
With the realisation that video DJ's bring something new to the nightclub arena, lots of DJ's and nightclub owner / managers are wanting to get involved which can only be a good thing...... Mainly.
So being a video DJ I regularly get asked to play at clubs. My first question before accepting the booking is "Does the club currently have screens?"........ You think the answer to that would be obvious, but you'd be surprised!
That's when the conversation can generally become interesting. If the club has screens, the next question is "Where are the screens located?".
As the terms "Video DJ" and "Video set" become a more standard place in social network feed, and DJ selling points, I think there is a need to establish that there is a difference between a "Video DJ" and those DJ's who are planning to play a video set.
There is just as much a difference between a DJ who buys themselves the latest digital DJ software, gets a load of tunes downloaded and goes out armed with the infamous sync button, and the DJ's who have spent years crafting their art of reading a dance floor, mixing, scratching and other technical trickery.
So......
The DJ who plays music videos
It's very easy for someone to join a music video download service to get their weekly or monthly dose of music videos which they then add to their sets. They are the bog standard music videos that the tv channels would play on rotation.
Featuring - Ludacris 'Get Back' & Boreta - Lobegrinder
Made exclusively for our Video DJ Sets.
So I sold my Pioneer SVM1000 and switched over to using the Pioneer DJM800 for the moment as I was waiting for NAMM 2012 to reveal some brand new mixers....
Still deciding on which to get between the Pioneer DJM900 and this new beauty from Rane below.... The Rane TTM62 Z-Trip Special Edition
