| We all know that for the majority of us, music is | | | | in the purchase of vinyl decks and cd players for |
| an expression of how we feel or experience that | | | | bedroom djs was going to happen. In effect the |
| might have arisen in the past. | | | | bedroom dj has never had so good with cost and |
| In Great Britain with street crime at an all time | | | | space being reduced to minimum. |
| high, troubled youths and kids roaming around | | | | With the growth of sites such as Myspace the |
| most street corners and squares, home never | | | | bedroom dj now has an outlet for promoting the |
| feels safer. | | | | music being produced and is even capable created |
| Studies show that the majority of these male or | | | | a weblog to document their development. |
| even female youths when put in a room with | | | | Podcasting has been another innovation with the |
| some decks, mixers and pumping pa equipment | | | | dj able to create his or her own radio station to |
| find it is a way of letting their built up anger, | | | | be uploaded and shared with an online community. |
| frustration and plain boredom out in a form of | | | | Advances in technology have ensured you can |
| weird and wonderful mixes or noise for some. | | | | watch and learn about the equipment from your |
| These days you can easily get equipment at | | | | own home, this means expensive tuition is no |
| much affordable prices and with the boom in | | | | longer needed and for those looking for a real |
| computer software that allows for creative | | | | career in music there are many different |
| mixing without the need for hardware such as | | | | opportunities available and whats more these are |
| record decks, cdplayers or mixers. | | | | developed from your own bedroom. |
| With this software the djis in full control of all | | | | Also there have been huge reductions in the cost |
| parameters of equalization and is able to load mp3 | | | | of equipment ever the past five yours with most |
| files from the computer where most people will | | | | of the DJ products now being manufactured in |
| have a large archive of songs. | | | | China instead of Japan, again this ensures that it is |
| Does this mean the end of vinyl mixing? Since the | | | | not just within the grasp of the well off homes |
| development of dj cd players that can simulate | | | | but now any child can shape their destiny. |
| vinyl mixing and allow for the much cheaper | | | | The new age means that computer interaction is |
| format of the cd to be used rather than bulky | | | | very much a part of school life and the new kit |
| and expensive vinyl it appears that while there | | | | interacts completely with the home computer. |
| are a few purists out there the majority of djs | | | | USB devices are plug and play and almost |
| have changed to cd mixing. | | | | anything musical or for that matter visual can |
| Now available on the market are usb controllers | | | | now be controlled and enhanced from your |
| to manipulate software available which widens the | | | | desktop or laptop. |
| gap even further by keeping the cost of dj | | | | Over the next few years the world of music will |
| equipment down since everything is software | | | | have a new breed of expertise, the dj, the lighting |
| controlled. With the software you can scratch, | | | | technician and the mixing technician will be people |
| loop, effect, reverse and even change the tempo | | | | who started off in their bedroom. Places such as |
| without changing pitch.... | | | | Ibiza and nightclubs around the world will be the |
| This is far more than can be achieved with | | | | destinations for these kids, even radio and |
| traditional equipment and also with less space | | | | television and of course the world is truly their |
| being taken up. It's not surprising then that a shift | | | | oyster. |