Ikea DJ Booth Problems !!

[Tortango]

holy shit, I just remembered this thread was about the ikea desks LOL... sorry for the derail

lol. my city gets an IKEA next year, when it opens I'm gonna celebrate by building one of these right away...

[DirtyNerd]

I recently moved from Ohio to Chicago and am living in a small space, so I couldn't take my Ikea larger DJ booth(yet). I was going to build a smaller one that would fit in my current place and went to Ikea in Chicago...was sad to find that they don't have the Capita angle brackets there. I wound up with just one of their desks and shelf brackets (~$40 total)...sufficient for now, but the desk height is too low.

Anyway, does anyone know if the Capita angle brackets are still available elsewhere?

[Kwal]

I recently moved from Ohio to Chicago and am living in a small space, so I couldn't take my Ikea larger DJ booth(yet). I was going to build a smaller one that would fit in my current place and went to Ikea in Chicago...was sad to find that they don't have the Capita angle brackets there. I wound up with just one of their desks and shelf brackets (~$40 total)...sufficient for now, but the desk height is too low.

Anyway, does anyone know if the Capita angle brackets are still available elsewhere?

Bolingbrook location? I was just there and they don't have them

I'm going to Schaumburg this weekend and hopefully they will have them.

[DirtyNerd]

Bolingbrook location? I was just there and they don't have them

I'm going to Schaumburg this weekend and hopefully they will have them.

I went to Schaumburg Ikea and they didn't have them.

[sobi]

You missed out;

'I hate to be the old guy....boring performer....and unable to give the people watching me a proper show, but I love having giant, un-needed pieces of wood blocking my view of a crowd and wrapped around my CDJs which when Pioneer change the shape and I wish to upgrade my mixer will make this stand useless'

Seriously dude, if you think his comment about not being able to see the DJs face was wrong - you need to get out of DJing right now. Just quit. As you've just answered your own questions to perhaps why you don't get as many gigs as you want.

DJing is much more than standing behind a booth pressing some buttons and chopping some channels. 1985 called, they love your DJ style!

Well there you have it folks... apparently it's crucial to have interaction with the crowds that swarm your living room.

[BestLegsinHD]

Why can't everyone just be nice to each other

[kooper1980]

I recently moved from Ohio to Chicago and am living in a small space, so I couldn't take my Ikea larger DJ booth(yet). I was going to build a smaller one that would fit in my current place and went to Ikea in Chicago...was sad to find that they don't have the Capita angle brackets there. I wound up with just one of their desks and shelf brackets (~$40 total)...sufficient for now, but the desk height is too low.

Anyway, does anyone know if the Capita angle brackets are still available elsewhere?

Have you got pics of the desk you went with? I've seen home booths made by using 2 of the 2x2 cube bookcases at right angles to each other and a shelf for the laptop. Can't find pics right now but it looked pretty cool for confined spaces.

[Bcaylor22]

Places where i dj, i definitely want to see people, and interact with them. I will often pull people onstage, let them say something into the mic, or press a few buttons on the midifighter. Sometimes i'll leave the booth with my ipad running lemur, and go into the crowd, and ask some random person if they wanna mix in the next song, lol they totally freak (obviously i help them). It's all about the fun, and the crowd loves it. Djing is about creating atmosphere, and it doesn't really matter how you do that.

You my friend are a GOOD DJ

[031999]

You my friend are a GOOD DJ

Haha nah, I know of tons of local Dj's that are technically better. But a very wise dj once told me long ago. He said "you are there for the people, not for yourself. So put on a show they will never forget." I try to make every gig memorable in some way.

[Bcaylor22]

Haha nah, I know of tons of local Dj's that are technically better. But a very wise dj once told me long ago. He said "you are there for the people, not for yourself. So put on a show they will never forget." I try to make every gig memorable in some way.

That is actually excellent advice for a DJ to live by.