Am I the only person who plays 60’s soul, rhythm & blues, hammond jazz with the help of a DVS system?
I have a number of set-ups for different types of gigs, I’ve played the above music for over 25 years. Much of the vinyl is so rare that even if I could afford to replace one of them there’s no way i could find a replacement any longer. (we are talking in excess of £1000 per 45)
So these days i often take a DVS system with me, so i don’t have to take the most valuable 45’s out with me.
When people see my set-up they instantly assume that i’ll be playing house/dance styles but are surprised when the tunes start .
I do have two “house” residencies where i play EDM using every tool at my disposal, but i’ve recently started to use this kit for the soul nights. I was curious to see if anyone else made the crossover.
What i do like is the fact that I can take a track i love but too slow to get a dancefloor interested, I increase the tempo and keep the pitch correct. Something i could never do just using regular decks. This weekend I created a dancefloor monster by playing a well known ballad at +35% … perfectly in tune … so many people were asking about it …
Exactly, the last couple of times i’ve taken the 12’s but they are just oversize for any of the boxes I take out, so they are carried in their own box …when I could just pop a couple of 7" TCV’s into the regular case …
When I play dance/house style I use the S4 or controller combos so i have no need to take TCV.
Not a big lover of Funk, but you’ve got me curious about the Jazz .. i guess we are talking “dancefloor” jazz rather than Coltraine or Basie.
I also don’t enjoy doing EDM stuff. My favourite kind is hip hop, but at the moment I’m rocking 2 motown residencies, which are a crazy amount of fun and never fail to please
