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I've just had my first ever fiddle with cd decks at a lock in at a bar i used to work at. It might have something to do with the fact that I'm a bit pissed but I'm proper confused. They had a CDJ800 and a 1000 and I think I must have been a bit heavy handed cos it just wouldn't go quite right. It didn't help that I was playing with funky, which I do like and know, but haven'[t got a clue what any of the tracks are called so it involved a lot of guess work. I'm going down on monday for their open bag night to have a proper play with some 'real' tunes. I'm quite exicted really. It'll be the first time that I've played on a proper club system ( Mark 3 technics, CD…

Emergence presents Turn, DJ Competition Club Exclusive @ The Windsor, 33 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EE Click for Map Fri March 11th // 9pm - 2:30am // £2.50 Door Tax // Drinks Promos All Night This is the second heat of the competition,After the success of the "Open Decks" heat last week,this promises to be another ripsnorter. Congratulations to Ben Townsend for winning last week & going on to the final on 8th April. This week we see the first of our named entrants taking part.with Pete D,Terra*t,Ioan Evo & Rich Smith blasting the basslines.with special guest judges Sundissentials own gruesome twosome Danny & Madders & from Nosebleed r…

anyone else got records that you find are just an absolute twat to keep in time with others? generic trance and i would imagine most hard house/trance tunes dont have this problem, but i got a few tracks that i just tend to avoid playing cos there is just something about them that just makes them an arse to mix. The new Tiesto album is infected with this curse. main one that just pissed me off is deep dish. oddly quantised records do my fucking head in

Hi every1, Just to let you know that harddancecreation.co.uk has now received a much needed update. Not only has it got a shiny new frontpage before the Flash launches, but also new tips and tricks from Adz and Chris Hoff. This now takes the total producers on the database to 10, all giving you help on hard dance production matters. These are Paul Maddox, Eufex, Lee Pasch, Kernzy & Klemenza, Serge, Charlie J, Mark Leish, Sam Green plus the two new ones Adz and Chris Hoff. Having now been visited by over 1000 unique visitors, and having obtained a listing in the DJmag.com links section, it's well worth a visit for anyone learning to produce! http://…

Got my decks up for sale on E-Bay if anyone is interested! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT

Got my decks up for sale on E-Bay if anyone is interested! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT

Id like some feed back on a tune im working on please. Its Hard House or Hard Trance for those people who like to over generalise music into so many sub-categories LINK TO ZIP HERE Cheers

dont know if this is the right forum and no it isnt for me lol but a very good friend of mine his name is travis has asked me to put his profile and world dance radio link on ctw he is a dj who had a break for a while and is now back with a residency in crete during the summer and a radio 1 slot during his time out there here is link to his dj biography click here and also the main link to the radio is world dance radio he will also have a mix released end of year/ beggining of next year so watch this space

basically a VSTi (i think thats hte name for it?) that can generate just about any percursive sound i could wish for. free would be great but i'm not as worried about paying (a reasonable amount) for something like this failing that - a percussion sample cd would be good

Free-Spirit DJ’s & Production Agency Update “ Feb 05â€� 2005 is now firmly upon us and it looks like a busy year ahead for all our artists. Our Psy sector has grown with the addition of Edoardo (Neurobiotic) and DJ Sam@Chaishop. Both are accomplished artists, well known on the international scene and are a regular feature at numerous festivals and parties. Our Ambient sector is up and running, made up of Nova (Ultimae records), Jay Om and DJ Sam@Chaishop. 2005 is looking like the a very promising year for Cimi aka Marchello. Marchello grew up in Tuscany, Italy and spent his teenage years listening to progressive techno and tribal house. In 1…

I reckon mines got to be Darren Tate, first blew me away when Nocturnal Creatures came out, and he's been my number 1 ever since

All, I've been out of the ex-demo/second hand gear market for a few years and I'm just wondering how much you reckon I should pay for a 2nd hand YAMAHA MOTIF ES8 ? (i'm finally fed up of my main controlloer keyboard the SY-85, and I want weighted keys/hammer action) I'm probably going to put some bids in on e-bay and just want to have a ball-park figure idea. I think they cost about £1,800 new Cheers,

Right than dj's of CTW, what would you say in your opinion is trhe easiest & what is the hardest genre to mix?

A pioneer EFX500 (i think) and if so do they like it and are they worth purchasing???

anyone know of any good sites for buying vinyl, am just starting and need to get me some choones

Last year Emagic was taken over by Apple, this was a massive kick in the butt for us Logic users for eventually we would know that all updates would end. I myself use Logic Audio Platinum 5 which I updated to the latest version for Windows to version 5.5, I also use the EMI 2/6 Soundcard which also has the latest (last) drivers. I recently had a look at the Emagic web site and there are now no files available for Windows only Macs. So if anyone requires any of these updates please contact me via my web site and I will email you them on. Thanks Ryan Anthony My Webpage

Hi all, this just popped up with us and i thought id pass it on here... Hope you are well, and a big Hi to James and Maria, Good luck keeping the rabble civil At a quick glance they have still gone with the stupid green - yellow - red system of lights, Why the fack anyone designs a mixer with the optimum level half way up the faders is a bit of a mystery to me. I cant see from that picture, but i hope they have the 0db mark at the top of the reds this time rather than at the top of the greens. Either that, or the mixer should give the DJ a shock from the mains when they go into the reds. Also it seems like they have left off the sampler / effects un…

Voting is now open for the 4th International Breakbeat Awards, set to take place in Fabric on 24th February 2005. The line-up is one of the biggest ever seen with appearances from Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors, Rennie Pilgrem, Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Meet Katie and many many more top international breakbeat artists. Max Cooper is the hottest new talent around in the high profile breakbeat world, vote for him in the best breakthrough act section. Max is undeniably one of the UK’s finest breaks DJs and has already knocked up an impressive array of achievements considering his young age. He started 2004 receiving a Mixmag future hero award and a Radio 1 invitation, co…

i dont care what programs you have installed or what programs you can write tunes on (or even what programs you think are superiour). i just want to know what programs you use by default. i'm using fruity loops. used to use sound forge 4 (to tweek my samples) alot as well, but not touched it for a little while now

Hi All Just found this on another site.. it's from Paul Kershaw : As you may or may not know, I have a show on the Galaxy Network (Galaxy 102, 102.2, 105, 105/6) which is broadcast over most of the UK either on FM or DAB digital radio. It's also available on Sky Channel 921, Cable & NTL. The show is called Solid State and is broadcast Saturday nights 7pm-9pm. The music is predominantly 'trance' and has a variety of features, one of which is the Sol Showcase. Over the last 15 months, the Showcase has featured some of the world's finest dj talent in a 30 minute mix. As of 2005, every month I will be featuring a mix from someone who has yet to be recogni…

anyone know any good places to get string samples from, as i only have 3 to use...ha ha, and it's a bitch trying to cut my own

can anyone tell me what it is please? do you use it as a plug in?

In 2005 Clubbed up radio bounces back onto the hard dance airwaves with a new look weekly friday night show, website, dj agency and not forgetting a new co-presenter. As usual you can be apart of clubbed up, its quiet simple- Wanna Be A Part Of Clubbed Up? Djs Each week Clubbed Up has a guest dj join them for an interview along with an un-cut mix. These vary from well known djs who can be seen play at some of the countries top club nights to unknown bedroom djs, all who have one thing I common-there talent needs to be expressed to the world. Clubbed Up gives YOU the chance to have your dj-ing ability played on air, the show is regularly listened to by clubland…

Hi All.... Can anyone please recomend any good DJ angencies which cater for up & coming / new talent? Ones who take a commision and actually want to get you bookings rather than the ones who want just want all your cash upfront and do nothing for you! Cheers!

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On Saturday the 30th October 2004 Free-Spirit DJs & Production Agency launched. We introduce to you our artists from 2 spectrums of the dance music scene. On the PsyTrance side: DJ & Producer Marchello aka cimi (Etnicanet) DJ & Producer Marcello V.O.R. aka 2Hi (in collaboration with Vibra) (Neurobiotic Records) DJ, Producer and LIVE P.A. M-Klome (Alchemy Records) DJ & Producer Jay Om aka Journey DJ & Producer Jimmy 9 (Velonostaff-Records) DJ & Producer Toxigen DJ Mish-Mash On the Dance side: DJ & Producer Jay Om DJ & Producer Mad Theo DJ M.A.N DJ Mish-Mash DJ Phil Able DJ & Producer Toxigen …

for a night in london on the last friday in october email me on benrostwood@yahoo.com for the address to send it to the night is going to start more down tempo and then build up into harder music so all types of music from prog to the hardest hard house are wanted. But remember you will be expected to play a similar style of set to your demo cd the best demos will get an hour long set on the night please send in your entries asap as the line-up will be arranged as soon as i can looking forward to listening to them (sorry if this is the wrong forum)

you can catch me in the Euro Trance Zone Every Friday 5 pm to 7pm G.M.T. Check me out!!!!interFACE

can anyone suggest any good sample cd's for production, as there are so many to choose from and don't wanna waste my money. would preferably like ones for production of techo and hard dance