In the landscape of promotion, there are now unlimited sites on which you can place material on about your work as a DJ. So when someone asks “what do you do?”, which link do you send them? Many DJs have signatures that look like library cards with 5 different links to Twitter, Soundcloud, Facebook, Myspace and if they are lucky a custom homepage. Since you can’t possible expect people to visit all of your content sites, why not aggregate all of those sources into one single page that is easy to set up and changes as your DJ world grows? Well, fortunately, someone invented a service that does just that.

Source: DJ TechTools

News Article: DJ TechTools – Create A Great DJ Website, In Minutes

As this article was approaching 4,000 words, it was split into 2 sections. You can find the first part here:

DJ TechTools – A Guide To Making A Multitracked Mixtape (Part 1)

Part two is now available for viewing here:

DJ TechTools – A Guide To Making A Multitracked Mixtape (Part 2)

Have you ever wanted to wail out a synth solo on top of a track or drop a dubstep baseline during a break? You could always cart along a keyboard and load up Ableton in your sets but that is not very practical for the average DJ. After many months of fine tuning, the first public version is finally available to play with. DJ PowerTools – the modern controllerist’s version of the scratch record.

Source: DJ TechTools

News Article: DJ PowerTools – Sound Packs For Controllers

At the end of the day, DJing is truly about collecting and curating new music. With today’s remarkably connected Internet there are dozens of great tools that will help you find great tracks that will really work.

Source: DJ TechTools

News Article: DJ TechTools – Great Ways To Discover New Music

We are back with another segment of our popular series: “What’s in your DJ bag”? This time it’s international globe trotter, James Zabiela, who stopped by the office to show us an amazing pile of crazy accessories that somehow fit into one bag! We also managed to get a solid pile of digital DJ tips that might help you be more prepared on your next gig.

Source: DJ TechTools

For the past year we have been experimenting with various Midi Fighter configurations in our search to find the perfect controllerist instrument. After much exploration, we have settled on four popular layouts that combine function, strength, and playability into one powerful surface.

Source: DJ TechTools

News Article: DJ TechTools – The Midi-Fighter Pro Controllers

Pioneer’s 2011 products have definitely had an ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’ bent, and feature much improved integration with DJ software. The announcement of the DDJ series surprised many with two different products, one for Native Instruments’ Traktor and the other for Serato’s Itch – with the Itch focused DDJ-S1 on the bench, we dig in and find out whether Pioneer can transfer their hardware calibre to the controller realm.

Source: DJ Techtools

Article: Pioneer DDJ-S1 – DJ Techtools Review