Get Your Hands of My Records Fool!
As a DJ, you encounter a lot of strange situations. A lot of them involve patrons of the establishment you work for. If it’s a big club, a lot of […]
Tag Archives: DJ Culture
45 Live!
It’s no secret that we love the little records with the big holes over here at Flea Market Funk. We’ve been collecting them since we were wee ones and the […]
Sing Us A Song, Piano Man
As a DJ, you get in some pretty funny situations. Weird requests, drunk customers, bar fights, and clueless people that want you to be their personal iPod all come to […]
Soundtrack: The Story of The DJ
Portland, OR based selector DJ Zimmie, author of the great article “The End of DJing” (if you haven’t read it, please take some time to do so), has a great […]
Jazzy Jeff On Staying Relevant
At one point, the turntable was outselling the guitar, so that, and the ease of getting equipment has definitely contributed to the number of so-called “DJs” in our industry today. […]
Remembering the White Label Record
In the late 90’s and early 00’s, I had a few residencies a week both here in NYC and in NJ. This was pre-Serato, so when you had a shift […]
Headphone Review: Sol Republic Master Tracks
If you are a DJ and you have been doing it for a long time, you go through headphones. In fact, I have probably gone through 20+ pairs of headphones […]
Diggin’ In The Dirt 05.17.13
Hey man, have you tried the wood glue method of cleaning records?-BH Dublin, Ireland I have tried many cleaning methods. An old record store owner used to clean his stock […]
Diggin’ In The Dirt 05.10.13
What is with the Star Wars obsession with every DJ? It seems like most of the DJs have some sort of Star Wars fetish with the records, figures, images, etc. […]
Diggin’ In The Dirt 05.03.13
I can’t seem to find the right needles to scratch 45’s with, I’m wondering what needles you’d recommend? Help!!- F.N., Long Island, NY That is a question that I’ve gotten […]
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