D.J. Tips and Tricks

Here we will be posting numerous D.J. tips and Tricks ranging from all sorts!

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General Help:

This is designed to give you general helpful hints and tips in all the general aspects of djing.  More content is being added all the time so check back with us!

Stop nervousness!

1.  Breathe - if you are a little nervous, just take a deep breathe and count to ten, it will be alright!

2.  Get a drink - take a shot a half an hour before performing.  Don't get drunk though... You are riding a double edge sword on this one!  But its cured plenty of stage fright for me!  This may only be acceptable at some venues... be careful!

3.  Be prepared! - Nothing is worse than showing up to a venue without the right equipment... it may cost you the job!

4.  Don't take criticism personally!  There are plenty of drunk jerks out there that are going to tell you how to do your job!  Remember this!  You don't go to their job and tell them how to flip burgers!  Laugh it off as some stupid retarded drunk jerk!!  They have sorry lives and want to make you sorry too!  Remember you are the master of your domain... Take a little crap... Don't get walked on though!

Mixing Tips:

1.  Be mindful of counting your beats!  This is one of the most important tips in mixing.  Get good at this and you have a lot more going for you in this field!

Performance Tricks:

1.  Expect human error over product malfunction!  This holds true 90% of the time!  Check your connections when you set up!  Be sure to sound test too!

2.  Keep your connections clean!  If you don't want to sound like crap, keep your connections very clean.  Pick up a bottle of electronic parts cleaner at your local electronics store. 

3.  To keep your mixer running in it's prime.  Unplug it and spend a good half and hour to an hour cleaning the fader and levels with GOOD parts cleaner and lubricant.  This stops scratchy fading and level cutouts.

4.  Keep your media clean too!  If you spin records, get some vinyl record cleaner at your local music store.  This stops the crackling sound associated with records.

5.  Keep extra cables handy if one of your cables is suspected of being faulty.  This is the one-true-test of a bad cable connection!

6.  If using turntables, keep your needles up to par and replace if necessary!