Building Better DJs Podcast Episode #1 

HELL YEA YOU GUYS!! bout damn time. the most experienced crew in the industry skillfully and professionally from radio to studio, from battle to club, from corporate to private events. looking forward to all the stories and discussions!

Vinyl will forever rule

Man I find myself talking and chiming in while your doing the pod cast, all topics dj heads can relate 2

I use two belt driven Technics SL B2 and a Realistic mixer with a weighted fader (no crabbing on that thing), and I still perfer the feeling of a record on a turntable, and literally FEELING the cue points before letting them go. Staring at a screen has never been able to replicate that satisfaction of rockin two records and having to switch them in and out.

Real talk. There's a lot of creativity to be gained from limitations. Those days of strictly vinyl teach you how to push things to the limits so that when you get to digital you can take that concept of stretching the limits even further. The whole culture is based on bending the rules of what your equipment is designed for! Think about it. Turntables were never meant to be instruments. If you apply that "think outside the box" to whatever gear is in front of you then you can advance the culture. One of the dangers of this newer gear is that its so hand-tailored for DJs that some people never learn that essential mentality of stretching the rules. There will always be benefits to going back to vinyl because it forces you to get creative and find workarounds to the limitations of the equipment.

I just have to say thank you to Beat Junkies yet again for completely being right on the forefront of DJ culture, completely representing in the purest form.

Doubles of everything! 😂❤️

Looking forward to watch more! Dope!

This topic is great. I do agree that learning the fundamentals as a DJ'n on vinyl is the way to go.

I really enjoyed this podcast Very informative, honest, and fair. A while back, I was conversing with a co-worker about this topic, especially the part about scratching on Serato vs. Vinyl. He was adamant and at times very combative about his opinion and claimed that there was no difference. I stuck with my opinion and and truly believed that there is difference with the control and sound quality. Vinyl sounded more natural and the hand control on the record was instantaneous, compared to Serato, which to me had a slight lag. After hearing you guys mention this on your podcast, I know now that I was right all along. Thanks guys! Can't wait for more Beat Junkies Podcast.

Amazing podcast from an amazing set of guys who know the culture, looking forward to more.

dope. salute the kingz!!! get preem on here when he in town

New Favorite Podcast.

Awesome!! I didn’t know you guys started a podcast!!!!!

Wow! Finally real DJs sharing real insights! Thanks so much fellas. I'm all in.

So glad y'all brothers is on the podcast game! Educate the people and get that money!

Nice! I look forward to more episodes. Salute to The Beat Junkies!!!!!!

Thank you fellas. Super informative.

Beatjunkie Style !!!! Thanks for talking about those of us who Traktor.

Fucking love this!!! These is why you guys are the shit!! Looking forward to Future episodes! CA...All Day!!!

OMG FEELING THE SAME Way

Mad happy I’m alive to see y’all do this. More Blessings

Hell yeah this is dope I'm glad I subbed thanks guys 🔥🔥🔥🔥

That's a team right here ! Looking forward to next episodes :)

Love it hope y’all keep this goin💯

Awesome , really enjoyed the talk, I love vinyl, have used z4 traktor set up for 6 years bet I only use 15% of its functionality , the shortkut sticker story ❤ thank you , still inspiring , much gratitude

Shot out 2 the Beat Junkies thank for this podcast...

"Dj Willow, I dunno..." lol keep it coming please

Dope! Nice range of topics discussed in an informative and interesting manner.

Thank you for this...I have my favorite comedians sitting around talking comedy now i have you guys talking Djing..I love it.

STRICTLY VINYL. ALWAYS AND FOREVER. NO DISRESPECT TO THE SERATO USERS...BUT... NOTHING BETTER TO ME THAN THE FEEL OF WAX ON THE FINGERTIPS.

Flying in with records with no work visa used to be dodgy to, I know guys that didn't make it thru customs and got put on the next flight back.

Thanks for doing this guys, great discussion.

One other track which I just heard again was the Majestic Crew Untold story and those cuts and stabs which for circa 85/86 was amazing!

First episode i finished been wanting to watch em but had to really make sure im focused and tuned in heavy. This was amazing i can say wow is cool how it felt to know the vinyl era, i say this because i started djing on serato 2011 never got to start from the beginning. Knowing how hard it is and the commitment u need to put plus the sacrifices u guys made i love hearing about it. The most i respect about you guys is u don't knock on the digital era Djs but make sure to learn the craft correctly. U guys are awesome will be tuning in more on the episodes so i can catch up. Beatjunkies is the true team of Djs i can't wait to subscribe on beatjunkies tv so i can start taking courses although i can say im a good dj not a bad one i feel to go back to the beginning. so i can catch up on anything i missed out on or need to improve on and whats a better way to learn from you guys who is very experienced that can get me where i need to get at and be at my full potiential.

Thanks that was dope !!

Fuck yeah!!!

Salute from compton ca

This its really cool checking out y'all podcast. I am really learn even more from listen to the story's this its really cool. Getting real dope knowledge. Keep up the work fellas. I'm going to continue on watching more on y'all podcast. Funk up Salute!

re: The cue points- I get the same way with artwork when I go from Photoshop to pen and paper

Good podcast I'll be following

Beat Junkies great turntablism.

Not only doubles of everything but nice perfectly flat doubles of everything. No warped vinyl

This was just so awesome... hope you guys do a lot more of these..

Traktor has a built-in metronome and over dub loop recorder with 4, 8 16 and 32 beat bar lengths the loop recorder is amazing and serato needs it plus a master tempo

Talk Portables on the next episode!

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I looked up kocos set from red bull on discogs and yeah expensive set

i never have a problem with serato when Djing, crashing or anything like that. I miss mixing with vinyl. Nothing like vinyl. i want to do a 45 set real soon. have to get some stuff together pronto !!

J-Rocc got me cracking up

Shouts out to Nightlife! I miss that club too Choc

After 20 yrs of Dj'ing vinyl, I caved because my mixer died and got the new rane mixer...I got the DillaDonuts Serato on Ebay to motivate me to use it... and TBH I still use my vinyls (honestly cringe at paying for the software every month)

M-Audio Torq was my first time messing with digital vinyl.

Hey, are you guys gonna be interviewing people on this podcast?

yeah il stick with waxx have fun pushing buttons

shout out to Ms Pinky !

This convo was badly needed. It's a sensitive topic these days in the digital age because younger kids don't want to hear or learn about the history. Digital age redefined the DJ, but it also hurt DJing as an art, and rebranded it to prioritize an image because a machine does all the work. I can't tell you how many times I was told about some new DJ, and when you see his/her shit, they are hardly touching the turntable. Or alot of times, you don't even need turntables. You can see DJs djing on apps. The more we bring up this subject, the more we'll see skills resurface. Lookin forwards to more podcasts

Favourite junkie on the tables - babu Favourite junkie to listen to talking J dude is fucking funny

Can anyone let me know the Twitter guy to follow that he mentioned...Sounded like 'Daim-Funk'??

Didn't Rza from Wu-Tang claim to have invented Final Scratch?

babu looks like fresh kid ice. r.i.p.

Rov Swift

I always laugh when you see comments dissing dvs and saying it's shit, and then in their next breath they are dick riding craze or qbert, and it's like wtf you hate something your hero's helped create and love

True vinyl is the only way to go when it comes to scratching, The only people that tell you different probably can't scratch worth a shit in the first place..

No rare tracks anymore :(

Vinyl to Computer, Vinyl wins, on DVS you move the hand slow and it doesnt relate to real vinyl, only time ill say the crew is lying, dvs sucks