editorial opinions

We have jumped far into the deep end of the digital pool. There is no lifeguard, no floaties on your arms and no grab holds in site. Time to figure out how to swim. Developing cool technology is the easy part, thats well under way. Figuring…

Many, many times I have heard people say: "gosh how did you become a professional dj? That must be so hard!" Or other djs complaining that they could never go full time because the competition is too tight. Well, I can tell you first hand…

A few months ago I wrote a piece on the term "Microwave DJ". This negative description is used by a lot of different people to easily identify their personal interpretation of a push-play DJ. I expected the piece to be controversial but is…

There have been rumors floating around for a little while that the German software powerhouse "Native Instruments", producers of many popular pieces of software including Traktor have been preparing to build their first dj controller. It…

I just got back from my first NAMM and man was it an eye opening experience. Like many of you, I dj for the love of it, cut up gear and re-wire software to challenge myself and make cool shit. So when we get ideas for really great things…