Need a wee fav to be in with a chance of spinning the decks at Coloursfest, they are looking for a selection of Scotland’s best up & coming DJs for the Nu-Generation Arena. To be in with a chance I need votes so head over to [url=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=157419587650280]http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=157419587650280[/url] and click ‘Like’ under my mix and your done 
Cheers Wayne
Oh dude, you know these ‘vote for me’ type competitions are a farce don’t you? They’re just popularity contests and full of BS. I’ve done it in the past and it really does nothing for your ego or self esteem, however as you’re a mate I will vote for you tomorrow, i’m just about to pass out, shattered!
again…i agree with Roben.
shrugs
I kinda disagree a little with both the lads here. I do see your point rob and I especially agree with you when it comes to remix/production type comps that involve that “vote for me” crap as it normally leads to compleat ****e being released, but when it’s for a gig I don’t see any harm in asking for a bit of help from people voting you in, like how else are you supposed to land good gigs these days when everybody and their mother is spinning tunes.
Go for it man and best of luck.
[quote]Bub (02/03/2011)[hr]I kinda disagree a little with both the lads here. I do see your point rob and I especially agree with you when it comes to remix/production type comps that involve that “vote for me” crap as it normally leads to compleat **e being released, but when it’s for a gig I don’t see any harm in asking for a bit of help from people voting you in, like how else are you supposed to land good gigs these days when everybody and their mother is spinning tunes.
Go for it man and best of luck.[/quote]
It’s easy to get gigs, get yourself tractor / serato which are so easy your nan could spin tunes on.
Then record a mix CD titled ‘my pr0 DJ skillz on serato innit’ and send to various promoters.
Get gig, then spend ages annoying the real DJs with real skills whilst you fanny around wiring up your shtty laptop, drag and drop tunes into your lap top and let the laptop do the rest… then wave your hands around as if you’re the man but deep down knowing you’re a faker and needs to actually learn some real skills.
Or did i just go off on a random rant there?.. :laugh:
No seriously, it’s easy to get gigs, for example in London, you don’t even need a demo disk, just promise the promoter you’ll bring 20 people to his event (or you’ll be able to sell 20 tickets) and he’ll give you a gig no problems. I’m actually being serious too, i’ve seen some absolutely SHOCKING "DJs’ who couldn’t mix for toffee, even with their sht laptop doing all the work for them, their track selection, levels, drop points and everything else was completely all over the place.
A monkey could do a better job.
At least in the vinyl / CD days you actually have had to at least spent a few months practicing to get some skills.
oh how I miss vinyl 
bring it back I say. I still have my 1210’s, still have a bash now and then but the sound is ****e compared to traktor or ableton.
never touched CD’s decks in my life. not supprising with the massive price tags on CDJ’s
[quote]Roben (02/03/2011)[hr][quote]Bub (02/03/2011)[hr]I kinda disagree a little with both the lads here. I do see your point rob and I especially agree with you when it comes to remix/production type comps that involve that “vote for me” crap as it normally leads to compleat **e being released, but when it’s for a gig I don’t see any harm in asking for a bit of help from people voting you in, like how else are you supposed to land good gigs these days when everybody and their mother is spinning tunes.
Go for it man and best of luck.[/quote]
It’s easy to get gigs, get yourself tractor / serato which are so easy your nan could spin tunes on.
Then record a mix CD titled ‘my pr0 DJ skillz on serato innit’ and send to various promoters.
Get gig, then spend ages annoying the real DJs with real skills whilst you fanny around wiring up your shtty laptop, drag and drop tunes into your lap top and let the laptop do the rest… then wave your hands around as if you’re the man but deep down knowing you’re a faker and needs to actually learn some real skills.
Or did i just go off on a random rant there?.. :laugh:
No seriously, it’s easy to get gigs, for example in London, you don’t even need a demo disk, just promise the promoter you’ll bring 20 people to his event (or you’ll be able to sell 20 tickets) and he’ll give you a gig no problems. I’m actually being serious too, i’ve seen some absolutely SHOCKING "DJs’ who couldn’t mix for toffee, even with their sht laptop doing all the work for them, their track selection, levels, drop points and everything else was completely all over the place.
A monkey could do a better job.
At least in the vinyl / CD days you actually have had to at least spent a few months practicing to get some skills.
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LOL - I am going to throw in a rather sheepish +1 on this.
Telltail signs of a laptop DJ are really poor track selection (actually this is true of everyone, but the hours and hours you spend learning to mix you also learn to programme your set) and tracks being perfectly in time, but slightly out of sync, to me that is torture.
[quote]gofunk (02/03/2011)[hr] I still have my 1210’s, still have a bash now and then but the sound is ****e compared to traktor or ableton.[/quote]
?!?!? maybe you need new stylus on your 1210, because I play my 1210s and Traktor with an Audio 8 set to 96k and the records sound much better.
I mean when playing old vinyl mate. I often thought about upgrading my soundcard to an 4 or 8 so I can use scratch but the clubs (at least where I stay n play) dont have the 1210 out anymore. its all CDJ’s
The clubs that still do have 1210s in them usually have sh*t / no needles on and are usually used as somewhere to place your CDs haha.
Still got my 1210s too, i found it too hard to sell them, didn’t seem to have much of a problem selling my CDJ 800s though, weird.
Vinyl is the best format ever created, never will anything come close to it. Mp3 suck. I still don’t understand how people except 128mp3. It’s crap. We might as well be listening to 20 year old cassettes!
The way forward (for now) is wav’s recorded from vinyl
[quote]Mussi81 (02/03/2011)[hr]Vinyl is the best format ever created, never will anything come close to it. Mp3 suck. I still don’t understand how people except 128mp3. It’s crap. We might as well be listening to 20 year old cassettes!
The way forward (for now) is wav’s recorded from vinyl
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This…except for wav’s comment. Sorry. NOTHING compares to vinyl. So warm sounding.
[quote]Roben (02/03/2011)[hr][quote]Bub (02/03/2011)[hr]I kinda disagree a little with both the lads here. I do see your point rob and I especially agree with you when it comes to remix/production type comps that involve that “vote for me” crap as it normally leads to compleat **e being released, but when it’s for a gig I don’t see any harm in asking for a bit of help from people voting you in, like how else are you supposed to land good gigs these days when everybody and their mother is spinning tunes.
Go for it man and best of luck.[/quote]
It’s easy to get gigs, get yourself tractor / serato which are so easy your nan could spin tunes on.
Then record a mix CD titled ‘my pr0 DJ skillz on serato innit’ and send to various promoters.
Get gig, then spend ages annoying the real DJs with real skills whilst you fanny around wiring up your shtty laptop, drag and drop tunes into your lap top and let the laptop do the rest… then wave your hands around as if you’re the man but deep down knowing you’re a faker and needs to actually learn some real skills.
Or did i just go off on a random rant there?.. :laugh:
No seriously, it’s easy to get gigs, for example in London, you don’t even need a demo disk, just promise the promoter you’ll bring 20 people to his event (or you’ll be able to sell 20 tickets) and he’ll give you a gig no problems. I’m actually being serious too, i’ve seen some absolutely SHOCKING "DJs’ who couldn’t mix for toffee, even with their sht laptop doing all the work for them, their track selection, levels, drop points and everything else was completely all over the place.
A monkey could do a better job.
At least in the vinyl / CD days you actually have had to at least spent a few months practicing to get some skills.
[/quote] haha il be honest iv been using traktor myself the past 6 months and even tho I’m normally the one finishing up a gig I do feel like a prize fannyhead when it comes time to set it up while the dj before me is just winding up. I saw a guy unplug the phono cable of the cdj that was playing out rite at the drop of the finishing dj’s last track one time.
Poor guy was gutted but took it like a champ, I’d have hung him with the cable.