A DJ hackday is being proposed to explore new technologies for DJing. DJs traditionally select and play music using vinyl records or CDs, but digital technologies now dominate. The presentation proposes a hackday to develop new ways to control music using digital technologies, new interfaces beyond turntables, and new models for distributing and monetizing DJ mixes. The goal is to further democratize DJing and make it more participatory and accessible to a new generation of digital natives. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience and inviting any questions.

1. Dj's Hackday

2. What is a DJ?
 A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person
who selects and plays recorded music for an
audience.
 Originally, disk referred to phonograph records,
while disc referred to the Compact Disc,
and has become the more common spelling.
Today, the term includes all forms of music playback,
no matter the medium

3. Types of disc jockeys
 Radio DJs introduce and play music that is broadcast on AM,
FM, shortwave, digital, or internet radio stations
 Club DJs select and play music in bars, nightclubs,
discothèques, at raves, or even in a stadium
 Hip hop disc jockeys select and play music using multiple
turntables, they may also do turntable scratching to create
percussive sounds
 Mobile DJs travel with portable sound systems and play recorded
music at a variety of events

4. My background
 1990 – Learned to vinyl dj since 11 from my cousins (Dj May-z)
 1994 – Resident at Odyssey Discotheque for a couple of years
 1994 – Spending all wages on vinyl every month
 1998 – Left vinyl dj for mpeg3s and skipped CD mixing
 1999 – Started using Virtual Turntables (VTT)
 1999 – Napster kick started a digital music revolution
 2002 – Switched to AtomixMp3 which later became VirtualDj
 2007 – The Tonium Pacemaker is pre-released, gave up VirtualDj

5. The Future of Djing?

6. The Future of Djing?

7. Hackday for Djs, who's interested?

8. Drop the analogue

9. Could it work like midi?

10. Express yourself in better ways

11. 2 player or more: control, filter, destroy

12. New ways to package mixes

13. New ways to distribute mixes

14. New ways to licence mixes

15. New places to play live

16. What were aiming for is...

17. Democratisation of DJing

18. ...we owe it to the participatory generation

19. Thank you, any questions?
Ian Forrester | Cubicgarden.com | @cubicgarden
Presentation : CC BY-NC-SA