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Profile: Multi-award-winning mixshow host Riddler
Joins Promo Only's USA Programming Team

What do you give a guy who's released 19 mix compilations for legendary labels such as Tommy Boy, Strictly Hype, MCA and Ultra; produced remixes for the likes of Chris Brown, Demi Lovato, Drake, Janet Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, Pink and Pitbull; appeared more times on Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart than any other dance artist in history; and hosts one of most award-winning mixshows in the industry?

A job.

We're more than a little pleased to announce the addition of renowned producer & remixer Riddler (Rich Pangilinan to his mom and dad), to our roster of elite Promo Only programmers.

Riddler is in the House
...and coming soon to Mainstream Club (USA).

In addition to his new role at Promo Only, Rich's Riddler's Revolution can currently be heard coast to coast and around the world on stations such as SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, New York's Z100, Houston's Hot 95.7 and Portland's Z100, where his choice programming and mad mixing skills have earned him a global following as well as multiple Promo Only Summer Sessions Best Radio Mixshow Awards.

"Bringing life to a room, especially during peak hour sets, is still what drives me," says Rich. "And what I hope will drive the music you'll be seeing on future issues of Mainstream Club (USA). I'm really thankful for the platform Promo Only is giving me, and all the DJs out there making great music."

For more about Riddler, visit djriddler.com

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Digital DJ Tips Presents...
Have you got yours yet? Now #1 on the Apple iBook UK Chart: How To DJ on your iPad (& iPhone)

This month's article will NOT be brought to you by our good friend, DJ Phil Morse, publisher of Digital DJ Tips and frequent contributor to this column; Phil, being a Brit and all, is much too modest to tell you how quickly his best-selling new iBook is proving to be the definitive how-to for DJs looking to take it to tablets, so this month the bragging rights are all ours.

Some two years in the making, How To DJ on your iPad (& iPhone) devotes a full 174 pages, featuring 22 brand new Digital DJ Tips instructional videos, to finely detail everything from discovering and gathering great music, to beatmixing, keymixing, using FX/loops/cues, set programming, recording mixes, and DJing live -- all as they apply to iPad or even iPhone.

The result? Whether you're a complete beginner, just new to digital DJing, or simply looking for the perfect back-up plan, this quick guide can have you performing your next set on an iPad or iPhone in no time.

Best of all, for a limited time, Phil is kindly offering How To DJ on your iPad (& iPhone) at half off ($4.99), via the iBook store!

Get your copy at 50% off here!

For complete details visit digitaldjtips.com

P.S. If you love this book as much as we do, please be kind enough to give Phil a 5-star review and a testimonial on iBooks. Thanks in advance! :)

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.

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Review: MPC Touch
Akai Professional Multi-Touch Music Production Center.
A new classic is born.

Here's the thing, if you haven't already heard: Akai has just introduced a radically new approach to music production. Ultra fast and super intuitive, powered by a radiant 7" color multi-touch display, the new MPC Multi-Touch allows you to literally grab and pinch waveforms, draw midi events, adjust envelopes, chop samples, add effects and precisely set your controls using nothing more than your fingertips.

And your imagination...

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It's clear that Akai is taking aim at Ableton and Maschine's workflows with their own dedicated software/hardware pairings, but beyond the touchscreen, there's a second feature that gives the MPC Touch a marked advantage over any would-be competitor: an audio interface. The dual 1/4 inputs and outputs mean sampling and output are easily covered, and there's headphone out, and MIDI/IO on the rear of the unit as well.

MPC Touch Feature List

• 7" color multi-touch Display
• 16 velocity-sensitive thick, fat MPC pads with RGB backlighting
• 2-in/2-out audio interface
• Step Sequencer with touch interface
• XYFX control adds effects, adjusts sound dynamics in real time
• Phrase Looper, enables connection of any instrument to create loops
• Pad Mixer for setting levels, stereo panning and adding VST effects
• Sample Edit control, for trimming, chopping and processing your samples
• 4 new, performance-ready touch-sensitive controls
• Data Encoder knob, for push-and-twist control of display parameters
• Includes MPC software and over 20,000 sounds

The MPC Multi-Touch is available for instant inspiration today for $799.00.

For more info visit akaipro.com/product/mpc-touch

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Success Coach Stacy Zemon:
How to Sell Without Being Sleazy

"Like it or not, most DJs have to double as salespeople if they're to keep working," says DJ Success Coach Stacy Zemon. "This month guest writer Michael Port shares his insights into how to do manage your sales skills with class while avoiding the 'sleaze zone.'''

We've all been bullied into buying something we have no need for. This leaves us with a bad taste and turns "sales" into a sleazy word. So when it comes to your small business trying to sell more, do you find yourself tiptoeing around closing the sale?

The thing is (and it admittedly seems a little obvious to say it out loud) that if you don't go for the close, your business isn't going to make money. You need to sell more to make more. But here's the good news: if you know how to sell with integrity, you can render your brand, business and yourself completely authentic.

Here are 5 steps to getting out of the sleaze zone and into making more sales, more revenue and raking in the results.

Step 1: Consistency
One of the main reasons someone doesn't buy a product or service is because they don't trust that it will do as promised. Or they don't trust you ... yet.

Take consistent actions to curb the lack of trust. Try publishing a blog at the same time on certain days or sending out newsletters once a week, for example. Show up when you say you're going to show up. Do what you say you're going to do.

Take action: decide on an area your small business can commit to being consistent. Stick to it for at least six months to gain the trust of your customers. [continue reading]

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Disc Jockey News's John Young:
Wedding DJ Tips For The Slow Months

In this month's video, John Young of the Disc Jockey News discusses how to utilize the slower seasons to plan for the traditionally busy wedding months ahead...

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Video of the Month: Pete's Rubens Tube
It's fire!

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So one of the owners at Promo Only made this (a Rubens Tube) in his spare time. What do you think?

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October 2015

Find all the hottest Top 40, Dance, Country, Rock, and Urban hits, and where they appear on your Promo Only Canada Series. [view here]

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Usefull Info: BuzzFeed Presents...
7 Shocking Facts About Your Water

You probably already knew it's recommended that you drink roughly eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day, but did you know that some of our drinking water may have been around the same time as the dinosaurs... well according to BuzzFeed...

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