Hey DJTToollers!
Have you been tired of read the same DJTT Tech Artcile over and over again?
Do you know all the blog posts backwards?
Do you talk together with Ean when you are seeing his videos?
Maybe you should expand the horizons of your knowlage.
If you are a still a bedroom DJ and don't have cash to buy your stuff yet because you are still on the school or because you live in a foreign country with high import fees ( hey Brazilian mates! ) you should do something until you can invest some money into equipment and training.
You should read a book!
It's a inexpensive way (the DJ books are really cheap) to learn some fundations before your real experience in the world of DJing.
Here I will post the DJ-related books that I own and some personal reviews of each one that I alredy read:
"How to DJ Right - The art and science of playing records"
by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster - April, 2003
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/How-DJ-Right-Science-Playing/dp/0802139957[/ame]
Review: I'm currently at the middle part of the book and I'm really enjoying the reading.
It's a book from 2002/2003 so you can expect a lot of old subjects. It's covering well my technical curiosity about Vinyl DJing and old school beatmatching as I've never been in front of a Technics 1200 turntable. They use a lot of pictures so it's a really easy reading for those people who don't read a lot.
Before the technical beatmatching chapters there are some talk about what is a DJ and some aspects of the DJ professional of 2002 that is really interesting to know to understand how the DJ changed from that time until now.
"Traktor Bible, Second Edition"
by Rainer G. Haselier - 2008-2010
http://www.traktorbible.com/en/traktorbible.aspx
Review: I've stopped to read this book (at the Digital Vinyl System part) because I was completelly stressed by my work but I will return to it as soon as I finish the "How to DJ Right". This way I will understand the DVS chapter better. It's a heavy reading book and it's suposed to be readed for those who are really enjoying the Traktor possibilities and want to explore them to the max. It has a very good and technical midi chapter for those who know that midi exists but don't know how it works.
"Last Night a DJ Saved My Live"
by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster - July, 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Ni..._My_Life_(book)
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-DJ-Saved-Life/dp/0802136885[/ame]
Review: Not started yet
"DJing for Dummies"
by John Steventon - January, 2007
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/DJing-Dummies-John-Steventon/dp/0470032758[/ame]
Review: Not started yet
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