Ive been playing for a little over three years, and as already stated here, not everyone can mix, its easy to know how, but much harder to put into practice to a level that is acceptable for the paying public. Not everyone has the ear for it. I was very lucky that i picked it up quickly, and was even more lucky to play in our biggest club (Heaven) for my first gig out after only 3 months.

But always improving and learning new tricks.

2 and half years ive had my decks.

A total of 3 months solid practice over that time i would imagine.

I never have time.

about, 1 year 4 months.

level? i would say kung fu master, though i am striving to reach the ranks of pirate, ninja and then finally samurai.

i can beat match, but like everyone there are times when i fuck it up, not as often and as bad as 1 year ago though. Ive skipped over harmonic mixing, because i think writing down keys on records is akin to bpm to counters, id like to think most of my mixes are in key, but they probably arnt. i tend to focus on playing what i think will work well rather than what the laws of music tell me will work (im raging against the machine). Maybe giving in and writing down keys and djing by numbers is what i need to do to reach the level of pirate? But yeah, im not keen on that (because of the principle, not the work involved in doing it).

Im sure some of you have heard my mixes, so you can comment on how good or awful you think I am!

I think i'm up to 3 or 4 years now... can't remember exactly.... been buying records all my life though... my family didn't get a cd player until i was 13 so vinyl was a popular option! ;-) I still think i'm pretty shit but the last few months in Australia and the last month in german have really helped a lot. I don't have TV, my girlfriend is in Australia and I've got an amazing mixer so i've been playing 2-6 hours per day every day... It's really been helping with a lot of problems i had with djing and had been ignoring. I think it's easier to play/learn (especially) on good equipment but i good dj can play well on almost anything. I've seen one of my friends (Nikita a melb prog dj) play some amazing sets on my P.O.S Gemini PS-626 mixer... and grand master flash can play/scratch ok on the Technic SL303 and i used to own those decks, they are REALLY crap...

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Fall in love with everything, fall in love with life. Just fall in love with music and you will get by. Ride in the night.
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Greatest Tracks of all time:
YAHEL - VOYAGE
Planet Funk - Inside all the people (deep dish 80's tata)
Bob Dylan - anything by him... esp. Black diamond bay.

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2.5 years

shit.. time flies

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:: Out soon ::
» Adam Jace - Safari People [Plastic City]

http://www.myspace.com/adamjace

Been mixing for 2 years in August. I started with pretty good equipment (technics 1200 MK2s and Roland dj-2000 4 channel mixer)so i had motivation to get better. I can definatly see that my mixes have been getting alot smoother than they used to be level wise and im getting the beats alot faster now aswell. Maybe the more deaf i become the better i can hear the beats.

Hopefully have a set of mine on Dj Wardens sounds of downunder in a couple of weeks so stay tuned.

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Tunes rocking my world

Arizona- Labyrinth
Kenny Hayes- Ibiza Sky (Alex MORPH mix)
E.B.T.G.- Missing the Girl
Menno De Jong- Tundra (Mark Otten mix)
Sonicvibe- Nostalgia



My Records for sale

got my decks in july 2002 however i just stuffed around till towards the end of the year then started to look into it more seriously.

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http://www.lanithium.com/

I knew it... im surrounded by assholes!

After going to a few Raves in 1989 i was hooked and got me decks in Summer of 1990, along time ago in a galaxy far far away................Best investment i ever made, heaps of good memories, parties and all that

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Originally posted by venomdx about 15 months since i first got some decks. i'm ok, there's always room for improvement.

you mix pretty well for 15 months...

I would just alter your track selection... but that will happen with time, and you establish your own style. Keep playing, you have talent.

First jumped on some decks when i was 15... got sick of playing other peoples music... started producing my own. ( Im 24 btw )

around 4-5 years

i still enjoy every single gig as if its my very first one.

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