BDJ Gets A Facelift!

Welp, after many months of stagnation BeginnerDJ has finally got a facelift it badly needed.

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BeginnerDJ Is Now Accepting Guest Posts

The first time in, well, ever BeginnerDJ is now open to guest posts. That’s right, you heard it here first people, I’m now accepting guest posts about DJing, equipment, news and more.

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Excision – Shambhala 2009 Mix

Are you ready for a brutal Dubstep mix by none other than Excision?

I don’t know how many times I’ve listened to this mix now but I keep coming back to it, it’s absolutely filthy.

If you’re looking around for a download link, look no further:

Download Excision Shambhala 2009 Mix

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Win A Copy Of ‘How To DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records’

Okay, here’s the scoop.

I have in my possession a copy of How To DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster and I want to give it to one lucky person!

How To DJ Right is a great reference book for beginner DJ’s and this is your chance to win my copy. How To DJ Right takes you from the basics of DJ gear, beatmatching and finding records all the way up to promotion and finding gigs.

All you have to do is tweet the following message:

Just entered to win How To DJ Right on BeginnerDJ.com (http://bit.ly/cT4vXd) Just RT for your chance to win!

It’s as simple as that.

One lucky tweeter will win the copy of the book.

Remember: the more you retweet, the better your chances are at winning!

Contest ends Friday 3/19/10.

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The Best Of Mixcloud 2009 – A Massive Year Of Streaming Music

2009, if you don’t know, has come to a close (shocker!) and with it comes many things:

• The new decade!
• New Years resolutions (which you’ll abandon – it’s okay)
• Writing your dates like 1/19/10 (feels weird doesn’t it?)

More importantly, Mixcloud has  put together their Best Of for 2009. Although they kind of cheated (only launching in later 2009) Mixcloud has put together a really great compilation of the biggest mixes, listeners and uploaders for 2009.

If you don’t know Mixcloud is a relatively new podcasting website where users can upload mixes, share through social networking and rate the mixes in a Digg like setup.

I’m sure you’re going to get into debate about Mixcloud vs. Soundcloud, that’s a given, but using your noggin’ correctly a good DJ will use both services to upload and promote their mixes.

Anyway, back to the topic at point.

The Mixcloud best of 2009 list consists of:

• The 50 Best Cloudcasts
• The 50 Best Cloudcasters
• The 10 Most Active Cloudcasters

Using a combination of voting, plays, favorites and community suggestions, Mixcloud has put together a rather impressive list of some very fun listens. The 50 best cloudcasts will easily hold you over for a weeks worth of listening. These cloudcasts are a mix of every type of genre, I’m sure you’ll find a mixes you’ll love.

The #1 cloudcast is worth taking a listen just for the nostalgia: Electronica 2000 – 2009. 10 years of what went on during the 2000′s from the rise of dubstep, grime, new styles of electro, massive hits, DJ revivals and all kinds of goodies.

Now, go have some fun listening to Mixcloud’s Best Of 2009. Comment on some of the mixes, listen to what people are into, upload your own mix and start promoting yourself!

http://www.mixcloud.com/bestof/2009/cloudcasts/

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