Archive for the ‘DJ Tips’ Category
A Portable PA System, For An Outdoor Wedding
Some friends recently asked me to DJ their wedding or more appropriately mp3J and CDJ their wedding. I am eager to do a great job but I had to inform them that the most important thing I needed to do this right was some professional audio equipment. We were going to first need a portable [...]
Still Love CDs, Get A Pioneer CD Player
I have stacks and stacks of CDs and I am simply too sentimental to get rid of them and switch over to an entirely digital file based music listening experience. There is something about putting a physical disc in my stereo, which is outfitted with some impressive speakers, and letting some of the music purchased [...]
Most People Are DJs
In 2004 the indie rock band The Hold Steady released a song that was at the time very well observed and as time has marched on become even more true. The song “Most People Are DJs” took the old adage that “Everyone is a critic” and added the new titular caveat at a time when the [...]
DJ Headphones Even On The Subway
Some people like those ear-bud headphones that you shove directly into your ears. They need a little bit of music to get to or from school or work piped into their head in a convenient and cheap way. Serious audiophiles however, even if they are listening to music in the not so ideal manner of [...]
The Newest Electronics and The Weirdest Sounds
It’s the end of the year and you know what that means: plenty of year end lists. I’ll spare you my top albums of 2011, but I will mention one in particular, which is important to DJs. Oneohtrix Point Never’s album Replica is a looping menagerie of sound. A lot of it is weird dreamy [...]
A Pioneer Mixer Makes a Difference
Mixing is important to a producer because it’s important to an audience. A properly mixed audio file just sounds better, and there’s no substitution. It’s a little bit like editing — it’s refining the product so that any crudities are filed away, so that the finished piece is smooth like marble, and like the sculptor’s [...]
New Colors for Pioneer DJ Pro Audio
My friend is a DJ and producer. He’s been working on an album for the past six months and he’s about ready to have a release party for it. And of course he’s going to have to DJ it. But he’s been in bad need of Pioneer DJ pro audio for a while now. So [...]
3 Songs for Your Pioneer DJ Pro Audio
Part of being a DJ is exposing yourself to new sounds. This is so you can incorporate the best of what is being, and what has been produced, into your music with a professional audio mixer and Pioneer DJ pro audio. That said, here are three cool songs we think you’ll like. 1. Braids Plath [...]
Tips For The Amateur DJ
Are you an aspiring DJ looking for the right professional audio equipment? Here are some tips and bits of advice: Digital DJ-ing with a laptop might be cheaper, since most songs can be downloaded nowadays. That being said, if you really want to take it to the next level, at some point or another you’re [...]
Best 2010 Albums to Listen to with Car Stereo Amplifiers
The end of the year is filled with best-of lists. When it comes to music especially, countdowns are all the rage. The five most talked about albums of the year then, are especially important to note on a car stereo amplifiers blog. 1. Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is a hip-hop album that [...]
