by Ben Annand | Nov 21, 2019 | Modern DJ Musings
Back in vinyl days, keeping 2 records in sync was considerably more difficult and you could hear the differences in the technical skill of the djs a lot more. One basic principle was never letting the music stop. There was no loop function – you really could not...
by Ben Annand | Nov 14, 2019 | Modern DJ Musings
Did you know that Beatport Link now allows DJs to bypass buying music and stream tracks to your directly to your laptop dj software paying a monthly service fee? It’s true – the service launched in March and became Rekordbox-integrated in September. This...
by Ben Annand | Nov 7, 2019 | Modern DJ Musings
I’ve been skirting this one for a while as I feel it will be somewhat controversial but I think it’s time to stir things up in this column so here we go 🙂 What do you all think of live instruments laid over a dj set? Have you ever seen it done well, and what do you...
by Ben Annand | Oct 31, 2019 | Modern DJ Musings
DJ ing out at Halloween or costume parties can be a really fun experience, and can also be a total nightmare! The thing you wanna keep in mind is that you have to still have fun while you’re DJing 🙂 It’s no good if you stress out so much about your costume...
by Ben Annand | Oct 24, 2019 | Modern DJ Musings
This is one of my personal weak points and It’s a good week for me to post this since I have to leave town for Seattle tomorrow, and need to remind myself of best practices too! We DJs want to crack out on music right to the last minute but that’s not much fun...
