BPM Studio Pro 4.6 is a good way to start.. PM me if u want it..

Pretty much the only way to have enough money for this addiction is to get some shit job that pays decently and work your ass off during the day so you can spin at night... and then find a gig. I work full time being bored and doing shit that I don't really like just so I can keep mixing.

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Originally posted by Trypsin Pretty much the only way to have enough money for this addiction is to get some shit job that pays decently and work your ass off during the day so you can spin at night... and then find a gig. I work full time being bored and doing shit that I don't really like just so I can keep mixing.

Kind of like what I am doing, but I am still trying to get into college for Radio Broadcasting, maybe there is a way for me to become famous through this, the radio job I mean! Don't really want to be a radio DJ though, top 40 is not really my cup of tea!

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Originally posted by trancearmada Don't really want to be a radio DJ though, top 40 is not really my cup of tea!

Pete Tong, anyone?

gotta give him a lotta credit for playing semi-underground dance tunes on BBC radio 1, even though he's not exactly playing trance these years. just to let you know you don't have to strictly play top 40 on a radio station, me thinks.

in US u do.. There are absolutely no trance/dance/housr radio stations here.. We lucky if a radio station transmits some dance tunes from local clubs @ 1am sometimes..

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Originally posted by fieroavian Pete Tong, anyone? gotta give him a lotta credit for playing semi-underground dance tunes on BBC radio 1, even though he's not exactly playing trance these years. just to let you know you don't have to strictly play top 40 on a radio station, me thinks.

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Originally posted by fieroavian Pete Tong, anyone? gotta give him a lotta credit for playing semi-underground dance tunes on BBC radio 1, even though he's not exactly playing trance these years. just to let you know you don't have to strictly play top 40 on a radio station, me thinks.

true, but once I was browsing through his tracklist on www.bbc.co.uk and he played a few tunes by Dr. DRE. WTF? I thought he played dance music. But than again there are ppl like Jules and Armin, but they fortunately live in other countries, not Canada. I mean I would love to become a local DJ that introduces the Trance music to the masses, but than it's gonna kill the whole vibe here in Toronto I think!

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Originally posted by amdmaxx in US u do.. There are absolutely no trance/dance/housr radio stations here.. We lucky if a radio station transmits some dance tunes from local clubs @ 1am sometimes..

There's a public radio station near me that has a DJ (she's not super good) who does a rather odd mix of house/trance/disco/hiphop/I don't know what on thursday nights. And then there's me... I'm going to start doing a two hour show on a local station in a few days.

Just hope someone listens.

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Just Replying to the initial question. What I would recommend is to get a cheap turntable from a second hand store or from a paper. It doesn't have to be a 1200 but it does have to have an adjustable pitch. So an old model would do fine. Once u start buying some vinyl just practise beat matching the song on the vinyl with a song playing on a stereo (ie CD or radio). This will give u the basic skill of DJing and will start you off on that vinyl addiction