Jan

29th

Mixology – The Essential Skill Of Beat Matching (Part II)

 

In the previous section, The Essential Skill Of Beat Matching you learned about beats and bpm. In this article (part II of the series) we build upon this and go a little further with beat structure!
Beats are arranged into a musical subdivision called a Bar or Measure with each bar containing the same number of [...]

Jan

24th

Serato announces the release of Video-SL 1.1

 

Serato Audio Research are excited to announce the release of Video-SL1.1, a software plug-in for Scratch Live that adds the ability to playback and mix video files.

Jan

24th

Serato Scratch Live 1.9 now arms DJs with more tools than ever

 

New for 2009, Serato Scratch Live 1.9 now arms DJs with more tools than ever. This free upgrade places a stunning array of features at DJ’s fingertips, enabling creative possibilities never seen before. Major new features include SP-6 Sample Player, LiveFeed, native MEP-7000 support, Loop Roll, enhanced History, and support for Video-SL 1.1.
The new SP-6 [...]

Jan

24th

Denon DJ, Debuts DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable At NAMM 2009

 

Denon DJ, a leading manufacturer of reliable, premium-grade DJ equipment, will debut its new Model DN-S3700 Digital Media Turntable at NAMM 2009. The Direct Drive Turntable Media Player & Controller is a leading-edge single-deck portable DJ instrument that provides working DJs with a host of useful features for enhanced creative flexibility. Most notably, thanks to [...]

Jan

19th

Sunset Continues to Develop Music Through Its Digital Record Label

 

Sunset has just launched a digital record label this month, finding, signing and developing music artists with the overall objective of breaking them through its distribution system, licensing network, radio promotion, press and media departments along with its live download company and radio network.
Sunset Connect is the now the backbone for the Sunset Records digital [...]

Jan

19th

Electronic Music Site, Mugasha, Launches Beta

 

Electronic music website, Mugasha.com, announced last Wednesday that they were launching into Private Beta. The announcement came after co-founder Akshay Dodeja gave a demo of the site to a full audience at Portland Web Innovators’ Demolicious event. During the demo, Dodeja explained the difficulty that electronic dance music fans have finding and listening to new [...]

Jan

19th

Featured DJ – Aaron Ortiz

 

Aaron Ortiz-Raised as a San Diego native, Aaron looks and acts the part. He has the laid-back, homegrown, neighborly personality you normally find on the beaches of Southern California, minus the Hollywood drama.

Jan

17th

Stanton’s New SCS-1 System

 

SCS Mixer & Deck professional controllers herald a revolution for the digital DJ
Stanton DJ, an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of professional audio products for DJs, announces the official release of the SC System into retail locations worldwide. The SC System is an innovative set of digital controllers for the professional DJ, comprised [...]

Jan

12th

The ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009

 

The world’s leading two-day electronic music experience, has announced the dates for its 11th consecutive year: Friday March 27 and Saturday March 28, 2009. South Florida’s favorite music festival, internationally renowned for its memorable live performances and DJ sets from the world’s top electronic and alternative rock artists, will take place during the 24th annual [...]

Dec

15th

Tiesto New Years Eve 2009 Party @ Roseland Ballroom in New York City

 

Tiësto’s career is punctuated by landmark achievements – the first DJ in the world to sell out a solo stadium event for over 25,000 people 2 nights in a row, he scored a number one hit with his single Traffic, the first instrumental track to reach the top spot in his homeland of Holland in [...]