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How To Make A Good DJ Playlist

DJ PlayList

Aspiring DJs should build a great library of music FIRST.

YOU MUST KNOW YOUR MUSIC

• Know the BPM of your songs

Beats Per Minute. Arranging your dance music this way creates consistency in tempo and provides better continuity for people who are dancing.

• Know the harmony notes of beginning and end of songs

You can find software for that too. Here is one new software which I haven’t checked out yet but I won’t need it anyway for myself. Mixed In Key. I use Mixmeister Fusion which has all those features. It’s a great DJ software.

Cheaper price For Numark MixMeister Fusion Here

More about harmony mixing here at DJ Prince

• Trim your songs

Long fade outs or talking and skits at the end can be trimmed. A good piece of free software for trimming unwanted bits from the beginning and end of songs is   Mp3Trim or   Mp3Directcut ( is my preferred one).

• Normalize your songs

Normalizing your songs will bring the volume levels in line with each other, so that the volume stays fairly consistent.
An easy way to normalize a collection of MP3s is to use a free piece of software called  Mp3Gain .

Select and combine the tracks into the same BPM harmoniously if possible. If harmony can’t be done then just beat match it and that should be OK.

Keep building the play list.

• Building A CD Mix?
  

Try this!

First track should be an instrumental (no vocals) and the duration shorter than 2 minutes 30 seconds.

Second track should have vocals and should not be longer than 4 minutes.

All  the rest of the tracks should be less than 5 minutes each.

Take in Requests?

As a commercial DJ, you are EXPECTED to know just about everything and HAVE just about everything they will ask for.

Take your DJ career serious? Then GET serious!

Peace

DJ White Hawk

Amin

Dance And Remixed Chart Hits – Winter 2009-10

A Fine Recent Dance And Remixed Chart Hits For DJs

Winter 2010  Playlist

1       BOYS LIKE GIRLS FEAT. TAYLOR SWIFT – “Two Is Better Than One (Mike Rizzo Radio Edit)”
2     B_RICH FEAT. REESE – “Make Me Dance (HeavyFeet Remix)”
3     COBRA STARSHIP – “Hot Mess (DJ Circuit Remix – Clean Edit)”
4     EXAMPLE – “Won’t Go Quietly (E.P.I.C. Remix)”
5     THOMAS GOLD FEAT. AMANDA WILSON – “Just Because (Ian Carey & Brad Holland Mix)”
6     GROOVEWATCHERS – “Sexy Girl (Chuckie Remix)”
7     IYAZ – “Replay (Jason Nevins Radio Edit)”
8     J. MAJIK FEAT. WICKAMAN – “Feel About You (Extended Mix)”
9     JENNIFER LOPEZ FEAT. PITBULL – “Fresh Out The Oven (Karmatronic Radio Edit)”
10     MALENTE – “I Like It (Riva Starr SNATCH! Mix)”
11     SARAH MATTEA – “Heart On Fire (DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark Remix)”
12     ST. CONNECTION FEAT. SAM WOOD – “Free Up (Vocal Mix)”
13     NICK SKITZ – “Release Me (Mad Flush Remix Edit)”
14     SOLITAIRE & KATHERINE ELLIS – “You’re Mine (Club Mix)”

This fine selection of dance music comes from MasterMixDJ .

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QSC HPR122i – (Active) Powered Loudspeaker

QSC HPR122i – Black (Active) Powered Loudspeaker

The HPR122i offers performers and audio professionals the power, technology and legendary reliability of QSC amplification combined with the simplicity and convenience of a multipurpose powered loudspeaker system.

Whether your application is vocal reinforcement, dance music, or full tilt rock and roll and whether your need is main PA, or stage monitor, suspended or pole mounted, the HPR122i is your solution.

With 131 dB of maximum output the HPR122i outperforms molded plastic box systems without significant additional weight or cost.

QSC HPR122i – Black (Active) Powered Loudspeaker

131db max and made of WOOD, not plastic!

Yeah I am considering those myself also.  lol

Got To Have A DJ

When arranging for any party or event or wedding, entertainment plays an important role. In such programs the role of a DJ plays a prime factor. A DJ or a Disc Jockey can actually make your occasion become energetic and come in to life. DJs can offer amusement that will keep your visitors from parting before time and really get them moving, dancing, intermingling and having great fun.

Your occasion can be personalized with various music, be it romantic ballads to big band and sway to high-energy dance music , just anything and everything about music! But the role of a DJ is not limited to that of music, in fact a DJ is an emcee who will provide amusement and can successfully keep the evening running efficiently with ceremonial messages and prologues.
With high-tech and modern sound equipment  and stunning lighting effects, an expert DJ can really be the hub of the gathering. The Disc Jockey can not only offer the amusement but also make sure your event is not a snag and make your event such that it is remembered for years to come and is much talked about the people.

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A Disc Jockey who is most popularly and most commonly known as DJ or Deejay and basically he is the person who plays recorded music according to his selection in discotheques or in social gatherings.

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Initially, a disc jockey was referred to the who used to announce over the radio and play the ancient gramophones.These gramophone records were known as discs which were jockeyed by radio announcers. Thus the term disc jockey originated and which later became popular as Deejays.These days with the advancement of technology and globalization, there are different kinds of deejays .
Job description:
The work that involves playing a series recorded music, manipulating music with the use of techniques for audio mixing, cueing, phrasing, cutting, scratching and beat-matching. It should be noted that the term “DJ” in Jamaican dance hall culture the term DJ indicates the person who inputs live ad lib raps in instrumental music.

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The following  important apparatus required by a DJ to give a performance are:
1. Mp3 or compact disc music recordings.
2. Two or more CD players, Mp3 players for continual back and forth musical effects.
3. A good audio system for the purpose of amplification of the music recordings.
4. A mixer for the purpose of mixing the sound of the playback systems.
5. A microphone to amplify the voice.
6. Head phones to listen to the recordings while the music is being played.
7.  Miscellaneous equipments like samplers, drum machines, processors, slip-mats and other high tech system.

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Therefore if you are planning a big bash on your wedding or birthday or on any other occasion then call a DJ and make the event memorable for you and for your guests  to swing and rock with the music played by him.

About the Author
S. Stammberger is the editor of DJ Plaza. A meeting place for DJs worldwide offering news, supplies, and resources.

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Gotta Have A DJ

Aly And Fila – Trance

Aly And Fila

Man, these guys are really cruising this year. Check out their schedule of  DJ live events here.

Look at the countries they going through. Wow!

Aly And Fila

Trance is their trademark.

Aly & Fila is an Egyptian trance music duo made up of Aly Amr Fathalah (aka Aly) and Fadi Wassef Naguib (aka Fila). They host an internet radio show every Monday on Digitally Imported radio, called Future Sound of Egypt. And here is list of other radio stations broadcasting live!

DJs of Egypt.

Go Aly & Fila !

One of the top 100 DJs to this date that I enjoy digging.

You can find a bunch of videos on You Tube.

UPDATE Feb 18 2010:

Aly & Fila’s Future Sound of Egypt label joins Armada Music !!