Last night I DJed without head phones

[Jolyon]

Forgot or lost the phono jack to plug in my headphones to the mixer at a DJing gig last night, so had to do 4 hours without headphones.

Only slipped up once in all that time (played a record at 33rpm not 45rpm).

It was quite a liberating experience in a way. It made me listen to each record and I had to think a bit more about what to play etc. etc.

The music was "chill-out" downtempo stuff...so it was easier.

Anyone else gone a whole night at a gig without headphones before?

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by Jolyon:
Anyone else gone a whole night at a gig without headphones before? Yes. A couple of times over the years. These were hip hop gigs. It always turns out way better than you expect. And it makes you appreciate how well you already know your music.

[Jolyon]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Jolyon:
Anyone else gone a whole night at a gig without headphones before? Yes. A couple of times over the years. These were hip hop gigs. It always turns out way better than you expect. And it makes you appreciate how well you already know your music. </font>[/QUOTE]Exactly! It made me realise how well I knew my records. Also, there's an art to cueing without hearing first and making sure there's no "quiet" for longer than a couple of seconds - makes a nice natural pause in a way.

[Jamie 3:26]

You coulda used a mic....

[Jolyon]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You coulda used a mic.... There was no mic...

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by Jolyon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You coulda used a mic.... There was no mic... </font>[/QUOTE]All you needed was a hairpin,two pieces of wire and an old telephone or a nice aluminum cun.

[upliftdisco365]

McGuyver lives!!!

[D J 1 3 8]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Jolyon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You coulda used a mic.... There was no mic... </font>[/QUOTE]All you needed was a hairpin,two pieces of wire and an old telephone or a nice aluminum cun. </font>[/QUOTE]thank you McGyver :D

[ July 03, 2003, 10:41 AM: Message edited by: DJ 138 ]

[Jolyon]

Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Jolyon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by JAMIE 3:26:
You coulda used a mic.... There was no mic... </font>[/QUOTE]All you needed was a hairpin,two pieces of wire and an old telephone or a nice aluminum cun. </font>[/QUOTE]graemlins/lol.gif

[mdpm99]

doin it in the park,
doin it after dark,
oh yeah,
oh yeah.....

Donald Byrd

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[natacha]

I never used headphones because I don't know how to use them.
I never touch the pitch, because I don't need to.
The only I am touching when playing music is "Slide/phono 1" and Slide/Phono 2"

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[michael]

I had one of my best nights djing doing that once when I forgot my headphones. What I figured out was to put my ear down real close to the headshell of the non-playing record and use the hi-end sounds generated by the needle to beat match. That would probably be harder for downtempo, since it has more spaced out rhythms, but it worked great for house. It's amazing those little noises from the needle are even audible in a crowded, banging club, but they're actually pretty loud if you stick your head down near the record.

You're right that it makes you listen to the sound system really carefully. It was a great lesson for me because I'm usually too caught up in listening to what's going on in the headphones.

[simon b]

I pratice this at home all the time. I drop in a beat at the first kick and adjust it on the fly....

[Bill Blake]

Yea, the radio show I use to help do back in Florida with Randy Lee.

Sometimes we didn’t have a mixer so we would DJ ‘of the board’.

Its got this TINY and mean TINY little tinty que speaker way on the other side of the board form where the tables were.

You could barley use it at all to cue but sometimes you just got busy anyways and could pull off some nice mixes.

I hated it.

[mdpm99]

Careful visual observations of the grooves will also be road signs for this and that - info.

Then the third ear and the third eye can play and have some fun too....

;)

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[ July 03, 2003, 11:53 AM: Message edited by: david mancuso ]

[blackwax]

i played at a northern soul all nighter with one deck for 3 hours that was fun! there where 2 decks there but the stylus in one was completely shagged

[imported_Chr_stopher]

i played for awhile at a bring your own record party with no phones and it is ok, not that I want to do it on a normal basis

[mdpm99]

Originally posted by blackwax:
i played at a northern soul all nighter with one deck for 3 hours that was fun! there where 2 decks there but the stylus in one was completely shagged always carry a spare tire....

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[mdpm99]

Originally posted by Christopher L. Aquilo:
i played for awhile at a bring your own record party with no phones and it is ok, not that I want to do it on a normal basis Greetings Christopher L. Aquilo:

I like that --- concept of a "bring your own record" party....interesting.

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