I been using insta for the last few months now.
Iβm @bugoldbastard there also. Itβs a lot more positive than here.
British, which I am, killed Balearic eclecticism.
We went, to Ibiza, listened to sets that included House, Techno, Indie, Punk, Italo Disco, Synth-Pop, Euro-Pop, Soul, Funk, R&B, Dub, Reggae, Afrobeat, Ambient & Rock. Then said NO! We need defined genre only sets.
My βFor Youβ timeline is 99% Clive Sinclair, skating videos, scratching and DJ Slipmatt.
Gives me hope the world is healing.
But I remix, edit everything I play, to make it super, super, easy to play live. This makes it fun for me, as I can lob in random things all the time.
Been able to use a DAW, any DAW is an amazing ability for any DJ. You donβt need to spend a fortune on it.
They feel dead to me, and the whole YouTube vids on how to put your music on a USB memory stick sums them up to me, over complex.
Traktor/Serato are highly creative tools, but not hear to flog DJ solutions.
The point Iβm getting at, I play well known, mostly old classics
1210βs which I still own today, along with a lot of records.
The thing is mixing these days has got so simple to do, not having a dig, that you can these days spend time worrying about effects, and layering sounds.
I personally find rekordbox and CDJβs to be super constraining.
demoβ I said no problem. Then few hours later I got a QA of my mix. Wasnβt expecting it, but I like it. Bottom line they had a concern how it could be performed live.
I learned to beat mix on two Gemini belt driven turntables, then worked in pubs, clubs to save up to buy two
I had what I thought was an interesting interaction with a club promoter yesterday.
They had heard some of my music, and asked if I wanted to play at an event they going to put on.
I said yes, but asked if they were aware of what I play in a club, this started a βcan you post a
There are 152 reasons why I never got to play at the garage club.
Reason 1 I didnβt think they would like what I play.
Need to add Killing in the name of!
mixcloud.com/BugOldBastard/bβ¦
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Couple of little snippets:
a) scratching over Mr Scruff
b) cutting up βRunawayβ








