Video for the Younger Mobile DJ on How to Get the Old School Collections

0:00 Jonathan Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor here

Alright, ladies and gentlemen, Jonathan Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor here. Right, so first of all, please, if you haven't already, subscribe to the channel, like, and if you really want to, you can share the video. Now, recently I did a video on CDPool and I explained how to use the website. Now in this video, really, this is more targeted for the new up-and-coming mobile working DJ. Now, I say mobile and working DJ for good reason because that's what this video is all about. Now let's imagine you've been DJing for like 20-30 years. Guaranteed, you've got a back catalogue of all the old school classics. If you are a new DJ, let's say you're 23, you're in Scotland and you've been DJing for three years.

1:27 We need to tick all the boxes for the new DJs to make sure

Well, you know, it's more than likely that you've got a good selection of old school music. But it's very... It's possible that you just haven't got those few diamonds in your collection. Now, there's nothing worse, and it's happened to me... Hear me out. When the bride's mother or the father of the bride or the best man have come up to you and gone, can you play this? And you've gone, oh shit, I can't because I haven't got it. Now, firstly, if that is a modern day popular song, but it's not one of the just... gems in the top 40. In a way, it doesn't matter so much if you haven't got it because it's very likely that the crowd won't even know it because maybe a lot of the crowd don't listen to the top 40 anymore

2:23 Theoretically if someone says at a wedding, can you play some Motown?

And it could be one of those tunes where you know if you play it, the dance floor is going to empty. On the other hand, if they ask for an old classic track that is a floor filler and you say you haven't got it then you're the one who looks an idiot because you should have it. And what CDPool have done, they've gone, hold on a minute. We need to tick all the boxes for the new DJs to make sure they do indeed never get into that situation. So, for example, Motown Top 100... When I say Motown Top 100, I can't really say the top but what they've done, they have compiled 100 tracks in the Motown genre. So, for example, you've got The Vandellas, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robbins, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, the list goes on.

So theoretically if someone says at a wedding, can you play some Motown? You no longer have to dive through loads of tracks and think I've got four Motown tracks I'll just play them again and again and again. You don't have to do that. With 100, you've pretty much got an entire night. Now I know that sounds bizarre, I am digressing here but if you think about it, a radio version of a track takes around about three and a half minutes. Let's imagine you're not going to play the entire track, you're going to play most of it which means you're going to play roughly 20 tracks in an hour. So 100 tracks, that's five hours. So if you mix these tracks correctly you've pretty much got an entire night just on one folder,

In one box. I mean, that's crazy but it's factual. Most weddings, what are they going to last for? Three or four hours. So, you know, out of 100 tracks you could cherry pick those design those tracks around what's going on on the dance floor bingo, you've got yourself a good Motown set. They do the same with a disco selection and a rock selection also they've got the essential series and also like a clubby type series of all the old school classics. Now I'm going to finish this video off simply like this I'm going to show you a couple of things that gave me the idea and I think it's a great idea. On there are some thumb drives that's how you can get them basically what CDpool have done they've handed you them on a plate, alright?

You don't have to go and look for them everywhere around the web go and check out CDpool ask them and they will advise you on what's best for you, alright? Thank you for watching practice and enjoy thank you

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