Tweets from the booth, episode 1
Featuring King Most, DJ Dredd, J Boogie, Stereofaith, Stuff DJs Hate and The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff.
Tag: dj’ing
Notes To The DJ: Help us to help you
Read this before you write notes to the DJ.
Douchebags and the economy of leisure
Somebody’s gotta buy out the bar.
What the hell happened last night?
A set list almost as good as the recording that didn’t happen.
Digital DJs, do you have a game plan for catastrophe?
Are you prepared for when disaster strikes? Not if, but when.
Taking this rap shit too seriously
I played back-to-back classic hip-hop parties this past weekend. I teamed up with two of my favorite DJ colleagues in DC, we had a blast and smashed on both nights but the crowds couldn’t have…
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DJ’ing is like standup comedy
Comics and DJs should do workshops together.
50 Mixes: A Retrospective
So I kinda just looked up and all of a sudden I noticed that I now have 50 mix sets posted on this here site. Painfully aware of my ongoing consistency issues, I ended up…
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Nobody is gonna know except you how hard you worked or what you accomplished
The title quote comes from a pretty ill interview with Roctakon over at the Turntable Lab blog. Reading it got me reflecting on the choices I’ve made in my DJ career, the state of the…
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DJ’s: Stop playing SO F***ING LOUD
DJs: Suck less, sound better, learn some gain control.
“Juice” the Muppet version
Brasil vs. Japan! And despite the terrible editing and syncing in the dj’ing scenes, this flick was one of the main influences that made me want to be a DJ:
Probing the minds of stupid people in the club
Andre Harris – “10 Things Not To Say To A DJ” I mean, how is it that stupid people ALL OVER THE WORLD all end up reading from the same script when they decide they…
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