Yes, I realize the irony of this post. I clearly haven’t been keeping up with “Keeping Up” but the important thing is that I finally got around to it. Since my last post there’s been hundreds of notable releases but I’m only going to post the very best. This time I’ll try and hit on [Read More...]
Since we’re all University students, it’s often hard to find the time to dig around for new tracks to play. Without keeping up it’s all too easy to keep playing the same tunes over and over again. That’s why I’ve got some fresh new House and Top 40 tracks for you guys to check out. [Read More...]
Whether you’re new or a seasoned veteran to DJing. Everyone’s always looking at what new features every DJ program has to offer. Today I’ll be giving you the run-down on what is inside Native Instrument’s Traktor Scratch Pro 2. At first the software seems rather confusing and complicated especially if you are a beginner, as [Read More...]
For any of you interested in getting your feet wet with Ableton. There’s a free Ableton demo that will take place on February 21st at Sherwood Systems. The facebook event link is here: http://www.facebook.com/events/331559583545116/ “Sherwood Systems Presents: The Ableton Demo Tuesday February 21st at 7 PM Completely Free Of Charge Featuring Introductory & Advanced tutorials [Read More...]
For all you house heads, I’ve made a post here with you in mind. Here’s the newest and best fist pumpers out right now. BANGERS Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl ft Georgi Kay – In My Mind (Axwell Mix) [Axtone Records] Just released today. Been waiting for this track ever since Swedish House Mafia dropped it [Read More...]
Every Year Sherwood Systems in Kitchener (a big music store) has a huge midnight madness sale where you can get some pretty incredible deals on DJ equipment.
From the Website: “It’s Back Again…
The staff at Sherwood Systems are preparing for our biggest sale of the year! Our annual February Midnight Madness sale is rapidly approaching and we want you to be ready.
This year the sale will occur on February 15th 2012 , from 6pm to midnight as always.
If you have anything used that you would like us to sell on consignment, we are taking product from [Read More...]
Thursday and Friday night we partnered with UWDBC (UW Dragon Boat Club) and the UW Woman’s Society to throw their after parties at the Bombshelter Pub.
Clue Night on Thursday featured DJ Pace (Ryan Maynard), DJ 905 (Myself) and DJ Patar (Patrick Suwala). The event seemed like it was a very cool fundraiser to help the UWDBC afford to go to Hong Kong and compete. We were preceded by a great rock band but the event started late so each DJ only got a half hour slot. Ryan played mostly house music, I played top 40/house and Patrick played electro house. The audience went wild when Ryan dropped Levels by Avicii and when I dropped the LMFAO remix of Paranoid and Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce. Although the Bomber wasn’t too busy it was still a fun night and provided plenty of experience for the DJs. [Read More...]
Some interesting news from the web. Looks like Simon Cowell is planning to launch a DJ version of the X-factor tv show. “TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world’s best DJs. Already known to television audiences in Britain and the United States as the acerbic [Read More...]
Recently I’ve been getting questions regarding why a few people in the UWDJ club don’t use Soundcloud to upload their mixes. The answer to this is actually a bit more complicated than just “I like it better.” First we’ll look at some of the advantages of Soundcloud: It has a much larger user base, and [Read More...]
What’s up? Welcome to the new UWDJ club website. We’re working very hard to get it all up and running 100%. Some new things you’ll notice is our “DJ Roster” and “Mixes” pages. Within the coming weeks we will be updating these pages with with DJ profiles and mixes from YOU GUYS (our members). Another [Read More...]
