DJ Tips & Techniques

COACHELLA 2007 

Jun 1, 2007

By now notorious for its searing hot live music and even hotter desert sun, the annual Coachella festival sizzled for three long days this year, April...

COPPERPOT 

Jun 1, 2007

More than just a victim of stage fright, Daniel Kuypers has long suffered from chronic angst while spinning hip-hop in his native Chicago. Every week,...

SAVATH & SAVALAS 

Jun 1, 2007

The first thing you'll notice about the new Savath & Savalas album is the absence of Eva Puyuelo, whose aching vocals floated over the modernized Catalonian...

MAGDA 

Jun 1, 2007

Noon sharp. Sofitel hotel. Magda emerges. On one of many stops around the globe last year, she racked up 130 gigs Remix cornered Magda in Buenos Aires,...

SCRATCH 'N' PITCH 

Jun 1, 2007

M-Audio Torq has piqued the interest of a lot of digital DJs, many of whom are wondering if the oft-quoted Serato killer can live up to the buzz. Although...

ALL SIDES NOW 

Jun 1, 2007

When Sharam Tayebi and I met in 1991 and formed Deep Dish, we had modest aspirations of launching a local label with the hopes of realizing a few of our...

LIVESAVAS' JUMBO THE GARBAGEMAN 

May 1, 2007

You know how digging goesI could be here until, like, tomorrow, says recent Portland, Ore., export Jumbo the Garbageman. It's a warm late-winter day,...

Win-Win Situation 

May 1, 2007

The life of the jet-setting house DJ is the envy of every kid who ever block-rocked a beat, right? Miguel Migs is one of the world's most successful spanning-the-globe...

CALL SECURITY 

May 1, 2007

No doubt you've invested a lot of dough in your home studio. In fact, it's probably worth more than the rest of your stuff put together, especially when...

SPICE IT UP 

May 1, 2007

This is a great job; there is no denying it. Running around the world learning new things about the industry you love just can't get any better. January...

SAFE AND SOUND 

Apr 1, 2007

As a kid, my ultimate fears used to be about giant, purple polka-dotted monsters under the bed or accidentally showing up to school without pants on....

COSMO BAKER 

Apr 1, 2007

Amtrak's Metroliner? Never mind that. These days, the ultimate Philly-to-New York connection is Cosmo Baker that is, when he's doing his DJ thing on the...

JUGGLING ACT 

Mar 1, 2007

Read the Remix article on key-control commands for Native Instruments Traktor 3.2. Learn about the deck-duplicate feature and how to assign a single control to multiple parts of the program for better deck-juggling efficiency....

DJ RASHIDA 

Mar 1, 2007

Read the Remix article on Prince’s DJ, Rashida. Rashida goes record shopping at Zia Record Exchange in Las Vegas, looking for both classics and new albums....

TREASURE HUNT 

Mar 1, 2007

Read the Remix article on Channel 4 Radio DJ and son of the legendary BBC radio DJ John Peel, Tom Ravenscroft. Ravenscroft talks about digging for the great unsigned bands and having those “ah ha” discovery moments....

JUNIOR VASQUEZ 

Feb 1, 2007

For more than 20 years, Junior Vasquez has been one of the most prominent figures on the global dance-music and clubbing scene. Growing up around New...

EASY AS 1, 2, 6! 

Feb 1, 2007

Last month, we covered some basic questions and concepts about using Ableton Live 6 as a DJ tool. If you missed that issue, you can always read it and...

BMORE DJ: AARON LACRATE 

Jan 5, 2007

Read the online-only exclusive Remix article in the “32 Sure Things for 2007” feature on up-and-coming DJ, Aaron LaCrate. He talks about his signature “gutter music” and the Baltimore music scene....

FRANK DELGADO 

Jan 1, 2007

People probably think that we listen to just metal, says Frank Delgado, whose black beanie, black coat, black goatee and black Chuck Taylors with black...

CHANCE MEETING 

Jan 1, 2007

In recent years, many people have predicted that DJing and live music would get back together after a long, nasty divorce. Besides several notable exceptions,...

LANE CHANGE 

Nov 1, 2006

Although this is the Digital DJ column, and there are loads of things to cover about the digital realm, it's time to get back to basics. Regardless of...

LIGHTING THE WAY 

Aug 1, 2006

Visually speaking, good stage lighting can make or break a show. A well-designed lighting system and expertly programmed lighting cues can make your performance...

GET LOOPY 

Jan 1, 2006

Unless you've been hiding in a cave for the past several years, you've certainly heard of Ableton's groundbreaking live-performance loop software, Live....

MAKING AIRWAVES 

Jan 1, 2006

Radio has always been very important to me as an equal-share aspect of what I do in the music world, so that being a DJ in clubs or playing at parties...

VIVA LA DIGITAL! 

Jan 1, 2006

Welcome to the first in a series of columns dedicated to the emerging digital DJ field. This is a very exciting time to be involved in music. Many of...

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