Is this the beginning of the end?

[FabDJ]

Read that JB Hi Fi are selling access to millions of song downloads for 100.00 pa.

with their music subscription streaming service soon for i phones.

Will that mean everone is a dj and will hire an amp and speakers

for their own party?

The catalogues we spent years creating are available to anyone for 6.67 a month.

So I'm guessing you could sign up just before your party and make up your own playlists,

plug in and off you go.

Like to hear comments please.

[Lurk6r]

Companies are already renting out jukeboxes for around $150 a night, as a cheaper alternative to dj's.

From what I've noticed, people that go for dj companies (eg large multi ops who overcharge and under deliver) don't know any better and are basically paying for peace of mind. That is the exact opposite of doing it yourself.

If somebody is hiring you for your skill and reputation, then they probably realize there's more to it then chucking on an ipod.

Thats my 2c

[SourceRaver]

Your IPhone or a jukebox won't go out on the balcony and tell the bloody smokers to get their asses inside cause their going to miss the speeches/cutting of the cake/hot brides maids...

[Cupe]

it's like people who pay thousands for someone to install wordpress when all they have to do is click install

or the fact people still pay for photographers when smartphones are like 8mp or some shit now

there will always be morons or someone who realises there is something better than ur iphone out there

[Jaz]

look at nightlife, it costs $1000 a month to have, DJ is way easier

[Mitch]

look at nightlife, it costs $1000 a month to have, DJ is way easier

Places still install nightlife though, it shits me. They will have nightlife on the main dfloor playing all the crap and then sometimes have a dj on the small floor upstairs.

[RichoKidd]

Good chance for me to explain my main reason for chasing this DJ dream. As a teenager I would always go to parties that had music on an iPod. It wasn't bad music or anything but with a whole bunch of different people it was too easy for a song that most people like and 10 people hate to get skipped on an iPod. You'd spent 15 minutes in silence skipping a song till you found one you liked which would get halfway through and then get skipped anyway. I decided DJs get paid to control music, its one less thing a host has to stress about.

That's my opinion

[Mitch]

Good chance for me to explain my main reason for chasing this DJ dream. As a teenager I would always go to parties that had music on an iPod. It wasn't bad music or anything but with a whole bunch of different people it was too easy for a song that most people like and 10 people hate to get skipped on an iPod. You'd spent 15 minutes in silence skipping a song till you found one you liked which would get halfway through and then get skipped anyway. I decided DJs get paid to control music, its one less thing a host has to stress about.

That's my opinion

This happens alot at parties, that is why its way better to have one person (le DJ) controlling it all, they can effectively control the mood and flow of the night through the music they play.

No awkward silences (hopefully) and no tracks playing for 5 seconds each until someone comes up and changes it

[Funky_Steve]

Agreed! A good DJ knows how to control the mood and energy of a party. They can read the crowd and change the music to suit the majority of the people, not the select few that "think" they know what everyone else want's to hear (ie their own fav tunes).

How many people come away from an iPod party saying "wasn't the music great", whereas as a DJ that should be your goal for the night.

[GREMM1S]

Nope its no different to iPods\laptops now,

Ive found demand for djs has increased lately everyone wants a proper dj whereas they used to play a cd or something.

[legunner]

No this won't affect us a large population know that you should leave things to the professionals.

[ill_spector]

jb hifi killed djing (well headphones anyway) the second they put mirrors next to the headphones shelves

obviously looks>sound

cringeworthy