Practicing
Practicing Posted on: 02.07.2013 by Marcelina Hanaway How often/long do you practice your craft? Personally, I play until I make a shitty transition and hate myself for it. I usually come back for more an hour later. | |
| Marcelina Hanaway 03.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Jester
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| Margie Pavell 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by AllDay
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| Margie Pavell 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
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| Lannie Kutay 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by D-Kem
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| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Stewe
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| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by D-Kem
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| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by D-Kem
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| Sonja Roybal 03.07.2013 | I know Northern Soul DJs that don't even mix. They just drop one record after the other plays out and they make stupid money. They pack venues. Depending on your style and if you play out a lot. There isn't much need to practice. Everything is built off the same grid. Know your tunes IMO. *edit* Obviously this means you've put in the work to learn how to mix and hone your craft. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 03.07.2013 | I'm flirting with the idea of producing atm. There are so many shitty DJs right now locally. Alot of them are just local band members who believe the hipster thing to do is spin vinyl without learning how to mix. But they're getting booked and I'm not. So production, yes. |
| Joesph Kasian 03.07.2013 | TBH the more you advance up the DJ career ladder the less you practice due to so many other commitments like interviews, other press, meetings....if you run a label that takes up alot of time, weekly podcasts...I know at least 50 top flight DJs who don't even have decks anymore. Prep and production, that is where the time should go. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 03.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Jester
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| Augustine Mitzen 03.07.2013 | really depends on my mood etc. but i mix anywhere between 6-20 hours a week if i have the cdjs/ i'm home |
| Latoria Kavulich 03.07.2013 | 30 Minutes per beer. |
| Margie Pavell 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by AllDay
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| Tera Baragan 02.07.2013 | If I played a housey genre or something nice an easy with just drum intro's Id probably not practice much lol. But as I mix glitch hop and ghetto funk most times songs need to just work! So i find myself devoting a couple hours a week. I find that mixing is more song choice then anything. So I spend a lot of time digging for that right sound I want. I feel that there will always be a song, to mix in a song. even if you dont believe so. |
| Margie Pavell 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by nudedudewithattitude
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| Sonja Roybal 02.07.2013 | I've never called it practicing either. I've always just called it mixing. I only get a few hours a week these days. I work late and my apartment is pretty hollow. I get about 1 evening a week and Saturday afternoon. My girlfriend absolutely hates my music, so that doesn't help. I get it though. It's hard to find anybody that actually likes dnb. I usually just spend the time to learn new tunes and how they work with other tunes. Just shit like the key and 48 or 64 bar intro or 16 or 32 bar breakdown. Make mental notes of tunes that drop at funky times and figure out where vocals are in the tune. I don't even view mixing as "dj'ing." It's more about interacting with the music that moves me. |
| Lannie Kutay 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by D-Kem
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| Marjorie Fallucca 02.07.2013 | I mix once or twice a week for an hour or two at a time. That is when I can find the time, which is difficult with a job, wife, 2 kids and a dog. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by Stewe
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| Kellie Myrum 02.07.2013 | I practice while giving my new mappings a test run |
| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by D-Kem
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| Lauretta Ehrhorn 02.07.2013 | It's lush mate. Rotary rack mounted, great sound quality, built in limiter, dedicated sub out etc etc. I love it. |
| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by D-Kem
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| Lauretta Ehrhorn 02.07.2013 | I used to every day for at least 1 hour for the past 20 years but I never viewed it as practice, more as having fun doing what I love. These days I spend more time trying to redevelop a mental health ward and fighting off the belly. Less time to play sadly. |
| Arnulfo Morten 03.07.2013 | 2 hours a day at full volume. |
| Doreen Schurle 03.07.2013 | A few hours a day usually |
| Breanna Breiling 02.07.2013 | I try to get 2-3 hours of spinning in a week, spend a lot more time searching for new tunes. |
| Loyd Cilek 02.07.2013 | Not enough right now as I have to store my gear
in boxes due to not having a table to use them on. I've been meaning to build a custom one for 6 months or so but just never get round to it. I reckon I use them for an hour every 2-3 weeks which is rubbish! |
| Marcelina Hanaway 02.07.2013 |
Originally Posted by JBang
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| Maryam Fevold 02.07.2013 | Haha I'm the same way. I usually mix for about an hour right when I get home from work - it's the best way to unwind for me. And then I'll do some virtual crate-digging/track-prepping later in the evening for another hour maybe. |
| Gaynell Rydberg 02.07.2013 | I spend more time on here than actually practicing :P But about 30-1 hr. |
| Dannie Dimora 02.07.2013 | I cannot seem to find enough willpower to actually regularly practice.. I suck. |
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