Today has been eye-opening for me in various ways. For the first time in a very long time I've been able to fill my day doing exactly what I wanted to do. The snow was wonderful, because it kept me inside and this has been one of my most personally productive days I've probably ever had. I've spent the majority of my days in front of my turntables and my laptop just catching up with myself really. Just so you understand what dj's have to do to have their songs ready for live mixing, first you must have all your material in a place where you can easily access, then everytime you get a new song you must mark the tempo of it, so you know how fast it is in comparison to whatever you have playing already, then you must go through the track and find what points the first beat that you'd most likely mix drops and choruses and such. This creates a visual road map so you know when things are coming up and when it's good to mix in or out whatever tracks you are using at the time. This has to be done for EVERY song if you want to be proficient and prepared. So I've spend a good couple hours marking some awesome music, and for me it's really a passion, I enjoy finding new things and searching for new material. I also recorded my first mix that I'm pretty happy with that for the most part is fairly mistake free. So if anyone wants to know what I do with %90 of my free time just gimme a cd and i'll burn my stuff on it for ya. As I'd take breaks here and there and visit with my family, it hit me that after this year, days like these within my household just as a family will be few and far between. I love my family and my life and I would never trade these days at home with those that I care about most for anything in the world. Yea it's cool to go out, but being away always helps me remember who and what's really important to me.
Keep the Peace
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