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Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
In today's episode we speak with James Caudle, also known as Corrupt. Not only is he a killer performer (as he describes it, a "hybrid" DJ), but he's known for his massive remixes and pounding original tracks.
Corrupt made the hour-long drive from Columbus to visit us in the studio, and tell us all about his life as a working DJ/producer.
Early in his career, he was at the forefront of the music industry around The Ohio State University. While successfully managing four college nights simultaneously, he quickly became the performer everyone planned their weekend around.
Fast-forwardinging a few years, Corrupt's first originals received massive artist support from the likes of Tiesto, Don Diablo, and The Disco Fries. He then followed-up with remixes of The Chainsmokers - Something Just Like This, 3LAU - On My Mind, and Blink 182 - Adam's Song... all which gained him further support from The Chainsmokers, 3LAU, Alison Wonderland, Two Friends, and many more.
With over 1.5M combined track plays, Corrupt's dedicated fan base continues to grow. We truly appreciated the opportunity to gain his insight. Check him out at http://corruptmusic.com.
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
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On today's episode we sit down with B-Funk: a multi-format, multi-faceted DJ from Athens, OH. Brandon drove several hours to meet with the team and talk shop. He's a long-time fan and supporter of Passionate DJ, so it was great to take the opportunity to put him behind the mic!
We enjoyed speaking with Brandon about his experience with DJing and promotion in Athens. While we are in the same state, we live quite far apart. Athens shares some common traits with our own city of Dayton, but also has some unique struggles.
B also brings a lot of varied experience to the table: he's worked in the festival circuit, he's played bars, he knows how to rock a college crowd, he's experienced with playing weddings, and he's played his own share of "passion gigs". We appreciated hearing his varied perspective.
B-Funk has been producing music since late 2012. He started making house edit and trap bootlegs of classic hip hop songs before stepping into making original house music tracks in 2013.
Raised on Hip Hop and Top 40 music in his home of Athens, Ohio he has a strong understanding of the crowd and uses this past knowledge to weave a seamless mix between Electro, Progressive, Trap, Moombah, and Party Jams in his sets. B-FUNK is a DJ first, that keeps things fresh with a constant mix of genres and styles focused on creating a truly kinetic experience.
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Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
My first trip to The NAMM Show was, in a word, overwhelming! There was a lot to see and, I don’t think I could’ve visited every booth I wanted to if my life depended on it.
Still, it was a very exciting time for me to witness the hustle and bustle of this iconic show. NAMM is an annual event, described as “The World’s largest trade-only event for the music products, pro audio, and event tech industry.”
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NAMM stands for the “National Association of Music Merchants”, and was founded in 1901.
It’s a business show which caters to dealers and distributors, with the main draw being product exhibits where manufacturers show off their latest in music products and technology.
Of course, only a very small percentage of the NAMM displays are DJ-related, but it was still pretty difficult to cover all the bases. Ultimately, I decided to focus on a few key items that I thought would be most important to our Passionate DJ audience, and cover those well (going deep rather than wide).
So, I got on a plane from Ohio, where there was snow and ice on the ground, flew across the entire country… over the snow-covered plains and beautiful Rocky Mountains, and many hours later I was enjoying the sunny low-70s weather of the west coast... in January. And it was glorious.
Anaheim was beautiful and the convention center is located almost on top of Disney Land. The walk to-and-from the show was a sea of convention badges and mouse ears.
Inside the convention center, I barely knew what to do. You can go in any direction, up any escalator, and there will be another part of NAMM there just waiting to be explored.
Here's what we will mostly focus on today:
• Denon Prime 4
• Akai Force
• Rane Twelve & Seventy-Two
• Reloop Elite
• Technics SL-1200mk7 vs. RP8000mk2
• Phase DVS
• Traktor DJ 2
Gemini also showed off their all-in-one unit called the SDJ-4000. It seemed to have decent build quality, uses Gemini’s own software, and is essentially a cheaper alternative to the Prime 4 or the Pioneer XDJ-RR.
Speaking of Pioneer, while their entire DJ lineup was well represented at the show… they didn’t really have anything new on display.
Besides all the new Traktor news, Native Instruments also released a new three-octave keyboard called the M32, which is compatible with their Komplete Kontrol plugin and contains transport controls, touchstrips, and so on to control your studio software. NI also released the Audio 1 and Audio 2 sound cards, for very basic connections for those needing inputs on stage.
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Monday Feb 04, 2019
Monday Feb 04, 2019
It's February, which means The Passionate DJ Podcast is back!
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During our break, the Internet was abuzz with the unveiling of two rival documentaries about the utopian island festival that never was.
We watched both the Netflix and Hulu versions, and then brought our perspectives back to this episode.
This episode contains SPOILER ALERTS!
If you plan on watching the documentaries, you may want to watch them *before* listening to this episode.
Fyre Festival was meant to be a musical utopia for well-to-do millennials. Instead, it turned into the festival disaster of the decade.
We talk about the differences in both documentaries (both in content, and in tone), the extreme measures that were taken by some of the workers, and the absolutely disastrous handling of the attendees.
We talk about how the failed festival wreaked havoc for the locals, the financial ruin it caused for business owners, and contemplate whether the debacle has had a lasting negative impact on the overall music scene.
Watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/passionatedj
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Well folks, that’s another great year in the bag! 2018 was a busy one for Passionate DJ, and like we do at the end of each year, we looked back and reflected on everything that made it special.
In this New Year’s celebration show, we start out by having a look at some interesting stats including what the most popular episodes were, and which countries had the most listeners.
We then have a look at all the “firsts” of this year. For example, we finally started making video versions of the podcast, and started our bonus show for supporters. (https://patreon.com/passionatedj). We also started The Passionate DJ Community on Facebook… which was one of the best decisions we ever made. Interacting with the fans in a more direct way has been both enjoyable and helpful… and we love learning more about what you do as a DJ.
Per usual, we check in with lots of friends of the show. This episode features short interviews with our friends Kilma, Dubmaster Bluebear, GMoney, Tom Reed, and DJ Brains. We also play clips from the previous year, and voicemail messages that some of you submitted to wish the community a Happy New Year!
All of us here at Passionate DJ hope that your 2019 is an awesome one.
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
It's time for one of our favorite shows: our annual Holiday Record Exchange!
In this episode of the Passionate DJ Podcast, the whole crew gets together to exchange records for Christmas. We then open the records and play them for each other, while talking about what we like about the tracks, or the memories they bring back.
Unfortunately, YouTube's algorithm is picky and not all of the publishers are cool with us sharing their music on the platform... so we had to cut a lot of the content out. We'll be setting those clips aside to give to our supporters at Patreon. If you'd like access to these bonus shows, please consider joining at http://patreon.com/passionatedj
David, Tony, Trip and Mo all have a great time in this episode as we share some laughs, and prepare to wrap up another great year of podcasting... as well as continuing to become better DJs through passion and purpose.
SPOILER ALERT: track listing is below.
Stop reading if you don't want to see it!
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Tracklist:
Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
The Outfield - Your Love
Gravediggaz - Defective Trip
Prodigy - Keep it Thoro
R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie
The Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top
The Egyptian Lover - Dubb Girls
Outkast - Rosa Parks
Midnight Star - Don't Rock The Boat
Tower of Power - Rock Baby
Tiffany - Could've Been
Cheap Trick - The Flame
The Whispers - Rock Steady
Stay tuned for the bonus episode, for the other half of the songs.
Happy Holidays!
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Today in Episode 169, we present a conversation between Mo Dingo and another one of our Passionate DJ Ambassadors, Noel aka DJ Serrato of Phoenix, AZ. As an active mobile DJ advertising his services, he has encountered many different scams and has nearly fallen victim himself.
Noel listened to our episode with DJ Brains last week (Mobile DJ Life), and a Craigslist scam was mentioned that sounded very familiar. In this episode, we explore some of the red lights and warning signs to help keep yourself (and your money) safe!
In the introduction, Tony and David talk about shadiness in the EDM/festival industry, trade booking, and more.
Also, we should mention that we have a winner for our Passionate DJ Holiday Giveaway! Congratulations to Brent Roberts of Cincinnati for being the lucky winner of a Reloop Beatpad 2! As it turns out, it's Brent's birthday too. Awesome!
We'll see you next week for our annual Holiday Record Exchange episode... the whole crew will be in-studio!
Monday Dec 10, 2018
Monday Dec 10, 2018
In Episode 168, David and Mo hang out with special guest and Passionate DJ Ambassador, DJ Brains! In our conversation, we talk about the ins and outs of mobile DJing.
Brains (aka Leo) specializes in weddings, corporate events, and other types of mobile gigs requiring him to bring his own sound and lighting rigs, take requests, and work with responsible parties to ensure a smooth night. With the help of his wife, Leo has been able to run a successful mobile DJ business for years, making sure that he does it on his own terms.
Since Mo does quite a few mobile gigs himself (especially in the fitness space), he also shares his insight about these types of shows. And while the topic is based around mobile DJing, there are plenty of golden nuggets of knowledge to be collected by all types of DJs.
Leo and Mo also talk about their recent attempts at using cloud or streaming libraries in the DJ booth (such as the Spotify integration offered by Algoriddim's djay PRO 2, or the now-defunct PulseLocker service), and tell us whether or not they think streaming is ready for "prime time".
Leo also shares some fascinating (and scary) stories about some recent scams that he nearly fell victim to, and how other mobile DJs can avoid these issues!
By the way – we're giving away a Reloop Beatpad 2 for Christmas! Enter here:
https://passionatedj.com/giveaway
Special thanks to DJ Brains, not only for joining us on today's show, but for being a longtime fan and Ambassador of The Passionate DJ Podcast!
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
* Note: the mic cut out at the beginning and we lost 2 or 3 minutes. Ain't technology great? To catch you up: Tony met Brian who was DJing at a local club back in the 90s. He began to observe, study, and learn the craft of DJing by watching Brian work. They've been great friends for over 20 years.
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Today on The Passionate DJ Podcast we have a chat with Brian Savage: club DJ, mobile DJ, radio personality, and a brand ambassador for Denon. He also works behind-the-scenes with the team for Shaquille O'Neal - aka DJ Diesel.
Brian and Tony have known each other for over two decades (in fact, Brian introduced Tony to many DJing concepts back in the early 90s). Brian's body of work covers many different areas of DJing. He's basically done it all, and has always fearlessly pursued gigs of all times.
This breadth of experience makes him a well-rounded DJ, and experienced industry insider.
We cover many different DJ-related topics in this freeform conversation. Enjoy!
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Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Today, David sits down with KimL to chat about small-town DJing, electronic music, mixing hardware, and more!
Kim has been DJing for about three years, and in that time she has made a name for herself in her local scene. From warming up rooms for the likes of AC Slater and Paul Oakenfold, to her bi-monthly gig at an extremely successful Silent Disco, Kim has quickly built a resumé to be proud of.
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With a few residencies, and several headliner support gigs under her belt, Kim has hit the ground running with her DJ hustle. She insists on doing it her way (only taking gigs which are of interest to her, or her career) and treats DJing as a passion first.
Kim shares her experience as it relates to self-promotion, equality, learning to crowd read, and adjusting a failing business model.
We also take a voicemail message from Sean (which you can also do, at PassionateDJ.com!), and end with a clip from our bonus show.