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Apple Music has launched an update enabling integration with AlphaTheta’s CDJ-3000X, following the massive launch of the flagship DJ player last year. The update – which also follows an initiative from Apple Music last year which enabled integration with a range of DJ units from and software from AlphaTheta, Serato, RANE DJ, Denon DJ and more – gives CDJ-3000X users who are also subscribed to Apple Music access to over 100 million songs on the platform... The post AlphaTheta’s flagship CDJ-3000X DJ player is now compatible with Apple Music appeared first on MusicTech. View the full article

It’s a question we get asked constantly at Digital DJ Tips: “What speakers can I use for DJing?” Usually it comes from new DJs who’ve just bought their first controller and realised they need something to hear their mixes through – or they’ve plugged in what they’ve got at home and discovered it doesn’t work … Continued The post What Speakers Can You Use For DJing? [2026 Edition] appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

A student asked me recently if it’s possible to learn DJing using nothing but software – just an app running on a laptop, tablet or phone, with no hardware, no controllers, nothing else plugged in. It’s a fair question, and one that more people are asking as DJ software gets increasingly capable. There are plenty … Continued The post Can You Learn To DJ On Just Software? appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

I speak to DJs almost every single day about their websites and SEO. Most look at SEO and their website independently. That’s a mistake. They feed off each other. Let’s say you are in Delray Beach, Fla., and a couple is searching for “A Wedding DJ in Delray Beach.” They visit your website and they find it busy or outdated – and the couple leaves. That is signaling to Google that your site is not a good [...] The post Easy Needle Moving: Website & SEO Tips for ’26 appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

We asked our community what styles of DJing are harder than people realise, and the responses underlined exactly what we’ve been teaching for 15 years. Over 1200 DJs weighed in with their experiences, and the quality of discussion shows just how knowledgeable our community is. The thread revealed something important: while beginner DJs often assume … Continued The post 10 Styles Of DJing That Are Harder Than People Think appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

Each stand optimizes organization and features a sturdy steel construction and non-slip rubber pads for stability. Headliner, a Mixware brand, has released its Desktop Production Stands. Designed to optimize workspace organization, improve accessibility and enhance music-making workflows, these stands can accommodate a variety of small devices, including synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines. Each stand features a sturdy steel construction and non-slip rubber pads for stability. Key features [...] The post Take the Stand: Headliner/Mixware Drops Desktop Production Stands appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

EDM Superstar Kaskade Returns with undux, His Most Emotional Album Yet For more than two decades running, Kaskade has stood front and center of electronic-dance music’s evolution. Not only has the Chicago-born/Cali-based DJ/producer (aka Ryan Raddon, 54) remained at the forefront of the circuit, he’s helped shape the culture and served as a leading contributor to its mainstream rise. With an imprint on the scene that’s undeniable – [...] The post Kaskade: Storyteller [Interview] appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

And so we’ve finally arrived at the end of 2025, a year loaded with omnipresent smashes in several genres that played big in the club, festival and mobile-party circuits. So, as we wrapped up ’25, we conducted a quickie poll to DJs of all stripes and from all over the world, inquiring about the past year. We asked three simple questions: What’s your [...] The post 2025 in Review: DJs of All Stripes Offer Up the Year’s Top Tracks & Best Musical Moments appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

The Compact C 45 and Compact C 32 are multipurpose 2-way point source speakers. RCF has released Compact C-WP Series speakers, which combine elegant design, rugged reliability, and exceptional audio performance for a wide range of environments. The Compact C 45 and Compact C 32 are multipurpose 2-way point source speakers designed for near- and mid-distance applications in venues like nightclubs [...] The post Speaking of Speakers: RCF Releases Compact C-WP Series appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

A recent discussion in the mobile DJ community on Reddit has highlighted something that experienced DJs have been noticing at gigs far and wide: 90s Eurodance is rapidly becoming the new 80s. Those anthems from 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Snap!, and Corona that once filled provincial nightclubs are now getting the same response that “Don’t Stop … Continued The post Mobile DJs: Why 90s Eurodance Is Your New Secret Weapon appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

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North Providence, R.I. – For a young man who hasn’t yet hit 30, Alex Brown has already gained plenty of career and life experience. Always entrepreneurial, Brown, 26, has managed to mix his mobile-DJ business with a marquee-letter business, and the results have been impressive. His IT’S LIT Weddings & Events does about 250 events per year and he’s even begun to impart his youthful wisdom at DJX. After [...] The post Youthful New England DJ on the Rise [Mobile DJ Profile] appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

We asked our community what separates good DJs from great ones. Over 600 responses came back…and technical ability barely got a mention. Instead, the DJs who really understood their craft focused on something far simpler: connecting with people. Whether they were playing weddings, clubs, or just mixing at home, the answers pointed to the same … Continued The post What Separates Good DJs From Great DJs? appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

Set to kick off the year will be the likes of Ron Trent, Lauren Lo Sung, Eats Everything, Fiorella, Pete Tong, Kölsch, Zed Bias, Konstantin Sibold and more. Ministry of Sound has unveiled the first wave of artists set to define its landmark 35th anniversary, kicking off a year-long programming that celebrates one of the most [...] The post Ministry of Sound Celebrates 35 Years Artist Announcement for ’26 appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

Under a variety of guises working in a handful of subgenres, Michael Woods has been making quality dance music for the past quarter-century. Using stage names like Out of Office, Warrior, Accadia, M1 and M3, he’s created an impressive amount of club and radio hits, including 2000’s “Warrior” and 2011’s “Changed the Way You Kiss Me” by Example. By 2016, he changed his tune to a deeper, more groovy flavor, re-named himself OFFAIAH and broke out big with the [...] The post OFFAIAH: Making Massive House Grooves [Interview] appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

ADJ has introduced the Vizi Piz Z19 pixel-mappable LED wash beam fixture – with three effects in one. The unit can generate everything from a tight column of dense light to a wide wash of vibrant color, as well as dazzling pixel effects. It also features two independent sets of eye-candy-generating LEDs: Background color mixing LEDs [...] The post FX Aplenty: ADJ Introduces Vizi Piz Z19 appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

Being the son of a DJ has plenty of perks. One of them is the musical education you get without even realizing it. Another perk is inheriting the actual catalog itself. Years ago, my dad decided CDs were the future. (I’ll spare you his rationale.) This was back in the era of Pioneer DJ’s CDJ-500s… yes, 1994, that long ago. So, his massive record collection, including a mountain of 7-inch singles, sat [...] The post Reloop RP-7: Perfect for 7-Inch Vinyl [Review] appeared first on DJ LIFE Magazine. View the full article

Open-format DJs who regularly receive client requests as Spotify playlist links now have a new option for getting those tracks into their DJ software. Spotify to Audio Files (StAF), from DJ utility developer And The Groove Remains, scans a DJ’s existing music collection and matches it against any Spotify playlist URL, then exports the results … Continued The post New Mac App Matches Spotify Playlists To Your Local DJ Library appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

One of our Access All Areas subscribers needs to take their bedroom set-up on the road for a 50th birthday party (and, we strongly suspect, more where that came from). We see this question all the time: how do you convert a bedroom set-up into something you can actually use for DJing parties? This marks … Continued The post Building A Mobile DJ Party Set-Up For £2,000 [Ask Phil] appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

Atomix Productions has announced the release of the latest version of its flagship software, VirtualDJ 2026. Thanks to the advances of AI, VirtualDJ will now automatically extract the lyrics from any audio track and display them as part of the waveform. This makes navigating the waveform easier than ever and, for DJs who like to push the boundaries of their [...] The post Go Virtual: Atomix Productions Releases VirtualDJ 2026 appeared first on DJ Life Magazine. View the full article

DJ LIFE’s Magazine featuring Kaskade, Year-End Poll: Top Tracks & Moments, OFFAIAH, MIRAMAR, ADE ’25 Report, ACL ’25 Recap, New Gear & More! In the latest issue of DJ LIFE Magazine (Vol.5 No.6), to close out the year, we caught up with dance music DJ/producer turned pop culture icon, Kaskade. With the end of the [...] The post DJ LIFE Magazine Issue Vol.5 No.6 appeared first on DJ Life Magazine. View the full article

The Global DJ Census is the biggest annual DJ survey in the world. Whether you’re a bedroom DJ, a mobile / wedding DJ, a turntablist, a DJ/producer, or just getting started, this is your chance to get your voice heard and make your opinion count – and it only takes a few minutes. Even if … Continued The post Take Our Annual Survey & Win A Full AlphaTheta CDJ-3000X DJ System appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

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Serato has expanded creative control with deeper stems functionality and native SLAB hardware integration. Serato has unveiled a noteworthy update to Serato Sample with the release of version 2.2.0, introducing expanded sound-shaping tools and tighter hardware-software integration. The update builds on Sample’s powerful Stems technology, giving producers greater control over individual elements within a sample [...] The post Serato Sample 2.2.0 Update Launches Following SLAB Launch appeared first on DJ Life Magazine. View the full article

Whether you own a Rane One MkII, you’re thinking of buying one, you’ve ordered one and you’re waiting for it to arrive, or you’re just curious about what a state-of-the-art modern DJ controller can do, this training tutorial has the answers. It’s over an hour and a half long, and it talks about every feature, … Continued The post Free Video Manual For The Rane One MkII appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

Algoriddim has released Djay Pro 5.6, bringing Spotify integration to iOS and Android while significantly expanding hardware support across its entire platform. The update adds native screen integration for several Pioneer DJ and AlphaTheta units, plus full support for the XDJ-AZ and Opus Quad units. The Spotify news will grab the headlines – the entire … Continued The post Djay Pro 5.6 Brings Mobile Spotify Integration & Better Hardware Support appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

AlphaTheta has announced that its Rekordbox DJ application for iOS and Android now supports Spotify integration, bringing the streaming service’s catalogue of over 100 million tracks to phone/tablet DJing. The update means Spotify Premium users can now access their playlists and stream tracks directly within Rekordbox on smartphones and tablets, matching functionality already available on … Continued The post AlphaTheta Brings Spotify To Android & iOS Rekordbox DJ Apps appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

Worried DJing is going to be a hard thing to pick up? Don’t be – you’re more prepared than you think! As a DJ school, we asked our audience what non-DJ skills helped them become better DJs, and the answers will encourage you – I promise. In fact, over 900 responses later, one thing became … Continued The post 12 Non-DJ Skills That Will Help You Become a Better DJ appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

David Franks isn’t your typical Digital DJ Tips student. At 72, he’s living proof that it’s never too late to reinvent yourself – or in his case, rediscover a skill from decades past. His DJ journey began in 1978 at the height of disco, when he was handed two Technics 1200 turntables and a mixer … Continued The post Student Spotlight: How A 72-Year-Old Musician Rediscovered DJing After 45 Years appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article

What’s the best music streaming service for DJs in 2026? We’ve brought together all the music streaming services, software platforms and compatible hardware, given them all a thorough road-testing, and come up with our recommendations for all types of DJs, from open format and mobile to underground and bedroom. The post The Best Music Streaming Services For DJs In 2026 appeared first on Digital DJ Tips. View the full article