Anyone plugging in MP3 player to powered Speaker?
- Thread starter Bill Kexel
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Joe, that's ridiculous.
It wasn't DJs who let loose the "secret" about MP3s and computers. It certainly wasn't DJs who placed all that promotion about iPods and players.
My first experience with MP3 came some time before the iPod - when an IT person (not a DJ) showed me how a compressed format being developed for Motion Pictures and the Advertsiing industry could allow you to fit hundred's of songs onto a single CDR.
Shortly thereafter Napster and all the file sharing hupla moved center stage - and voila! the public now understood some thing most DJs were only beginning to grasp.
DJs are not setting the trends - they are following them.
I can think of a few instances where I took a gig with cocktails in another room and as stated before, my buddy handled that. We got paid well enough that it was a breeze for us.
Most of the other times they either had a Harpist or Pianist to do the cocktails.
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I use a netbook with either the Passport 150 or 250 or a pair of RCF 200A's depends on the size of the group!
I should have been more clear. It was the DJs using them in public venues that hurt the DJ business, just like it was KJs doing the same to the karaoke business.
Just as bill mentioned as well as a few others, I really disagree that DJs using computers/ipods/mp3 players have hurt the DJ business.
I used to use a minidisc player.
Whatever media you use, it shouldn't just be "hanging" out. Having a single CD player sitting on a table looks just as unprofessional to me as an ipod. Using a more modern media method does not mean it's ok to make the set up look bad.
But I don't think that people seeing a DJ using a computer or mp3 player "discovered" that it could be done that way. They discovered that the day they heard a computer play a song, or the day they first heard an mp3 player.
These are simply just another source of music.
I heard the same arguments when CDRs came out...Now people can just plug in a 6 disc player, put in their recorded discs, and never need a DJ again.
Sure, the ipod made things a little bit easier for the do-it-yourselfers, but those are not the typical people that are going to spend good money on a professional DJ/MC for their wedding. They are just deciding on playing it themselves or having someone else push the buttons. NOT MY CLIENT
I used to use a minidisc player.
Whatever media you use, it shouldn't just be "hanging" out. Having a single CD player sitting on a table looks just as unprofessional to me as an ipod. Using a more modern media method does not mean it's ok to make the set up look bad.
But I don't think that people seeing a DJ using a computer or mp3 player "discovered" that it could be done that way. They discovered that the day they heard a computer play a song, or the day they first heard an mp3 player.
These are simply just another source of music.
I heard the same arguments when CDRs came out...Now people can just plug in a 6 disc player, put in their recorded discs, and never need a DJ again.
Sure, the ipod made things a little bit easier for the do-it-yourselfers, but those are not the typical people that are going to spend good money on a professional DJ/MC for their wedding. They are just deciding on playing it themselves or having someone else push the buttons. NOT MY CLIENT
I also believe that some parties don't need a DJ and would be fine with just an ipod plugged into a speaker.
But I think there are plenty of parties that would benefit greatly from a DJ
But I think there are plenty of parties that would benefit greatly from a DJ