by Ben Annand | Apr 26, 2018 | Modern DJ Musings
▶️ There are many different approaches to music organization – what do you do to organize your music? Last week I finished reorganizing my entire digital music collection, for the second time in about 12 years. The goal of this project was to listen to every...
by Ben Annand | Apr 18, 2018 | Modern DJ Musings
What does it mean to become a resident dj somewhere? I feel like there’s a big gap in understanding between promoters and djs on this one. I’m equally invested in both, so here’s my take: As a dj, I think a residency is a pretty big deal and I’m not trying to be a...
by Ben Annand | Apr 13, 2018 | Modern DJ Musings
Didn’t know what to write about this week so figure just write about what I’m working on, which right now is Soundcloud Playlists Playlists are an underused feature on Soundcloud -they allow you some advantages like grouping all your sets from one genre, or from a...
by Ben Annand | Apr 5, 2018 | Modern DJ Musings
One of my best habits in 2 decades DJing has been to record every time I mix, whether at home, at a great gig or a so-so one. Recording your practice allows you to listen back and see what worked and didn’t work as well as really hear what your tracks sound like at...
by Ben Annand | Mar 28, 2018 | Modern DJ Musings
I see a lot of djs waving their arms. I hear a lot of djs playing short choppy transitions, filtering over the mix. Is that what it’s about? For me the trick is not to find ‘solid’ tracks and then filter the crap out of them. The trick is to find...
by Ben Annand | Mar 21, 2018 | Modern DJ Musings
I took djs to task a bit on last week’s DJ Musing so for balance here’s a PROmoter Tip: Time Slots discussed with Djs, not assigned Always have a personal conversation with each dj you book about time slot before posting. The best time to do this is right...
