Digital Vinyl

August 4, 2009

The DJ world has made leaps and bounds over the past years. It was reported that turntables were actually outselling guitars and the hype doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. However, as DJ’ing quickly became big business, the technology didn’t catch up until a few years ago. Eventually, specialized mixers and different turntable [...]

Changing Standards

August 3, 2009

In the previous post I wrote an article about the format war between mixing vinyl and cd’s. Which one to go for? While it’s a personal choice (or dilemma) for every DJ on its own,  this revolution started when stages and clubs changed their booths. This effected DJ’s directly because they have to be prepared [...]

Vinyl vs CD

August 2, 2009

This is probably the biggest topic in DJ world since the DJ started out. Although a disc jockey refers to someone playing (and maybe jocking) discs, today a DJ is also someone creating a musical atmosphere in order for people to dance and to keep on dancing.
During the 70’s and 80’s there were many kinds [...]