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Originally Posted by NeedleSharp  A case of beer says a program like that will become mainstream in 5 years... As appealing that is, a computer can not read a crowd and can not make new mixes to songs etc... and a computer that can is WAY down the road and im not afraid of that. |
yea, if I knew anything about computer programming, software design, I'd be all over trying to code something like that. It's like that Mixed in Key software program. Some guy coded that, sells it for like 50 bucks or so, and is probably making a killing off it. I'm sure Ableton or some other companies already have something in the works..
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Originally Posted by NeedleSharp if you have any rhythm at all you have to somewhat care about beatmatching... i remember at my senior prom the dj was just a regular mobile dj. played the song from start to finish with no regard to tempo... i was dancing with my super hot date and there was nothing worse than
1. the last minute of the song because i was bored and
2. getting back into the groove every 4 minutes when a new song started.
my best friend (whitest, most non-rhytmatic dude you'll ever meet) is always listening to my mixed CDs or helping me lug around my gear at large gigs and at our prom he told me "man this DJ sucks... he needs to learn how to change songs more..."
one thing ive noticed is most reputable top 40 clubs (cirque, purgatory, uropa) have DJs that can mix. They might be 8 bar mixes and a few sloppy ones here a there but they can mix. i can dance all night with it and i appreciate that a lot. |
haha, yea, just don't sweat it if you don't pull off 3-4 minute long mixes every time. As long as it's continous, and you don't trainwreck all of your mixes most crowds are cool with even a very basic level of mixing..
Anyways, you can make a living djing. I don't know if that's what you want to do. Anyone can within reason if they work at it and put in effort. But also, someone on here pointed out while back that if some dj's put the same time and effort they did into djing into something else, they would be pretty succesful at whatever that other avenue was..and pay will probably be a lot better than just free drinks and a couple guestlist spots too.. I personally did mobile gigs for a few years too, and made some ok money. But also, I realized while I loved dance music, djing was not something I wanted to pursue seriously. Not that I couldn't, I just became unwilling...so what do i know..
The best thing to do probably is to release and post mixes at a regular time frame. Release a new mix monthly or so, and make those mixes top notch.