Hello All!

[Professor Jam]

Hello to many of my friends from across the pond.

I'm finding this site to be a wealth of knowledge and a solid site to experience the views of fellow DJs. I'm located in Tampa, Florida - USA

[Corabar Steve]

:welcome2: :welcome1: :approve: :beer3:

What sort of stuff do you do? Weddings etc?

I know things are a lot different for mobile DJs over there, it will be nice to have a different perspective.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Welcome to the forum Prof!

(You might want to validate the thread next time Steve!)

[Shaun]

Welcome to the forum Jam. Nice to have you here. ;)

[Paul James Promotions]

Greetings :D

[Corabar Entertainment]

Hello Professor and :welcome2: from across the pond! We don't get too many visitors from the USA, so it would be good to get your input on how things are done differently over there.

From your other post..... Sorry - can't say I recognise the name "Phil Ashland"..... but then I only know most members by their forum handle. Who is he?

[Professor Jam]

Op's I meant Phil Hulton of HeadlineDJ based in the UK.


Thanks Everyone I will enjoy networking with you.

[Professor Jam]

:welcome2: :welcome1: :approve: :beer3:

What sort of stuff do you do? Weddings etc?

I know things are a lot different for mobile DJs over there, it will be nice to have a different perspective.
Hello Steve,

I do Mobile and Disco work here in the states.

[Corabar Entertainment]

Out of curiousity, over here if you book a mobile disco it is 'standard' to have full kit including lights, but we understand that over with you the lighting rig is not standard, and comes as an 'extra'. Is that the case or have things changed / changing?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Op's I meant Phil Hulton of HeadlineDJ based in the UK.




I assume you are talking about Pee Cee?

He is a member of the site, yes, but hasn't been on for a while.

PM me if you want to know where he can be found more regularly. :)

[Shaun]

but we understand that over with you the lighting rig is not standard, and comes as an 'extra'. Oh how I wish that was the norm over here.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Oh how I wish that was the norm over here.

Is it not then?:D

[Shaun]

Not in Sunny Scotland!.

[ian8limelight]

Welcome aboard - look forward to your comments from across the water.

[Professor Jam]

Out of curiousity, over here if you book a mobile disco it is 'standard' to have full kit including lights, but we understand that over with you the lighting rig is not standard, and comes as an 'extra'. Is that the case or have things changed / changing?
I have a very large light show and used it less than five times in 2006 for weddings.

Corporate and school events used the majority of the time and when they request lighting it's an add-on - not standard. However, it's not that way everywhere in the states - In the northern states in many ares it's standard and very expected. I used to live up north and dragged lighting to every event I love it here.

In the Disco's they have lighting, PA and a booth I bring my mixing tools and music.

Good Question

[DMX Will]

Welcome along.

That question has been buzzing around this forum for a while now. Finally answered :D

Enjoy your stay

[Professor Jam]

Steve asked if I was a Dj and for more details on myself - I hope this helps.

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Hi Steve.

Are you ready? :D :beer1:

1st and foremost I'm a Disc Jockey and have been for many years.

You will find me mentioned on these sites:
Wikipedia reference to Disc Jockey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_jockey)
Wikipedia reference to Mobile Disc Jockeys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_disc_jockey)

I'm the fiounding director of this program:
Computer DJ Summit & Learning Program (http://www.computerdjsummit.com)

I'm the owner of these companies:
Wholesale Entertainment Printing (http://www.djreporter.com)
Industry Coverage (http://www.eireporter.com)

You can read my biography here:
About Me (http://www.professorjam.com/professorjam.htm)

Here are some of my industry details:
Some Interesting News (http://www.professorjam.com/hotnews.htm)

here is my Mobile DJ Site:
http://www.professorjam.com

I hope this is not too much - I am a disc jockey with great passion for our industry.

Peace...

[DMX Will]

Well that should be enough bedtime reading for this week....

[Professor Jam]

No Don't Do It!

Don't read any of it - It will give you nightmares.

[Sam]

Hi! Welcome!

[CRAZY K]

Hello to many of my friends from across the pond.

I'm finding this site to be a wealth of knowledge and a solid site to experience the views of fellow DJs. I'm located in Tampa, Florida - USA

Hi there and welcome, as some of us have just bought the new American USB reader made by Cortex can you tell us if these type of products are popular over there in the States with DJs.

They look pretty useful once the music is set up correctly on hard drives.

Or are you more into laptops and CD players?

thanks

CRAZY K

[Lee]

hi and welcome to the forum

[Professor Jam]

Hi there and welcome, as some of us have just bought the new American USB reader made by Cortex can you tell us if these type of products are popular over there in the States with DJs.

They look pretty useful once the music is set up correctly on hard drives.

Or are you more into laptops and CD players?

thanks

CRAZY K
Controllers in general are used by many. Much like in the UK here some like them some don't. I've worked with several developers and as a beta tester for many hardware controllers, I was even an original Cortex beta-tester.

The developers of the Cortex unit are from your side of the pond.

I use vinyl, CD and Lossless audio files to mix at present.

[CRAZY K]

Controllers in general are used by many. Much like in the UK here some like them some don't. I've worked with several developers and as a beta tester for many hardware controllers, I was even an original Cortex beta-tester.

The developers of the Cortex unit are from your side of the pond.

I use vinyl, CD and Lossless audio files to mix at present.

Thats useful thanks for that--excuse my ignorance but what are Lossless audio files ?

Are they similar to MP3s?

thanks

CRAZY K

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Non compressed files as in WAV.

[CRAZY K]

Non compressed files as in WAV.

Thanks Darren.

Presumably used where Hard drive space is not an issue.

CRAZY K

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Thanks Darren.

Presumably used where Hard drive space is not an issue.

CRAZY K

Correct.:)

[djchunky]

welcome aboard

[Professor Jam]

I don't use MP3's any longer which are Lossy audio files I use FLAC and WAV which are LossLess.

With the affordability of hard drives have full range audio is the way too go.

[Corabar Entertainment]

Just being nosey again, what sort of collection (in terms of numbers of tracks) do you carry?

[soundtracker]

Nosey!

[Professor Jam]

My music collection is hugh. Over one-hundred-thousand tracks if I incorporate everything including vinyl and promotionals.

However, I don't bring all tracks to all events - In the Disco current and unique tracks are important - I would not bring It's Raining Men to a break beat or trans focused event. For Mobile DJing I have a foundation library that covers a vast majority of the styles I'll need - Taking into account the uniquness of a spicific event I add to the foundation as needed.

Here is a foundation I created a few years ago to assist some DJs that were starting out and didn't know where to start - Note this is focused on the states and you may require a different collection.

--->SAMPLE MASTER MUSIC LIST<--- (http://www.computerdjsummit.com/music.html)