Guest Post by Greg Davis

In 2012 a number of well-known DJs were “kicked off the decks” at a couple different high class night clubs.

Big names like DJ Shadow, Tommie Sunshine, Dennis Ferrer, and Mark Farina to name a few were all asked to leave for one reason or another but the main theme was that someone didn’t think their music fit the venue. Although the vast majority of us would side with the DJs in each of these cases their experiences bring up the opportunity to learn a good lesson. While the main job of a DJ is typically defined as playing music or running the decks, an equally important responsibly is to play music in such a way that you enhance the club atmosphere. Here are a few tips I’ve come up with to help any aspiring DJ better fit their set to the club or venue they intend to play.

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In collaboration between Pioneer, leaders in pro DJ gear, and Serato, makers of DJ software, a new super-tool for DJing has been engineered.

The Pioneer DDJ-SX is the first four-channel Performance DJ Controller / Mixer built specifically for the new Serato DJ software.

What Pioneer has done with the new Pioneer DDJ-SX is taken and combined all the best features of prior DJ controllers like the Pioneer DDJ-S1, Traktor Kontrol S4, Novation Twitch and Vestax VCI-380 with all the best features and build quality of Pioneer Pro DJ gear, rolled it all up into one and created the ultimate Serato DJ Controller. You get features like velocity touch performance pads, needle search and even the totally new large capacitive touch sensitive jog wheels.

Not only is the Pioneer DDJ-SX a software DJ controller for the new Serato DJ software but it’s also a DJ mixer with inputs for CD players and vinyl turntables. So if you want it all, you can run four-channels, two with Serato DJ, one with a CDJ and another with a vinyl turntable or play four decks in Serato DJ or two CDJs and two vinyl turntables or any combination that’s suits you and your style of DJing.

Click to see: Pioneer DDJ-SX at Amazon.com or Juno.co.uk

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The Pioneer XDJ-AERO is a new all-in-one DJ system – DJ controller for playing and mixing your music directly from your smartphone, tablet or laptop wirelessly via wifi.

But that’s not all — the Pioneer XDJ-AERO can also play music files from usb, from your laptop with DJ software like other DJ controllers, or connect turntables or CDJs and use it as a standalone mixer.

As a DJ performance tool, the XDJ-AERO is a major innovation in wireless connectivity and input versatility. It’s the first DJ system in the world to give DJs the capability to DJ with music connected wirelessly.

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DJs can now unlock their full creative potential by remixing tracks on the fly with these powerful new tools by Pioneer and Native Instruments.

Read on and decide which one is for you or if you’ve simply got to have them both!

Pioneer RMX-1000 Remix Station

The future of DJing is here! Oops! Isn’t that a Traktor slogan actually?

Well no matter what company we’re talking about, year by year, the innovations for DJing develop by leaps and bounds and Pioneer’s RMX-1000 Remix Station opens up a whole new dimension of sounds and unlimited possibilities for DJs to showcase their skills today.

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Here are the Best DJ Headphones for 2012. DJ Headphones are possibly the DJ’s most important piece of gear and I know that buying your first pair of DJ headphones is a big decision.

However, I hope to help you out here by presenting the best DJ headphones and the DJ headphones most commonly used by professional DJ’s. For me the biggest factor is how they sound but of course comfort is also a factor, as well as styling, build quality and isolation. Have a look at the following DJ Headphones and decide for yourself.

Note for 2012: I’ve just updated Best DJ Headphones to include AIAIAI TMA-1 DJ Headphones, another excellent DJ Headphone for DJing today. In addition to the TMA-1, my top picks for DJ headphones right now are the Allen & Heath XD-53′s, Pioneer HDJ-2000′s and the Sennheiser HD25′s.

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