how restarting my LP collection made me a better dj

I have collected vinyl records since the year 1999. Hip hop records, soul, funk and records of interest. The turntableism scene was huge back then. Buying records was my hobby. Records never been cheap. But when not affording brand new records, I started to dig in the crates at fleemarkets. Always looking for sounds. Nobody of my friends digged for vinyl at that point. I was a outsider. Visiting recordshop as often as I could. By somewhere in the 2010's Ive collected over 500-1000 vinyl records. The Music wasnt that important at that point, vinyl records became underground again. Recordshops closed, I moved back to a city were the there hardly were any recordshops at all. I was a fleemarket vinyl collector more than a dj.

After a period I got a big interest for cassette tapes. This was the thing for me. No more snobby audio formats. Music was so good again that I could listen to a noisey version on the worst quality cassettedeck and still enjoy the music. I gave away my records to people who appriciated vinyl more than me.

By restarting my vinylcollection I listen to records better, I know what new records interests me. Ive forgotten about how analog and phat the sound is on vinyl. I listen to the qualities of the particular band or artist before concentrating on the sound quality.

As a DJ Im much more hungry for new Music when I dont have so much records. I dont have all the rules of a record collector anymore. I can listen to digital Music too, my favorite sounds are on all audioformats now. With DVS softwares like the traktor pro I can play songs even from old cassettetapes. Not having the rules of a vinyl collector, is better because I can now listen to digital audio on sites like bandcamp, and find artists for my mixtapes. Ive mixed and recorded over 10 mixtapes, just by using my ears and not going with the "vinyl only" philosophy.

Add some vocals to your mix.

Add some vocals to your set. With a microphone you can easily add flavor to a mix. You can use the vocals to transition to another track, with a small paus between the songs you can drop the vocal just before the next song comes in. Most DJ-mixers have a microphone input. But make sure not to overdrive the microphone when speaking, or the sound might go into cheap karaoke style. There are useful techniques when speaking into a microphone by holding your thumb inbetwen the microphone membrane and your mouth, this is to reduce the "pop" sound or just by turning the mic at a 45 degree angle. Using these techniques will make your vocals sound cleaner. Have a notepad with some words are maybe rhymes written on it, just to know what to say when you want to drop the vocals. If mixing and speaking is not possible at the same time, then wait until after you transitioned the track into the other, the intro to the next track is often not as busy as a Chorus section. Also do speak

DJ Rasoul 1998 (Large)

DJ Rasoul 1998 (Large) Super record from the later end of the 90's. This EP has 3 songs, Let the music, Slingshot and Francisco Nights. Side A with "Let the music" has a dark bassline and acoustic piano, togheter with strings and the classic house rythm. Dub echos and analogue synth sounds. The song isnt just a 4-bar loop. It has lots of variations. In the middle of the song a soul vocal is heard. Also percussive elements. The later end of the song seams happier, like the minor chords are swapped with major scale instead. What I dont like about this song is the tb303 "like"-sounds towards the end. It gives the impression of a comedy sound. On side B on "Slingshot" the quality is high on the production. With groovy basslines and arpeggio-like elements. The rythm is more disco on this song. 1/3-into the song the loopy groove evolves with a acoustic piano. Then 2/3- the song goes back to the loopy status again. I like this song, its groovy and has catchy

using as few records as possible in your dj mix

Most of us wants to have a giant record collection, but when a gig is coming then you have to carry all the records to the show. This article is about using minimum amount of records in a dj mix. Lets say you play a 2 hour dj show. that means you need +- 50 records in a crate. If you only have 10 records, would you make it thru a dj mix then? If a housesong is aprox 6 min long and you want to make a 60 minute dj mix. then you'll need 10 records for the dj set. 10 records is not much for a mix. What you can do is mix in the b sides too, but then the same artist will appear again in the playlist. You can also play certain songs to the 3 minute point, then mix in another record and then a few song in the set you can reuse the previous song from the 3 minute point again, from a break of the song. Or play the best song first and last to extend it. Playing both the b-sides and reuse the same song as earlier will stretch the length of your mix. Buying an EP costs about the same as a 12&q

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