thinking of going on my own

[Creature]

for various reasons am thinking of going on my own with the rock disco.

just judging what sort of interest before i spen a grand on getting my own equipment

[krammer]

go for it. if it does'nt work out you can always flog the gear. if you don't have a go you will only regret it. besides, if some of the rock disco's around here are anything to go by you could clean up!

[Jim]

I do it on a very part time basis (you saw us at the Iceni Creature, it was nice to meet you) and I generally get quite a kick out of it.
We use a laptop with the OTSdj program on it. You can plug this straight into the mixer. You can also use it to create playlists before the event and you can edit on the fly if the playlist isn't working.
Only problem I find is that even though the laptops got over 5000 songs on it, its never enough !
Best bit is that you get to do rallys, get paid and meet loads of great people !

[Creature]

thanx - yep nice to meet ya Jim hopefully well meet again fora drink or several again soon.

music is something im not short of - have over 5000 cds to choose from - my only problem is remembering were things are :).

i have been djing for a club for just over a year - and its certainly been a steep learning curve.

we even done our clubs 1st rally and that taught me an awful lot ...
and am looking forward to doing the chilly willy rally late jan 2005....

I like the old type discos - lots of light n stuff - am off to Derby on Sat to look at a 2nd hand disco outfit.....

One thing I have learnt is not to try n be something you are not - most of my stuff is rock from pre 90's with a good selcetion of glam,rock n roll,middle of the road, and of course the old standby - 60s & 70s stuff.

But ya right when you are having a good nite the buzz is like nothing else

[Choprocker]

Haystax does the dj thing too and is v good, ave a word with him.

[Creature]

will do

am off to derby tommorow to look at a disco outfit thats for sale

then dreggs xmas bash at meadow club ( notts county ground) nottingham

[Creature]

couldnt afford a new disco, but off to Ipswich this afternoon to purchase a nice new 2nd hand disco rig :)

[Creature]

just got back from collecting me disco :)

all less than 2 years old and have receipts for nearly £5000 worth of equipment - All for £600.00

now all i gotta do is figure out how the heck it goes together...

watch out i feel a christening party coming on soon :)

[Miss Demeanour]

Good for you, and the very best of luck.

[krammer]

so what does five grands worth of gear actually consist of then creature?

[Creature]

cheers Miss Demeanour probally gonna need it, only been used to using cheep stuff not of the quality that i seemed to have been luckily enough to purchase


a lot of boxes - it filled me skoda up :)

when i figure out how it all goes together will post some pics

[Miss Demeanour]

You're welcome.

All the best in bolting it together. I unfortunately don't have the first idea about the more intricate audio systems, but I can go ooh/aaah/hm and nod in the right places.

So, I'm sure it'll be lovely.

[Rogue Monkey]

Jeez! £5000 for a DJ system! :eek: were ya thinkin o playin dude? Aggggg! soz! didnt mean t sound bad! Im sure it is a top system. :o

[minxy]

Read thepost again RM lol

Nice one Creature! I hope it works out to be an enjoyable and profitable purchase xx

[Creature]

many thanx - sure im gonna need it - dont expect to break into disco & rally circuit straight away.

Have finally got it together this morning and have sounds - well outa 3 speakers 1 leads broke so gotta make another one up l8er.

just the lights to unpack and see what i want to keep.

The seller has emailed me and found a load of bits that he'd missed so waiting on there arrival.

but i will be trowing a disco warming party soon - hopefully it will hellp me recover some of the dosh ive laid out.

Soon as ive recoved me money gonna finnish me trike buy one of those fancy fibreglass trailers to use for taking the disco to venues :)

[Doro]

ha ha


I just booked you for the next forum party - subject to a massive discount for friends of course :D


*snigger*

[Creature]

certainly :) let me know when ya wanna talk and im sure we will come to an agreement

[Dougie]

As long as you play some New Model Army and Rammstein! :cool: :cool:

[Doro]

and deep purple and ac/dc and bad company and led zeppelin and black sabbath and motorhead and metallica and nirvana and marilyn manson and tom petty and and and


ooooooooo :D

[100%Pat]

Neil Diamond Every Other Record! ;)

[Creature]

neil diamond i can do goe several if his albums - got most of the old stuff as well - also got all 6 of Rammstein but no new model army - but if ya bring it along or email me details of there popular songs i will try n get it - when ive got some funds

[Bosun]

Neil Diamond Every Other Record! ;)


very generous, only every other

[100%Pat]

Yes but I did mean with Cracklin Rosie every other as well....Hell lets just call it 'An Evening With Neil' :D .....................

[Creature]

youll probally have to bring some of ya cds with ya pat if ya want that much as only got


NEIL DIAMOND - GREATEST HITS
Sweet Caroline
Song sung blue
Soolaimon
I am... I said
Brother love's traveling salvation show
Shilo
Holly Holy
Brooklyn roads
Cracklin' Rosie
Play me
Done too soon
Stones

NEIL DIAMOND - 12 GREATEST HITS VOL 2
1. 3:26Beautiful Noise
2. 4:07Hello Again
3. 3:24Forever In Blue Jeans
4. 3:52September Morn
5. 3:21Desiree
6. 3:26Your Don't Bring Me Flowers
7. 4:19America
8. 5:06Be
9. 3:52Longfellow Serenade
10. 3:42If You Know What I Mean
11. 2:50Yesterday's Songs
12. 3:40Love On The Rocks

[Creature]

this is not a comprehensive list probally around 80% complete

but should give ya an idea of what ive got

http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/incomplete_cd collection.xls

you will need excel or the excel viewer available from here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4EB83149-91DA-4110-8595-4A960D3E1C7C&displaylang=EN

[Huw Beer Monster]

neil diamond i can do goe several if his albums - got most of the old stuff as well - also got all 6 of Rammstein but no new model army - but if ya bring it along or email me details of there popular songs i will try n get it - when ive got some funds

NMA popular stuff (well, popular with me, anyway)...

51st State
Vengeance
Vagabonds
The Charge
Poison Street
Lights Go Out
Smalltown England
Whitecoats
225
Lust for Power
The Hunt
No Rest (for the Wicked)
Christian Militia
Drag It Down
Green and Grey
125MPH
Stupid Questions
Spirit of the Falklands

ooops

Nearly forgot...

Young, Gifted and Skint.

Discography at http://idiot-dog.com/music/new.model.army/indexa.html
so you know which ones to buy ;)

[Dougie]

As I'm not particularly computer literate mebbe one of the geniuses (genii?) here could tell me if this'll work-I download the required NMA tracks onto a file on my machine,e-mail the file to Creature and he burns them onto a CD.If that won't work I'll get some CD's,burn some myself and fire them off in a jiffybag.Oh aye,and some Primus would go down well!

[Tiger Lily]

Haystax does the dj thing too and is v good, ave a word with him.

He sure is! :)

[Tiger Lily]

[QUOTE=Creature]
with a good selcetion of rock n roll,
[/QUOT

Bliss! :)

[Tiger Lily]

From what I've been reading you can't fail! :D

[Creature]

Dougie - sorry m8 no copies - i'm the sucker who always gets caught and am not prepared to loose me rig.... let me know the artist and songs or album and ill do my best to get it

[Dougie]

Fairysnuff m8,check Mr Beer Monster's last post for NMA songs.

[Huw Beer Monster]

Happy with the selection then, Dougie?

[Creature]

Hew have found and am bidding on this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4064600681

has some of the tracks on

if ya can give album details i'll see what i can do for the rest.

all y ahave to do is come to the disco - you will see pen n paper - ya write ya request ( i'm forgetful) and when i play it you must get up n boogie

[Creature]

and this one - just about covers all songs youve listed

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4065698104

lets hope im not outbid (im thefatont)

[Dougie]

Happy with the selection then, Dougie?
Ooooohh YEAH! :) :) :)

[Creature]

Krammer - should have some pics to post here in next day or so - just a bout got it all setip in me comp room, but no room to take pics so hopeing to dismantle it tommorow and rebuild in the living room

[krammer]

Krammer - should have some pics to post here in next day or so - just a bout got it all setip in me comp room, but no room to take pics so hopeing to dismantle it tommorow and rebuild in the living room nice one mate :)

[Creature]

lol - did find some stuff missing when i assembled it a quick phone call to the previous owner resulted in him having another look around and he has found some manuals and more leads n stuff, which hes gonn apost accross this week.

Also some other stuff that he cant find hes offered me some cash back :) which ive accepted...

Still not got alll the light display working yet ( am missing cables and controllers)

[Creature]

Huw - have won http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4064600681&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

just gotta wait for the other one :)

[Nitrowing]

If you're going to put it all in a trailer, why not fit it all in the trailer? You can just roll up, hook up the power and play!
Oh, and blow away all those tossers playing drum'n'bass at the traffic lights!! :D :eek:

[Creature]

eventually and if it succeeds is the plan

[Crafter]

All the best Creature with this new venture, I hope it all goes well for you mate.

Catch up with ya soon :D

[Creature]

cheer sm8 - and yep will be around the scene as usual - altho i did promise my wife i would spend some weekends home thios year :( ( fat chance me thinks :) )

[Creature]

Doro - is there a date for the next forum party ????

[Creature]

here ya go Kramer...

Still not got everything sorted, but at a stage were i can accept bookings

bass bins 15" 500 watts (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0014.JPG)

normal speakers 15" and tweekers 350 watt (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0015.JPG)

behind the rig (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0017.JPG)

behind the rig2 (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0018.JPG)

front - well part of (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0019.JPG)

front - other part (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0020.JPG)

this one is for cd boxes (x2) - will not be using the top light bars at this stage (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/DSCF0010.JPG)

Still got some laser lights to add and much more to sort thru, but they may have to wait until i get bigger car or trailer.

sorry about not getting full shots but not got a room big enough to take the pics in.... will take some pics with lights up n running soon as i get some time.

[krammer]

wow! that is a hell of a lot of kit mate! i'm looking foreward to having me earoles battered. :D christ, when it was being mooted about transporting it in a trailer on the back of a trike i had no idea there was so much stuff!

[Creature]

not very good - even with moving rig into large living room..

and still going thru boxes and finding stuff, altho mainly leads mikes n stuff now...

heres the lighting (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/lights/DSCF0009.JPG)

top lights (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/lights/DSCF0010.JPG)

lights working - ya stoned yet !! (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/lights/DSCF0011.JPG)

box lights - well 1 of them (http://www.hondasohc.co.uk/mydisco/lights/DSCF0012.JPG)

[Martin]

im a bit late coming in on this, wish you sucess. If I can be of help let me know

[STEViE]

Doro - is there a date for the next forum party ????

14th Jan at the Plough at Arncott is where the thread says.

[Creature]

im a bit late coming in on this, wish you sucess. If I can be of help let me know many thanx Martin will give ya a shout if i need to :)

[STEViE]

http://www.100-biker.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=11374

[Creature]

Morning Stevie :)