Candy Bar girl L'il Jo / DIVA Magazine Lesbian Lifestyle When I was fairly young I realised that I wanted to avoid a mid life crisis and so made the decision to have my wild and crazy years first, then go and be sensible when I'd had enough. I've certainly done the crazy bit - moving to California, living on desert islands, partying with rappers and models, DJ'ing for celebs and at fashion shows - but now I'd like a bit more stability in my life. One of the main problems that I face as a DJ is boredom during the day. All my friends work and unless I make solo trips to galleries and museums (which I do and now have a pretty good catalogue of potential date days stored up) my brain will rot. Round 1 - The pros of the DJ lifestyle 1.The women - Well, I wouldn't have met my wonderful girlfriend if I wasn't a DJ! Round 2 - And the cons 1. Round 3 - The pros of teaching 1. Round 4 - And the cons... 1. So I decided to go back to university while I make my decision and have now obtained a 2:1 for my BA in Theatre Arts.
Revealed: The Lies Bedroom DJs Tell That Stop Them Succeeding Get out of your lazy bed and get yourself a gig – it’s the only way you’ll truly start to improve as a DJ. Pic: Plain Lazy We keep going on about how important it is to get gigs (or shows, or live DJ sets – whatever you want to call them) in order to improve as a DJ – and for good reason: More than half of our readers (according to our latest reader survey) are still only DJing in their bedrooms. Each day we receive scores of email, PMs, tweets and Facebook message from bedroom DJs who know they want to play “real” DJ sets in public, but are stuck doing it behind closed doors, all asking the same questions about how to break out of practising and start performing. So today we list the top seven real-life lies bedroom DJs tell themselves and that mean they continue to fail to get shows – and what you can do about them if you’re guilty of any of them yourself! 1. I’m just going to list a load of possibilities here. 2. Grow up, bro. Tiesto: He probably doesn’t listen to trance on his day off.
Creative Volume Automation of Pads In the first example, we'll use volume automation to make a flexible sidechain effect, and in the second example, I'll show you how to use creative volume automation to give a track room to breathe. I'm using FL Studio, and these tips are useful for all DAWs. Step 1: Setup First, let's have a listen to what we have right now. If you'd like to learn how to make a sound like this, check out the Reverse Glass Tutorial. But for this tutorial, we'll begin by adding a volume plugin to the mixer track. Next, create an automation clip controlling the volume level. Step 2: Design Now we have a volume envelope. Let's slice this bar and paint it across the playlist to save us the trouble of drawing this shape a lot of times. Now I'm going to adjust the curve of our fake sidechain. Step 3: Getting Creative One of the advantages of drawing a volume envelope rather than using sidechain compression or an LFO is that you have more freedom in adjusting the sound. Step 4: Making Room in the Mix Final Thoughts
FM8 Tutorials Girls Gone Vinyl: The Untold Story of Female DJs How-To Guide Harmonic-Mixing.com The Basics Harmonic mixing consists of two elements: knowing the key of every song that you play and knowing which keys are compatible. To get started, find the keys of your songs. The First Mix To help DJs learn harmonic mixing, Mark Davis created the Camelot wheel, a visual representation of which keys are compatible with each other: On the Camelot wheel, each key is assigned a keycode number from one to twelve, like hours around a clock. For the first mix, we recommend mixing two songs that have the same keycode, like 8A and 8A. The Professional DJ Approach Many professional DJs move around the Camelot wheel with every mix. To select a compatible song, choose a keycode within one "hour" of your current keycode. You can also mix between inner and outer wheels if you stay in the same "hour." Harmonic mixing is a simple technique, but it opens up a world of creativity. Want to use Harmonic Mixing with Traktor, Serato, CDJs, Ableton Live and more?
Starting a Song by Beatboxing or Singing an Idea This article is about a quick and effective technique for capturing inspiration in a practical way that quickly translates into an actual song. This is one way to start a track with a vision you will want to finish. Step 1 First, set the tempo, and record yourself singing your idea into the closest microphone you can find. Step 2 Next, adjust the file so that it is synced with the track, slice the audio file and arrange it if you'd like. Step 3 Leaving the audio untouched, create a drum pattern that supports your sung idea. Step 4 Now it's time to start replacing that idea file. Power Tip Right now you may be wondering how strict you should adhere to your sung idea file. Step 6 Lastly, consider adding a couple more instruments to your track. I've found that this is a great technique for starting songs, and I hope you will try it and see if it's useful for you.
Download Sounds To Sample - Progressive House Melodics Progressive House Melodics Sounds To Sample 170+MB melodic grab-bag of progressive house loops, featuring 50 deep throbbing basslines, 50 soaring synth leads and 70 Midi files for custom lead and bassline creation. Created from scratch by Stedd - S2S's latest studio charge - the collection is bursting with mainroom-primed melodics that span the entire progressive spectrum, from the deep to the driving. The synths folder weaves together up-front electro-tinged leads, lush stab progressions and euphoric chords sequences whilst the bass folder is bursting with bottom-end gems: dirty overdriven lines, sub-smashing throbbers and rhythmic rollers. The collection is rounded off with 70 associated Midi files that allow you to put your own stamp on the loops provided. All loops are tempo-labeled (127bpm) and are presented as industry-standard 24-bit Wav files.
Best DJ Transition Songs FromDJs4DJs Electronic Music Blog Transition songs are used when you want to take the energy of the party from one level to another. You may down-transition if you want to take a break and work your way back up or you may up-transition to raise the BPM and ignite the crowd again. This is a nice and easy way to get your BPM down from 130-100 or up from 100-130 without having to mix in a few slower or faster songs to get where you want to be. It takes some time to practice with these in your set but once you have it down it’s a serious tool, have fun! Down-Transitions: 112-89 BPM: DJ Nino – D.A.N.C.E On To The Next One Transition (112-89)129-90 BPM: Frank Sinatra Vs Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – New York State Of Mind (Phlipz Transition Re-Edit 129-90 BPM) (320 KBPS)114-92.5 BPM: I Aint Got No Money (Transition 114-92.5) (320 KBPS)128-82 BPM: Lil Jon – Patron In My Cup (Transition 128-82) (320 KBPS)128-72 BPM: Ludacris Feat. Up-Transitions: 93-114 BPM: Britney Spears Vs.
Making a Convincing Melody with Sampled Orchestral Strings When it comes to MIDI orchestration, the string section is probably the most difficult to emulate. That is because it, even though the strings are probably one of the most homogenous sections of the orchestra, it has some characteristics that are extremely hard to produce via samples. First of all, the strings are bowed instruments. This means that the musicians use a bow to produce the tones. The bow can be moved either up or down and this creates different aspect of the sound. As you have probably guessed, most of the work on MIDI orchestration goes for string melodies. So before we continue to the actual tutorial, I'd like to offer you some things that you should consider, observe and watch. Go to classical concerts. Step One: Creating the Melody Enough talking for now – let's head to the main part of the tutorial – creating a nice melody in strings that can sound realistic. This is the melody we will be using. Step Two: Combine Different Patches I have loaded these patches: Good luck!
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