** WOULD THE PUBLIC WANT TO SEE A DJ COMPETITION 2006? **

LaDyBuG · Comandante

RE: ** WOULD THE PUBLIC WANT TO SEE A DJ COMPETITION 2006? **

sabornuevo · Guru

lol

why does sabor nuevo always have to come up!! we paid more then $500 for our last one we paid $1000.00 . The winner only had to for tops 2 hours in total...Thats 500.00 An hour, pretty good money!But i think this stuff is good dj competitions have been around for a long time. My dad has like 7 under his belt and i saw after that one with george davela,carlitos,victor,henry etc.

so its always a good thing

Phantasma wrote:

LaDyBuG wrote:

@ Caliche

How many of those DJ's are Latin?

BTW: Great Line Up!

Now.....who's gonna make it happen?

And more importantly, do you really think most of these guys would actually compete? specially at the level most of these Latin Dj competitions are done, meaning there are no major sponsors so the prices are kinda on the cheap side and all that... the big dj comps are usually sponsored by the equip companies (denon, techniques, etc) so the winner usually gets mad loot and some sick gear.. why would these guys wanna compete for like 500 bucks and a sabor nuevo vip card?

-- Edited by Phantasma at 14:39, 2006-10-29

LaDyBuG · Comandante

caliche wrote:

mandarin experience?? hmm and the mr.greek experience too...

holla at me MJ & Pibe.. im down james brown

ohhh ME 2 ....ME 2.....please!!!! LOL

caliche · Guru

mandarin experience?? hmm and the mr.greek experience too...

holla at me MJ & Pibe.. im down james brown

Motown Junkie · TOP Guru

caliche wrote:

Motown Junkie wrote:

El Pibe and I started going to this venue every Friday because DJ G-Money is there spinning his house tracks all night!!! I refuse to reveal this location in fear that it will get spoiled!

Thank you.

you gotta be sh!!tting me MJ... i turned you guys down and i could of gone checked out GMoney spin???

Holy ****!! so next friday we down right??

Last night was Saturday!!

We went last week (the 20th) and we plan on going again this Friday (unless DC's thingy falls through)! Don't get too hyped though. It's a lounge and relatively low key which I LOVE!!!!! Plus since both El Pibe and I work Saturday, we usually bounce around 1:30am.

You down like James Brown????

@Phanta: Oh honey bunny............I just don't want any ghetto fabulous people, or my ex, or any of my exes fanclub to know where I am, that's all!! You're neither, so OF COURSE I'd love to see you there!!! Let's all go and re-create the Mandarin experience!!!!!

-- Edited by Motown Junkie at 15:22, 2006-10-29

Phantasma · TOP Guru

Motown Junkie wrote:

El Pibe and I started going to this venue every Friday because DJ G-Money is there spinning his house tracks all night!!! I refuse to reveal this location in fear that it will get spoiled!

Thank you.

I wouldnt wanna go there and hang out with the likes of "you" anyways.... so there!

caliche · Guru

Motown Junkie wrote:

El Pibe and I started going to this venue every Friday because DJ G-Money is there spinning his house tracks all night!!! I refuse to reveal this location in fear that it will get spoiled!

Thank you.

you gotta be sh!!tting me MJ... i turned you guys down and i could of gone checked out GMoney spin???

Holy ****!! so next friday we down right??

Motown Junkie · TOP Guru

El Pibe and I started going to this venue every Friday because DJ G-Money is there spinning his house tracks all night!!! I refuse to reveal this location in fear that it will get spoiled!

Thank you.

caliche · Guru

@phantasma: i wasnt suggesting this event to be for latinos only.. but i know wat u mean.. if this ever took place i'd go and i'd actualy pay

-- Edited by caliche at 14:53, 2006-10-29

caliche · Guru

@ LaDyBuG: 3 Latinos, and 1 of them is half Dominican...

if this ever took place i'd go... i went to the dj competition at the Guvernment 2 years ago.. 9 hours of raw & pure talent and skill under one roof...

latinos will never have somethin of this sort because they tend to not wanna pay up for a quality dj.

Motown Junkie · TOP Guru

caliche wrote:

MJ: I think J-Sun was posting this as a joke/ a mockery of this cheesy and pointless thread...

I know that stupid!!! I was merely responding to LaDyBuG's question, "Is this real?" Hence, me quoting HER!!!!

LaDyBuG · Comandante

Phantasma wrote:

And more importantly, do you really think most of these guys would actually compete? specially at the level most of these Latin Dj competitions are done, meaning there are no major sponsors so the prices are kinda on the cheap side and all that... the big dj comps are usually sponsored by the equip companies (denon, techniques, etc) so the winner usually gets mad loot and some gear and all that.. why would these guys wanna compete for like 500 bucks and a sabor nuevo vip?

EXACTLY!!

So basically this would be a competition catered to NON-LATINOS.....with major media coverage and everything else you mentioned......

Phantasma · TOP Guru

LaDyBuG wrote:

@ Caliche

How many of those DJ's are Latin?

BTW: Great Line Up!

Now.....who's gonna make it happen?

And more importantly, do you really think most of these guys would actually compete? specially at the level most of these Latin Dj competitions are done, meaning there are no major sponsors so the prices are kinda on the cheap side and all that... the big dj comps are usually sponsored by the equip companies (denon, techniques, etc) so the winner usually gets mad loot and some sick gear.. why would these guys wanna compete for like 500 bucks and a sabor nuevo vip card?

-- Edited by Phantasma at 14:39, 2006-10-29

LaDyBuG · Comandante

@ Caliche

How many of those DJ's are Latin?

BTW: Great Line Up!

Now.....who's gonna make it happen?

caliche · Guru

MJ: I think J-Sun was posting this as a joke/ a mockery of this cheesy and pointless thread...

If i was to hold a dj battle i'd put the following on the bill

- Dj Grouch (www.scratchlab.com)

- Dj Law ( Project Bounce Nigh Shift)

- Dj Nana ( Love Movement @ Alto Basso)

- Dj Rompe Osikos ( Y'all dont know whats up till u hear him)

- Dj Starting From Scratch ( Flow93.5FM)

- Dj G-Money (dope a ss dj, i forget where i met him)

- Dj Trambo (Thirdworld Ent. -you know him from clubs but you should hear this guy scratch)

- Dj Baby Yu ( Scratchmaster)

- Dj A-Trak ( Scratchmaster)

- Dj Homicide ( from Sugar Ray)

Just some of who i can think of would fill the venue...

Motown Junkie · TOP Guru

LaDyBuG wrote:

JSUN wrote:

IS THIS FOR REAL???

I SERIOUSLY doubt that!!! The DAY the Globe & Mail of ALL PAPERS writes about some $2 DJ competition, is the day they'll lose all their "UP THERE" clientele!!!

Plus I don't think they're big on spelling and grammar mistakes either!

For example:

lastnight - should be TWO words

everyones - everyone's

drasticly - drastically

with is - with his

next years - next year's

and my favorite - "because by the time he was on, the crowd was already nice and rowdy by the cheaper drinks."

WHO WRITES THAT???!!!! WHAT RESPECTED NEWSPAPER WRITER WRITES LIKE THAT???!!! To even SPECULATE that this article was in the Globe & Mail is laughable!!!!

GET REAL!!!!!

king cobra · Senior Member

As dumb as it sounds, I think an event like this could get alot of attention. It will probably reveal alot of hidden talents, aswell as others' inability. I've got some mad crazy ideas. If you're interested in putting this together HOLLA at me!

And if not, let me know when it is, 'cause I'm ready to murk the competition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phantasma · TOP Guru

Mega wrote:

I cant remember the last time someone "scratched" to salsa....

Scratching works for HipHop/R&B, reggaeton and music like that...and if scratching is what you want then why not open the competition to everyone and not only latin.

You want top notch latin DJs in Toronto.....then clubs need to start paying top $$$ for someone to dedicate their life and career around that....with what clubs and promoters are paying...if I were to dedicate my entire life around that...me morire de hambre!! How come Starting from Scratch is so good...probably cuz thats all he does!

The bottom line is that if clubs were paying what a DJ should be paid...I bet many DJs would be able to dedicate their time and money to becoming skilled and professional DJs. Many Djs I know juggle their lives around a fulltime job and then late nights at clubs y para que??? Pa que te den un billete que ni vale la pena...and all we get is criticism but no one understands the time and effort we put in to preparing for a jam.

You want top latin DJs...pay them so they dedicate themselves to only that. Only then will you find top notch Latin DJs...until then...we'll continue to find the scale of djs we have...

In that case then I change my answer to NO, I dont wanna see that.

rick · Guru

classic!!

LaDyBuG · Comandante

JSUN wrote:

IS THIS FOR REAL???

JSUN · Senior Member

LaDyBuG · Comandante

DJAlonso wrote:

I am staying out of this one... I had a HUGE argument last year wit someone on why I did not enter a competition.... it was kind of comical.

You're one of the few DJ's (Latin)......who take their music business seriously.....so to try to explain your "knowledge & experience" to someone who just hasn't reached that level yet and chances are never will.....it's like talking to the wall.....you will get nowhere so mejor ni te canses.....lol

McOSIRIS · Comandante

Miel wrote:

Actually now that u say this, it can be true.

X & I saw at plaza last sat. a guy with his idop inside the club against the bar. It was hilarious. LOL

R u sure he wasn't McOsoris??? j/k

I love Idop....

aka_taco · Guru

dj battle could work, it all depends on how its done and what djs are in....its been done a 1000000000000 times yeah but you can always do your "own" thing/////////

www.jokerzrusent.com
BIGG NIGHT COMIN' SOOOOOOOOON

DJAlonso · Guru

I am staying out of this one... I had a HUGE argument last year wit someone on why I did not enter a competition.... it was kind of comical.

Motown Junkie · TOP Guru

DulceGalletita wrote:

Question: Are there any female latino DJ's out there??

Uhhhhh hello???!!!!

MMMMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! DJ MJ!!!!!!!!

It's true. Ask LaDyBuG!!!!

In fact, here's the proof!!!

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=40467&p=3&topicID=7409216

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=40467&p=3&topicID=8568825

ANYWAY, on to the point of this thread......there's a reason why DJ competitions are no more.

"And that's all I have to say about that." - Forrest Gump

-- Edited by Motown Junkie at 21:21, 2006-10-27

don_plyero · Guru

thats a good idea genie

Miel · Guru

PRINCESSA wrote:

McOSIRIS wrote:

FAKK THE DJs!!!!!!!

IPODing is the way of the furture....

Actually now that u say this, it can be true.

X & I saw at plaza last sat. a guy with his idop inside the club against the bar. It was hilarious. LOL

R u sure he wasn't McOsoris??? j/k

DulceGalletita · Foro Master

Question: Are there any female latino DJ's out there??

GENIE · Foro Master

YOU WANT AN IDEA?? HERE'S ONE HOST A DJ COMPETITION FOR YOUNG LATINOS UP AND COMING!! GET ALL THE DJS THAT JUST TURNED 19 WINNER GETS A CONTRACT WITH THAT PROMOTER FOR A YEAR AND GETS OTHER FREEBIES!! SO U DO TWO GOODS!!!!

LaDyBuG · Comandante

Mega wrote:

I cant remember the last time someone "scratched" to salsa....

Scratching works for HipHop/R&B, reggaeton and music like that...and if scratching is what you want then why not open the competition to everyone and not only latin.

You want top notch latin DJs in Toronto.....then clubs need to start paying top $$$ for someone to dedicate their life and career around that....with what clubs and promoters are paying...if I were to dedicate my entire life around that...me morire de hambre!! How come Starting from Scratch is so good...probably cuz thats all he does!

The bottom line is that if clubs were paying what a DJ should be paid...I bet many DJs would be able to dedicate their time and money to becoming skilled and professional DJs. Many Djs I know juggle their lives around a fulltime job and then late nights at clubs y para que??? Pa que te den un billete que ni vale la pena...and all we get is criticism but no one understands the time and effort we put in to preparing for a jam.

You want top latin DJs...pay them so they dedicate themselves to only that. Only then will you find top notch Latin DJs...until then...we'll continue to find the scale of djs we have...

Well said!

And I thank you for being the only DJ to answer this Question.....

Back in the day Latin DJ's were paid at least double of what DJ's get paid now....

And each club had its resident DJ....someone dedicated to Music and the club life.....and clubbing was so much FUNNER.....lol

El Mismo · Guru

this latin Dj battle stuff settles down better with younger crowd i belive......a qui todos are adultos..most of the part....so i guess your marketing research will have to be somewhere else.

Daeveed · Foro Master

miguel wrote:

what the heck is the point of a latin dj battle anyway?

To attract more people to the venue, which in turn will yield higher profits for the organizer.

Don't tell me you didn't know this!

PRINCESSA · TOP Guru

McOSIRIS wrote:

FAKK THE DJs!!!!!!!

IPODing is the way of the furture....

Actually now that u say this, it can be true.

X & I saw at plaza last sat. a guy with his idop inside the club against the bar. It was hilarious. LOL

McOSIRIS · Comandante

FAKK THE DJs!!!!!!!

IPODing is the way of the future....

-- Edited by McOSIRIS at 16:18, 2006-10-27

miguel · TOP Guru

sabornuevo wrote:

miguel wrote:

i would accept CD djing on pioneer CDJ 1000s. i've seen people do some sick stuff on those , they do behave like a turntable..

but the latin clubs probably don't have the equipment, and most importantly, the latin DJs don't generally have the skills to take advantage of it anyway.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT... I HAVE SEEN A PRO AT USING THE pioneer 1000 IN COSTA RICA ....ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS SCREW VINYL AND CDs AND ALL THAT ...WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE USE THESE THINGS PROPERLY IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!

i wouldn't say screw vinyl... it has its place, i mean a DJ can do a lot on a pair of 1200s. but yeah, the CDJ 1000s are really nice pieces of equipment and work pretty close to a turntable (heck they even have some interesting features like looping etc etc that you could use in a set and get pretty creative).

anyway for the travelling DJs (the big names) it makes a lot of sense to use these CDJs... carrying around huge (and heavy) crates of vinyl from airport to airport would really suck

GENIE · Foro Master

Mega wrote:

I cant remember the last time someone "scratched" to salsa....

Scratching works for HipHop/R&B, reggaeton and music like that...and if scratching is what you want then why not open the competition to everyone and not only latin.

You want top notch latin DJs in Toronto.....then clubs need to start paying top $$$ for someone to dedicate their life and career around that....with what clubs and promoters are paying...if I were to dedicate my entire life around that...me morire de hambre!! How come Starting from Scratch is so good...probably cuz thats all he does!

The bottom line is that if clubs were paying what a DJ should be paid...I bet many DJs would be able to dedicate their time and money to becoming skilled and professional DJs. Many Djs I know juggle their lives around a fulltime job and then late nights at clubs y para que??? Pa que te den un billete que ni vale la pena...and all we get is criticism but no one understands the time and effort we put in to preparing for a jam.

You want top latin DJs...pay them so they dedicate themselves to only that. Only then will you find top notch Latin DJs...until then...we'll continue to find the scale of djs we have...

SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL IN THE INDUSTRY!!

Everything u said is so true!!! WHY PLAY WITH UR ALL IF UR NOT GIVEN THE RECOGNITION TO DO SO!!! AND WHAT WOULD A COMPETITION PROVE???? SERIOUSLY WHAT WHEN THE SO CALLED "TOP DJ'S" WONT EVEN COMPETE!!!

miguel · TOP Guru

what the heck is the point of a latin dj battle anyway?

see which DJ can put the 5 "hottest" songs together at a time?

the whole concept of a latin dj battle just sounds retarded.

Mega: there are a lot of DJs out there, not just in the latin scene. lots of DJs and few gigs. and yet most DJs outside of the latin scene actually know how to mix, and most of them don't make careers out of it, it's also something they just do on the side.

confundida · Foro Master

Mega wrote:

I cant remember the last time someone "scratched" to salsa....

Scratching works for HipHop/R&B, reggaeton and music like that...and if scratching is what you want then why not open the competition to everyone and not only latin.

You want top notch latin DJs in Toronto.....then clubs need to start paying top $$$ for someone to dedicate their life and career around that....with what clubs and promoters are paying...if I were to dedicate my entire life around that...me morire de hambre!! How come Starting from Scratch is so good...probably cuz thats all he does!

The bottom line is that if clubs were paying what a DJ should be paid...I bet many DJs would be able to dedicate their time and money to becoming skilled and professional DJs. Many Djs I know juggle their lives around a fulltime job and then late nights at clubs y para que??? Pa que te den un billete que ni vale la pena...and all we get is criticism but no one understands the time and effort we put in to preparing for a jam.

You want top latin DJs...pay them so they dedicate themselves to only that. Only then will you find top notch Latin DJs...until then...we'll continue to find the scale of djs we have...

I DONT THINK THE PROMOTERS ARE THE PROBLEM I THINK ARE THE DJ THEMSELVES THEY TRY TO OUT BID EACHOTHER JSUT OT GET THERE NAME OUT THERE TRUE OR NOT?? A PROMOTER WILL ALWAYS TRY TO CUT COST JUST OT PUT MORE MONEY IN HIS POCKET.....BUT ONLY A "REAL" PROMOTER WILL PAY WATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE THE DJ THAT HE WANTS....

Mega · Regular Plus

I cant remember the last time someone "scratched" to salsa....

Scratching works for HipHop/R&B, reggaeton and music like that...and if scratching is what you want then why not open the competition to everyone and not only latin.

You want top notch latin DJs in Toronto.....then clubs need to start paying top $$$ for someone to dedicate their life and career around that....with what clubs and promoters are paying...if I were to dedicate my entire life around that...me morire de hambre!! How come Starting from Scratch is so good...probably cuz thats all he does!

The bottom line is that if clubs were paying what a DJ should be paid...I bet many DJs would be able to dedicate their time and money to becoming skilled and professional DJs. Many Djs I know juggle their lives around a fulltime job and then late nights at clubs y para que??? Pa que te den un billete que ni vale la pena...and all we get is criticism but no one understands the time and effort we put in to preparing for a jam.

You want top latin DJs...pay them so they dedicate themselves to only that. Only then will you find top notch Latin DJs...until then...we'll continue to find the scale of djs we have...

sabornuevo · Guru

miguel wrote:

i would accept CD djing on pioneer CDJ 1000s. i've seen people do some sick stuff on those , they do behave like a turntable..

but the latin clubs probably don't have the equipment, and most importantly, the latin DJs don't generally have the skills to take advantage of it anyway.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT... I HAVE SEEN A PRO AT USING THE pioneer 1000 IN COSTA RICA ....ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS SCREW VINYL AND CDs AND ALL THAT ...WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE USE THESE THINGS PROPERLY IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!

confundida · Foro Master

JOKER_ESCO wrote:

Some what it looks like it, I guess cause of the cincle around the M.

NO GOOD!!!!

JOKER_ESCO · Foro Master

Some what it looks like it, I guess cause of the cincle around the M.

confundida · Foro Master

LaDyBuG wrote:

JOKER_ESCO wrote:

The M from Muevelo Ent’s Avatar looks like the M from Motorola, or is just me???? By the way before any1 suggest I am not hating, damn u always have 2 say that here LoL

If Confu had said this....she would be called HATER right away.....lol

Can u post a pick of the Motorolla logo...and let's compare....

YEP...BUT IT DOES......

LaDyBuG · Comandante

JOKER_ESCO wrote:

The M from Muevelo Ent’s Avatar looks like the M from Motorola, or is just me???? By the way before any1 suggest I am not hating, damn u always have 2 say that here LoL

If Confu had said this....she would be called HATER right away.....lol

Can u post a pick of the Motorolla logo...and let's compare....

Jade · Guru

miguel wrote:

only if there's actual DJing involved ie: beatmatching and scratching / creating mixing

most of the latin "djs" are not really djs (ohhh, i'm going to get burned for that one). not much point in just listening to a guy cut from one track to the next. can just make a mix cd and play it.

-- Edited by miguel at 14:56, 2006-10-27

I agree....

JOKER_ESCO · Foro Master

The M from Muevelo Ent’s Avatar looks like the M from Motorola, or is just me???? By the way before any1 suggest I am not hating, damn u always have 2 say that here LoL

miguel · TOP Guru

Chale Tanga wrote:

Daeveed wrote:

So I guess it's clear what we need.

Instead of a DJ Competition, we need a DJ school.

DJ Grouch does lessons. He's won tons of awards and hosts his own live show. He's taking new students if anyone is interested.

he runs a DJ school with some other people.

For all you latin DJs: http://www.scratchlab.ca/

sign up for some lessons

Chale Tanga · TOP Guru

Daeveed wrote:

So I guess it's clear what we need.

Instead of a DJ Competition, we need a DJ school.

DJ Grouch does lessons. He's won tons of awards and hosts his own live show. He's taking new students if anyone is interested.

Daeveed · Foro Master

So I guess it's clear what we need.

Instead of a DJ Competition, we need a DJ school.