I decided to make this thread because of the one about the DJ who was trying to get his karaoke system working but couldn't. This thread is about knowing what to do before you take your show on the road.
For me I first started in 81. I had a job that I worked at for 33 years. I've been retired since 2013.
The first school I worked at as a permanent employee I worked from 3-11PM Monday to Friday. There was a guy who worked there with us that was a DJ. Some I got pointers from him about DJing.
I remember the first turntables I bought didn't have pitch controls. The next ones I bought had pitch controls on the front of the turntables. Finally I bought a pair of 1200's. All those turntables were Technics. I was a bedroom DJ at first. Some nights I would get off of work and get in my bedroom and practice. Sometimes I would wakeup and before I went to work practice. I stayed a bedroom DJ till I felt I was good enough to go outside and DJ.
We got paid every 2 weeks. I spent $75 every pay day buying records. There was a famous club called Club Zanzibar in Newark, NJ. I went the most weekends. I really listing to Larry Paterson on Fridays and Tony Hill on Saturday. I would buy the same records that they played and do the same mixes they did with those songs until I got my own style.
Now coming back I bought my first setup from GC. I bought a pair of Peavey SP2-G speakers, QSC 2450 amp, Numark CDN 88, wired mic, Numark mixer, slant case to house the mixer dual CD player with wiring to make everything work. The best thing for me coming back is being able to use CD's to DJ with. My best friend was nice enough to allow me to put that gear in his basement and I got to go down there to practice and now today I'm a computer DJ.
Now to be fair I don't know anybody who has not made a mistake in this business. If it's buying equipment they shouldn't have bought, or issues with a setup at an event. Sometimes it's as simple as something simple that needs to be straighten out or something a little more than that.
I find that when it comes to a newbie we need to be a little kind. They are just starting out and need to learn somethings. I don't anybody on here starting out didn't make some mistakes. Sometimes that's how you learn by making mistakes.
I played on Friday for the seniors in Montclair for their monthly birthday celebrations. What happens is they do this once a month for anybody who has a birthday during the month and I play for them. I had a small issue in the beginning. I power up my laptop and got everything setup for me to play. The mic was working fine. I got sound from the mic but no sound playing a song. I realized the issue and quickly got it taken care of. The VDJ was already on when I booted up the laptop and I just had to shut the VDJ down and restart it again. After that it worked just fine. I switched the wire connected to the speaker to another input before I realized the issue. LOL.
For me I first started in 81. I had a job that I worked at for 33 years. I've been retired since 2013.
The first school I worked at as a permanent employee I worked from 3-11PM Monday to Friday. There was a guy who worked there with us that was a DJ. Some I got pointers from him about DJing.
I remember the first turntables I bought didn't have pitch controls. The next ones I bought had pitch controls on the front of the turntables. Finally I bought a pair of 1200's. All those turntables were Technics. I was a bedroom DJ at first. Some nights I would get off of work and get in my bedroom and practice. Sometimes I would wakeup and before I went to work practice. I stayed a bedroom DJ till I felt I was good enough to go outside and DJ.
We got paid every 2 weeks. I spent $75 every pay day buying records. There was a famous club called Club Zanzibar in Newark, NJ. I went the most weekends. I really listing to Larry Paterson on Fridays and Tony Hill on Saturday. I would buy the same records that they played and do the same mixes they did with those songs until I got my own style.
Now coming back I bought my first setup from GC. I bought a pair of Peavey SP2-G speakers, QSC 2450 amp, Numark CDN 88, wired mic, Numark mixer, slant case to house the mixer dual CD player with wiring to make everything work. The best thing for me coming back is being able to use CD's to DJ with. My best friend was nice enough to allow me to put that gear in his basement and I got to go down there to practice and now today I'm a computer DJ.
Now to be fair I don't know anybody who has not made a mistake in this business. If it's buying equipment they shouldn't have bought, or issues with a setup at an event. Sometimes it's as simple as something simple that needs to be straighten out or something a little more than that.
I find that when it comes to a newbie we need to be a little kind. They are just starting out and need to learn somethings. I don't anybody on here starting out didn't make some mistakes. Sometimes that's how you learn by making mistakes.
I played on Friday for the seniors in Montclair for their monthly birthday celebrations. What happens is they do this once a month for anybody who has a birthday during the month and I play for them. I had a small issue in the beginning. I power up my laptop and got everything setup for me to play. The mic was working fine. I got sound from the mic but no sound playing a song. I realized the issue and quickly got it taken care of. The VDJ was already on when I booted up the laptop and I just had to shut the VDJ down and restart it again. After that it worked just fine. I switched the wire connected to the speaker to another input before I realized the issue. LOL.
