Tag: DJ

Last week, a German teenager known as Deniz A and his 23-year-old accomplice managed to hack into the personal computers of Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Ke$ha. Upon infiltrating the computers with a Trojan horse virus, the hackers stole and sold the artists' unfinished songs online. Over the course of 12 months, they allegedly pocketed over $13,000. They're even rumored to have blackmailed ...

We have seen the future of DJ equipment, and it comes from Chile. According to Engadget, a guy named Rodrigo posted a video demonstration of this Token multitouch surface setup for DJs. A rear-mounted projector beams video from a computer onto the giant sheet of glass, which lets users touch and swipe across the surface of the digital control board to create different beats, sounds, effects and ...

While FM radio will likely soon be replaced by Internet radio services, a panel of experts at the Great Escape music conference in the U.K. recently argued that disc jockeys will both endure and evolve. According to the Guardian, more streaming radio services, like Dabbl, Playdio and Mixcloud, will launch in the near future, but many listeners will still look to DJs for guidance through that ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/04/22/dj-uses-two-ipads-mixer-and-some-apps-to-make-mad-beats/'; Share Using only two iPads, some applications and a standard mixer, Rana Sobhany claims to be the world's first iPad DJ. That's right, she doesn't need any vinyl, synthesizers or laptops. All the music, sounds and effects she uses are pulled from iPad apps -- like Groovemaker House, ...

Inconvenient allergies (like grass, milk, or LOLcats) aren't usually so weird. But a London DJ's claim just might top them all. Steve Miller, a.k.a Afterlife, told the Telegraph that he's allergic to 'electrosmog' that's caused by wireless Internet waves. According to The Telegraph, about two-percent of the world's population say they suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity. With most ...

Here's a surprising statistic: According to NPR, sales of new vinyl records are up 10% in the first quarter of 2007. Record stores that sell used vinyl are reporting a spike in sales as well. Which begs the question: What's up with the resurgence? One theory is the advent of USB turntables, which plug right into your computer's USB port and make it easy to turn your vinyl records into MP3s or ...