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Posted on: 28.07.2010 by Maisie Marras
youre reminded of mixing while you try to keep the speedo exactly on the sped limit (beatmatching. believe of the pedal as the pitch fader, the needle as deck b and the speed limit as deck a)

post your own
Lilliana Perris
20.08.2010		You know you a DJ...when you come home with new gear...and although you KNOW the girlfriend is gonna freak the fuck out....you happily announce:

"Look what I GOT!!!!"

Not always the brightest lot...us DJ's.
Soledad Kipke
20.08.2010
Originally Posted by Str8upDrew
You know you're a dj when you start doing eq sweeps on your car stereo to add dramatic effects and builds to the songs on the radio.
I do this all the time! I play with the fade/bal and the EQ.
Dorcas Bassignani
20.08.2010
Originally Posted by eastcoastams
Ugh, we are both graduating college next spring and my buddies hassle me about that. I'm only 21, too damn young for that kind of talk haha
i was married at 21, was the 4 year mark back the 11th of this month. seems like a long ass time, lol
Leann Zugay
19.08.2010		Ugh, we are both graduating college next spring and my buddies hassle me about that. I'm only 21, too damn young for that kind of talk haha
Leeanna Ayla
19.08.2010		Wait till you get married buddy.
Leann Zugay
19.08.2010		...When you measure the cost of your girlfriend of three years anniversary gift in terms of controllers...I spent half of a vci-100 se today
Gregory Finely
19.08.2010
Originally Posted by photojojo
My son was begging me for this shirt the other day.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban...ULTS&color=010



I believe if I lived in London we would be great musical friends Ciar.
no doubt, you would love to meet the guys i used to dj with infact learnt originally from there all soul funk and r&b dj's from the old days, most play on stomp radio and still do gigs, shame is i never get the chance to go along
Leeanna Ayla
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by Ciar2001
sly and the family
My son was begging me for this shirt the other day.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban...ULTS&color=010

Originally Posted by Ciar2001
or anything of my new fave old style label Daptone Records, likes of Sharon Jones and Dapkings, the budos band who are brilliant and sugarman three..
I believe if I lived in London we would be great musical friends Ciar.
Gregory Finely
18.08.2010		lol
Graham Frazier
18.08.2010		You know you're a dj when you lose your job because you were studying the amen break.
Lorita Leazenby
18.08.2010		Lol, I don't want to actually call myself a DJ yet, But in the past hour and 15 minutes, while I was supposed to be working at my job, I read this thread.

I now know what an amen break is, and it's already annoying me...

I found the youtube crossfader thing, which is awesome!


Originally Posted by misha_val
You know you're a DJ when you get the ladies
I believe you're a better DJ when you don't get them. FOCUS ON THE MUSIC!

Originally Posted by misha_val
You know you're a DJ when you get the ladies
Originally Posted by ctrld
hold on...

...I thought I won the internet?
You know you're on here too much when you catch this...
Gregory Finely
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by Str8upDrew
It's "Color Him Father"... oh yeah i got the 45. It's a great song, the vocal melody was even stolen by Huey Lewis on "I want a new drug"

And the Winston's are actually a really respected soul band. Don't get me wrong, they got nothing on Maceo Parker and the JB's.
But to say they're not even famous outside of electronic music, they had several billboard hits in the late 60's.
They, like so many other great soul artist, seem to be fading out now-a-days. For me, they all have a place in my record collection.
people are to used to the newer versions of soul, my latest purchases outside of EDM have been huge amounts of swing, jump blues and blues along with some jazz blues, some of the sounds that you could take are brilliant

as for more modern soul by far favourite band of the recent years has to be The Rebirth who i believe are amazing, but i believe soul r&b has kinda lost its way for me personally, it's why if your in the car and i am not listening to some form of EDM, then it's mainly old breaks and beats the full songs of course maceo the headhunters sly and the family incredible bongo band, or anything of my new fave old style label Daptone Records, likes of Sharon Jones and Dapkings, the budos band who are brilliant and sugarman three..
Graham Frazier
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by Ciar2001
I picked up a house tune the other day recent one, which i swear they used the incredible bongo band either that or it sounded identical!
Ha, i'm sampling "Sing Sing Sing" for a track i'm working on.
Graham Frazier
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by BradCee
and it was a b side. funny thing is, i can never remember the name of the a side track...
It's "Color Him Father"... oh yeah i got the 45. It's a great song, the vocal melody was even stolen by Huey Lewis on "I want a new drug"

And the Winston's are actually a really respected soul band. Don't get me wrong, they got nothing on Maceo Parker and the JB's.
But to say they're not even famous outside of electronic music, they had several billboard hits in the late 60's.
They, like so many other great soul artist, seem to be fading out now-a-days. For me, they all have a place in my record collection.
Gregory Finely
18.08.2010		if your like me and used to be an avid breaks & beats dj aka the old soul funk and r&b of the 60's & 70's, you can't help but spot those breaks being used even today, I picked up a house tune the other day recent one, which i swear they used the incredible bongo band either that or it sounded identical!
Dorcas Bassignani
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by mike_o
they could be considered R&B or Blues, but they are not famous in anyway outside of electronic music, not even in R&B or Blues, that sample is more famous than the band it came from ever will be.
and it was a b side. funny thing is, i can never remember the name of the a side track...
Benita Jankauskas
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by BradCee
i thought the winstons were blues?

they could be considered R&B or Blues, but they are not famous in anyway outside of electronic music, not even in R&B or Blues, that sample is more famous than the band it came from ever will be.
Allen Dahlgren
18.08.2010		You're sitting there watching some old obscure movie, and you recognize a line of dialogue as something you've heard sampled in a track...
Maisie Marras
18.08.2010
Originally Posted by BradCee
so there's no excuse for rnb guys to not know what it is
too much has changed. i dont hear breaks in ushers music and rnb stuff

however, in non pop hiphop/rap breaks/ drumbeats are still used
Shantae Mettle
17.08.2010		when people see you on the street and don't say "hey Rob!"
they say "hey, its the D.....Jay...!"
Matt Kane
17.08.2010		You know you're a dj when you actually are dj!
Dorcas Bassignani
17.08.2010		so there's no excuse for rnb guys to not know what it is
Graham Frazier
17.08.2010		The Winstons are more of a Soul/RnB
Dorcas Bassignani
17.08.2010
Originally Posted by mike_o
live hip hop and drum & bass drummers always know it, but rock, metal, blues, pop etc... the vast majority of these guys dont know what it is.
i thought the winstons were blues?
Maisie Marras
17.08.2010		i believe the amen break is something that should be taught in a 5th grade music class. its a basic building block of several types of music and can show both how those types of music can be similar and different at the same time, and how one sample can be used and reused so many different ways.
then you mention jungle, and how that sample can be chopped up and used in an infinite number of ways. i could give a lesson on this for 60+ minutes not including examples.
Benita Jankauskas
17.08.2010
Originally Posted by Gianmarco
thats really suprising, even DRUMMERS of al ppl?!?

I mean i prolly know it cuz my bro started playing drums a few years back, but dam
live hip hop and drum & bass drummers always know it, but rock, metal, blues, pop etc... the vast majority of these guys dont know what it is.
Ethel Feigum
16.08.2010
Originally Posted by Gianmarco
thats really suprising, even DRUMMERS of all ppl?!
Yeah, I've been playing music for almost 20 years, never knew about this 'till I started DJing and learning how to remix hip-hop tracks.



You know you're a dj if you instinctively reach for headphones when you see someone you don't want to talk to.
Takisha Hodulik
16.08.2010
Originally Posted by JWit
bum bum bah dah bump dah bump bah... now say that fast

win lol
Takisha Hodulik
16.08.2010
Originally Posted by mike_o
not even close dude!

the number of bass players, drummers, guitar players and singers who don't know what the Amen break is far outnumber those who do.

its DJ's and producers only who really know and recognize that.

%90 of traditional instrument players dont know what that is.
thats really suprising, even DRUMMERS of al ppl?!?

I mean i prolly know it cuz my bro started playing drums a few years back, but dam

16.08.2010
Originally Posted by mike_o
%90 of traditional instrument players dont know what that is.
...but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad...

-- Morpheus, The Matrix

Benita Jankauskas
16.08.2010
Originally Posted by Gianmarco
or just anyone that plays an musical instrument for that matter
not even close dude!

the number of bass players, drummers, guitar players and singers who don't know what the Amen break is far outnumber those who do.

its DJ's and producers only who really know and recognize that.

%90 of traditional instrument players dont know what that is.
Maisie Marras
15.08.2010		its a break beat
the long but awesome/ interesting explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

heres an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK2Gss-pecY

or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL5WB...eature=related

believe it or not, thats going to be the intro to my next dnb mix lol
Daniele Lutfi
15.08.2010
Originally Posted by jdog667jkt
crap i'm going to sound like an idiot but: what's the amen break? i might know it by a different name? hopefully
it's pretty much that drum break everyone knows. it's in EVERYTHING. bum bum bah dah bump dah bump bah... now say that fast
Leonarda Javorek
15.08.2010		crap i'm going to sound like an idiot but: what's the amen break? i might know it by a different name? hopefully
Takisha Hodulik
15.08.2010
Originally Posted by ctrld
hold on...

...I thought I won the internet?
the internet can be won multiple times :P

good catch though

15.08.2010
Originally Posted by Gianmarco
dude, you just won the internet
hold on...
Originally Posted by Gianmarco (another thread)
dude, you just won the internet
...I thought I won the internet?
Daniele Lutfi
15.08.2010		You read page after page of this stuff, and believe... wait most people don't do that? (turning the turn signal on with the music downbeat, turning knobs like you would controller knobs) Btw, the Tractor thing... weirrdddd
Takisha Hodulik
15.08.2010
Originally Posted by mike_o
generally it takes a DJ just to even know what the Amen break is.
or just anyone that plays an musical instrument for that matter
Benita Jankauskas
15.08.2010
Originally Posted by theory28
heres a new one: you know you love DnB when you can hear the amen break no mater how fast or slow its used in an ad, them song (power puff girls FTW!) or any other song

i annoy my friends all the time with this one

generally it takes a DJ just to even know what the Amen break is.
Maisie Marras
15.08.2010		no, its from 2003 till now, so that might be a clip from more recent times

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