Ok guys, this is what i have so far:
1. Set up turntables, mixer, and amp in room with lots of speakers: yep
2. Start vinyl collection: yep
3. Mix very poorly: yep
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10. Do a set with DJ Taucher
Can you guys help me get from 3 to 10? j/k haha, please give me some tips, suggestions, and "rules to dj by". THANKS

keep mixing very poorly.
get beatmatching down, bit by bit.
continue to beatmatch.
you think you can beatmatch, prove yourself wrong by taping yourself live (45 / 90 minutes straight)
realize that you have much more beatmatchign to do.
practice knowing where to cue your stuff (<= i hate this)
practice transitions.

that's about where i am right now, the last two steps, knowing my vinyl but thats a bitch, almost makes it no fun

id rather just cue up quickly and let'er rip, makes for much more fun


my 1000th POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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congrats on joining the 1k club!..ill be there next week.(hopefully)

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thanks for the tips patticus! congrats on the 1000 posts. more tips are welcome ta's

I would give tips..but Patti has said what I would say..mix mix and mix. Do it until u get it. Then have somebody come over and mix for them...if u see them cringe, mix some more. Itll take a while

Reason I cant give more tips is that Im @ the same stage as u!

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Originally posted by j_spot Reason I cant give more tips is that Im @ the same stage as u!

hehe, no worries man, good to find some more peeps just startin out. good luck

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Originally posted by InsomnEac good luck

I dont need luck..Im blessed with talent of a fisherman.

Talent of a fisherman? That wont help me mix..so maybe I do need good lick...I mean luck(that was a typo that ended up being funny).

Good Lick/luck to you too. AND GET SOME SLEEP!!

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lol, thanks for the good lick, lol

i read in an interview with some dj who i forgott.

anyway they were talking about why he became a dj, the obvious answer was he loves his music. but then he continued to talk about the curse of a dj, where you begin to pick apart every songs beats, changes, this that. and it gets to the point where every song you own you know in and out, and you can no longer sit back and enjoy the song as you once were able to.

the curse of the dj.

but thats what other djs are for -- to bring you new music.

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thats tru dazzed, but i find i already pick apart songs anyway, so i guess i have nothing to lose , good point tho.
c'mon, i know theres some more dj's out there, help me out

yeah..I do that too. more so with the 'club' trance songs ie Blood is pumping etc I know those songs inside out. Half the time I can call a mix as soon as it starts @ the club I go to alot. Once I even called a opening song before the DJ took the decks. ok the song was why r u so quiet..and it was when it was popular.
Im starting to learn my friends vinyl now too...

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Originally posted by patticus keep mixing very poorly. get beatmatching down, bit by bit. continue to beatmatch. you think you can beatmatch, prove yourself wrong by taping yourself live (45 / 90 minutes straight) realize that you have much more beatmatchign to do. practice knowing where to cue your stuff (<= i hate this) practice transitions. that's about where i am right now, the last two steps, knowing my vinyl but thats a bitch, almost makes it no fun id rather just cue up quickly and let'er rip, makes for much more fun my 1000th POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

funny but very true, congrats on the 1000!