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Fashon show tonight, the gear i will be taking

DJ business Stage 8: The DJ Business November 2007

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0:00 It's Jonathan here, aka The DJ Tutor

Right folks, it's Jonathan here, aka The DJ Tutor. A big shout as well to all the new subscribers. I'm known as The Nutty DJ, giving sort of advice and all this that and the other, and generally having a bit of fun. So if you haven't seen a lot of my videos, I suggest you go and check them out. And of course leave comments if you want to. Now then. Tonight I've got a fashion show in Aberystwyth and I haven't asked the people yet so I'm not going to mention any names of places or anything like that at the moment but then when I get there tonight if they're happy with it then I'll do a lot of recording and I'll show you exactly what it's about. Now then, all they've asked me to do is just take music. So they want a bit of background music while the guests are arriving and leaving. And then during the course of the fashion show, what they want is when the models are coming up and down the catwalk, they'd like me to play different songs, which is generally what I do anyway. So you get one person up and down the catwalk, they'll do a bit of a turn, go back, and then as soon as the next one's ready, bang, you have another song and off it goes again.

0:56 Again, no lights, nothing like that

So again, no lights, nothing like that. They're only on a small sound system. So what I'm going to be taking is this lot here. Just the Vestac CDX-05 that you've seen before and then also, again, like I said, not doing any mixing so there's no need for two CD players with pitch control. So it's just a basic Philips HiFi CD player. Then there's the Vestac mixer. I'm taking A StudioMaster amplifier, it's an AX3500, which is 1100 watts a side at 4 ohms. Now there's no way I'm going to use all of that, but then, you know, it's the sort of thing that will just tick over nicely and I can get a nice crystal sound. Speakers aren't the best in the world, but they'll do. They're the Ohm MR228s.

2:14 I mean it's got everything on this

Now, as well, if I was to have those just on the floor, then fine, the sound would be there, but as soon as you start getting a lot of punters in there, the sound would be muffled because the speakers would be too low on the ground. So, I'll take a couple of stands, just chuck them on the top of the stands. Then they've requested a microphone as well, so a radio mic. Ideally, you know, a radio mic's a good idea because then the actual person talking can walk around, hasn't got to worry about the cable going everywhere.

Loads of cables and one thing that's always a must, I find, is a Leatherman. And this guy here is quite handy because, hold on, let me get the damn thing out. There you go. I mean it's got everything on this. There's pliers and screwdrivers and just tweezers and knives and all sorts. So that's a handy piece of kit. Thanks for watching, practice and enjoy. See you soon.

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