After making the "jump" to digital DJing, I must say it is a whole easier to DJ. Using the Serato software has improved my song selection. Whereas before I would have to spend time diging through books of CDS, I know just type in the song name or search by artist and VIOALA song is ready to be mixed in. What a dream! There are a few cons. Nothing is perfect. I was setting up for a "gig" last week and my serato was completely messed up, I panicked and called a good friend of mine and he advised to turn everything off and start from scratch. That did the trick.
Unfortunately I think this is the way DJing is heading. What ever happened to good old vinyl? That sound will never be duplicated. I wonder what our kids will be using?
Just like Guitar hero, there is now DJ Hero out on the market. This program is availible for all major gaming platforms. It seems to be the currnet trend in interractive video games.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Jerk-The Dance
JERK'N
Dance
Various "Jerk Crews" create youtube videos to Jerk songs. Jerkin' is considered a street dance done on parking lots, curbs, sidewalks, or streets and community lots such as schools, malls, recreation centers, etc. The dance itself consists of moving your legs in and out called the "jerk", and doing other moves such as the Reject, the SpongeBob, the Dip, and the Drop.
Music
The rap group New Boyz wrote and recorded a hit in Los Angeles entitled "You're a Jerk"[3] and Audio Push made the song "Teach Me How To Jerk". The music is usually high tempo for rap music, around 90 - 100 bpm, very similar to the Hyphy style of the Bay Area. While Jerk Music does have a specific style, other hip-hop style music is often jerked to as well. Most jerkin' music is spread through the internet, rather than radio and television play.
Dance
Various "Jerk Crews" create youtube videos to Jerk songs. Jerkin' is considered a street dance done on parking lots, curbs, sidewalks, or streets and community lots such as schools, malls, recreation centers, etc. The dance itself consists of moving your legs in and out called the "jerk", and doing other moves such as the Reject, the SpongeBob, the Dip, and the Drop.
Music
The rap group New Boyz wrote and recorded a hit in Los Angeles entitled "You're a Jerk"[3] and Audio Push made the song "Teach Me How To Jerk". The music is usually high tempo for rap music, around 90 - 100 bpm, very similar to the Hyphy style of the Bay Area. While Jerk Music does have a specific style, other hip-hop style music is often jerked to as well. Most jerkin' music is spread through the internet, rather than radio and television play.
DJ THEO making the"digital" jump
DJ THEO703, making the jump from CDs to a digital format/laptop format.
+After Djing for several years using Cds I am now finally making the jump to a laptop based DJ system known as Serato. It is not a cheap upgrade by any means. But I know it will make me a more organized DJ and save me time in between mixes.
_When a patron asks me to play a particular song I have to dig through pages of CDs to find that song. Take for example last night a young lady asked me to play "Scenario" Tribe Called Quest. Well I know I have it, just where??? I got really lucky and found it on a cd.
Also CDS are very fragile and are susceptible to scratches more than any other music format. We will have to see how it goes.
I plan on using RANE Serato, Apple Macbook pro, CDJ 800mk2's etc.
+After Djing for several years using Cds I am now finally making the jump to a laptop based DJ system known as Serato. It is not a cheap upgrade by any means. But I know it will make me a more organized DJ and save me time in between mixes.
_When a patron asks me to play a particular song I have to dig through pages of CDs to find that song. Take for example last night a young lady asked me to play "Scenario" Tribe Called Quest. Well I know I have it, just where??? I got really lucky and found it on a cd.
Also CDS are very fragile and are susceptible to scratches more than any other music format. We will have to see how it goes.
I plan on using RANE Serato, Apple Macbook pro, CDJ 800mk2's etc.
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