New DJ Idea Sharing Podcasts Posted

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ADJA Live @ DJ Expo 2007: Adam Weitz
Mike sits down with the 1997 “DJ of the Year,” Adam Weitz. They discuss the “business” of Mobile DJing and the past, present and future of the industry. Adam talks about the transformation of multi-ops to full event companies and interactive dancers to social hosts, as well as, going it on his own with his A#Sharp Production. Adam also talks about his insanely unique routine that took 2nd place in the '07 competition.

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ADJA Live @ DJ Expo 2007: Gerry Siracusa
As the ’07 DJ Expo starts to wind down, Mike chats with the 1998 & 2005 “DJ of the Year,” Gerry Siracusa. Gerry talks about the New Jersey market and his Golden Note and Golden Note Entertainment Extreme companies. They discuss establishing & cultivating relationships with facilities, the gift we have been given as DJs, and how you should embrace, but not hide behind new technology. They also describe Gerry’s fun game called “Loops and Lyrics” that he showed during the competition.

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ADJA Live @ DJ Expo 2007: Jason aka DJ Cyder - Virtual DJ
Mike gets Jason from Virtual DJ to talk about their amazing Computer DJ Performance software for music and video playback and manipulation. They also talk about various features and tricks that Virtual DJ can do that will give you an edge as a mobile DJ or video club jock including live video feeds and on the fly photo slide shows.

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ADJA Live @ DJ Expo 2007: Rich - Rock N' Roll to Go Lighting Systems
Mike grabs Rich from Rock N Roll to Go Lighting Systems to chat about his unique lighting effect towers. They cover various options and uses including integration with video screens and wireless lighting control. Finally a well thought out light show solution for the mobile DJ!

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DJA Live @ DJ Expo 2007: Todd Sun - DJ Rak
Mike gets to sit down and computer tech with Todd Sun from DJ Rak. They discuss the growth of the Computer DJ industry over the past few years. Todd touches on hard drives, touch screens, control services, video, and more. Mike and Todd also explore the different styles of DJ Rak turnkey and custom CPS systems that are available.

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DJA Live @ DJ Expo 2007: Johnny K & Mark Dixon
In the final interview from DJ Expo 2007, Mike conducts a chat with Expo mainstay, Johnny K and his right hand, Mark Dixon of Pure Energy Entertainment in Boston. Johnny talks about what made them successful - unique, spectacular, high energy productions. He touches on moving to “complete live” presentations. Johnny also makes a point to advise other DJs not to make the mistakes he made with other professionals. Mark talks about entertaining the audience at all costs, bringing something different, and setting the bar higher.

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DJ Idea Sharing Podcast Network: Special Edition - Training Your Next Great DJ

In the interview from DJ Expo with Mike Walter, it was mentioned that his specialty was DJ staff training. Many of our listeners asked us to find out a little more about that, so we asked Mike to come back on the podcast to talk about his new Training DVD/CDrom series “Training Your Next Great DJ.” If you are a multi-op looking to get more out of your staff training, a single-op looking to go multi-op, or even a DJ who just wants some good training ideas, you need to look into this awesome training tool. Mike Fernino conducts the interview with Mike Walter.