Mags

[aeroken1]

Not really sure where to post this? Are there any good magzines you can buy that reviews/stockists of good equipment,or even books that can be bought. Sorry if this sounds like a daft question.
Thanks

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Promobile magazine.

[Tom Lovick]

As Darren says, Promobile is the best one.

there is also http://www.djmag.com/ DJmag which is mainly aimed towards Club DJs but quite good for music updates etc.

[DazzyD]

ProMobile is good and an annual subscription comes with your membership to NADJ.

I always used to like to buy International DJ Magazine (http://www.i-dj.co.uk/) but my local shop stopped selling it. I suppose there weren't many International DJs around our way :shrug:

[Shaun]

I think promobile is the only magazine I've seen that is geared towards the Mobile DJ Market. I don't like it though.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I think promobile is the only magazine I've seen that is geared towards the Mobile DJ Market. I don't like it though.

Too expensive? :p

[Tom Lovick]

Too expensive? :p

What £2.50 or whatever it is?!? :p

[Shaun]

Too expensive? :p

No, just too crap! :P

[Tom Lovick]

No, just too crap! :P

lets agree to disagree :p

[Shaun]

lets agree to disagree :p

I wasn't disagreeing with anyone. Just providing an opinion based on the copies of the magazine I've seen.

[Get Me A DJ]

No, just too crap! :P

Sorry guys, got to agree with Shaun.
Very poor content, and they will not review products unless you spend money with them and advertise first.
Waste of space.
Mobile beat is a lot better, but it's in the state though :(

[Paul The Party Dj]

In defence of Pro-mobile, I read it from cover to cover and there's usually something of interest. It can't be easy to produce a good magazine in this age of instant information - how can anyone compete with the internet with YouTube, forums, Facebook etc.

I usually pick up DJ Magazine a few times a year and a couple of MixMag's but they are really geared at the club / clubber market.

Does anyone on here subscribe to Mobile Beat - if so, what does it do well and how much does it cost?

Cheers, Paul ;o)

[Andy Goodtimes]

I think magazines aren't as useful or necessary as they used to be due to the internet. Its so easy to google something and find numerous results. Forums are useful too for keeping up to date and exchanging ideas and views.

Nothing against Pro Mobile myself but I think things such as reviews are mostly based on personal opinion. There's a market for evrything and just because a reviewer might think something such as a £100 pair of speakers are rubbish there will be plenty of folk that might think they are good for back-up or a youth club with not much money or something like that.

If I want to buy some kit I will ask on somewhere like on here to get the views of DJs that are actually working with the kit and then having got some ideas of what works in the real world I will track the products down in stores via the net and then go and demo them in the flesh...better still there might be a working DJ close to me that doesn't mind me going to see the actual kit in use one night.

As for general news its normally much more up to date on forums, some being a bit more gosip based than others.

Guess there are some folk that like the actual physical thing of sitting down with a magazine, just as there are those who llike to read a newspaper rather than watch TV news programs...if that's the case then its prob worth you trying Pro Mobile, you can read samples on the internet and if you email ed I think he will send you a sample copy. [email protected].

[Get Me A DJ]

Does anyone on here subscribe to Mobile Beat - if so, what does it do well and how much does it cost?

Cheers, Paul ;o)

Here's a link to the site paul http://www.mobilebeat.com/

[Twinspin]

Tbh i get mine free with NADJ anyway so it doesnt bother me too much lol.

[cosmicdiscos]

another vote here for Promobile...