ed
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How did you start? How did you learn too?
I have had a mate from Uni teaching me a few bits, though I only really got onto dropping a beat, and didn't spend much time on beat matching - he always did that. Problem is, he's left now 
What stage did you buy your equipment too? Does it make much difference on what media you use too? I would quite like to use CD over Vinyl so I don't have to buy all my music again - though I have been learning on Vinyl and borrowing records...
Help me out  As I want to carry on!
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James
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u2u GREG 1 so he can ask Westwood 4 u
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u2u GREG 1 so he can ask Westwood 4 u
Mase
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ajscorsa
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my bro started on his pc mixing songs with a program which learnt him alot about beat matching an stuff. bought a set of decks mixer and 100 records off ebay for like 130 quid and just messed about till he got quite good then all of a sudden gave up lol.
u2u j.p off here DJ JOPO hes rather good 
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ed
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I've been pissing about with PCDJ for a few days now, seems alright, but my beatmatching is a bit crap at the mo.
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City
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Originally posted by ed
I've been pissing about with PCDJ for a few days now, seems alright, but my beatmatching is a bit crap at the mo.
were u download that mate?
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J.p
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i bought a cheap set of turntables one day as i had wanted decks for a good while...played them loads and tought myself then bought some better turntables and that urged me to get even better
i tought myself how too scratch to mostly by lisening to scratching from the likes of q-bert and dj rectangle then trying to do the same
u should look into it and buy yourself some decks to practice on...for cd's Pioneer Cdj's are the best around but the price reflects that..there's also alot more though i dont have much experience with cd's
[Edited on 28-08-2006 by J.p]
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CraigyG
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I started DJ'ing just over 10 months ago. I bought some Pioneer CDJ1000's instead of tunrtables as CD's are far much cheaper then paying £6 a pop for Vinly plus Vinly is dying out as alot of BIG DJ's just use CD's now. It takes months of practice to get the beats to stay in time. You'll never be able to beatmatch over-night, it's took me a good 9months to get the beats to stay in time & work on the EQ's. Final cracked it now tho & got my first gig in November, some people pick it up really fast other's don't. If you can't do it tho dont give up....
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J.p
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ed...also if you get 2 vynils with clear beats in them...get the speeds set right so you know its perfect then keep playing them back and forth into each other.
that way you know if it go's wrong its not because you have got the speed wrong and you need to work on keeping the beats together more
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Antz
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I went to music college when I was 15 to learn beat matching and principles of DJing... also how to promote a night and get jobs.
I then went on to help out at a local radio station 4 summers in a row (just a community thing, none profit and all that)
Met a guy there who got me into the mobile scene, just using Denon CD players and mixer with a shit load of CDs... got good at that, learnt how to read he crowd and get used to playing all the different types of music, not just one style...
Went on to meet a fella who was the DJ at my cousins wedding who took me on as a mobile DJ, realised I was better than I was letting on (cos of the college course and tons of practice)...
Now I do everything from bars, clubs, parties, pubs, quizes, flyer design for clubs... just put my name out there, go off to a club to do other types of work and tell them you're a DJ and you tend to get a call from them wanting a stand in for a night.
I will say to anyone who wants to start up... get into mobile work first... it's shit, but it pays well and you learn ALOT!
Also, you have to be good on the mic too, know how to communicate with your crowd, get them interacting with you... you might not think it, but it goes a long long way!!
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quote:
Originally posted by City
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Originally posted by ed
I've been pissing about with PCDJ for a few days now, seems alright, but my beatmatching is a bit crap at the mo.
were u download that mate?
www.pcdj.com
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ed
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So the best idea is to find a cheapo second hand setup, find some CD's with a decent beat and just work at it...
Are there any tutorial type things that teach you the main principles of it all. I haven't found anything usefull on the web yet...
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CraigyG
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Also what sort of music do you want to DJ?
Alot of different styles use diffrent ways to mix. I mix Trance so with this sort of style your mixes might have to be long & have to blend together nicely. If you just take the tune you have just mixed in, it runings the flow of the mix. Say your mixing house, most house DJ's use looping & cutting & chopping up tunes as this seems to work better with this style as theres more vocal to house then any other genre of dance music. Same with Techno DJ's they use this method alot ...
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J.p
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yep mate decent second hand stuff nothing too shit or it just wont help your mixing at all...and get a couple of tunes with a clear beat to work with.
what style of music will you be playing mate?
you have to drop the tune your bringin in at a certain point so it works in and the other works out nicely..
ill have a look for some tutorials
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ed
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I'm mixing house. I know about counting beats in and dropping the track in at the beginning of the bar so it all sounds right, but thats about it
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CraigyG
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
So the best idea is to find a cheapo second hand setup, find some CD's with a decent beat and just work at it...
Are there any tutorial type things that teach you the main principles of it all. I haven't found anything usefull on the web yet...
Personal i wouldnt go to cheap gear if your wanting to do if more then just a hobby. But if its just a hobby then get some cheap gear, not to cheap mind. Find some CDJ's with 6+/- & 10+/- pitch range as these are standed. Find a style of music you want to mix as well. House is a very good style to learn to mix with as the tempo is fair slow & easy to beatmatch.
Theres millions of sites on the net to tech you the basics. Look on Google
[Edited on 28-08-2006 by CraigyG]
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ed
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Yea, I was looking on ebay and there is some pretty shocking stuff. I'm not the kind of person who is tight about stuff like electrical equipment... Think I would go for second hand good stuff over cheap newer gear.
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CraigyG
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Try & look for a second hand pair of Pioneer CDJ800's. You can pick them up faily cheap, & there the bees knees as well for learning on 
[Edited on 28-08-2006 by CraigyG]
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fiestakidda
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regarding pcdj, i have one set of speakers. I guess i would need two sets or is there a way to listen to one song through each one of the speakers like you would a set of headphones
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ed
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You need a second sound card or a soundcard with more than one audio output - like a surround sound card. You then need to plug some headphones in so you can cue 
Can get a sound card for a fiver so it's no biggie.
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CraigyG
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Also another thing Ed, get a really good pair of headphones. Spend over £100 on a pair this helps ALOT.
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ed
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I have some Bose noise canceling wireless headphones which I could use until I get some of my own.
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Liam
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Senhieser are good
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CraigyG
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quote:
Originally posted by LiamD
Senhieser are good
You know your shit
I have a pair of HD25's for DJ'ing, best on the market 
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by CraigyG
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Originally posted by LiamD
Senhieser are good
You know your shit
I have a pair of HD25's for DJ'ing, best on the market
 i only said that, as we sell them 
EDIT - but yes the quality is 2nd to none imho, cant go wrong for the money
[Edited on 28-08-2006 by LiamD]
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