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The Best Instruments To Learn As A DJ, Controllerist, and Producer

Of the instruments that are out there for a musician to play, there are two that are perhaps the most important, yet the most fundamentally different from each other.  The first one is drums.  Drums are probably older than anyone can remember, and there are somewhat essential to any type of music that is made today.  Drums create rhythm, which is found is all types of music, even those without a given drum beat.  A DJ who comes from a drumming background has the idea of rhythm that they can apply to their DJing skills.  They understand how intricate a basic drum pattern can be and where they are placed in music. The other instrument is the piano.  The piano is really the most basic yet complicated piece of musical gear that has ever existed.  On the surface, it plays many octaves of notes, but underneath it all a pianist can get more creative and more percussive than a drummer.  Knowing the fundamentals of piano will help a DJ understand what songs match harmonically and which do not.  Piano is obviously something that takes a lifetime to learn, so don’t expect to pick it up and get good quickly. http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/10/06/the-best-instruments-to-learn-as-a-dj-controllerist-and-producer/

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Modern Instruments for DJs

Since there is always a new controller ready to be produced for DJs, that also means that there always room to experiment and try something new.  Creating a novel controller that has never been done before can actually work the DJ niche, since DJs are always looking to expand their art to the next level; something that hasn’t been done before.  In the world of odd controllers we have everything from a mad scientist’s creation, to works of art that are probably better looked at than used.  These strange controllers do more for causing a sensation than they do for sales – but if one is to ever catch on into the mainstream, it may be the leader in production for years to come. Of the odd controllers out there, we’ve seen spherical shaped controllers and even controllers that look guitar or piano.  Aside from that, there are those controllers that are able to be used without any real buttons, and naturally you have your unwanted controllers too.  Nobody in their right mind looks cool playing an accordion, but an accordion shaped controller turns heads.  Let it be known that these works of art will cost you the price of a work of art. http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/12/13/modern-instruments-for-djs-and-producers/