The first segment of this Zero To Hero series laid crucial foundations that influence your DJ/producer success. In part one you learned to support your craft with creative micro income streams that pay the bills. Part two showed how to rise above the online noise by creating killer content. For part three, you defined and developed your DJ/producer brand. Today’s [...]
The new update includes Lighting Mode which lets you program custom light shows when used with the RB-DMX1 lighting interface. (Digital Dj Tips Pioneer DJ just launched the latest version of Rekordbox. Now at version 5.2, the update includes the brand new Lighting Mode that lets you create custom lighting effects when [...]
"Siyabonga Kubheka (Budda Sage) A Deejay/Producer Of Electronic Afrohouse Blended with Minimal Techno, Afrohouse. He is mostly Based In Durban (South Africa) started his music career in 2012 till, he has met people like Soul Varti, King Wave Mali etc.. In 2013 he released a single track titled 'Welldone' from Soul Varti's Record Label. 2016 [...]
Out soon on Love Vibration Nation The CoCreators have been tearing it up recently with chart-busting remixes of artists such as Coqui Selection, Mikel Gil, Rico Garcia, Luke Wheeler, Townsend, James Bratch, Loz J Yates and many others, enjoying over 40 chart positions in the last six months alone. Now the label bosses of Love [...]
“Give me flowers when I’m still living,” Frankie Knuckles once said, “because I won’t be able to enjoy them when I’m under the ground.” As true as that sentiment is, people from around the house music industry have been pouring out their love for the Boyd Jarvis, dance music pioneer and inspiration, whose death was announced this weekend. [...]
Digital DJ Tips reader Jonny asks: How do you record your live DJ sets? I only occasionally use Traktor when I play live and obviously can record through that, but how about when I use my USB sticks on a standard CDJ/DJM club set-up? I’ve seen some DJs use a portable recorder like a Zoom or Tascam, [...]
Smartphones in the club - love them or hate them, they're a reality that we have to deal with. Are they doing more harm than good? Find out in this week's Friday Five. In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a piece from Decoded Magazine that explores why taking selfies and [...]
Sad news whipping through the house music community today: Boyd Jarvis, a pioneer and pivotal figure in the history of music but especially dance music, has died. Jarvis had been diagnosed with cancer in 2016, after which a number of fundraising vehicles and shows were held. It was announced Jarvis would be undergoing radiation [...]
Home Deep House Stone cold classic, sold out vinyl and the first digital release of Atjazz's floor dub. 1999: We partied, we feared Y2K would change the world but had no real understanding of the keg of dynamite we had been standing on all along. “Gentrification” was a word that mostly sociologists and urban planners knew. Barely [...]
Digital DJ Tips reader Cary asks: “I am an oldies DJ and play mostly throwbacks. I understand the concepts of beatgridding and syncing quantised tracks, but what do I do about older tunes that were recorded with a human drummer and the tempo and timing fluctuate? I am aware that these types of tracks cannot be [...]
