***DJTT is the Best DJ Site on the Internet Ever!***

[Coldfuzion]

Hey DJTT People! I'm just writing to say that I think DJTT is the best Dj site on the Internet, and I'm sure that you'll agree, and all I want to say is...

THANK YOU!!!

I've been a forum member for almost 6 months now, and a lurker for even longer, and the knowledge and experience I've gained since joining this site is amazing, I don't even want to think where I'd be without DJTT. The information and articles are fantastic and informative, but are only a part of what makes this site so great. The real side what makes this site so great is the people, yes thats YOU! I've found the members here to be friendly, helpful, and always willing to help out to the best that they can, and thats more than I can say about some other Dj forums around here!

So again I say THANK YOU to all of you and to DJTT for making this such a fun, awesome Dj site, keep it up cos I know I'll be here for a long time to come! If any of you feel the same way, post here and let us know! Cheers.

I joined at around the same time, and could not agree more. This is one of the most resourceful, friendly, and amazing places on the internet. The people are even cooler when you meet them in real life (DJTT Meetups in Orange County).

Without DJTT I would not be DJing and I would not have found my passion.

I love you guys!

[heaps]

Couldn't agree more, although I do love CDM as well.

[b3nz0n8]

This was in response to DJFragger's "What's your story" thread, but believe much of it belongs here as well....

In my youth...Headphones firmly affixed to my cranium on long summer trips in the RV/Motorhome, traversing the United States and all it has to offer:

• The Grand Canyon,
• Highway 1
• The Mavericks
• Half Moon Bay
• Crater Lake, Oregon
• Mt. Hood, Oregon
• The Dalles
• Big Sky Montana, Colorado
• The Dalles (reminds me of Lord Of the Rings, or JesterNZ's back yard)
• Pikes Peak
• Red River
• Vail
• Taos
• Sante Fe
• Crested Butte & Back Country Mining and Ghost Towns,
• This is a very very short lists of the influence I am under....
  
  Memories of the West Coast dominate my life and music has always been the binder that gives it purpose.
  
  Later years led to further discovery, there were high school field parties...
  
  ...as we lay on the hood, with beer in hand, and stare up at the stars, satellites and airplanes.
  
  ...memories that build foundations for the future.
  
  Discovery and purpose congealed into a drive to enhance the experience.
  
  True to our roots, Technics and vinyl were added as field parties transformed into house parties.
  
  Leading to further connections, to the music and surrounding culture, where "last call" only meant it's time to move to the undergound....and new experiences.
  
  And so we went....
  
  Deep grooves expanded our minds as afterhours drove on well into the night.
  
  Enlightened we became, and overwhelmed with the feeling that...we are truly home.
  
  Universally Connected....and immersed in understanding and appreciation.
  
  We have finally reached the elevated plateau, where we have become one.
  
  The understanding we share, connected.
  
  Which brings me to a post I added a while back.
  
  ...but speaks volumes for the profound impact music and the culture has had on my life...
  
  LINK: http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/sho...6&postcount=26
  
  Epic Nights and Nights to look forward to....
  
  There was a time when a group of us would regularly go down and kick it in the stacks. We would dig for hours at our favorite local Vinyl shop, which was also owned by a resident of the club next door.
  
  
  
  
  Those hours of digging and listening to solid tracks, were full of debauchery and mayhem as well. Girls next door at the bar would come over and chill while we turned our local shop inside out. Drop the shades, fire up the Technics and the light controllers, it was time to wind it up.
  
  The hours of the day quickly turned into night as the bass heavily pounded our makeshift club and the bar next door. The party drove hard late into the night as it spilled into the gated patio behind the store, and onto the rooftops. As we lay on our back and took in the stars, our eyes would vibrate as the bass shook the roof.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  As the night transformed, we felt the walls and floor begin to shake to an alternating beat. We felt compelled and drawn to this new ground pounding bassline that was resonating from the underground next door. As we drifted toward it, we bumped into old and new friends alike. While we set up camp in our usual spot, our our teeth began to chatter to the driving beats beneath us and lightshow above. The night shifted into high gear as we unleashed the fury...and this is the journey on which our epic nights would unfold.....
  
  
  
  
  Much of that scene is long since gone here, the underground and much of the community that supported it. Replaced by cookie cutter top40 spots, or whatever drives drink sales. This also correlates with the responsibility of life, and our proximity to the underground, leaving only those unforgettable nights as distant dreams, that still to this day, provokes frissions of epic porportions. So we channel our epic house parties through you, those who maintain the community and drive music that is truly massive and compelling...creating nights they'll never forget.
  
  
  
  DJTT and the DJTT Crew....a place and people I connect with, as there is no other like it.
  
  
  Much love to you, your amazing abilities and the people that you are, everyday...

[JonathanBlake]

Changed my life, my appreciation of EDM, my understanding of EDM, my IT 'skills' and exposed me to this community.
[And changed my bank balance]
[And pissed my wife off]

thank you

[JonathanBlake]

[QUOTE=b3nz0n8;253295]This was in response to DJFragger's "What's your story" thread, but believe much of it belongs here as well....

And we have b3n - no-one says it quite like him!

[b3nz0n8]

[quote=JonathanBlake;253306]

This was in response to DJFragger's "What's your story" thread, but believe much of it belongs here as well....

And we have b3n - no-one says it quite like him!

Thanks Jonathan...I like chillin with you guys...

[b3nz0n8]

Source: LINK

http://www.dubspot.com/djproducer/#d...ensive-program

DJ Level 1: Rookie Sessions | Essentials I
Core Level of DJ (4 sessions in 2 or 4 weeks)

Become comfortable with the equipment and basic technique of DJing, and create your first 2 song mix.
Learn:
* How a DJ setup works: basic overview of turntable/CDJ, mixer, and headphones.
* The proper technique to scratch and play a vinyl record
* An introduction to digital DJing (Serato & Traktor both taught)
* How to count beats
* “Dropping on the 1”
* Beatmatching with “pushing & pulling” and “the halfway method”
* How to perform a basic mix/blend of two songs

Final Assignment: Perform your 1st live 2 song mix for the class.
Note: This track is also available as a 2-day 6-hour weekend workshop.

Course price: $395

DJ Level 2: Phrase Mixing | Essentials II
Core Level of DJ (4 sessions in 2 or 4 weeks)
Enhance your understanding of song structure and beatmatching to craft seamless mixes that are not just in sync but in phrase.
Learn:
How to count bars
Common song structure in various genres
More advanced beatmatching techniques – “the professional method”
Phrase mixing and the conversation between two songs
Cue point use in Serato/Traktor
Intermediate features of the Pioneer CDJ
Final Assignment: Perform a 3 song “phrase mix.”
Course price: $395

DJ Level 3: Beyond The Blend | Intermediate Skills
Core Level of DJ (4 sessions in 2 or 4 weeks)
Develop an arsenal of distinct mixing techniques, both traditional and digital, and gain experience improvising and performing in realistic group settings.
Learn:
Intermediate mixing techniques, such as the “drop cut,” “stop & drop,” “power down,” and “backspin”
Looping & layering in Serato/Traktor
Advanced features of the Pioneer CDJ
How to perform comfortably in improvisational group jam sessions
Basic guidelines to EQing
Final Assignment: Perform a 10 minute phrase mix that includes new mixing techniques.
Course price: $395

DJ Level 4: Preparation | DJ Psychology
Advanced Level of DJ (4 sessions in 2 or 4 weeks)
Train your mind to think like a DJ by analyzing, organizing, and presenting music in terms of energy, sonic character, and crowd/venue considerations.
Learn:
Methods of music organization
How to build 3 song mini sets with definite arc and flow
Tips for “reading a room,” i.e. what to play when
How to record a mix
Final Assignment: Record a 10 song mix in class to be shared with the group.
Course price: $395

DJ Level 5: Classroom to the Club | Advanced Techniques I
Advanced Level of DJ (4 sessions in 2 or 4 weeks)
Take an in-depth look at advanced mixing techniques as well as business/marketing strategies that will help you establish yourself as a professional DJ.
Learn:
Advanced EQing and layering
New performance effects such as filters, delays, reverbs, and more
A variety of artist development strategies, i.e. how to “build your brand”
An introduction to the business of working with promoters, club owners, managers, and booking agents
Final Assignment: Play at a real club night (organized by Dubspot) that you also help promote!
Course price: $395


DJ Level 6: Club to the World | Advanced Techniques II
Advanced Level of DJ (4 sessions in 2 or 4 weeks)
Introduce the “wow factor” to your sets by building routines and incorporating performance tools such as MIDI controllers, advanced FX, sampling, wordplay, and harmonic mixing.
Learn:
Midi mapping & basic controllerism
Principles of harmonic mixing
Advanced FX combinations
How to examine what makes an impactful “routine”
Methods of incorporating samples and acappellas
Techniques to transition from “wow-ing” to making people dance
Final Assignment: Perform a 10 minute set that begins with an impactful routine and incorporates at least one of the above concepts.
Course price: $395

BONUS BOSS LEVEL:

DJ Level 1000: World Domination Sessions by Tekki JesC, Karlos Santos, Photojojo and JesterNZDJ

Essentials Bitches!!

Supreme Level of DJ

1 session, For Life

Step 1: Become comfortable with your gear, comfortable like with your girlfriend, only more intimate and with heart. There's no faking it here.

Step 2: Master the art and technique of Dominating by creating your first Epic Mix that Crushes everything it touches....without thought or hesitation.


Then, You Must Learn the DJTT Controller Corps Chant:

This is my Controller. There are many like it but this one is mine.

My Controller is my best friend. It is my life.

I must Master it as I must Master my life.

Without me, my Controller is useless.

Without my Controller I am useless.

I must Crush Samples with my Controller, true.

I must Scratch, Sample and BitCrush straighter than my enemy, who is trying to Crush me.

I must Dominate him before he Dominates me. I will.

Before Ean Golden I swear this creed: my Controller and myself are defenders of those Epic Nights, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of DJ's Worldwide. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace on the Dance floor. Amen.

Drill Sergeants Tekki, JesC, Karlos Santos, Photojojo and JesterNZDJ...

"If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training... you will be a weapon, you will be a minister of death, praying for DJ War and Dance Floor Destruction. But until that day you are pukes! You're the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even Top 40 Dj's! You are nothing but unorganized grabasstic pieces of Drunken Frat Boys!

Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn: I am hard, but I am fair! There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on others; here you are all equally worthless! And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the DJTechTools gear to serve in my beloved Corps! Do you maggots understand that?

* How a DJ setup works: ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION!!!!

* What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?! HERE WE GO!

* The Basic overview is to Master the Controller, Turntable/CDJ, Mixer, and Headphones.

* You must also Respect the History, Tradition, Legacy and Foundation created by the Legendary Technics 1200's, of which we build Controllerism upon. You Got That?? OK!!!

* Tonight... you pukes will sleep with your Controllers and Mixers!

* You will give your Controller a girl's name! Because this is the only Controller you people are going to get!

* Your days of finger-fading little old Numark DM1002X through her laggy and unresponsive faders are over!

* You're married to this piece, this weapon of Plastic and Rubberized Pots! And you will be faithful!

* The deadliest weapon in the world is a Controller DJ, his Soundcard and his Controller.

* It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive during your sets.

* Your Controller is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills the Dance Floor.

* If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not KILL the Dance Floor.

* You will become dead Controller DJ's only to suffer an eternity of TOP 40 and wedding disasters.

* And then you will be in a world of shit. Because Controller DJ's are not allowed to die without permission!!!

* Do you maggots understand???


Soon it will be Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty!
Ean Golden will tell you about how the free world will conquer Top 40 with the aid of the S4 and a few Contoller DJ's! Ean Golden has a Kung-Fu Grip for Controller DJ's because we kill every Dance Floor we see!


He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep the DJTT Store packed with fresh Top 40 souls seeking salvation! Ean Golden was here before the DJTT Controller Corps! So you can give your heart to Ean and the S4, but your ass belongs to the Controllerism! Do you ladies understand?


After Graduation from the DJTT Controller Corps, you people are no longer maggots. On that day you will be Controllerists!!

You're part of a Brotherhood.

From now on, until the day you die, wherever you are, every Controller DJ is your Brother. Most of you will play out at Weddings to pay the rent. Some of you will not come back.


But always remember this: Controller Dj's KILL THE DANCE FLOOR, that's what we're here for! And DJTT Controller Corps lives forever. That means you LIVE FOREVER!


Every set will be yours, EPIC sets ruled by the Kung-Fu Grip!! These are great days you're living, bros. You're are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with S4's. Those people you waste every night are the finest human beings you will ever know.

And before you ladies leave my island, you will all be able to do the same thing!

So what are you waiting for?? MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!!!

Course price: Priceless -

**Achievement Unlocked**

[farhanashraf]

^ damn thats a long post..;-P

[fullenglishpint]

trust b3nz0n8 to rock up and steal the show. Now I'll feel totally lazy for posting a simple '+1'. Fuck it, I was up late last night.

[wrong chris]

Fuck it

+1