Hello… is this thing on? Just checking. Hello, I’m Mark, and you may remember me from really not that long ago but seems like ages. Frankly there’s just not that much going on that any of us finds interesting right now. Don’t worry — we’re all busy working on content for DJWORX. But sometimes opportunities come along outside of our cosy empire that are worth investigating.
One such opportunity to come my way is an invitation from Denon DJ to write some regular sage words for their new Denon DJ blog. Obviously it’s not a place where I can gush about other brands, or tear a new one in Denon DJ’s latest products. I can however scribble about more generic DJ topics, i.e. ones that fall outside of the strict gear fence I’ve built around DJWORX.
In the first article, I take a look at the very thing we all call ourselves — DJ. I dissect the origins of disc jockey and how it has changed from being entirely descriptive of the media and the process, and transformed into something more.
Like DJWORX, my remit is to challenge the reader. I know that some of you place a very high value on using discs and that anything less isn’t DJing. But I argue the case that DJ is an all-encompassing name that basically involves playing music to a crowd, and that crowd has less connection to discs than ever before.
Feel free to go check my article out right here. And if you have comments about the piece, leave them there.
The almighty dollar rules all.
It’s the almighty pound actually.
XD
Ha, y’all got no oil, no gas, no metals, no sunlight for solar power
Don’t sound too mighty to me
You might like to think that. But you should see our secret underground kingdom. When everyone in the surface has nuked each other into oblivion, our post-Brexit underworld will keep us safe until we return to the surface and start the second British Empire.
I actually checked the dates of the last two posts a few days back, noticing it had been basically silent on here for a couple of weeks.
Two weeks of not posting has been a nice break. Did you miss us?
Of course I live mostly on safari browser xD
I was a bit sad due the other dj page also was a bit silent and looking elsewhere… so I learnt over the years there are periods of time like this so keep breathing and waiting for a dose xD
Glad to see more content coming. Certainly dj trend seems a bit stagnated or faded in my eyes but maybe it’s me changing an step far into keyboards and keytars. I still dream about turntable shaped mpc… ;}
For a number of different reasons, the whole industry has slowed down. There are fewer companies putting out less new product. And much of it is just the same old stuff with a bit of an update. This piece from over two years ago accurately depicts where we are now: https://djworx.com/dj-gear-innovation-stalled-done/
I just can’t bring myself to write about Black Friday deals simply to pad out pages and keep social channels fresh. My feelings about social media should be pretty clear by now.
So we write when we choose to, and when we feel it’s valid. I feel no pressure to churn out low rent articles just to keep arbitrary numbers up. We are considering our place in the whole scheme of things though, and will be making changes accordingly.
I know you are writing for the new Denon – but I think a lot of people miss the OLD Denon….. While you are in contact with them – why not do some digging and write about how they have abandoned Mix Meister (IN Music) — people are begging for answers and they just don’t give a shit enough to respond….
Hi Scott,
Sorry for the frustrations, as advised previously Mixmeister (run by a completely separate team) is currently being totally rebuilt from the ground up using a totally new engine.
We dont have a ETA yet of when this will be made publicly available, we appreciate this is taking longer than we originally hoped. Its a testament to the program/code that it has continued to function admirably for so long, however we appreciate, it is utilizing much older technology which needs to be entirely replaced with the latest technologies and features. Developing a program from the ground up is a time-consuming project and we want to get it right respecting the original DNA that made this so popular while modernizing.
Unfortunately, I dont have any further news to share at this time.
So why don’t you put something on your support forums ? Does anybody monitor those anymore – your users are pretted pissed off at you…. it would be beneficial to keep them updated as opposed to in the dark.
Thanks for the feedback Scott, we have previously updated users there and aim to be transparent about status. I appreciate this might not be as regular news as you might like and I will try to let you know what I can as things develop.
If you need a beta tester, I’ll gladly help out on a mac version.
Thanks for share thoughts and feelings. I will look into that article and build new perspective again.
Peace Mark _/|_
A little, I had nothing to read!
Since you have their ear, can you ask them why they have a public forum but ban users for critiquing or telling users of their experience or trouble with the product?
As far as I know, none of the posts were disrespectful or broke common use policies, however, MANY users have complained that Denon constantly holds their post for review for days/weeks, delete posts or ban user’s altogether.
This is usually done under the guise that other readers downvote or report the post and that is their reason for banning them.
Interesting, I was banned from their site, even though I purchased three(3) of their products.
Sounds like Pioneers forum.
It was only in the beginning …