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Episode 161- Mailbag

March 11th, 2011 3 comments

Today mailbag questions are:
- What’s a good remix of R. Kelly’s “Ignition”?
- What should I play for cocktail/dinner music at a wedding?
- What’s your thought on 90-100 BPM music today?
- Should I normalize my songs?
- Do most people pay to use Fatman Scoop’s voice?
- Are there any free record pools?
- Should I fill up my friends iPods?
- Are dirty versions important?
- What’s up with our hearing?

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Episode 150 – Mailbag

February 11th, 2011 7 comments

It’s another mailbag!! You asked for it… And we do our best to answer.

Your questions:
- What do you do when your laptop freezes?
- What’s the best way to switch DJ’s?
- When do you give credit for edit’s and remixes?
- How many tracks should be in my library?
- What does it mean to quantize a track?
- What’s a good program to produce remixes/mashups?

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Episode 144 – Mailbag

January 28th, 2011 3 comments

Your questions:
- What do you do about not getting paid at the end of the night/taking less pay on slow nights?
- How do you go about recording a mix/CD?
- How much top 40/newer tracks can i get away with playing without “burning”.
- How do you about breaking a record? 
- Do most DJ’s use their DJing laptop as their production laptop?

Email us with your questions at remixreport@gmail.com and put “Mailbag” in the subject line.

Episode 136 – Mailbag

January 7th, 2011 8 comments

Your questions:

- What’s the best way to play for an 18 and under event?
- What’s a good record pool for Rock?
- What do I say to someone requesting a hot song early in the night?
- Do you wear earplugs when you DJ?
- I need advise on making a mixtape?

If you have questions, let us know!  Email us at remixreport@gmail.com and put “mailbag” in the subject.

Episode 130 – Mailbag

December 18th, 2010 3 comments


Today we have another mailbag!  Your questions, our answers.

1) What are good headphones for DJing?
2) Can you break down the radio charts?
3) How much time should I spend going through remixes?
4) What should I do if the crowd wants music that the club owner doesn’t?

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Episode 126 – Mailbag

December 3rd, 2010 5 comments

We’ve got another round of your questions with our answers.

1) Can JD & Spring switch seats?
2) What’s good remixing software to start with?
3) What’s the difference between Electro and Dirty Dutch
4) What’s good equipment to buy to get into DJing?
5) what’s a good place to get good quality music online?

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Episode 120 – Mailbag

November 20th, 2010 3 comments

Each mailbag is a chance for us to answer your questions, so keep em coming!  Today questions are:

- Playing for a younger crowd an quick mixing is killing me.  What do I do?
- How to deal with last minute parties
- Where can I get the Scoop hype from his DJ Got Us Falling In Love remix?
- Are there house songs in non-standard time signatures like 3/4?
- What’s the best way to get an opening DJ gig?
- How many songs should be on my promo mix?
- How do I get a gig in a saturated market?
- Does playing an instrumental kill the vibe at a club?

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Episode 114 – Mailbag

November 5th, 2010 6 comments

Questions:
- What is the best way to mix songs with off beat snares?
- Do resident Dj’s at clubs still exist or have promoters taken over?
- What are some good edit’s/remixes of “Sweet Caroline”?
- How do you get drops from artists as a mobile DJ?
- Should you play an artists songs back to back/same song two times during the night?

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Episode 106 – Mailbag

October 15th, 2010 1 comment

In this weeks mailbag we get all caught up with your questions!  So keep them coming.

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Episode 100 – Mailbag

October 1st, 2010 4 comments

Today we celebrate our 100th episode!!  And we thought the best thing to do would be to answer your questions.  We wouldn’t be here without you after all.  We’ve received a lot of questions from you and are trying to get caught up answering them all, so, we’re going to do a mailbag 2 weeks in a row.  Keep the questions coming though!  And please put “Mailbag” in the subject line of your email.  Thanks!

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