spinning trance. How long will it take to get the hang of it?

Posted by DJ-Fuq on Jun-13-2003 12:06:

7-8 years
it should really at least a year to get good

Posted by Mister_Michel on Jun-13-2003 12:12:

I 'mixed' for the first time when I was 8 or something (my neigbour has equipment), I wanted to be a DJ then, but for some reason music kinde moved to the background of my life (then I wanted to get into the computerbusiness or gamingindustry or become a vet). 2 years ago I started to listen heavy to elecronic music again, and now about 6 moths ago I bought a vmx300 and 2 cdj100s, and 2 months ago a stanton80.

Posted by pnuemo on Jun-13-2003 12:50:

3 years...

Posted by Flash Bastard on Jun-13-2003 14:38:

2 years now

Posted by Bryant on Jun-13-2003 16:08:

About 2 years now

Posted by tjpatel on Jun-14-2003 04:15:

1 year

Posted by Clyde77 on Jun-14-2003 04:29:

almost a month now!!

6 years to be good at it??? that's soo long. well i guess im gonna loose hope

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Jun-14-2003 16:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Clyde77
almost a month now!!

6 years to be good at it??? that's soo long. well i guess im gonna loose hope

bullshit.

It depends what you mean by good. It doesn't take 6 years to be throwing down quality sets. Maybe if you touch the turntables like once a year .

Even after a few months you should be able to put down sets that aren't bad to listen to. Sure there'll probably be a few mess ups, but they should be small. And you only get better from there.

Posted by zapper on Jun-14-2003 18:04:

Been spinning the tables for almost 1.5 years. As for how long you need to spin to get good, well, I remember listening to the sets I did three months after I got the tables, thinking they were really good. Listening to them now, they sound way worse than I remember. So the thing is, the common crowd of people that has never been DJing may think that you're mixing well, while a professional DJ may think otherwise.

Hour-wise I would guess anywhere from 200 hours + behind the wheels to advance to a semi-professional level. You know when you're ready to play out when you have confidence in what you're doing, like when I do a mix nowadays I'm never worried that it won't sound good, because it kind of goes automatically (of course everyone makes a mistake now and then).

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Jun-14-2003 18:36:

about 10 months. i am still shit.

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Jun-14-2003 18:46:

quote:
Originally posted by zapper
well, I remember listening to the sets I did three months after I got the tables, thinking they were really good. Listening to them now, they sound way worse than I remember. So the thing is, the common crowd of people that has never been DJing may think that you're mixing well, while a professional DJ may think otherwise.

That is true...

I've been spinning 5 or 6 months. While my girlfriend and some of my friends may think I've put together some pretty amazing sets, and I definitely like listening to them...i'm sure if tiesto or someone heard my stuff they'd think it absolute shit.

And listening to my sets from a few months ago..he's right.

I'm also not as consistent as I'd like to be. I kind of have good days and bad days. I'm sure that'll go away with more experience.

Posted by PhloTron on Jun-16-2003 03:25:

7 years,

but I guess I like my day job too much

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