Our last edition of popular DJ’s, presented us with the most popular dj’s that were being searched on the web.  Our newest and latest edition brings up similar DJ’s, but also some new ones who have quickly gained ranks on web for many different reasons.  The way we determine the most popular DJ’s is to leverage the google suggest feature which suggests terms and phrases based on search popularity.  The list that is provided comes up in search popularity and we use this as a baseline to see who are the most popular DJ’s  that have made this new list.  Let’s take a look!

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!

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, DJ Esquire has proven to be a fierce competitor in the DJ battle scene and a highly respected figure in the turntablist community over the past 17 years.  From live stage performances to radio shows, various club/lounge residencies and countless DJ competition victories, Esquire has dazzled music enthusiasts across the USA, Canada and Europe.  In 2008, Esquire first met the good people from Dbmlabs and picked up a limited DMC 2008 USA Finals tee that he proudly sports to this very day.  You can catch DJ Esquire in action on his weekly radio show, “The Crossover”, every Wednesdays night on Beatminerz Radio ( www.dabeatminerz.com ) and teaching aspiring DJs at Scratch DJ Academy in NYC.  I actually had a chance to watch his performance back in 2008 and he’s continuing to develop his turntablism skills and what better way to develop them than to teach them!  If you’re into turntablism, scratching and hip hop, he’s definitely someone to get in touch with.  Check out some of his work below:

Website: www.djesquirenyc.com

Music:  http://www.mixcloud.com/DJESQUIRENYC

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As technology has improved and digital music has become more ubiquitous, finding and collecting music has become less of an issue and now organizing it is the new problem that a DJ and producer faces.  We get music on a daily basis from a variety of sources around the web, and we even get white labels from upcoming artists.  We have so much music as our disposal it’s really important for us to start organizing our music in a way that allows us to access our music with ease and convenience. After all, especially if you’re performing, the whereabouts of  yourmusic is just as important as your ability to perform in front of a live crowd.  Also, as a producer, it’s important to know where you music is so you are spending most of your time MAKING music than finding it.  Let’s go through the several options we have to organize our music.

1.  Organizing Music by Beats Per Minute

I’ve seen this as a method for organizing music, especially as a beginner DJ.  Back when records and vinyl were still popular among the DJ masses, crates would be organized my BPM, which made sense since transitioning between songs would be much easier and simpler.  Organizing music by crates was the way to go.  In the digital age, most DJ software will analyze your music for you so when you bring it up (serato,traktor, ableton, etc) you really don’t need to go hunting for the BPM.  For a beginner DJ, this may be the preferred method just because you can concentrate less on whether the song will mix and more on WHAT you will mix.  Imagine as a beginner DJ, you are worried about whether or not the two songs will mix.  With the BPM organization method, you know it will mix.  Now, whether the tonal quality of the two songs will match is a different story.  We all know that a train wreck in mixing is much easier to notice than two songs rhythm and tone don’t match.  So organizing by Beats Per Minute will prevent this from happening.

2.  Organizing Music by Genre

After djing for 10 or so years, I realized that many DJ’s organize their music by genres, especially if you play for an eclectic, mainstrea,, hollywood club crowd.  For example, most party rockers who play in large mainstream club music atmospheres will absolutely need to have a wide variety of music at their disposal.  You’ll have people asking for house, dance, hip hop, alternative, 80′s, 90′s, etc.  This is when organizing by genre makes sense.  If you are strictly and trance, dance, or house DJ, this method doesn’t really make sense for performing because everything is in the same genre.  We won’t go into the sub-genres because that’s a whole other argument we can get into.

3.  Organizing music by Dates and Years

Personally, after several years of mixing and remixing, I started organizing my music by dates and year.  Here’s why.  Trends in music begin to change and evolve.  By organizing by years, I will know what I can use that’s more up to date.  For example, when playing live, I like to mix a variety of folders with different years depending on the crowd.  If it’s an older crowd, I know that they love to reminisce and nostalgia kicks it when that 80′s or 90′s song comes ripping into the mix.   Also, I began to get more specific with the dates, for example, months, like 2011 August.  I know my music collection well enough that I know what songs are in there and usually I will include mostly hits and semi-hits in those folders.  I’ll take the crowd through the several years and trust me, people love a DJ who can play more than just the new hits, but also hits that bring back memories.  A DJ is supposed to take you through a journey, it’s an experience.  You HAVE to play for the crowd if you’re performing.  Organizing music by dates is a great way to bring out that nostalgia to the crowd in a methodical and organized way.

4.  Organizing music by a Combination of the Previous

Although the previous 3 methods of organizing music are very logical, this last way is very particular to performing.  If you’re just organizing music, you obviously won’t use this method.  I sort of lied in my number 3 when I said I organize my music by year.  I actually do a combination of both music and genre.  However, it’s a little more complicated than that.  For big hits and anthems, I organize them by genre so that I can access them quickly, especially if I start forgetting about them after a while.  I think after you’ve used your music collection for a while, you’ll know which songs are anthem bombs and big hits that will always get a reaction from the crowd.  The important thing is that you don’t continually drop the anthems or else you might be crowd burnout.  I overheard a DJ complain to the promoter (who was headlining) that the opener DJ was just dropping all the bombs and left nothing for the headliner.   Interesting right?

Summary

So to summarize, I know you will hate this, but it’s really personal preference.  Personally, my suggestion is to organize your music as if you were djing with a handful of records.  I used to dj with 3 crates, that’s what your mindset should be like.  Have your songs organized in something like the “latest hits” and then have some of them organized by either genre or dates, or by both!  Basically it comes down to the fact that the more you DJ and perform, the easier it will be for you to access your music.  It’s ok, experiment because there really is no right way of organizing it.  No matter what people say, there’s no right way and you need to find a way that works for you.  I’m just providing the options you have and some ideas of how people organize their music.

If you have pictures of your collection, would love to see it!  Send it to us at www.dbmlabs.com/contact.php and we’ll add it to this post!

We apologize for this late edition of Fan Fridays, it’s been busy, we’re doing some cool stuff and printing some new shirts so forgive us.  Without further ado, let’s bring on Luke Skyy for this edition of Fan Fridays!.

When Luke moved to California to attend the University of San Diego he was exposed to some of the best nightlife and dance music the country has to offer. Experiencing performances by artists such as Deadmau5, Kaskade, Chris Lake and Funkagenda inspired Luke to get behind the decks and put his creativity to work. It wasn’t long before he was spinning downtown in the historicGaslamp District and incorporating his own remixes into every bass infused set. With a focus on bringing energy to the dance floor and a unique presence to the DJ booth, Luke’s values are synonymous with Dbmlab’s passion for powerful music and innovative apparel. Check out his latest remix of the progressive genre defining track ‘Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember’ featuring new synths and vocals by Sylvia Tosun.  Luke  Skyy has been a fan of Dbmlabs and recently picked up a Paired Down tee as part of his collection.

Facebook page at: http://facebook.com/djlukeskyy

http://soundcloud.com/djlukeskyy/deadmau5-kaskade-feat-sylvia

Since I first started Dbmlabs, one of my goals and visions of this small company was to help share and expose lesser known artists passionate about making music to share with others.  Sure, we all have our opinions on what’s good and what’s not, but the goal is to really help share with others what you’ve done and how you express yourself through music.  Music is so powerful that it crosses boundaries–geographical, racial, cultural, gender, ethnical, — you see the point.  I wanted to use this company to do more than just to create a brand to represent artists, but to help sponsor and promote DJ ‘s remixers and producers from around the world. This is the same vision we set out 3 years ago and still exists in the same form. We might not be a large record label with millions of marketing dollars, but at least we’ll take a listen to what you have and spread your love and passion with the rest of our fans.Contact us with your work and let’s talk!

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