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Doing what you love for a living has its dark side, because if you love what you’re doing it’s hard to stop doing it -- even when it’s hurting you. You don’t have to be marquee player to know the demands that ride shotgun with a DJ career. Late hours, long drives and the pressure of basing your livelihood on a business model scaled for pay-for-play can take their toll. Of course, it’s not always possible to slow your roll; bills don’t take a vacation. But incorporate a few simple habits into your daily routine and you’ll go further, faster, with less chance of burnout.1) Exercise. It’s a feel-good fact: physical activity releases stress-relieving chemicals. Something as simple as stretching, running in place, or walking around the event site will get those endorphins flowing, make you happy, turn off your flight-or-fight response, and better equip you to weather whatever storms might blow your way. Boost the physical benefits of exercise by taking several deep, cleansing breathes a day and you’ll trigger your relaxation response, too. 2) Cultivate gratitude. Take a few moments to focus on what’s great in your life – and there’s always something great in your life – and you’ll experience more energy, less anxiety, better relationships, and a stronger immune system. Practice gratitude daily and science says it can strengthen and even create new neural pathways, especially in the decision-making areas of the brain. 3) Don’t lose sight of what really matters. If the totally avoidable death of Avicii can teach us anything it’s this: each of us is more than the work we do, however important, groundbreaking or lucrative that work may be. The trick is to always stay true to who you are and what fulfills your true purpose, as Avicii himself was ultimately able to do. “We all reach a point in our careers where we understand what matters most to us,” he texted upon announcing his retirement from public life last year. For Avicii, what mattered most was creating music. “That is what I live for, what I feel I was born to do.” And for that we are forever grateful.
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Digital DJ Tips: Learn from the greats
Figuring out another DJ’s mixes is a great way to learn how to put together your own, but if you’ve ever sat down to try and “cop” a complicated mix technique it can quickly become frustrating. Where do you start? And once you’ve learned the tricks, how do you make it useable for your own sets? While it’s fine to borrow the odd transition here and there from other DJs, you can’t just go and play someone’s entire set trick for trick – that’s not the spirit of things at all. I’m going to show you exactly how you can break down your favorite mixes and how you can go one step further and create your own versions of them to play out. 1. Pick a mix to deconstruct The first thing to do is pick a DJ who you know has some tricks you’d love to learn, and try finding a good quality video of them performing (DJ Sounds on YouTube or Boiler Room are good places to start). Videos are great because often you’ll be able to see their hands on the mixer and decks and that makes working out what they’re doing much easier than just listening. These videos can either be a short “megamix” routine, or long-format mixes done for a DJ channel or podcast. Megamixes are a great way of learning how to put together a short set and usually require a high level of concentration and commitment to learn, whereas longer mixes tend to be a goldmine for little tricks and techniques you can learn to add some flavor to your transitions. For this article, we’ll use a Boiler Room performance by DJ Jazzy Jeff as an example. You can watch the entire performance below after reading this article. 2. Put away your gear and focus Maybe you’re not easily distracted, but don’t take any chances. What starts off as a focused practice session ends up with you just waffling for an hour and not trying anything new. Whenever I sit down to do some mix deconstructions, I always have my equipment switched off and out of sight. This helps me get into the right mindset – one of watching and learning rather than getting distracted by my shiny DJ controller. 3. Make notes and don’t get distracted Now it’s time to watch the video and to make notes of everything interesting that you want to work out. This can be whole transitions you want to break down, little tricks the DJ uses to spice up breaks and drops, styles that mix well together or even just songs you like and want to check out… continue reading at [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.
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Hey Orlando DJs!
Mike Walter:
My point in offering this advice is if you want to do something, I mean really want to do something, stop thinking about it and commit. You want to sky dive, sign up to sky dive. You want to try stand-up comedy, sign up for a course that culminates with you on a stage telling jokes. You want to present a seminar at the next DJ convention you attend, reach out to whoever is putting together the education and submit a proposal. I took my own advice recently right before I spoke at Mid-West DJs Live. I’ve been working on my music mixing skills a lot lately and feel like I’m getting better and better. As the conference in Milwaukee approached I saw that they were having a “spin-off” the night before the education started. So I reached out to the guy who was organizing it and asked for a spot. I’ve spoken at DJ conventions for twenty years now. I’ve participated in workshops and demonstrations where I’ve taught dances and led games in front of my peers. And I produced and MC’d the DJ Times DJ of the Year competition for fifteen straight years. But until Mid-West DJs Live I had never spun a set live in front of other DJs. And I have to tell you, five minutes before I went on I was more nervous than I’ve ever been before a seminar. This was put-up or shut-up time and I’m happy to say that I got a lot of compliments after my set so I guess I put-up (if you want to hear the set, click here). Beat mixing is an essential skill that we all should work to master. Not only does it add to the overall enjoyment of all the guests at your events (because smooth transitions between songs are just better than rough ones) but it also leads to more dancing. And it amazes how many DJs refute that fact. When the discussion comes up online, I often see some people in my industry make claims like, “I don’t beat mix at my events” or “my clients don’t want it.” I couldn't disagree with this more and I think everyone in this industry should work to get better and better at mixing so that you too might someday drop a set on your DJ peers and receive as many compliments as I did. It was very rewarding! About: Mike Walter is the proud owner of Elite Entertainment, a Multi-System DJ Company in New Jersey that was recently selected by TheKnot.com and WeddingWire.com as a top Entertainment company in the country.
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