American Disc Jockey Association
The American Disc Jockey Association is the largest, most powerful DJ organization in the world. At Sound In Motion, we are proud members of this fine association and continue to become more involved in it.
This summer, in July, the ADJA will be presenting its first-ever large-scale, national educational conference, and, as with anything being headed up by the inimitable Dr. Drax, the focus will squarely be on the betterment of our profession.
The lineup of speakers is a veritable “Who’s Who” of the mobile DJ industry: people like Mike Walter, Jim Cerone, Randy Bartlett and Scott Faver are household names in our industry – so much so that most of the time they are referred to by first name only and you know exactly who is being talked about – which is why I am so honored to have been asked, along with several other up-and-comers, to join this cast in being one of the presenters at this conference. It is truly an honor.
On July 13,2009, I will be giving a presentation called “Mixing For The Pop Music Professional”. It is described on the ADJA website as follows:
Mixing For The Pop Music Professional picks up where beat-matching leaves off, with a particular emphasis on Harmonic Mixing and Programming. Techniques discussed will include how to determine the key signature of a song, how the key signatures interrelate, how to “fix” dissonance in your mixes and how to utilize harmonics in new ways to make your mixes sound better than ever! Additional topics include Phrase Recognition, Overlays, Cut-Mixing and Narrative Mixing. To top it off, Adrian will reveal his most powerful mixing and programming tool and describe in detail how you can make one too!
I am very excited to share this knowledge with such a large audience. I have done the presentation one other time, in Minneapolis for the always-superb Northern Disc Jockey Conference, and the response was very good. After considering some great feedback from my friends Jim Cerone and Brian Harris, I will be honing it even more and hope to be able to really break down and connect these rather complex topics to everyone in the room, regardless of experience.
If you are a DJ and are reading this, I heartily encourage you to join the ADJA and attend this conference in Chicago!
See you there?
2 Comments
May 14, 2009 at 2:29 am
Count me there Adrian!
May 14, 2009 at 5:29 am
I will look forward to seeing you Mitch!