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simonross46

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  1. I put my hand on my heart when I say this is probably our best producing efforts to date. Both of us are extremely excited about this one since we both love the original loads but have wanted to add our tech twist to it for a long time. I think it's safe to say this alternative packs bags of energy compared with the original, but still keeps the same feel :)

    I'm just adding the finishing touches working out of the break into the epic finale ... it's gonna be an anthem!!! :D

    http://soundcloud.com/robcorbo/booka-shade-in-white-rooms-corbossy-remix-cut

  2. I set up a DJ society and we seem to have failed due to lack of interest, so I am glad to see yours is going well

    Did yours not go very well? Some other lad I didn't even know set one up at this uni, so I joined and have been there every week. 50 members strong and I've been elected vice chairman now too :) I've been practicing my mixing a lot more recently now though, and seem to be getting a lot better too :D

  3. hiya guys, sorry ive not ben able to fill you all in on this sooner! i've noticed the thread for a while but had time to msit down and explain. long story but here it goes ...

    at uni we have societies for sports and hobbies etc. and recently a DJ society has been formed. we meet weekly at a local nightclub before opening hours and basically spend the night mixing our favourite tunes on their cdj 1000's and laptop set ups. the idea of the society is to get people gigs around the city as soon as you are good enough to dj to a live audience. there are a small handful of us who are already dj's, and we were given a night at one of the bars on campus called The Library Bar. its a small venue which generates very little attention. im the only 'trance' dj in the society, everyone else is either house or dubstep. on the night itself we could not get hold of any pioneer cdj's, the best we got were extremely cheap american audio cdj's and some sort of gemini effects mixer. we set up at 6:00pm, and my set was at 1:00am. i was put on late to form a bridge between the house dj's and the dubstep dj's ... but cos there were so many of us we were only given 20 minutes each to play as many tunes as we wanted. i decided to showcase some new corbossy material along with some new and exclusive tracks i had been sent by other dj's i know, but this had me worried already cos i didnt feel my style fitted well with everyone else at all, not for 20 minutes, maybe if it was an hour instead. during the time between setting up and my set itself, i grew more and more anxcious about my set and having to use these cheap cdj's. there was a lot of talk about how hard they were to use. once my set arrived, i mixed out from the previous dj nicely (thankfully he ended on a faithless tune, and i started with the new avb remix of 'not going home') but after this nothing went well at all. everybody went out to have a fag, so i got nervous i had cleared the floor, then my beatmatching started to struggle. i was advised to use the pitch bend rather than the jog wheel ... neither worked for me at all. after playing 3 songs i became so demoralised i threw my headphones down, took my cd's, and left with a couple of girls who had come to see me. all of the mates who came to see me that night had never seen me live before and were keen to see what the hype was about me, and although everyone says i did good, i know i didnt and i still feel like i let everybody down.

    i have learnt one thing from this though. i'll never use a cheap setup for a live performance ever again, and ill only use equipment i know im comfortable using. i keep thinking to myself how the night might have been if we had pioneers, but i cant dwell on the past just got to get better at it again now!

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