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depending if we decide to drive i might just do my usual fly in thursday and leave on the tuesday

Virgins New Year sale is now on, i can get to Brisbane from Perth for just $189, are we really considering driving up the coast?

Labrat and myself are live right now via the radio link on the forum, get on it and jump in chat and join the crew

Tomorrowland’s documentary, This Was Tomorrow, is now available on Netlfix for your streaming pleasure. The full-length film, weighing in at 77 minutes, offers HD footage of the largest electronic music festival in the world. From the People of Tomorrow to spotlights on headlining acts like David Guetta, Steve Angello, and Armin Van Buuren, This Was Tomorrow affords viewers an in-depth look at Tomorrowland’s flourishing culture and those who make it possible. Having celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2014 and made its South American debut this year, the festival franchise has more than enough to take pride in as it snowballs into an international brand. Source

Maarten Vorwerk is likely the most famous ‘ghost producer’ in the EDM landscape. Responsible for co-writing such gargantuan tunes as Sandro Silva and Quintino’s “Epic,” Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike’s “Wakanda,” and countless other mainstage anthems, Vorwerk has become the most iconic behind-the-scenes producer in the big room sphere. While the majority of his studio work remains anonymous, locked away under NDAs, Vorwek is more than open about how he goes about creating his tracks. In fact, every week, the Dutch producer offers a free tip on his Facebook page, ranging from how to layer kicks, to how to fit vocals into a mix. In the spirit of the holidays, Maarten has bundled together two years worth of advice into a single zip file and is giving it away for free. In total, his colossal PDF spans over 100+ pages of material. Consider it a road map from one of the most successful producers in the game. Download Maarten Vorwerk’s PDF here: http://www54.zippyshare.com/v/wYMSCRk1/file.html Source: http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2015/12/maarten-vorwerk-shares-100-pages-production-tips/

The custom earbud is a double-edged sword. Many manufacturers can develop earbuds unique to a persons ear, however, they typically cost them an arm and a leg and take up to a month from order to delivery. Revols looks to change the custom-fit earbud game with their wireless earbuds that mold to a persons ear in 60 seconds all through a smartphone. The Montreal-based company offers noise-canceling, custom-fit earbuds where users can adjust the soundscape of their environment and use a built-in an equalizer with the Revols app. The wireless earphones use bluetooth technology to connect with the users’ phone and have a battery life of up to 14 hours with the extra battery pack. Revols currently has preliminary agreements with manufacturers and have partnered with ONKYO to provide the hardware’s audio technology. Revols initially started their Kickstarter campaign with a goal of $100,000, but they have raised almost a million and a half dollars since launch. Backers can donate $199 to the campaign to secure their own pair of Revols when the earbuds are released. The campaign ends in 10 days and details can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revols/revols-premium-quick-custom-fit-wireless-earphones?ref=jellopcrowdfunding.com&utm_source=jellop&utm_medium=ocpm&utm_campaign=c&utm_content=revols14 Source: http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2015/12/revols-wireless-earbuds-mold-ear-60-seconds/

Spotify has expanded its services considerably as of late, introducing a beatmatched party playlist feature in addition to concert recommendations and exclusive music for its platinum members. Unfortunately, this positive momentum has been met with a few roadblocks, centered around an issue all streaming websites face: royalty payments. Adding to a laundry list of negotiations which include settlement plans with the National Music Publishers Association, Cracker frontman David Lowery has filed a $150 million class action lawsuit against the company. He stated through his representation at Michelin & Robinson LP that Spotify is knowingly and willingly circulating copyrighted music compositions without regard to the law and obtaining mechanical licenses for doing so. His allegations divulge further that it has been distributing said publications to 75 million people without intent to pay or file for a license to do so despite having already publicly admitted their failure to pay artists properly. Thus far, the lawsuit is in its early stages with Lowery as the class representative. According to reports, a community of artists interested in pursuing litigation against Spotify will equate to roughly 100, with its constituents calling for $750-30,000 for each infringed work and up to $150,000 for willingly infringed compositions. The lawsuit also demands the website to immediately cease distribution of affected works while paying for a third party auditor to ensure lawful execution of demands in the future. Source: http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2015/12/spotify-incurs-additional-class-action-lawsuit-around-royalties-amid-current-settlement-negotiations/

dope, I could probably start streaming at 12pm local time (3pm EST) unless someone wants to jump on before me, and i can stream up until about 5pm local time (8pm EST) as i have to then start prepping dinner things for my guests coming over, from then scottie will take over. Is there anybody else keen to jump on and have a go at mixing?

is this stuff that you want to show at trump'd?

Hey guy's, if everybody can share this exact quote on social media it should hopefully get some people interested: Have nothing to do this New Years or don't have a live DJ to play at your party?? Well, you're in luck, we have a few dedicated DJ's who will be streaming live via this link: http://www.ausdjforums.com http://www.ausdjforums.com/radio/ be sure to keep checking this space for updates as to who will be playing at what time New Years is almost upon us, GET READY!!!!!!!!!!! on Facebook it should link to the forum, because there is links in it, cupe correct me if i'm wrong

it's worth a try, plus it's more for the people that won't have DJ's playing a party, all they need to do is tune to our radio and they have awesome tunes all night

LOL, they're all coming back, THIS IS AWESOME

the more people the better, it could be a chance to get more exposure for the artists involved and the forum, any newbies to the live streaming, we can help you out with setting it all up, all you need is a good internet connection, plus the RCA cables to connect to your mixer/controller to your computer.

Sup Y'all, just wondering if anybody will be around on the forum on NYE, i'm thinking if some other guys are keen we could get the radio cranking with live streams all afternoon and night and social media the fuck out of it to get people tuned to the radio all around the country, i'm keen to drop a 3-4hr set during the afternoon (have some commitments during the evening), is anybody else keen to trying to get this going?

I'll be staying in for sure, probably have people coming round towards the evening, but i could do a few hours during the afternoon to get the night started

i need to stop buying things, I'm turning into Sol

Welcome back m8

Hey guys, be sure to check out this months monthly mix from myself, this set was completely done on vinyl except for 2 track towards the end, most of it was all fresh wax that i picked up an hour or so before mixing it, FREE DOWNLOAD Track List: Halcyon + On + On - Orbital Revolution 909 - Daft Punk Out of Control (Sasha Club Mix) - The Chemical Brothers Zdarlight (Moonlight Edition) - Digitalism Confused Phantom (Dumb Dan Rework) - Justice vs New Order Dirty Thieving Mongrels - Alsatian Nation Take it to the Club - Jesse Rose and Action Man (AKA Herve) Don’t Stop (Goldengroove Remix) - Michael Jackson Hystery (Dub Mix) - Unik Block Rockin Beats (Micky Slims Bleep Mix) - The Chemical Brothers Girls Can Be Cruel (Infusion sQ’ed Mix) - Infusion The Girlz & Boyz (Vandalised Dub Mix) - Brad Hed Push Up (DJ Bomba & J Paolo Remix) - Freestylers Planet Rock (Swordfish Remix) - Paul Oakenfolf, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force Never Coming Down - Toby Emerson Coming Home - Toby Emerson You and Me (Seratonine Remix) - Vadim Shantor, Stas Oxide ft Marfozzz BJ Peace (Across The Universe Remix) - B.S.D. Superstar - Unknown Artist

yeah i thought that was the strongest part of the article for me, also can relate to this next quote although i always sucker myself into buying some, it's a real addiction

Lucas MacFadden (better known as Cut Chemist) found his life's passion at an early age when we began dj'ing at 11 years old. He is best known as a founding member of both Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli. Fueled by the desire to define the essence of hip-hop and share cultural education, Cut Chemist has pioneered the music scene by preserving and sharing the best old school, hip-hop, funk, and rare groove beats from this continent and beyond. Last month, Cut Chemist released limited pressings of his Funk Off Megamix, a precursor to his upcoming solo album and follow-up to his classic mixes The Litmus Test and Sound Of The Police. "I've been working on a new album for quite some time now," Cut Chemist told us. "All I can say is that there are a lot of live musicians on it and there's a lot of different variety in the music. Not sure when but I can say for sure, next year." You can celebrate 16 years with Funky Sole and Cut Chemist this Saturday at The Echo in Los Angeles. Tickets are $10. We chatted with Cut Chemist about establishing credibility and his obsession with collecting records. Here's what he had to say: OC Weekly (Jena Ardell): First of all—you own an obscene amount of records (over 40,000)! Are you constantly collecting or have you cut back? Cut Chemist: I'm constantly collecting, but I have cut back recently. It's mostly because I'm at a point where I have to step back to challenge my taste and get into new sounds and genres. It's good practice to get into and keeps me open-minded. Do you find yourself as passionate about collecting as you are about creating? Does one desire fuel the other? Collecting does fuel the creative but not vice versa for me. Collecting takes a totally different head space then creating. I find collecting is more of a left brain function with cataloging and completing, filing, etc. It's an entirely different muscle. You started at such a young age and it seems like your mother was very supportive of your record collecting hobby that turned into a career. Was she a fan of music or just happy you were passionate about something? My mother and father were both into music. She played piano and he played guitar. He wrote songs and recorded demos for fun when I was little. He wrote a song for a jazz musician named Don Ellis. I found a dope drum break on that album as well. At what point did you realize that you wanted to DJ—or did you always know that's what you ultimately wanted to do while you were collecting? I started collecting music at the age of 8 or 9. Back then I just knew a DJ as someone who played records on the radio. I remember wanting to do that as a kid. It seemed like fun. I didn't realize I wanted to be scratch DJ until I was 12 when I got into hip-hop in 1984. What do you miss about Hollywood? Me not being there. I miss that place. It will always feel like home to me. There's a great artistic energy that resides in that part of the city that will never go away. It helped create a lot of magic with J5 and other projects I was apart of. I've seen it at its best and worst. Like Death Wish II, bad. Now the clubs are cleaner but there's still edge to the streets. You mentioned a college art photo class project [of photos of people's record collections] in a past interview. What ever happened with that because it sounds awesome... I wanted to share people's personalities through how they organized there records and what type of records they coveted. I always found it interesting how each collector was so different. Especially pre-Internet collecting which was a period when we all had to find records "in the field." Back then people's collections were very different from one another based on where they lived and where they traveled. It was much more of a biographical study of the person than today where anyone can pretty much buy anything online. I don't plan on doing anything with them publicly. The book Dust and Grooves does a pretty good job of doing the same thing with collectors from all over the world. You've built a career pre-social media. Do you think it's a more difficult feat now or easier? I'm not sure. I think it's a different type of skill set. I'm not the greatest at social media, but I knew how to hit the street and get my name out there back in the day. Social media is the art of talking about doing and like Bobby Byrd used to say "saying and doing are two different things." I think artists that started in the social media age are better at it than those that didn't. It's a different type of communication that's tough to master if you're not used to it. How and why things trend, the shelf life of those trends, etc, seems like solving word problems in math class to me. At the same time I try to have fun with it and interject my own personality and taste to a wider audience than I otherwise would've 20 years ago. Does social media dilute the cool/underground appeal or enhance it? I think that invites to Facebook events will never be as cool as trying find locations to underground clubs by word of mouth. Again, one had to work hard to find such places and really had to want it. You DJ-ed a United Nations' General Assembly for the premier of the "One Day on Earth" documentary a few years ago... What was that atmosphere/crowd like? It was open to the public so it wasn't in front of world leaders but there were some political figures in attendance. I did my Sound Of The Police routine which is a world music DJ routine I put together using one turntable and a loop pedal. It was a lot of fun and I remember people enjoying it. Is it more difficult now for aspiring DJs to establish credibility now? DJ'ing has become so accessible that it loses credibility just for that fact. Back in the vinyl days, that aspect alone cut down the chances of just anyone being a DJ. One had to work hard and pay lots of money for equipment and records, lugging those records across airports, etc. These aspects were enough to turn off a lot of people. Now anyone can be a DJ with a laptop and not have to do the heavy lifting so to speak. With this kind of accessibility, people without any skill are now invited to the party which in turn can change audiences into expecting less and less over time. That all being said I don't dismiss EDM in any way. There are bad DJs everywhere just like there are good ones too. I like a lot of electronic dance music and some of the DJs in this genre have good taste and skill. Establishing credibility still takes work like it always has and not being afraid of being different will always get you where you need to be. How important is Record Store Day to you? Every day is record store day to me. If there's one day I actually don't buy records it's on RSD. I'll spend that day going around to my favorite shops just hanging out watching others buy. It's a lot of fun. Do you have plans to return to acting? If I get a call, I will return, absolutely.

i have 2000's and a djm 800, the same you mixed with last year, worst case i can travel with these

i'd be keen on the road trip, also if you can't get your decks back i'm keen to travel with mine, if everybody chipped in the cost of an extra bag to brisbane would be only like $100, $10 each if we have 10 people

welcome new comer

could be worth bringing my decks with me, i have the road case already which makes it easier for air travel