They might make you cover the dell logo on the laptop.

I was thinking that...any help with the tunes CMOS?

see if you can get them to fix the USB issue :)

You run up in there with that DELL and refuse to play on anything else. You are going to get blasted with geeks asking why you're not using a mac, be sure to tell that you get WAAAAYYYY hotter chics using a Dell.

You DJ so bad, .... lol too easy.

Anyway, this is a corporate party so get all the cheesy tunes ready and pretend you're doing a wedding actually.

I think Sixxx is correct. I'd play it like a wedding. Then if need be, ease over to the more "club" type music.

You DJ so bad you use an Apple? lol!

No. It should be... You DJ so bad, you use a REAL Apple. Dumb. Dumb.

hahaha

that's what I meant....geeez! lol

lol :)


Back to the gig. Yeah. Get your Old School ready too. Can't go wrong with that. And, major geeks like 80's stuff too.

uhh I'd borrow a friends Apple. I hope you have an external hd with your crates on it. You're gonna get alot of shit using a Dell at an Apple party because you're going to be the center of attention. I'd be scared to show up there with a Dell.

congrats latindj, that could be a fun gig.

do you know if it's a general party for apple or is it for some smaller group within the company?

the only reason i ask is that they've got some serious music nerds involved with iTunes. that woman who used to own Aquarius Records here in SF works there now and i could see that there might be some serious music fans who are looking for some out of the mainstream type stuff. i'm just saying that i'd be ready with it.

at least have cut chemist's "the audience is listening" ready to cue so they can all dance with their iPod nano's.

I'm not scurred! Shit, there's a reason I use a pc...why change for them? Maybe like CMOS says I can open a few eyes when I tell them that I don't like USB dropouts on the Macs? Or maybe I'll say "sure, I can switch to a macbook in 10 minutes if you guys give me one (for keeps!)" Then I'd Ebay that fucker...

I'd use a Mac if I want to get rehired by them. Shit they're probably paying you bank. It's not like you're dealing with a shady promoter or cheap ass club owner.

bending over backwards for a once a year gig..... screw that. You do your thing, you rock it, they'll call. And if not piss on those narrow minded fucks.

I think you would get major props for getting all the tracks from the Ipod commercials and maybe some Beatles mashups as well. Really network though and try to get hooked up with a macbook!

get a mac...

i wouldnt play an adidas party in nikes...

i wouldn't play a nike party in adidas...

using your current laptop isn't even an issue. you're a professional and you use what you use, no apologies. if it was good enough to get the gig, it's good enough to rock the gig.

the adidas/nike thing isn't really comparable because you're the same dj w/either kicks. the computer is part of your set-up as a pro.

thanks kagen and rabblerouser...I feel the same way and will stick to my guns.

werd. now sneak me in the back door so i can ask some of those fools if i can use their employee discount on a MBP... :P

yo young shiz! that's an interesting idea...imma check it out!

well don't suck or you (and Dell) will never hear the end of it:)

it may be a setup just to get you to switch to apple lol

use your dell...if they have a rob, tell em to give u a mac.....if u dont want it, you can fedex it to me :-)

Pray to god that your Dell doesn't crash.....

But if it does that is the one party where they "may" be more forgiving.

no worryies, I have 2 more DELL spares...

i bet your excited to get a mac :)

you should tape an apple logo on your puty lol

one of those white stickers haha

if i were you, i would look at the top songs selling on itunes----considering a lot of people are going to looking at comupters (using itunes) playing with ipods (runs in sync with itunes)

Make sure you have clean versions of tracks---stay away from the dirty dirty

Other than that-you can't go wrong with electronic music that doesn't have anywords---lounge type stuff

thats just my 2 cents-----

thanks bigfourty4!

lol... i do that all the time! they can't see my feet.

Be sure that when you start that through the speakers you play the windows start up thing... =)

hell, just take requests. it's just apple... no diff than any company party.

^^^that would turn some heads! lol!

wear a penguin shirt (linux) so you can cover all the bases.

I'm gonna run all my announcements through Microsoft Mary's voice...

What's the txt to speech like on a Mac?

have your computer say "Good Evening Macintosh"

but then again, when i play a nike or adidas party they usually lace me with free shit to rock to the party

That would be pretty funny to get things started with a mac start up sound. You can probably find them on line. But you should consider getting an apple sticker and putting it over your dell logo. You can take it right off after and wouldn't catch any heat. Also if they're taking pics, they might ask you to cover it up.

no dont use a mac.. if someone asks why u are using a dell just say it‘s better for ssl because no usb dropouts occour like on macs

lol...this guyyyyy....

.....oh...... truth hurts.

um.. I have 3 macs and no drop outs

Truth? Hardly. No dropouts here either.

FUNK DAT---MY MAC GOT ME LAID

I PLAY THE MUSIC THAT GETS ME PAID---AND GETS YOU LAID

that is my new dj slogan----and thoughts?

Good slogan. I like it.

go ahead and turn a blind eye to a few very lengthy threads about a certain model of MacBook (Pro, I think) that had an errant USB that causes USB dropouts. KNOWN FACT.

7th on the LIST OF KNOWN ISSUES thread.

Why would I turn a blind eye to MY user experience over the last 3 years? I have 3 macs and have been using Serato. I have not had any dropouts.

Anyway, this isn't even what this thread is about.


Yo LatinDJ,
Yeah with it being in SF, I have the feeling it will be pretty corporate but you can still go a little left with them

Don't own a MacBook or MacBook Pro. I do own a Mac that has zero issues. I guess they can start being more specific when they talk about dropouts. :)

Next time be more specific. :P

haha dont cry babys :)

just to clarify- is this a corporate event, or is it at an apple store?

I know DJ sleeper played at an apple store. You might want to PM him, or go to his myspace.

Apple is huge in San Jose. i dont think it is as large as it could be. i'd investigate and find the purpose for the event. where will it be? call the place and find out the size of the room.

I'm just now getting the details...oh shit! BRB!

Otay

an den...?

No, simply don't leave until they have freaking fixed that funking issue ;)

haha--good one nik

Tell them to pay you in macbook pros---and to throw a copy of Leopard in.

sorry guys, false alarm....still working on details.

Nik, sorry, I don't have a usb issue (pc). Not my problem :)

but I WILL put in a good word for you guys, just cuz we're family here!

Ok...found out a little more. There's going to be around 1700-2000 people in attendance! (holy chit!) They wouldn't disclose exact location yet, it's hush hush on a need to know basis...

WTF did I get myself into??? lol

Anyone have some extra PA I can borrow? (oh boy)

Sure, how much would you pay for some portable iPod speakers? :-P

how 'bout 2 mexican pesos? :P

You realize it is the Iphone Realease Party---Right

??????End of the Month......?


Tell em to hook up a phone

WTF? Not until you just mentioned it...Ok, so now what do I play? LOL

'Nuff said...make the switch!

i mean---i am just assuming...you said end of month---1700-2000 people....

Iphone drops June 29th.

fuckin tight my man.....make sure you bring your video camera

Doh, you may be right! It's on the 30th...

Makes sense.

sure nik, how many you need for beta testing?

Hook up a brother, man, we need some iPhones for the forum, so we can test ScratchLIVE 1.8 which should work on the iPhone.

Ah damned, where is the edit button, I spoiled the surprise :-(

ha

good luck on using that display

how did my post make it on top of yours?

who knows

this forum is beta

dude---they will be handing out iPhones like the candy bars that they are

ok - I was thinkin I'd help ya speakwise, but you're in SanJo.. but getting paid with a WORKING Iphone might make the distance issue less of an issue.

I guess that's because I like to be on the bottom :-P

No hard feelings please ;)

damn---how did my post get on top now???

wak

now its on bottom

totally freakin me out now

Ok, taking orders:

I've got Nik for 1 (1.8 beta testing)
Kagen for 1 (travel expense, speaker rental)

I am in on this too you nkow

I realized it was an iphone par t

Bigfourty4 (bringing music? and moral support)

I will bring whatever it takes---all the way from NJ

true

All the way from Germany, now beat this... :D

1 for me as a bribe to keep you out of the you DJ so bad thread... ;-)

Easy Thundercat! I'm in the driver's seat! :P

haha.

latindj, when can I expect you to pick me and my speakers up?

soon as i mount the jetpack on my suv!

what is the code to bold things---i think it will bring my seriosness up a notch

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text nice

Actually, what you should do is have them let you use a macbook pro for the gig...and use the usb port on the right side, and when it keeps on dropping out over and over and they ask you what's wrong with you sound, you tell them, oh, that's a macbook pro thing, you guys should fix that.

^^Funny, but at the risk of sounding "amateur" to the 99% of the crowd that has no idea what USB dropouts even are...no thanks.

and the other geeks would scoff at such a preposterous statement, no way in hell would the precious have any sort of fault, it must be your silly software...

poppycock.

Huhuh huhuh, uhuhuh, huhuh. You said...cock. Huhuh, huhuh huhuhuhuh.

next think apple comes out with----- rca/line usb interface and cv

*thing

I'm in the Sunset District and can bring a couple powered speakers, another 57sl, decks, and some moral support. Just get me in so I can snag a phone!

I think you should play songs with a telephone theme like:

"La-Da-Da-Di"
"Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey Hey)"
"Request Line"
"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"
"867-5309"
"Dial My Heart"
"Baby Got Back"

yeah and all the crazy frog tracks :p

Don't forget 777-9311 (The Time), or On The Hotline (Pretty Ricky), or Telephone Love (JC Lodge)

Or 911 Is A Joke

telephone love -Shabba
call me - blondie

Make sure you bring a sidekick if you have one. :)

does MC Hammer Ring'Em count? Or Beepers?

Wanna be my sidekick Sixxx??? LOL!

Mr. Telephone man...new edition.

Sure. But don't be mad if my skillz take the spotlight. :)

I Ain't Mad At Cha! Not a h8tr...

Call Me (Skyy), Romantic Call (Patra), I Called U (Lil' Louis)

I knew there was a New Edition song in there somewhere...but I couldn't remember the title.

What about that weird KLF song, 3am Eternal, where dude makes a cordless phone call in front of a crowd at some big show...

Um, "Callin' Out" by Lyrics Born

Do ya think they'd let me record (camcorder) the show? Or take pics???

probably not but it's def worth a try.

Haha :) Nice.

Gotta play "The Beeper Song" from Fam-Lay.

Any more details about this gig??? Please fill us in

What speakers are you going to use?

2000 cats?

I'd fake the HELL out of that funk with a MAC that nite....

Sorry Dell...

It is what it is.

But seriously, if you're trying to network with them, get a MAC dude, because you might wind up in some of their magazines if they post pictures, and ain't nobody puttin' a pic of you and your DELL in their magazine or publicity shots. It is what it is.

no, no, no... what you do is let them know a head of time that you use a Dell. and you let them know that you are aware of how important this event is to them, and let them know you are willing to copy your files over to a MACBOOK PRO if they want you to use an apple computer. because "from exeriance" you know many pictures may have you in the background and the glowing apple logo would really be good publicity.

you own me for that one... if you are going to get hooked up that will do it for you

That was much more brownnosy.

but....


I concur.

Sorry guys, I'm under contract to STFU! It's very tight lipped...can't really say much more. Hope you understand.

Say it in Spanish. I bet you the contract doesn't specify that.

Andale! lol

Bueno, vamos a empezar...estos cabrones me tienen los huevos apretados!

does that say they have you by the balls?

pretty much! :)

Dales una chinga! Bueno, despues de que toques y te paguen. :)

Claro que si Sixxx!

Seis.. en Español. lol

you mean Seisss. lol!

Y'all cheatin!!!

LatinDJ, I know what you mean. I work for At&t Mobility, and Apple is trying to keep everyone involved with this release as tight liped as possible.

jajajaja. Seguro que si!

All I got to say is you better find some audio equipment rentals. I would love to see do a 2000 person gig with two Mackie 450's. haha.

...and you ain't helping. Blabbermouth. LOL!

....oh, i thought you were 'getting' an Apple computer for dj'ing a gig. those things are sweet...especially that 17" lappy. wished i had one

That famous Apple Non Disclosure Agreement. Gotta be a iPhone related party. Make sure you follow up AFTER the gig and let us know how it went.

Take PICS....

Update???

I think the apple heads killed him and dispossed of his body when they saw the Dell. :P

I bet he got a Mac though. :)

Or an Apple sticker to place over the dell logo. He's poor. lol

Bump...

How did it go and where are the pictures?

elbows up, side 2 side

I bet they gave iPhones away as prizes. I would totally have done the gig no charge for free stuff (like a 2nd black MacBook)

all employees got iphones for free, just like when the ipod was luanched.

damn them

Not all got them. IT was all full time employees and part time ones that have been there a year. Trust me, my roomate has been a campus rep for them for 10 months and is pissed he isn't getting one!

You guys crack me up! Geeez, haven't been online yet...got home around 2 a.m. and straight to bed. It was a cool party, more like a HUGE wedding music wise. Played just about every genre, about a bizillion requests...damn, you should have seen the dance floor go ape shit when I played No Sleep 'til Brooklyn! Funniest chit I've seen in a long time...from what I understand it's like an old apple favorite. There were some ZZ top looking dudes head bangin' all over the place, totally nutz!

Young Shiz is right, not all employees got iPhones, they gave out gift bags and from what I could tell, some "may" have had a phone in them, not sure. I did get to see and play with one up front. It's pretty dope but not for me. Besides, got a much better hook-up, many times over, but can't disclose...sorry.

Yes I did end up using a Mac book pro, 2 gigs ram, 2.4 dual core...sorry my fellow PC brothers but it was a "special" request and like I said...well, nevermind. :)

I was on stage mixing and my buddy was MC when someone commented to him how we had the Mac book up there for looks, just cause Jobs was there. My buddy quickly told him hell no! Not for looks, he's mixing the show with it and his CDJ's...the Guy couldn't freakin' believe that I was live mixing, thought it was a pre-recorded mix. Had to come up stage just to make him a believer....ha, ha it was a nice compliment for me. To think that my live mixing was actually a pre-recorded/edited mix.

All in all, things went extremely well. Received many, many compliments from all and I'm pretty confident we'll be doing business again in the near future. I wish I could give you guys a lot more details, the whole operation was amazing how they pulled it off. Basically, they set up a huge stage, food stations for a couple thousand people, sound and lighting all within an hour and a half. Unbelievable the kind of man power hired to do the function.

I have pics but will have to find out if it's OK to post them here. If not, maybe I'll put them up somewhere private. Stay tuned.

-Peace

^ So you did not tell Steve about the bug?

Congrats on the success latindj. Keep ups updated with the pics... if not PM the links to them. lol

SO.....did they give you the Macbook Pro? If not, what kind of discount did they give you for getting one for the event?

... you can't disclose ;)

Booooo, you traitor :) Did you at least use the buggy USB port so that you get USB dropouts, to make sure Steve Jobs hears what crap they are doing? ;)

Yeah did they hook you up at all?

^^^Ultimate, read between the lines like Nik did...that's all I'm saying.

Nik, I have to admit, I had absolutely Zero problems with the Mac all night. Used an external Lacie drive through the firewire port. Not bad for my first Mac experience I must say.

Dude, this guy arrived out of nowhere. Basically, I was tapped on the shoulder and asked to turn the music off and exit the stage. We passed each other as I exited down the stairs. He did his thing and was gone just as quickly as he had arrived. Sorry guys but I don't think he really had the time or really cared about USB dropouts at the moment. :(

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^ post of the year.

Great info. Thanks for sharing.

Beat me to it... =P

Steve came out of nowhere?

See, It was the Magic Dust like Santa uses! How can a fat man fit down a chimney - MAGIC DUST. You guys thought I was crazy for giving Steve Job props. I told you the guy is Magic or some shit. Explain the success of the iPod? Explain ease of use of the Mac OS and how Mac hardware just works - PLUG and PLAY. MAGIC DUST. That shit was probably flying around the room and now you are infected.... No going back to your Dell now.

:)

Seriously dude, I hope you got to keep the MacBook Pro because you have been touched by the power of the Mac OS and you know what they say....

Once you go Mac you NEVER go Back!

Still waiting on the Pics......

Once you go Mac you pay too much for hardware and like it for some reason. :)

Thats the most creative post I've ever seen on this board :)

" Like a really dope experience, did you bring a roadie?"

How did that get flipped?!

why the fuck is my monitor upside down?

ahahahahahahahah-----=

this dudes got computer dyslexia or something???

I have to agree with you on that one, seems like I can get a PC Lappy with the same specs for half the cost and still have Zero problems using it with Serato. Let's just say I would never "buy" one, Mac that is. ;)

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.dɐ1 dɐ1 ʎddɐ1 ɐ ɥʇıʍ dn noʎ pǝʞooɥ ʎǝɥʇ ¡ɥɐ

hey Helen Keller! Is this braile for computers??? WTF?

I'm just wondering if you paid for the Mac indirectly? Would your compensation would have been more if your already had one? Economics say that you should have gotten approx $2500 more if you already had the MBP. That damn Steve, twisted your arm and made you get a Mac no matter if you liked it or not. lol

It costs apple $50 to make a Macbook Pro...^^
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Spanish keyboard?

I just sprained my neck

Superimpose the Apple logo over your Dell laptop... You are fixed....

I got a few spare Apple stickers if you need it

Superimpost the Dell logo over your Apple laptop!

I have an apple sticker on my HP (came with my Ipod)

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