Among a slew of free and cheap DJ tools available to the iPad user, Vibe Music Mixer is a solid, stable selection at a great price: free! Vibe offers tools for the beginning user through the more advanced user. Some key areas are ease of use, functionality, and performance features. [...]
The rain was coming down throughout the day, but the Beekman Beer Garden and Beach Club kept the good times going until well into the night. The place that normally houses picnic benches and beautiful outdoor seating overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge was overrun by colorful beaded bracelet and sunglasses wearing [...]
When you have a classic piece of equipment, where do you go with improvements? Do you stay the same, and trust that users respect and default to its reliability, time and time again, or are minor improvements made to keep pace with technology and users’ requests? Essentially, the Pioneer DJM-850 [...]
The M Machine, enter their latest EP with high expectations. Selecting to name it The Metropolis EP, comes with heady associations. The band, formerly known as "Metropolis" and "Pance Party" are made up of DJs/producers Andrew Coenen, Eric Luttrell and Benjamin Swardick from San Francisco and were recently signed to [...]
Le Poisson Rouge is a club known to accommodate many DJs, artists and bands that are up-and-coming as well as popular artists in an ultra chill setting. The lighting is dim, but the neon lighting of the bar gives off a glow that will attract you as you come down [...]
The ability to mix a track and transition into another is no longer a baseline skill for a DJ. Because of the mainstream popularity gains of some producers, such as Tiesto, having a visual show is necessary for keeping the audience or clubgoers interested. Nevertheless, if you’re producing your own [...]
Richard Vission vs Luciana "WHEN IT FEELS THIS GOOD" About Luciana: Luciana is a global dance music artist with an impressive list of hits to her name. Her smash hit "I Like That" with Static Revenger and Richard Vission topped the US Billboard Dance Chart and has nearly 10 million [...]
Synth is a great way to learn about using a synthesizer to make and produce music. The basic version of this app, available for free from iTunes, allows you to experiment with several different synthesized sounds, adjusting the octave, pitch, and modulation. Different filters for delay amount, time, feedback, and [...]
Nostalgia is a two-way street for an electronic musician and producer: The preferred, and now classic, sounds are in one direction, but antiquated technology and cumbersome playability is in the other. Getting those ‘80s synth washes is contending with a lack of touch sensitivity and with equipment that has a [...]
Sometimes Eavesdropping puts me to sleep. Scientists may be falling behind when it comes to space exploration but artists keep pushing hard. Future-sound minimalist band Lazer Sword is not to be overlooked in this desire to return to science fiction's most creative arena. So on Memory, their new album, we [...]