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Flux, how easy is it to DJ with MP3s?[/QUOTE]
Well, it could be a lot easier than how I did it last night, but it's not that hard. Last night, I brought in four cd-r discs full of MP3s as data files (as opposed to being listenable playable music files). I was running them off manually without any sort of crossfading mp3 DJing program on a PC that was wired through a traditional DJ setup (the two guys before me were spinning vinyl) and playing through a regular P.A.
It wasn't so bad - a few awkward silences between tracks, I had to cut off some songs during their fade-outs, others that were going on too long and I wanted to move on, I just selected another track and played. Not very graceful, but effective.
I wish that I had my entire MP3 library available... there were lots of songs I wish I could have played that I didn't have, and lots of songs that I did bring that didn't quite suit the crowd. Still, as it was, I had enough leftover unplayed songs that I really could have gone another two hours if I had to.
I'm hoping to get a laptop at some point in the future, but I have no idea when that could be, particularly given my current unemployment. In that case, I would have a big library of tracks, and have a DJ crossfading program going, so it'd all be quite seamless.
I was glancing at an article in the newest issue of Urb about how there's an emerging trend in hip hop DJs moving in this direction, because it's so much more cost effective. Personally, I see no reason as to why I SHOULD be DJing vinyl - a great deal of what I want to play either is extremely rare or not even existing in vinyl form, my entire record collection is digital/cd, and I have the limitless crate of the internet to dig through. It's the way of the future, I think.
I really wanted to play that Gravy Train song you recommended in the Song Pimpin' Club, by the way Fly ... never did find a proper time to slip it in. |
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