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Feature: The Las Vegas DJ Show "Workshops, discussion groups, industry clinics, networking opportunities - you'll find them all, in various degrees, at every good DJ conference," says LVDJ producer and ADJA president, Hugo Drax. "Your better conferences will also include celebrity speakers, an exhibit hall and an after-hours party or two. We started working the minute LVDJ 2013 wound down to make sure this year's LVDJ show brought you all that -- and more." "This is not going to be a 'been there, done that, got the T-shirt' show."
Artists in attendance will include DJ Skribble, Keith Shocklee, Chuck D, and Flava Flav, as well as keynote addresses from world-class DJ/producers Jason Nevins and Chris Cox. "We're also hosting a party at the Hard Rock Café, on the Vegas strip where your badge will earn you a discount on food and beverages and playing host to a DJ of the Year contest with an old-school twist -- no pre-mixed sets, no sync buttons, just pure live mixing. We're getting back to culture of who we are. We're DJs. We mix." Best of all? Exhibit passes are always free. Party passes are always free (with pre-registration). And, as a Promo Only subscriber, you'll enjoy an $85.00 price of admission for just $49.00 with the Promo Only code: PROMOONLYLV2014 "I'm not saying that LVDJ is for everyone," says Drax. "But if you want to develop as DJ, grow your DJ business and are willing to invest time and money into making that happen, we want to see you there."
The LVDJ Show 
Spotlight: The End of DJing A few years ago on Cinco De Mayo, a club I worked for booked the legendary Crooklyn Clan to perform a four-turntable set. Some of you know CC from their record pool and classic party breaks, some of you don't know them at all. But if you're in the know, you know that Riz & Sizzahandz are two of the baddest DJs to ever do it. After the gig we did the late night grub thing and as if almost by accident one of the most life-changing conversations I've ever had happened. I don't remember the story being told but at some point either Riz or Siz said "after DJing". "You mean when you guys stop DJing one day?" I asked. "No, when DJing ends," they said. You could tell it was a conversation they had previously had at length and were in complete agreement about the concept. They broke it down like this... "One day real soon, all of this is gonna end. Sure there will be people DJing but it won't matter. When all the veterans retire, us, Jazzy Jeff, Rich Medina, Bobbito, Scratch, Prince Paul, all the good music cats, it's over. We can't keep the good music parties going because venues don't want it because it doesn't bring a bottle service crowd. And all the good music venues are closing. People bought the buildings on either side of APT in NYC and called in noise complaints until it closed. Who the eff does that?! And all the DJs are becoming interchangeable. All clubs play the same 100 songs so why pay someone extra because they do it better? Most of the crowds don't care anyways. Can I ask you a question?" "Yeah," I said with my mouth hanging open. "I have about 5000 disco records. Lots of hard to find stuff I got from labels back in the day. I'm gonna rip it all to digital. You want it?" Riz asked. "Are you serious?" "Yep. What do you want?" "Uhh... Can I have all of it? Is this a trick question?" I asked. "You know how many younger DJs I ask that question to and they all say the same thing? They say, 'Gimme whatever will work in the club.' They just want 20 disco tracks to have their 'disco set.' They don't even actually like disco. They don't give a eff about the music. They'd play the same 20 disco songs for the rest of their life and not care," Riz told me. I was sitting at a table with 6 or 7 other DJs -- good DJs that had been doing this for decades -- and nobody said a word. Not one of us could argue with them. Our minds were blown. I've told this story many times in the past few years to DJs and nobody has argued with me, either. The Causes Some people say that everything happens for a reason. I like to think that things happen for a bunch of reasons. I listened to an interview with Chuck D one time and he explained how hip-hop started because of a specific intersection of technology, geography, socio-economic climate, popular thought, music and other variables. It was a set of circumstances that will never happen again. The same is true for the rise of rock music, the reason certain fashion trends take hold or why revolutions start. There isn't a singular cause behind "The End of DJing", it's a myriad of ideas, actions, trends other factors that will be the death of the DJing that we know and love. The tragic irony is that I'm watching it die at almost the same speed that it becomes more popular than it has ever been... [continue reading] (Warning: Site contains NSFW language). Do you think DJing Dying? Send us your thoughts: promo@promoonly.com 
Digital DJ Tips Presents... This week it has emerged on Do Androids Dance that SoundCloud has apparently granted Universal Music Group (one of the "big three" record labels alongside Warner and Sony) the right to remove content that it believes infringes its copyrights, without any involvement from SoundCloud itself in the process at all. This was revealed in an email trail involving a DJ called Greg Morris ("Mr Brainz" on SoundCloud) and the "SoundCloud Copyright Team", in which they revealed to him that Universal is blocking content as it sees fit without SoundCloud's involvement at all. Here's that part of the alleged email trail:
Simply put, if you own the copyright or have permission to use, SoundCloud is a great platform, but for most DJ mixes, it really is a complete no-go zone. Alternatives to SoundCloud So what are you to do...? [continue reading] About Digital DJ Tips: Featuring news, reviews, show reports, and tutorials, Digital DJ Tips is one of the most-read DJ tech websites in the world, with over 60,000 students on its paid and free DJ courses. 
Review: DJ Tech DIF-1S V2 Convention holds that if you want to scratch, there is no question that you should invest in a battle mixer; and no doubt that the newly re-imagined DIF-1S V2 Battle Mixer, with its next-generation innoFADER non-contact technology, offers mixers unparalleled quality and flexibility at a price point that will come as a pleasant shock. Trouble viewing this video? Watch it on YouTube.
Price and Availability As the newly designated US distributor for DJ-Tech's new product line, California's Mixware is making the DIF-1S V2 available for immediate gratification at a store near you at $199.99. For more info, visit mixware.net 
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