lcmxr6
After looking through some photos I realized something. Ive come a long way and I owe it all to Virtual DJ. So here is a tribute Ive put together. A photo time line of where I started, and the progression Ive made using Virtual DJ.
December 2009: I purchased a Hercules RMX packaged with VDJ Basic. Neato! It even ran smoothly on my Dell, single core, laptop from 2005. I spent the next couple days locked away in my room. It was love, but I hungered for more! VDJ PRO was my next logical step.
January 2010: I took the plunge and purchased some turntables. At this point I had very little funds so I sprung for the cheapest ones I could find that claimed to be for DJs (Gemini TT 2000s). I also grabbed some road cases as I had every intention of transitioning out of my bedroom. In the weeks to come I would practice unrelentingly and produced my first mix tape. Sweet!
February 2010: My first house party, and a toga party at that. Game face.. check...toga.. check..VDJ...check! Before long the house was filled, bodies were bouncing and the smell of intoxicated college kids flooded the house. At the end of the night as I waded through the mess of what used to be a living room I deemed the night a success and fell asleep with a smile on my face.
April 2010: After about 2 months on the house party scene I started gaining some street credit. One night I was approached by the social chair of a local fraternity who wanted to offer me a gig. I graciously accepted and used the money, plus what I had been saving to purchase some speakers.Two Carvin 15\\\" powered mains. Now it was time to really get this show on the road!
May 2010: My first gig at a local bar for Cinco De Mayo. I cant describe the excitement I felt coming into this event. This was the break I had been looking for! I was calm, confident, and ready to rock this venue, and of course VDJ was right there by my side! As the music poured from the rooftops into the streets the bar began to fill. Before long a full blown raging party was going down in downtown Columbia, Missouri. I left the bar exhausted but once again with a smile on my face.
June-August 2010: Kept playing, Kept saving, along with working a 9-5. Took the next step in upgrading my rig and purchased two Technics 2010 Mk5\\\'s. Best decision of my life. Gained residency at the pool of my apartment complex for the summer! August rolls around and in preparation for the new school year I purchased A carvin 18\\\" Powered Subwoofer. Waamp Waamp Waamp, things were ready to blow now!!
September 2010: After passing out business cards like crazy I finally got a hit. A birthday party for a very well to do family that owns a video production studio in Columbia MO. Became a premium netsearch member, and used it live at this gig. Amazing! I was playing everything for this family from Frank Sinatra to the Beastie Boys. Made some very nice contacts, and received enough funds to purchase a backup deck/midi controller in the form of a CDJ 400.
September 23, 2010: Last night I played my first gig at a club. A mid level club in downtown Columbia. I was honored to say the least as there is absolutely no shortage of DJs in this town of 4 college campuses. This was also my first time playing on a large scale club speaker system. Time to show everyone what I'm made of! Went in to this gig being the most prepared for any gig I've ever done. Worked the crowd from 9-11pm then dropped bombs for the last hour. Complete pandemonium wall to wall on the dance floor. The night couldn't have gone better. Rocks TexZK's new sound effects all night, crowd was loving it! Thanks TexZK and Virtual DJ! As I'm carrying my cases out the door the owner approaches me and says "Nice job you sounded pretty good back there". I modestly accept the compliment and hand him my business card. High energy event, high energy crowd! At the end of the night I was drenched in sweat and deemed the night a success!
September 24 2010: Today I received A call from the Kappa social chair (who was in attendance at the club last night), and was booked for 2 gigs in OCT. After that I will have enough money for a new mixer! My setup is almost complete, and my dreams are becoming a reality. I could not have done any of this without Virtual DJ and all the help and advice I've received from users on this forum. THANK YOU ALL SOO MUCH!!!!
December 2009: I purchased a Hercules RMX packaged with VDJ Basic. Neato! It even ran smoothly on my Dell, single core, laptop from 2005. I spent the next couple days locked away in my room. It was love, but I hungered for more! VDJ PRO was my next logical step.
January 2010: I took the plunge and purchased some turntables. At this point I had very little funds so I sprung for the cheapest ones I could find that claimed to be for DJs (Gemini TT 2000s). I also grabbed some road cases as I had every intention of transitioning out of my bedroom. In the weeks to come I would practice unrelentingly and produced my first mix tape. Sweet!
February 2010: My first house party, and a toga party at that. Game face.. check...toga.. check..VDJ...check! Before long the house was filled, bodies were bouncing and the smell of intoxicated college kids flooded the house. At the end of the night as I waded through the mess of what used to be a living room I deemed the night a success and fell asleep with a smile on my face.
April 2010: After about 2 months on the house party scene I started gaining some street credit. One night I was approached by the social chair of a local fraternity who wanted to offer me a gig. I graciously accepted and used the money, plus what I had been saving to purchase some speakers.Two Carvin 15\\\" powered mains. Now it was time to really get this show on the road!
May 2010: My first gig at a local bar for Cinco De Mayo. I cant describe the excitement I felt coming into this event. This was the break I had been looking for! I was calm, confident, and ready to rock this venue, and of course VDJ was right there by my side! As the music poured from the rooftops into the streets the bar began to fill. Before long a full blown raging party was going down in downtown Columbia, Missouri. I left the bar exhausted but once again with a smile on my face.
June-August 2010: Kept playing, Kept saving, along with working a 9-5. Took the next step in upgrading my rig and purchased two Technics 2010 Mk5\\\'s. Best decision of my life. Gained residency at the pool of my apartment complex for the summer! August rolls around and in preparation for the new school year I purchased A carvin 18\\\" Powered Subwoofer. Waamp Waamp Waamp, things were ready to blow now!!
September 2010: After passing out business cards like crazy I finally got a hit. A birthday party for a very well to do family that owns a video production studio in Columbia MO. Became a premium netsearch member, and used it live at this gig. Amazing! I was playing everything for this family from Frank Sinatra to the Beastie Boys. Made some very nice contacts, and received enough funds to purchase a backup deck/midi controller in the form of a CDJ 400.
September 23, 2010: Last night I played my first gig at a club. A mid level club in downtown Columbia. I was honored to say the least as there is absolutely no shortage of DJs in this town of 4 college campuses. This was also my first time playing on a large scale club speaker system. Time to show everyone what I'm made of! Went in to this gig being the most prepared for any gig I've ever done. Worked the crowd from 9-11pm then dropped bombs for the last hour. Complete pandemonium wall to wall on the dance floor. The night couldn't have gone better. Rocks TexZK's new sound effects all night, crowd was loving it! Thanks TexZK and Virtual DJ! As I'm carrying my cases out the door the owner approaches me and says "Nice job you sounded pretty good back there". I modestly accept the compliment and hand him my business card. High energy event, high energy crowd! At the end of the night I was drenched in sweat and deemed the night a success!
September 24 2010: Today I received A call from the Kappa social chair (who was in attendance at the club last night), and was booked for 2 gigs in OCT. After that I will have enough money for a new mixer! My setup is almost complete, and my dreams are becoming a reality. I could not have done any of this without Virtual DJ and all the help and advice I've received from users on this forum. THANK YOU ALL SOO MUCH!!!!
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 5:34 pm
CRashster
Great thread. Thanks for sharing.
CRash
CRash
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 6:11 pm
the SOUND INSURGENT
No doubt bro thanks for sharing and congrats on your success thus far!!
Keep doin you
Huey
Keep doin you
Huey
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 6:28 pm
DJ Cyder
Love the thread! I hope you have inspired others to do the same. Oh and looks like you have another star.
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 6:43 pm
mp3jrick
I applaud you personally for following the path that has been laid down and not using cracks that lure many right here in this forum.
You are achieving your goal successfully, and growing every day which is testimony to doing things the right way.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experiences with all of us and those who will read up.
You are achieving your goal successfully, and growing every day which is testimony to doing things the right way.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experiences with all of us and those who will read up.
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 6:48 pm
J-Snip
You're story is very inspiring!!! Thank you for sharing!
Reading it brought back many memories good memories and confirms some things I need to take care of with my business.
Reading it brought back many memories good memories and confirms some things I need to take care of with my business.
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 7:17 pm
djfrochocr
WoW... awesome... your timeline as vdj user and your upgrade of equipment is simply impressive... im inspired with your post...
Gratz !
Gratz !
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 8:33 pm
lcmxr6
Thank you Cyder, Rick, and everyone else. You guys have all been an inspiration to me. I'm honored by the upgrade as well. I will contribute as much as I can to the VDJ community. I can't wait to see what the future has in store, I know the team is working hard.......... Oh and last night I was rocking my VDJ trucker hat that I got off the site!!!! Have a good weekend everyone.
-L
-L
Posté Fri 24 Sep 10 @ 9:02 pm
andytaylor125
Brilliant post, I felt your excitement just reading it!
Looks like you've done it just the right way too, saved up and then bought exactly what you need, not gone out and blown loads on your credit card only to regret it later!
Well done. :)
Looks like you've done it just the right way too, saved up and then bought exactly what you need, not gone out and blown loads on your credit card only to regret it later!
Well done. :)
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 3:57 am
Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
nice photo story :) inspirational
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 5:57 am
DME-CEO
Damn bro nice! You got me all teary eye'd & $hit.... lol... Seriously though, from the looks and "soundz" of thingz you've put in the work and that work is/has been starting to pay it'z dividends. You definitely had a plan and stuck to it, I wish you much success in the future!
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 6:33 am
Dan (djtouchdan)
Love the story, love the pics, love your passion for VDJ.
Experienced star well deserved.
Experienced star well deserved.
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 7:00 am
Charlie Wilson
Brilliant, I love to see people put there money where there mouths are and have the confidence to just get on with it.
Nice to see your not a stinking crack head.
My favourite part was when you bought your sub, please buy another when you can afford it and do a video.
Nice to see your not a stinking crack head.
My favourite part was when you bought your sub, please buy another when you can afford it and do a video.
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 7:04 am
DJ Ace Cap1
that was kewl dude!
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 8:31 am
DJ Marcel_1
I'd like to point out some things that he did CORRECTLY throughout his story.
1) Bought gear and Software legally and when he could afford to.
2) Always had business cards on him to hand out when asked.
3) Prepared for his gigs: knew the crowd, knew the types of music he would need.
Pretty Good moves there.
Now if you keep it up and your rates are enough to support yourself you can ditch the 9-5 job in a couple of years. I'm getting close, it's been a long road but it's coming.
1) Bought gear and Software legally and when he could afford to.
2) Always had business cards on him to hand out when asked.
3) Prepared for his gigs: knew the crowd, knew the types of music he would need.
Pretty Good moves there.
Now if you keep it up and your rates are enough to support yourself you can ditch the 9-5 job in a couple of years. I'm getting close, it's been a long road but it's coming.
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 10:15 am
Caliente123
Very nice pictures LCMXr6. Glad to hear your doing well.
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 11:14 am
tayla
well chuffed for you...
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 11:28 am
congratulations on the star
very nice pictorial
very nice pictorial
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 2:37 pm
discobrian24
Thanks for sharing the pictures and the story!! Congrats on becoming an EXP User.
Posté Sat 25 Sep 10 @ 5:28 pm