#djing tips

Digitialdjtips.com was nice enough to share 10 hidden Traktor tips, which many DJs did not know exist.  Now they have posted another list to please the other half of the coin, Serato users.  Their 10 hidden Serato ITCH tips will save you time behind the screen, and hopefully free up your hands to take care of other, more necessary tasks at hand. BPM’s can be set to half-time or double-time using the alt and cursor keys which is good if you are constantly switching between dubstep and drum and bass tempos.  The ctrl feature that is popular on windows machines has the same function in your Serato playlists – now you can edit multiple tracks at once.  Many more tips are given over at their tutorial page. http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2012/09/10-hidden-serato-itch-tips-tricks-for-better-djing/

Nothing beats advice from an experienced DJ, for they are the ones that are proof that it can be done for a living.  Many of us aren’t willing to risk the idea that DJing will somehow go out of style when we are in our 40’s, so we give it up (at least professionally).  Those who are lucky enough to make a career out of it are keen on several ideas that make the experience more enjoyable and more successful.  A DJ should be able to know what they gear does, and they should be able to use everything on it, or at least know how it works.  You never know when that feature might be useful. As far as song selection, you have to find a middle ground between what the crowd wants and what you want.  If you go 100 percent to either side, the crowd might hate you and you might hate yourself in the process.  The DJs job is always to have music, and new music at that; therefore it makes sense that they need to constantly listen to new and old music.  How can you add to your music vocab if you aren’t listening to new things. http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/57322/Laidback_Lukes_five_golden_rules_for_DJs

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