I’ve been thinking the past few days since I had the original conversation with my friend from yester-year and wrote the article New Dog, Old Tricks.  Specifically I have been thinking back over what I wrote and that there were some other things I wanted to mention that I didn’t touch upon. A few things that I didn’t hit on that I thought would be good to write a follow-up article about was that of using obsolete software on newer machines or newer software on obsolete machines. Aside from the fact that those who are stealing music and/or software opening themselves up to all sorts of headaches such as viruses, Trojans and computer hackers, there is also the issue of most software developers now placing more means of thwarting software piracy. (more…)

Here’s another message that I have recieved asking some good questions, from Steve Bradle - Rhapsody Entertainment: (more…)

The other day I had this smashingly brillant idea that I would take some of the old messages I have received about DJing with a computer and use the good ones as a topic to write a post about. Good idea huh? I thought so too - at least until more folks get over their shyness of posting questions or comments here! (more…)

Yet again I was cruising the many online communities for DJs the other day when I seen a good topic for part four of the “Laptops Suck” series.  Granted there were a number of other threads on other bulletin boards with similar issues, but at least this guy was attempting to get more information in order to make the right choice - so I added my two cents worth.  Of course there has been no shortage of the half-baked advice that usually gets passed along ad-nauseum as if it were the Gospel of Peter himself too.  Anyway, this installment addresses issues with stuttering audio and video on a laptop - enjoy!  (more…)

Here we are again talking about the many splendid wonders of laptops and why they suck; for mobile DJing that is.  And as the old saying goes, the third time is a charm - so I have pondered for many days as to the perfect content for this third article in the “Laptops Suck” series.  Well OK, actually I haven’t given it much more than a passing thought here and there as other things have vied for short attention span, but that never stopped me before.  (more…)