i have a dj battle on thursday in Birmingham, U.k
its a jungle vs dubstep night which is like an open decks qualifiers then its 16 people in the finales
i play dubstep i have been djing for about 3 years and fully digital for about a yeah and a half now, i will be running my mac book pro 13’ vci with the djtt overlay and a numark dj io, which i have been using for about a year and a half in clubs large and small and pubs just thought i would share it with you so you know that people are doing things outside the forum
so yeah wish me luck and i will let you know how i get on
b
well i think i will be the only person on a midi controller but i could be wrong
i played a gig on saturday night and only one out out the five people on the bill played on wax
but good luck brother, rep the step. i’ve got a similar kind of comp. coming up where the winner gets to open up for rusko (meh, but huge crowd) in dec.
Here in the brooklyn NY area DnB and DubStep are hugely popular, unfortunately a controllerist would never win a comp since its considered cheating…which I find hilarious since alot of these guys use serato. I was supposed to do a hardstyle battle against a rather well known Hardstyler (Teddy Glow) and he saw my Herc/NanoPad/Kontrol setup and gave me quite the smug look, pointed at the BPM readout on my screen and rolled his eyes. Im dealing with alot of prejudice against controllerists, partly since Im the only one in the NY rave scene. I take great pride in all the work Ive done and I sure as hell hope you kick the crap out of those vinyl loving assholes!!! (sorry for the rant)
in singapore its the same thing controllerists like myself would find it hard having a spot in gigs. its still considered an easy way into djing thus the term ‘microwave dj’ heh. its all about cdjs and tts over here but its alright. ill just do what i do. prove you can do it with controllers make mixes and let people hear them. and do things which cant be done on tts or cdjs. and bring it to another level in digital djing. i love what i do and will keep doing so.
err yeah i think there os a 22 page thread on this don;'t need to start it again but yeah i loved dubstep and have been raving at d&b raves for 15 years so change is nice
anyway yeah i hope the controller goes down well i have been playing out on the midlands in the UK for about a year and a half. I get the odd person saying it aint djing but we have all been there and listened to it all before. But 95% of the time people are interested in what you have got, what you have to say and what your doing with it to make it more than software mixing records for you. If you can put a bit of a show on, and kill it, it don’t matter.
i always say
what was the best show you ever went to?
what mixer did they use ?
what amp were they using?
what did they play off?
you probably dont know! did you have the best night of your life ? yeah so what does it matter!
well my set it cued, play listed and ready to go I will post it up on my sound cloud later when i get home, I will record my set and let you know how I get on… wish me luck
How to lose a guy in 15 minuets mix…
Another in my biweekly(cough) series sorry this one took a bit longer
I have to date had over 200 plays, on my last grime and dubstep mix, so hop you all like this on as much..
November Dubstep mix, again fully harmonic. This is also the set I will be playing for my entry for a dj/ dub vs jungle night based in Birmingham called Dubmatic, 12th of November 2009, I have a 15 minuet set.
Track list
Better With You (Akira Kiteshi Remix) 1A - DJ Madd
