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Originally posted by warmregards I can't mix very well, because I got my first setup only a week ago (2-cdj200, 1-djm707). HOwever, I can beatmatch very well and I can mix on the fly unembarassingly with my limited knowledge of DJing with only the xfader, ch faders, and bass eq's. For myself, for my friends, and for the hometown I think I can put together a set that is enjoyable with good energy. I expect to improve very quickly into some of the things Ive read about such as better EQ control and phasing, but until then, are you suggesting that people like me shouldn't play out?

no not at all! infact i encourage people like yourself to get out there and learn some. im talking about the "wedding DJs" type of guys who play pop, classics, r'n'b and some commercial dance. i hear them trying to mix when they have absolutly no idea what they are doing. they make no effort at all to beatmatch the songs because they rarely adjust the pitch. they just throw the incoming track in at full volume over the outgoing witch is still at full volume. then they leave them playin over together for like 10-20 seconds all the while tryin to pose up at the booth as if they're doing somethin cool.

Edit as I cant be assed arguring with people so f*cking narrow minded.

Last edited by Freak on Aug-18-2005 at 16:45

you guys are gettin me all wrong...

besides these guys have no clue how to read the crowd. take for instance this one club up near where i live. he'll play 2 slow dance songs then Born slippy then beyonce then 2 slow songs. this isnt an inexperience young guy either - he's the DJ for the last ten years. he plays a "Clublands" CD for the peak and pretends to mix. then when the cd is over he cant pretend so he tried to throw in another song - slams the channel fader up - lets em play for 20 seconds together then slams the channel fader down on the outgoin tack.. he doesnt "read the crowd, play to the crowd," or any of that stuff. he's just a lazy, talentless guy who puts no effort into what he does. he's not payin his dues as u put it.

my point wasnt attacking wedding DJs at all. it was simply that DJs of this type (like the guy i described above) should not try and mix when he has absolutly no idea what he's doin. he shuld just fade in and out like on the radio. theres nothin like 30 trainwrecks per night to kill the mood.

A wedding can be really fun to do if you have the right crowd (usually the drunks)

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Ok what about this? You are djing halfway and some other random DJ comes onto the booth and adjust your EQ's. I think that is a big no no coz it's your show and not his!

I think the Jesus pose is only acceptable when the DJ is coming up on his own music/drug/whatever....

havnt you guys ever head of DJ messiah?!?!?




now i am for sure going to hell.


edit: notice how i flipped the headphones and didnt flip the writing on them. teehee

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Originally posted by Scottaculous Well if you want to be smartass about it, tones aren't reflected when it's typed. I don't really see your point because your statements either gross generalizations or assumptions. "we both know that a dj booth is not that big" -- Not all booths are small. Club Space in Miami has nice sitting area beside the DJ area. It just so happens, the main edm club in Atlanta, Eleven50, can have a large DJ booth of the promoter's choosing. Your whole point of blinding a DJ while in the booth with photography is really moot because almost all shots from within the booth are from behind and the side of a DJ's vision. The real blinders are flashes from the front, outside of the booth. Regardless, no one likes a flash in their eye, it is their job as a professional DJ to ignore it the best they can and continue. To your point, no a photographer does nothing to help a DJ set but those angled shots aren't for the DJ in the first place. Those shots used by the promoter, DJ management, the club and various published and online magazines. So you see how important it is for her to be in the booth doing her job.

i was not attacking you, i was merely mentioning that my thing was half serious half sarcastic...

yes big clubs have big booths, but let's face it this thread is about the up and coming djs, and mostly the people on this forum...therefore by the time we get to play in a big booth like that (if we ever reach that status or get that good) it will be a while...
most of the clubs have a decent size booth, and there is not much space in them, therefore having a photographer hang in there in order to see if he/she can take that spectacular shot is not something i see necesarry...
anyhow i've seen cameras that you can ajust from distance and zoom nice and close so you don't have to be in the dj's face...the pictures still come up...
and yes if the photographer is good and knows what he's doing most likely he will slip in and out un-noticed by the dj...


as far as for a promoter goes, they want more pictures to show what kind of a crowd and the numbers they brought out...for a close up w/ the dj it can be done after the set or before without making that big of a difference...

Man, I thought this thread was going to be a interesting read but it's just turned into everyone bitching at each other.

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Originally posted by Chris Larkin Here's Oaky doing the Jesus, from Crasher in 2000:

I hate that oakenfold guy

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Originally posted by alligator anyhow i've seen cameras that you can ajust from distance and zoom nice and close so you don't have to be in the dj's face...the pictures still come up...

I have one of those cameras and I'm telling you, sometimes you still need to get close to get some shots. Telephoto (zoom) shots are cool but if you're using a wider angle lens, you need to be close.

Some examples:







You just can't pull off shots like these with a telephoto lens, you MUST be close and, as you can see, it pays off.

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Things just can’t go on like before
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We had something to learn
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Grains of sand, one by one
Before you know it, all gone

Let’s admit we made a mistake
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