Genres and Crate Digging
Music That Travels: Building a Set Around Regional Sound
A client once asked me to weave regional music from her family's home country into her wedding reception, and my first attempt...
Producer and mix engineer
Dex builds sets and mixes tracks for a living, and writes about the technical side of DJing most beginner guides skip entirely.
Genres and Crate Digging
A client once asked me to weave regional music from her family's home country into her wedding reception, and my first attempt...
DJ Equipment
I helped run sound at a small esports venue for a season as a side project, expecting the experience to have little crossover...
Mixing and Technique
I used to arrive at every gig with a fully planned setlist, track by track, and abandon it within the first fifteen minutes...
Mixing and Technique
Every transition a DJ makes mid-set is a small bet, that the next track will hold the floor rather than clear it, made with...
Genres and Crate Digging
I used to keep three entirely separate music libraries, one for weddings, one for club nights, and one for corporate events,...
Club and Nightlife
A promoter once extended my thirty-minute festival slot to a full hour with about ten minutes notice, and I later found out the...