Cleaning your vinyl, how to

Recently when I finished recording a mixtape, all the records were completely covered in grease from fingers and dust. The records didnt sound perticulary good anymore, the cracles from the dust seemed to have taken over and were as high in volume as the music. I didnt have any special cleaning at home.

So I first tried to just wipe off the grease with a cleaningcloth.

This perhaps made the vinyl look clean, but most of the dust were still in the grooves.

So I started to use a moistered cloth and when that didnt do, I eventually progressed to clean the records with water. First with soap, but that didnt do much of a difference. So insteasd just water.

This had some drawbacks however. The paperlabel on the records are made out of paper so when pooring water over the label can ruin it. Mine didnt get so much water on the label so I manage to dry it and the water stains isnt visable. Then its important to not poor to hot water over the record, because it can warp the record. Try using lukewarm water and poor water outwards on the vinylrecord.

So now as good as new?

This did clean the worst dust off the record, but there are still some pop and crackles left, but much better than before.

How about the static issue when using water?

Water can attract static to the records, but as long as the records are clean and dry when starting to play them again there shouldnt be a problem.

1 thing to have in mind when cleaning with water is to be aware that the paperlabel can get ruined.

Dry the first side before starting to clean the next side. This is to stop water from going over the paperlabels.

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

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

Cassette reflections

Cassettes started to make its way back again after the resurgence of vinyl records in 2017. Music genres like hip hop, punk and dance Music, were a great part of making it popular amongs Music listeners again. The format was more or less gone and absolete before that. In postmodern Music culture there are allways retrotrends coming back every now and then. That ment a format of the past were all of sudden supertrendy and its characteristics were in spotlight to how music should sound. Music is very much focused on whats right. That ment also looking at a format that was so wrong that it became "right". The only stock left from The BASF Company that manufactured magnetic tape that remained in the 2010's were embraced by small indiependent companys to rescue the format for new music listeners. A format isnt all about its sonic quality, but also about its culture around it. The audio cassettes were a great part of hip-hop Culture in the 80's. The mixtape movement cr

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