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it's going to be a fun night. But hey, at least it's something to do while watching a four week backlog of maths and statistics lectures before exams.

Hi, Starting out live mixing, looking to buy a pair of CDJs. Whether they're 200s to 1000s I'm looking for something at a good price (although mp3 playback is needed). Send me a message or something if you've got some you want to get rid of... Thanks!

Reluctant to buy cds from auction sites, won't know if i've got a fake or not and really want to make sure it's legit for live mixing purposes

Pretty much... I want to buy volumes 4 and 5, ideally from digital download, but i can't find them anywhere on the net, and an amazon cd order is expensive. Any suggestions?

I try and avoid having people do requests on the night by having a song request system on my website that people can link their guests to (good for school functions, not really for weddings though) and by getting a list from the host as well. Dodo's cheap mobile internet connects me to online music stores if theres one particular random song that I don't have that heaps of people want (particularly good when certain artists die and therefore all of there music suddenly becomes popular and you find one of their best tracks has mysteriously dissapeared).

If you don't want to spend that much then you can always check out those Audioline monitors at JB hifi. They're surprisingly not-terrible for the price. Alternatively a cheap logitech computer speaker system might not be too bad, I know a few guys that use them for bedroom purposes.

The PPCA licence is about $200 a year (that's for playing the music to an unlicensed venue). I beleive you don't need this license if you're playing in a school (or government facility), home or privately owned property, or licenced venue that have already bought their own ppca license. It covers you mainly if you're playing in a community hall, etc, where somebody doesn't already pay to play music as a part of their operations.

Exactly. I do mobile DJ'ing in Perth. When I did a massive investigation as to make sure I'm not breaking the law, I contacted all of the online (mainstream) record companies (itunes store, bandit.fm, bigpondmusic) and they all said that their tracks are essentially the same as a cd, as in, as long as you're not reproducing / distributing / broadcasting the music you're in the clear (as long as you have your ppca license to cover the playing of the music to an unlicensed venue). Back on the topic of mobile dj'ing, I've just got a few of my first weddings booked (i generally do school discos etc), what do you guys reccommend as shoe-in songs for the dance floor? I really don't want to rewin some people's so called best night of their lives...