Monday, March 1st, 2010
Surviving a music festival can be one of the most amazing experience or most hellish depending on how prepared you are.
Your first time attending a music festival can be quite overwhelming at times but using a few of these tips will help curb some of the unexpected events that may pop up along the way.
Read the 10 tips for surviving a music festival
Tags: Music Festivals
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Hey everyone and welcome to a new little idea I had in mind for BeginnerDJ.
I figure it would be a great way to start posting some of the things I’ve found throughout the week that have caught my ear or was really helpful and post them on the according day, Monday!
Tags: #MusicMonday
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
At one point or another, you’re going to run into people at parties that are selling drugs, it’s a fact.
Let me begin by telling you that drugs can harm you, you know this, but I’m not going to stand on my podium to tell you “Just Say No!”, instead I find that understanding what drugs can do to you is much more effective than just telling someone not to do them.
Read The Basic Guide To Club Drugs
Tags: Club Drugs
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Ah minimal, how I love thee.
Minimal is one of those genres which is always full of surprises and really gets you moving on the dance floor. Although it’s been around for quite some time it only seems like recently that it is becoming much more apparent at parties (at least in Florida).
Tags: How to find new music, Minimal Techno
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
When it comes to learning about gear or how to DJ, there are plenty of websites available to the beginner DJ on the net.
If you want to learn how to DJ, checking out the following websites is a great start. You’ll be able to see what’s happening in the music scene, the new gear being release and find some great tutorials from mixing to scratching.
Learn How To DJ With These 12 Websites
Tags: DJ Tutorials, Learn To DJ Online
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
The bedroom DJ of today has it easy.
The Internet has collected DJs from around the world to share their knowledge with any person that wants to listen. There are many websites available on the net which teach you how to DJ.
Tags: DJ Courses, DJ Online, How To DJ, Learn To DJ
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
A few months ago I was minding my own business, lurking on Twitter at work. I made the comment to my followers that I was currently listening to some minimal techno on DI.FM when I suddenly get the most random tell I had seen all day.
A fellow by the name of Will sent me an @message telling me that he and a group of developers were working on a new streaming radio service called RadioTuna.
He told me, if I wanted to, that he could give me a beta invite to check out the service and see what I thought about it. Of course I took him up on this deal.
What I found really surprised me.
RadioTuna is a web based streaming radio aggregator as you expect, similar to Last.fm and Pandora. What really set it apart upon exploring the interface was that it had a MASSIVE amount of Electronic Music streams.
Before, I was a bit dissapointed by the overall inclusion of Electronic Music on Pandora, it had the basic genres but seemed really limited as if they didn’t expect people to want to listen to these electronic genres – no surprise here as most radio doesn’t play electronic.
After about 5 minutes I was in love.
I was really blown away by the sheer amount of radio stations they had aggregated through the service, it seemed like hundreds for each sub genre.
I spent the next few hours just jumping back and forth between radio stations, seein what they had playing.
What I particularily liked about the service is that they have a small set of bars to indicate how dedicated the radio station is to the particular genre.
Although a station may be labeled as Hardstyle, it would sometimes play Gabber, this would show up on the bar to tell you that the station changed up from time to time – a pretty cool little feature.
The other thing I really liked about RadioTuna was that you could search for artists which would then be displayed as in search results of the current stations they are being played on. With the thousands of Electronic Music radio stations, I generally found a least a handful playing the artists I was searching for.
The next few days I continued to play with the interface until the point that I felt it would be nice to send some feedback. I sent over a polite email telling them some of the things I had problems with (having to use spaces in genres, the overlays of some of the interface and the player).
Eventually RadioTuna faded from my interest as I went back to DI.FM and the albums I already had on my computer until recently. I received an email from Will telling me how much he appreciated that I gave feedback and so I jumped back over to the site.
It’s really cool to see that they did take some of my feedback because the interface is very sleek now. The genres are divided up very accurately and there are still thousands of stations to choose from.
As an Electronic Music junkie, RadioTuna is becoming one of the top sites I visit in the morning to find music to play throughout the day.
DJs always need to be on the look out for new and exciting music. Some of the best places I have found new tracks were through radio stations, looking at the playlist notes and hearing exclusive dubplate spinning on a live show.
RadioTuna is still in beta at the moment but it’s already shaping up into something truly great. There are a few things that still need to be worked out but I dig it.
I suggest you bookmark this website whenever you get that itch to listen to some music. You’ll find just about every genre on there.
It’s not an overhyped service like Pandora, which I really like. It’s built by a small group of developers who really are dedicated to the music so big props to them.
I just wanted to share this with you.
Go take a look at RadioTuna and tell me what you think. Maybe leave some feedback for the team, let’s all pitch in together to make this a really great source for DJs to find new music and listen to the genres they love.
Tags: Streaming Radio
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
For people interested in collecting vinyl records one question often arises when buying and selling: what is the grade of the vinyl?
As a DJ or collector it is very important to know the grade of your record before you make any final decision on the purchase. Knowing the grade of the vinyl will help ensure you receive the best bang for your buck and help you choose vinyl that will keep its value for years to come.
The following is a guide to grading vinyl records. Read This
Tags: guide, Vinyl, vinyl record grading guide
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
The Internet has allowed us to find and share music we’d never been able to hear before.
As an aspiring DJ, you probably wonder how you’re going to promote yourself and get people to listen to your mixes. Thankfully, there are plenty of websites available which allow you to upload your DJ mixes and share with anyone willing to listen.
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
A great way to network with DJs and other people of the electronic music scene is by creating the event flyers.
With a bit of Photoshop knowledge, you’ll be able to create flyers for local events, clubs and festivals. You may also use these tutorials to help create flyers for yourself or your crew, thus helping to promote your DJing as well as others.
These tutorials should help teach and inspire you to create your very own flyers for events.
View 10+ Photoshop Tutorials For Creating Music Flyers
Tags: Design, Flyer, Gig Posters
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