Congrats! Good Job!

congrats. well deserved win.

Love the set. Super clean.

Something rather amusing about you performing a set with the latest computer technology and winning... a DVJ.

Not to bust ur balls Jay, but was nothing special about your DJ performance except prepared video edits.
Dj Crime last year was light years ahead from this. I expect some transitions with scratching and video moves according to scratching and backspinning.
Sorry, but it's just my 2c. I don't know what other DJ/VJ's were like.

Still congrats, wish you much success!!

Be great to see a new category for freestyle video mixing.

Congrats to the winners and those who put up.

Congrats Jay E
Very nice set.

i'm only 2 minutes in to your set, this sh!t is HOT!

I watched the entire video...lol Different for me..Nicely Done

Great winning set. It shows that you are a DJ first and an incredible editor. Great track selection.

Congrats.

HELL YES!!!

i wonder how many people watching know those tracks? i am sure for many it was the first time ever hearing them.
as a dj, that used to play a lot of b-boy events, i LOVED the set.
unlike man of the sets from last year, it was not pre-overproduced at all. it's refreshing.



anybody know who the judges were this year?

+1 ^^^

man he took me back i was ROCKIN

I think that was a brave set. Brave because you were taking a risk by not doing overproduced, effects-overloaden preproduced million snippets.

It was also musically pleasing! Sounded like a b-boy battle sound track :)

Good work.

That Video set took me back why I love Djing.....Visually pleasing and the track selections are Superb.

Good Work.

DEAR DAVE JAM, sorry my set didn't make you happy, thanks for all the negative feedback

Everyone check out DAVE JAM'S SET

www.justin.tv

Thanks everyone for the support, and the support of my crew SCREENWERKS. I hate to see people bad mouthing other video djs, This is such a small culture to be bad mouthing each other. I'm just doing my thing and doing my part to help the video dj community be bigger and to help shed more light onto this art form. I give props to ALL video DJs in believing in this art form. Hope to see screens in every venue.

Jay, great set homie, I was glad to see it live. It was fresh, keep up the good werk :) also Dave Jam I think you should practice and quit looking at the screen man, but hey what the hell do I know :)

Thanks Millz...amazing time in Miami i must say

There was a lot of talent in that room the day of the battle. Great to connect and reconnect with many of the industry leaders

insert foot into mouth.

What's up with all that fingerpointing? You don't have to be better to criticize someone.

So if Dave Jam doesn't like [insert DJ name here]'s set, then the topic is [insert DJ name here]'s set - not Dave Jam's set.

damn that set was fresh as hell! nicely done!

+1

I think Dave Jam was very respectful in his comment Jay, and to flame him like that is a bit out of order.

If anything you should link to the DJ Crime set he mentioned, not one of his. Having watched both online I did prefer your set, but that's not the point really.

Exactly. It's just my taste and I stated my opinion respectfully.
I know how much time and effort you've put in and I can see why u got upset.
You came a long way to here, you should be proud of yourself and don't mind the small talk.

Your set was clean and all, but this kind of set is what makes me excited.
vimeo.com

can you say battle of the year bboy set??????umm good job on the edits

good set by all means!

this set was great!! i like this one better... only my opinion... congrats btw. well earned

I was there and Jay definitely took the crown this year. Crowd was really into it. Congrats sir!

dope

i'm sorry but this set is straight sloppy , jay e's flow was smooth & flawless

gotta be the hardest thing to throw down a live set in front of your peers and the internet and nail it perfectly

it inspires others to step up their game also

I hope we see a freestyle category in the future

that shit was so gangster Jay.
I knew someone from the SW crew would do some wild shit.

I do think in the future, there should be 2 battles.
an editors battle/showcase
a non editors battle

lets face it... some of the best video DJs, who arent great editors dont stand a chance in hell
against some of of the editors we know and love.
Im not sure, but isnt the DMC doing something simular?

That would be good, but there would have to be some guidelines as to what is considered an edit. Would a vid with an intro/outro be considered an edit?
I think DMC did add a new category for people using a DVS.

for the non-editor it would be wild I think if they put a camera on the screen and did a Picture in Picture on the master display so everyone could see what's going down on their interface.

They had 2 different battles, one for Visual Artists and one for Video DJs, but I love the idea Josh, the problem I forsee is that the organization of the battle in full was sloppy and not only that, they had this massive sound system and no one could turn it up. Wouldve sounded louder with 2 k12s (seriously). And WMC peeps were on Promo Only's jock, which shows they are NOT in the know and have no idea.

Maybe in Vegas :-)

Well of course the VJ Battle in Vegas @ www.videodjconference.com is going to be one for the books!

Odds on SW making a clean sweep in 2012 for US battles...
gotta check with the vegas pro's on those odds.

The selection is HOT.... Biggup Selecta.

what really are the rules tho? is it like a redbull challenge?

what makes a great video dj?

his own edits?
the way he puts it together?
the music he selects?
the videos he selects?
creativity?
his scratching abilities?
his mixing abilities?
shouldnt there be a a little of the official music video in the sets?

or is it gonna be a poplularity contest?
or is it gonna be like the MTV music video awards and u just get the "win" cuz ur song rocks but nor ur video? which is it?

i seen some dj contests where good djs didnt even place but the guy dating the manager won cuz he knows how to fuck a bitch. ha

i mean dvdj crush won last year. hes one bad muthafucker. but did he really win? i have yet to see the video form the contest.

shouldnt it be based on ur peers, a peoples vote and so on?

and no im not bashing crush. thats muh homie. so dont twist shit fuckers

If anyone has any doubts about Jay E and Screen Werks... They inspired me to create this:

Watchvimeo.com

Great set Jay-E and Congrats!.
Henry, Going by the judging criteria that was on the WMC site, it looks like Jay-E gets points for everything. Wish I was there to see it live and to compare the other sets.



Wasn't it DJ Crime who won last year? Unless you're talking about a different battle.

Dope Costik!!! I would have had a hard time judging that one.
I would have given Costik more points in some categories over Jay-E. Totally different sets, but both very creative. Almost a tie on my score card.

Yup, that's what I was thinking too. I actually liked Costik's better by just a hair just from watching both while at work - but I'd have to re-watch both carefully to REALLY make a serious call. Both were bananas, and light years beyond anything I could do at this point for sure lol. ScreenWerks brought it SUPER hard this year!

Wow, very very nice too, on a different level. Turntable wise - excellent.

Personally I don't like to see a million movie snippets - it's just too much for me, too many different views, changes, setups etc. Towards the end it got better IMHO.

Overall, also very impressive! Good werk! :)

i was referring the to the video conference naming him the best video dj in the world.

wow super nice costik! thats a lil more of what i like to see! but maybe dave jam might think its worthy... i mean hes got pictures with celebs, i mean skills... ha

wow. too close to call. either video set could have won. costik really showed some dope dj skills.

THANK YOU all for your positive comments... We're not concerned with competition placement, we just want to do our part in pushing the envelope of the video dj culture... We both knew that each of our sets were on different ends of the spectrum... That was the point, we wanted to cover everything and show that there is nothing we can't do.. At the end of the day, all of your positive comments mean more to us... So thank you again and we're looking forward to continuing this journey with you all...

You guys should teach us how to do this.......Seriously the hate comes from those people that can't figure How the hell they come up with it.......lol

But on a serious note you guys should start Video Editing 101 for Video Djing for beginners like me.

Congrats!

Too bad I don't make my own edits or I would TOTALLY jump on this next year and any other one out there :(

I like the idea of separate editors battle and a turntablists battle. Maybe the turntablists could have a standard 50 or so edits to choose from, so everyone is using the same videos. Then the creativity and skills would shine from one dj to the next.

^^^^^ +1!!!! I'd be down for that

I don't think they look at the mixing skills, this guy was with no headphones and looking at the screen the whole time. Anybody can mix like that. Still great set.

These are great. And Costiks set is prob the best video set I've seen BUT what I don't like about these is the fact that you can't see what parts are pre-edited and what they are actually doing.

We need full camera view on the decks while watching these to tell what's edited and what the DJ is actually doing live.

Either way great sets fellas.

Hey Jay E you used loops in your set I sure at some point please take the time to read this feature request :) serato.com

well i think jay e and costik just did the videos themselves and put in the not so boring parts with the video.. and put the key parts on what they were doing. over all.. super good job

but it would be awesome to see what they are doing the screen, the mixer and the tables all at once!!

That set was hot! Well put together! The footage of the late Jimmy Castor was great!

Jay-E & Costik
You the Man!!!

You guys killed it!!

Here is my set Watchwww.youtube.com

Hope to see you guys again!

I am happy that Jay-E and Costik won but what to 3rd place.... not cool and why did they him a old ass DVJ-1000 < WACK on the people who run the WMC VJ Challenge, they should have gave him a DJM-900, 2000, or even a 850 damn not that old had DVJ-1000..... LOL

If you was in the WMC VJ Challenge let me and josh know and send use a link to you mix so we can show them off. We are going to do a review EP on the evets of the WMC on Video Report.

it's kinda funny he only got 1 dvj too. so if you really wanted to go backwards in technology to mix videos with a dvj, you have to buy a 2nd one by yourself.

or just sell that sucker for some $$$

they should have pimped that shit out to be a trophy!!

sell it.