I follow Forbes every once in a while and today I noticed a startling title that seemed to be misplaced. World’s Greatest DJ’s. Looks like Forbes is realizing that DJ’s such as Tiesto, Avicii, Laidback Luke and others are a force to be reckon with when it comes to turning electronic music into a billion dollar industry. Forbes has some other interesting topics such as their editorial. Looks like Forbes is starting to see that the world of DJing is definitely getting just a bit bigger.

DJ Timofey sent us his latest photo from the studio in Miami where he’s working on a secret project of his yet to be released.  He’s gonna be busy the next few weeks and hopefully we’ll get to meet up in Miami where I can get the low down on his newest work.  Check out his latest work on Timofey’s website and be sure to keep a lookout for his latest creations!  He’s got quite a following on youtube where he’s recognized as an Ableton master, providing tutorials and video guides on mixing and producing.  Check out his latest video, it’s just sick!

We have a late edition of Fan Fridays — Dj Chris Cham mixing and party rocking @ the Standard.  He’s sporting our Paired Down Tee shirt right from our apparel collection.  He’s provided a playlist from his live mix.  Feel free to send us pictures and your playlist as well!

Tracklist:
David Guetta feat Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon and Fatman Scoop – Wet (DJ Beatmaster Summerbomb)
Ian Carey feat Snoop Dogg & Bobby Anthony – Last Night (R3hab Remix)
Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki feat Lil Jon vs Rednex – Cotton Eye Turbulence (Dada Life Mash)
Sidney Samson vs Tara McDonald – Dynamite (Nicky Romero Remix)
Chuckie & Klosman feat Promiseland vs Greg&Roog – Twisted Mutfakta (Dani Veiga in the Air Mashup)
Tiesto – Maximal Crazy (Original Mix)
Missy Elliot – Get ur Freak On (Alvaro & Punish Moombahton Bootleg)
Dillon Francis & Dave Nada – Brazzer’s Theme (Munchi’s Fuck remix)
Chuckie & Groovematic – Move it 2 the Drum (Groovematic Moombahton Edit)
Rednek – Game Over (Calvertron Remix)
3LAU – Dubsex (Skrillex & Nero feat. Britney vs Daft Punk vs Posner vs Amanda)
Kelly Rowland w/Lil Wayne – Motivation (Diplo Remix)
Chris Brown – Look at Me Now feat Lil Wayne & Busta Rymes w/ Look at me now (Gusto remix)
Chelley – Took the Night (Alvaro Remix)
Alexandra Stan – Mr. Saxobeat (Jay Amato Elektro Mix 2011)
Jay-Z ft. Pharrell – Give It to Me (Kid Kaio Remix)
Afrojack – Polkadots 2010 (Oliver Twizt Remix)
Afrojack – Vancouver (Original Mix)
Hyper Crush – Fingers Up
Chuckie & Gregor Salto – What Happens in Vegas (Club Mix)
Duck Sauce vs Darth and Vader – Charlie Sheen (Mike Teez Dirty Remix)
Ellie Goulding – Lights (HLM Remix)
Marco V – Unprepared (Marcel Woods Remix)
Daft Punk – One More Technologic (Alex Todd Bootleg)
Tiesto – Slumber (Original)
Fedde le Grand vs Daft Punk – Metrum Rock (Chris Cham’s Robotic Mash)
Congorock – Babylon (Dub Mix)
Flash Vegas vs LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem Mush Mush
Lil Jon & Diplo VS Jump Smokers – Fuck the Club up
DiBella – The Cinema of Valentina (Alesso, Dune, Benny Benassi , Journey, Lady Gaga)

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Cinema Skrillex Edition

Time for us to get into dubstep clothing? Several fans have asked about dubstep influenced designs for our shirts so maybe we’ll take it back to the lab and look into it.

Ableton is one of my favorite new software products. This is a intro edition for the newbie producer that will get him/her off to a quick start for making and producing music. It will take about a good year to start producing to really learn, master and start producing good decent music before you can upgrade to the full professional version. I’ve played with this edition and it’s more than enough to satisfy a beginner producer’s appetite.

Ahh, the laptop stand. For someone who has no idea what a DJ Laptop stand is, it looks like a silly, illogical piece of metal that holds up a laptop. For performing DJ’s, this amazing piece of construction make it 1000x easier to DJ while watching the crowd and operating the equipment. The DJ stand, unless he/she already has one, is a must have for any DJ looking to get good at the craft.

Novation came out with these “dicers” several years ago and act as midi controllers that fit onto any DJ setup and compatible with any DJ software. These dicers make a great addition to a DJ’s repertoire when it comes to mixing and mashing up music quickly and elegantly on the dance floor. I really like how the dicers fit into the setup comfortably without having to go above and beyond to access it

You’re wondering, what is a banana stand doing in a dj gift list??  This is one of my favorites — a banana stand used as a headphone stand! It’s amazing, take a look at the reviews and see the great ratings that everybody gives it. It goes to show creative uses for normal everyday products, even a banana holder can find value in a DJ’s gear box.

No DJ, and I make a very important point here, NO DJ can ever have enough usb sticks. I have about 10 and I either have given them to people to borrow (never to be seen again) or have filled all of them with a load of music ready to be played at an event. I can’t imagine any DJ traveling without a USB stick or external USB drive. I’ve specifically chosen the 64 GB usb stick because its got tons of space and DJ’s will always tell you they never have enough space. I bought a 1TB (that’s 1,000 GB, or 1,000,000 MB) and it’s almost full!! Ridiculous! Get your DJ at 64 GB usb stick and they’ll be very thankful.

Don’t tell anybody but I bought a bunch of these speakers because after I heard them once, I was just amazed at how loud they actually were. My first impressions, before hearing them were biased because I’ve never heard a good set of mini speakers that don’t sound like you’re playing them from a cell phone. If you’ve ever shared music from your cell phone by playing it really loud, that is NOT how this sounds. It really sounds like a good set of speakers played at a lower volume. Obviously due to the size of the speaker, they cannot be played for more than a crowd of like 5-6 without being drowned out in conversation but for a DJ who doesn’t want to listen to music through the headphones, this is the PERFECT addition to tech savvy DJ. There are also other alternatives to other mini speakers

You knew we wouldn’t finish this list without listing our own collection of great gifts for less than $100. In fact, we offer a great option for a gift that is meaningful, affordable and unique. Take a look at our dj apparel collection and if you get more than 1, you get free shipping. I’ll get off my soap box now, go do your shopping!

Make sure to make your recommendations below.

DJ Khaled

Not a new name to our most popular dj’s list, DJ Khaled continues to gain popularity due to his collaborations with heavy hitter mainstream artists such as Dr. Dre and Fat Joe .  It’s also no coincidence that he always collaborates with the newest most popular hip hop artists and recently did performed at the BET music awards earlier this year.  He continues to top the search engine charts on Google with his mix tape releases and big name collaborations.

DJ Mehdi

Unfortunately for DJ Medhi, his rise to popularity on the google search engines is a result of his tragic death.  He was most known for being a DJ and producer in France and collaborated with electro artists such as Daft Punk and Chromeo.  His death came tragically after his room collapsed in his Paris home.

DJ Earworm

As mentioned in our last popular DJ’s post, his ranking on google is no surprise as his exposure and popularity is a result of his famous “United States of Pop” which encompasses rich and intricate mashups of mainstream top 40 music throughout the year.  He continues to release his mashups and his next one is slated to be released December of 2011.

DJ AM

In spite of his tragic death in August of 2009, DJ AM continues to rank high amongst the searches on Google due to his high celebrity status associates and mainstream popular mashups and mixes.   Many up and coming club DJ’s continue to follow in suite of his style mixing and mashing genres from 80′s and 90′s into current mainstream pop.

DJ Shadow

 DJ Shadow, aka Josh Davis primarily serves an underground entourage with a overzealous following for his unique and eclectic music.  His musical repoirtoire consists of a variety of different genres ranging from electronic, hip hop and turntablism.  His work is featured in the popular DJ Hero  and has collaborated with numerous of artists and recently released “The Less You Know The Better” on September 22 and plans to kick off a tour in his home town of  San Francisco on October 21st, 2011.

DJ Lil Debbie

DJ Lil Debbie is part of the Kreayshawn entourage (Kreayshawn recently signed a 1 million dollar deal with Sony) so her popularity helped the rise of DJ Lil Debbie, better known has Kreayshawn’s sister in her group White Girl Mob.  To be honest, there’s not much to say about DJ Lil Debbie as her popularity is high due to the rising popularity of White Girl Mob.  Let’s see where DJ Lil Debbie appears in next months edition of most popular DJ’s.

DJ Pauly D

 DJ Pauly D is nationally known due to his role on MTV’s popular reality Jersey Shore.  He’s been able to cash in his popularity on MTV by scoring big gigs around the world and score a residency at the Palms Casino in Sin City Las Vegas.  Despite the negative notoriety he is associated with, he recently participated in the 9/11 Tribute Movement.   His work has slowly progressed from DJing into production and studio work and has come out with several house songs featuring himself.

We’re finally releasing our candence tee, but guess what? We have it in Long Sleeve as well. It’s just in time for the winter as it slowly creeps in on us. It’s our first long sleeve offering and it’s quality matches that of our short sleeve tees. Check out the new tee now!