Are there any real DJs?

[DJ FM]

Hi,all!Tell me if you are a DJ.Where are you from,what styles do you play,what equipment do you prefer:)

[hardvibes]

sup!I'm a dj! I'm from Italy but I live in Montreal,Canada
I spin trance :rolleyes:

my equipement : numark tt200 , dxm06
what I wouldlike to own: numark ttx , pioneer djm600

[DJ FM]

DJM-600?Hm...We have club with name 'Flight' in our town.I play there sometimes.They have DJM-600.But i don't like it.In club,where i oficcialy work we have Omnitronic DJ-200 Pro.I like it much:) But i play on Omnitronic CDP-460.Sucks...

[DJayZell]

Hey there, I spin in Buffalo NY, small scene but better than a lot of others, I spin trance and techno. I've been spinning almost 3 years and this past year has veen very good to me, I've opened for Marco V, Scott Bond, Darude, ATB and a few other good local talents in the area.

Equip: 2 tech 1200M3D's, Pioneer DJM-3000, Stanton S-250 Table top Cd player.

Cheers!

[Titov]

Hello. I'm DJ from Russian Federation. Work in many clubs. Favourite producers are Ferry, M.I.K.E., Steve Helstrip aka The Thrillseekers, Rapid Eye, Andy Moor and everything by Anjunabeats.
During my work I use lots of equipment, but my favourite are Pioneer CDJ-800 ,Pioneer DJM-600 and Pioneer HDJ-1000.

[DJ FM]

By the way,don't forget to mention your name as DJ.
With respect,FM DeeJay :D

[DJ FM]

May be some tracklists of your sets?:)

[Tricky]

I'm a 100% bedroom dj, but i also really like playing some records. The records that i spin are mostly club / trance / house but i've also played some harder styles some time ago. But now i really prefer club / trance / house.

I've made some pictures of my equipment:
Overview (http://www.tricky.dds.nl/gear/IMGP1076.jpg)
SynQ X-trm 1 + concorde pro (http://www.tricky.dds.nl/gear/IMGP1068.jpg)
Numark DM3002X + sony MDR V-700 + some high end speakers for some monitor sound. (http://www.tricky.dds.nl/gear/IMGP1070.jpg)

The flightcases are handmade by me and my brother, that's why there isn't any foam present yet at the sides of the TT :p But not for long anymore :D

[hardvibes]

okeeeey so I'm gonna post my pics too (Numark TT200,DXM06)
1 (http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hardvibes2003/detail?.dir=9079&.dnm=61de.jpg)
2 (http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hardvibes2003/detail?.dir=9079&.dnm=53ff.jpg)
3 (http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hardvibes2003/detail?.dir=9079&.dnm=f325.jpg)

and a lil extra lol (a friend of mine,ferry,me) (http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hardvibes2003/detail?.dir=19ef&.dnm=3f6c.jpg)

[Tricky]

Cool Pics, Nice ferrari Poster on your wall :D (I'm next to music lover, a huge ferrari fan :D )

Do you also play drum???

[hardvibes]

thanks!
yeah I'm also a drummer :p that's why I love the beat

[chazz]

Used to spin drum & bass @ moscow

[hardvibes]

here I go (again)

[kiddo]

I spin under the name Kiddo at a small club on the north side of Chicago on Saturday nights. I mostly spin techno, bangin techno, and some trance, and I am VERY new to DJing.

I use my own Technics 1200MK5's.
I use the club's Pioneer DJM-500 mixer (it's ancient!! :o )
Occasionally, I will use the clubs CDJ-100s (also ancient!).

Here is a link to a mix I did at the club from 9-11-2004, if anyone is interested...I am still learning, so it's not great! :o

you can download it by clicking here, or copy and pasting the link into your media player:
http://one-sound.com/Testbank/Kiddo_Live@Cafe-Origin_9-11-04.mp3

-Elly

[Electrophile]

Equipment List: 2 Technics SL-1210 Mk5G turntables
2 Ortofon Nightclub Cartriges
1 Tascam X-9 mixer(with all updates)
1 Sony Mdr-v700
1 Road Ready 80 record case
All Monster Cable

I dont have a cdj because they are too expensive to have in a home set up and as for dj name i havent found one that fits me so right now im just Ruben Martinez. I play a mix of Tiesto Ferry Armin and Mark Norman style sets, i play light vocals but do not focus on them specifically, i play ferrys new electro stuff although it is still experimental for me. My current favorite lables are Tsunami, Magik Muzik, Anjuna beats, Asot

I will post pictures later on

[Tom]

Hey my names Tom, I dont have a dj name so just use my real name.

I play at a few places and vary my style accordingly. I play at a club in Windsor and also 2 in London that are Ferry style Trance\Electro Trance. Then I also play at a pub in my home town where I do trippy melodic tech house, James Holden, Petter, Nathan Fake kinda stuff.

[Tom]

Oh right yeah I have 2x 1210 Mk3s, a Djm600, a denon s3000 and pioneer hdj1000 headphones. Im happy with it all although I am a big fan of the allen and heath zone 62 for Trancier stuff.

[Tricky]

Damn,

The most are you are quite the same age as me, but much better equipment as that i have.

Respect for you guys, i really can't affort something like:

Equipment List: 2 Technics SL-1210 Mk5G turntables
2 Ortofon Nightclub Cartriges
1 Tascam X-9 mixer(with all updates)
1 Sony Mdr-v700
1 Road Ready 80 record case
All Monster Cable

I've only the same headphone and quite simular cartridges, the rest is to expensive for a dutch student :P

Greetz Tricky

[Tom]

I took out a loan over a year to buy my decks and mixer, then paid for the cd player with the left overs of another loan when i bought my car more recently.

But I never went to university, been in full time employment since I was 18 so didnt have all the financial burdens of student life.

[Electrophile]

I Know that my gear is a lot of money but i didnt buy it all at once. i bought 1 turntable then the other after like a month and i saved for my mixer for like 3 months. i spun with my crappy set up for like 2 years then i got a stanton mixer then kept upgrading. i originally started out with one of those Dj in a box set ups from Numark, it came with a 2 channel mixer and 2 direct drive turntables, some no name cartriges, and crappy headphones. It doesnt matter what type of equipment you used as long as it works for you, the most important thing is your vinyl and to a lesser extent your CD-R's. Buy as much vinyl as often as you can, try to stay away from old stuff except for the classics otherwise you will never be able to grow as a dj put at least an hour and a half set down every day and dont get angry when you make a mistake, dont worry no one will be there to hear you in your room. Dont set your mind on a particular sound right away, listen to all types of music and follow what you feel you can do the best, funkyhouse is the easiest to learn with and drum and bass is the hardest to learn, find you niche!

[Tricky]

<quote>It doesnt matter what type of equipment you used as long as it works for you, the most important thing is your vinyl and to a lesser extent your CD-R's.</quote>

That's one thing for sure, and if you aren't able to buy expensive fancy gear, just take a little step back so you also got some money for buying vinyl.

i use the 2xsynQ x-trm 1 and i'm really happy with it, they really are quite simular of the technics but the cost about € 200 less. So 2 x € 200 = € 400, - that you can spend on vinyl :D