Do you all mix?
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FYI, I know plenty of people that use Winamp for playback .. and they use it because it is NOT Windows Media Player. Winamp has the ability to mix. It is in the eye of the beholder as to what software they want to have and use. It is NOT your place to tell him what he should use.
I wonder if you know if these people book more events than he does simply because they 'mix and blend' .. and again, Winamp CAN mix.
Rubbish. A baker puts icing on the cake because not many people want to buy a plain cake. In addition, there are MANY ways to decorate a cake. Each and every baker may offer something different.
FYI - there may be others who have no desire to know .. or that do know and prefer not to.
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At one particular wedding - the Bride wanted no more than 1 minute per song .. and if you dared play it any longer, she was on you like flies on poo.
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Rick Ryan and anyone else using Winamp or WMP to DJ,
Here is an alternative to Winamp, it is FREE. When you start doing 75 + Gigs per year maybe you can buy VDJ or Serato or Traktor
http://www.nch.com.au/dj/index.html
Here is an alternative to Winamp, it is FREE. When you start doing 75 + Gigs per year maybe you can buy VDJ or Serato or Traktor
http://www.nch.com.au/dj/index.html
Did you not COMPREHEND the parts where I said that I CAN mix, and I HAVE mixed at weddings?
Or are you too busy trying to be an ass?
Tell ya what, next time you do a wedding, CALL ME....
then we can have a discussion!
YOU are the one who does NOT COMPREHEND what I wrote. My response to YOU had nothing to do with whether or not you can mix. Let me clarify, it had to do with what you said, "requested", meaning that you would not do it because it was either not requested or you felt there was no need. Your being able to do it is irrelevant.
Next time read to understand not read to respond!
Oh yeah....
About your last Karaoke gig at the Country Club.
Did you beatmix your songs?
And I bet it wasn't requested!
About your last Karaoke gig at the Country Club.
Did you beatmix your songs?
And I bet it wasn't requested!
What Karaoke Gig at what Country Club? I have not done a Karaoke Gig at a Country Club now in about a year or more.
I am a DJ, isn't that what DJs do? I Beatmix, Blend, Slip Cue, Mashups Overlay........ Yes even at Karaoke Gigs I do because I play regular songs in between Singers/Sets
Unlike you (Based on what YOU said), I do not need basic directives from my Clients. They hired me because they know what I am capable of doing.
Then that would be your LAST Karaoke gig at the country club.
And as always, you avoid the subject by changing the direction of the conversation.
No, according to this thread, Beatmixing is something completely different than all the other verbs.
If you want to lump them all together, fine. We ALL do those things, cause that is what all DJ's do.
But I bet you did not SPECIFICALLY beatmix those "in between" songs at the Country Club...
because it was not necessary at that particular gig. Kind of like the weddings I do.
So much for comprehension. I didn't say that I "need basic directives" from my clients. I said my clients never asked me to beatmix.
This is same old crap, Canute.
Sorry but I can't allow you to get away with this. YOU were the one who changed the Suibject to Karaoke, not me!
Yes I did! BeatMix and play Mashups "in Between" Karaoke Songs. Maybe you are incapable of doing it but I can mix 5 or more different songs in a 5 Minute Mashup. Don't try telling me what I can or cannot do. Keep your Limitations to yourself.
You did not have to say it in those words, by YOUR OWN ADMISSION, you said that the Client did not request it, shows that you do depend on directives to do anything!
You had to jump in and Hijack the Thread because it hit a raw nerve with you and some of the others who were rushing to defend their lack of ability to Mix.
As for me not doing a lot of Weddings like you and Rick Ryan are insinuating, I am choosing not to do as many Weddings as I used to do for certain reasons, one of which is the Musical Challenges at an Event is being replaced by Logistical Challenges. At least for me I can fit in in any Event Scenario, Club, Corporate, Wedding, Sound Reinforcement or whatever. You my Dear Man have to stick to your Weddings where you are not only told where to setup but what kind of style of music to play! When I did my very first Wedding you and Rick probably weren't even Sperm at that time. Because I don't do many anymore does not mean I don't know whats up.
This is the problem.
Once again, you ASSUME you know what went on.
You ASSUME that I depend on directives...
and you're wrong!
I never said that I didn't beatmix at a wedding because I was not asked to do so.
I said I never had a wedding client ASK me to beatmix.
Talk about hitting a raw nerve!
I am not insinuating WHY you do less weddings, I'm just saying that you don't do as many as we do!
And your ASSUMPTIONS about weddings, or how and why I do them is also WRONG!
I do more weddings, corporate events, and sound reinforcement gigs in a season than you do all year!
Dude, do you get off on this sh*t?
Does it make you feel like a better man?
I come here for the enjoyment of hanging out with my peers...
not for the enjoyment of picking fights and making assumptions.
First, this other software is not 'free'. Second, when did you become the authority on what software people should buy? Maybe they are happy with what they have. Why don't you ditch all your speakers and go buy EAW?
You are the first one to say - don't worry about what someone else does - yet you seem to be stuck on what Rick Ryan and others do. Unless you have some vested interest in RR's business, then what does it matter to you?
Wasn't there earlier mention of you ticking everyone off and somehow ending up in the middle of the drama?
It's really simple Canute - if you are not happy with this site or with your peers here, then why bother participating?
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Steve said it perfectly.
Mixing is a great skill to have for a DJ. I'd highly reccomend learning it. It can really come in handy. However, it's not the end all skill.
But don't be shocked that some get ticked when you imply that someone that doesn't mix isn't a professional DJ
The fact is there are plenty of successful events that don't have any mixing. Could they have been better if it was mixed? Maybe. But to call them unsuccessful or not professional because no mixing is naive.
I've met plenty of djs that mix a crowd right off the floor because they can't read the crowd for anything.
My most requested DJ, Fred, does not mix, never has, yet can read a crowd perfectly and has a perfect personality for DJing. For 10 years, he's got 10 out of 10's on comment cards. If he's not a professional DJ, I don't know what is.
So let's all chill out and realize there's more than one way to do things.
Mixing is a great skill to have for a DJ. I'd highly reccomend learning it. It can really come in handy. However, it's not the end all skill.
But don't be shocked that some get ticked when you imply that someone that doesn't mix isn't a professional DJ
The fact is there are plenty of successful events that don't have any mixing. Could they have been better if it was mixed? Maybe. But to call them unsuccessful or not professional because no mixing is naive.
I've met plenty of djs that mix a crowd right off the floor because they can't read the crowd for anything.
My most requested DJ, Fred, does not mix, never has, yet can read a crowd perfectly and has a perfect personality for DJing. For 10 years, he's got 10 out of 10's on comment cards. If he's not a professional DJ, I don't know what is.
So let's all chill out and realize there's more than one way to do things.
Houston why so defensive man we can all have a conversation without making it a shouting match. Whether you mix or not, I am sure we all are good at what we do and the only thing that really matters is that we make our clients happy. I know most of us do, whether we mix or not. We are all Professionals here lets keep it that way! LOL..........Peace to all!!!!!!!!!!!!