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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:37 pm
by SKINDAD
ive got a mate who just cant mix sober.
I used to rely on being fucked when I was in a band but admittedly I cant mix for toffy after a bottle of brandy.
I love mixing after a smoke tho and seem to better coz i get WELL into it.
De-Fi speaketh the truth.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:04 pm
by m2j
spiro wrote:Dub boy wrote:M2J wrote:
a friend of mine was booked to play on New Years eve and was asked to BRING HIS OWN NEEDLES for his set.
Any dj worth their salt should always bring their own needles. I never trust cub needles with my precious vinyls
You have to bring your own if you want to have control.
Lots of experience will make it easy to use anything, but why?!!
Its all about the sound isn't it ?!!
Always bring my concords and REMEMBER TO REPLACE THE STYLUS!!!
In oslo I have to bring my own mixer too . . .
Its so much more fun to work with good equipment!
By all means bring your own stuff if thats what you feel comfortable with, and people have had valid points about taking there stuff because you can trust it. The point i wanted to make is not the case of "i bring my needles / slipmatts etc... because i know them" more the point of the promoter phoning up to confirm your booking and saying "oh yeah, make sure you bring your own needles / Slipmatts / mixer because i wont be supplying them"
I suppose i have been lucky enough to play places where the equipment there was of decent standerd, but if i owned a club and a dj i booked told me he needed to switch needles because mine where S**T i would be just a little embaressed (hope i spelt that right)
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:19 pm
by missedthebus
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:32 pm
by jolly wailer
lol thats advice I need to take
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:37 pm
by flashharry
missedthebus wrote:
now is not the time for 10year old clichéd american unfunny pictures with captions.
@ this whole topic
so wot if the DJ wants a shandy or two wot kind of methodist crowd are you?
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:43 pm
by missedthebus
FlashHarry wrote:missedthebus wrote:
now is not the time for 10year old clichéd american unfunny pictures with captions.
@ this whole topic
so wot if the DJ wants a shandy or two wot kind of methodist crowd are you?
apart from the unfunny bit
sheesh!
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:56 pm
by tercerojista
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:00 pm
by dopelabs
thats why i dont drink at all when i have gigs.. i might have 1 drink but if i get free drink tickets or whatever i will always hand them to the friends that i came with... no need being drunk when trying to perform for an audience...its counter productive
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:25 pm
by jolly wailer
i think the best place to get smashed is behind a set of decks
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:05 pm
by ihatefakers
i think djs should make mistakes. they should be pushing themselves to their limit and trying new things. if you think about something like pro skating or anything like that, the people often fuck up and make mistakes but that does not mean their shit, its just because they are pushing themselves and experimenting with new tricks.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:28 pm
by xxxy
I normally go to nights to hear tunes and not wank over precise mixing - if a dj fucks up - so what? as long as he realizes quickly it wont ruin a night for me
Go out and have some fun and stop getting so uptight (no pun intended) about djing
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:32 pm
by datura
xx xy wrote:I normally go to nights to hear tunes and not wank over precise mixing - if a dj fucks up - so what? as long as he realizes quickly it wont ruin a night for me
Go out and have some fun and stop getting so uptight (no pun intended) about djing
Any sloppy mixing from you tonight and I'll glass you.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:34 pm
by xxxy
datura wrote:xx xy wrote:I normally go to nights to hear tunes and not wank over precise mixing - if a dj fucks up - so what? as long as he realizes quickly it wont ruin a night for me
Go out and have some fun and stop getting so uptight (no pun intended) about djing
Any sloppy mixing from you tonight and I'll glass you.
try it and i'll eat your eyeballs off cocktail sticks
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:26 am
by coxy
a rave without rewinds is like harry melvin without blue notes
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:52 am
by _boring
skream wrote:GUITLY AS CHARGED
big up mate
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:03 pm
by nousd
Yeah
Skream was one I was thinking of.
but of course he is excused cos, given the sound system,
he fucks me up and blows my mind
drunk or sober.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:41 pm
by kay
Mumble wrote:Ive only seen one DJ that looked fucked behind the decks and that was Skream. Im sure he was off it, he stopped playing dubs and went strictly for a disco selection and got on the mic.
Tight as fuck set though
I'd like to see him do that haha! Would be fucking LOL!
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:51 pm
by T_macabre
multitasking ftw
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:20 pm
by lp
TNT wrote:multitasking ftw
beer, zoot, mic n mix. The way forward
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:32 pm
by |nipsy|
Surface_Tension wrote:Seconded. In before the lock/page20/ban/etc
But you are totally correct. Actually a lot of people just can't DJ at all and still get up there before learning how to mix. They should be in the audience as well.