Fresh from Dubspot
Traktor 1.2 Review – Whats New…
DJ Tips & TricksBy: Mike Henderson For those of you who don’t know me I am the East Coast DJ Product Specialist for Native Instruments and my job is to train artists how to use Traktor Pro – to take their artform to
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Shakey’s Record Fair
EventsSaturdays and Sundays are not DJ friendly times for record shopping. Fully aware of this fact given her years of experience in the electronic music scene, DJ Shakey has planned hers for a Tuesday night, to accommodate the actual hours
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Dubspot is looking for interns
Dubspot**We are now accepting applications for intership positions at the school. We are seeking applicants who can assist our growing organization with variety of tasks, including, but not limited to, research, online marketing, writing, organizing special events, data entry, information
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DJ AM – A story and perspective
Artist & LabelsBy: JP SOLIS I was 23. Up until that point, I’d been a straight up house dude. Sasha and Digweed, Mark Farina, Sander Kleinenberg, and Deep Dish meant more to me than a Mark Ronson, DJ Cassidy, Stretch Armstrong, DJ
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Baaba Maal Remix Contest
Giveaways & ContestsBaaba Maal is a widely admired mainstay of the world music scene, whose compositions are roundly respected by a vast array of musicians due to his ingenuity, creativity and pure musical ability. Dubspot is proud to announce our support of
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DJ Shiftee Wins the DMC World DJ Championship!
DubspotScratching, teaching, turntablism, advanced mathematics, sweet Salsa success and tragedy, 2007 DMC World Supremacy Champion, Dubspot’s DJ Shiftee has seen many things in his young career, but nothing can quite compare to his latest achievement: DMC World DJ Champion. Over
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MMIX Festival in NYC Oct. 8 – 11
EventsThe MMiX festival of Interactive Music Technology, produced by Theaterlab and curated by Patrick Grant, and is “dedicated to the interplay of creativity and technology in the development of live performance.” Basically, these guys are going to collect a bunch
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DJ Shiftee Salsa School of Scratch – Hot (The Orbit)
DJ Tips & TricksDJ Shiftee, Dubspot’s turntablist/mathematical genius/Salsa senior extraordinaire, has just won the DMC World DJ Finals. This is the big one. In 2007 he was the first ever American World Supremacy Battle Champion, and now he is the head hancho-muchacho of
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Richie Hawtin & Ambivalent Talk Production @ Dubspot’s Ableton Tour NYC
Artist & LabelsThe next video release from the NYC stop of the Live 8 U.S. Sessions Tour is now available. This time, Richie Hawtin and Kevin McHugh (aka Ambivalent) are discussing studio set ups and production strategy. Enjoy, and remember to keep
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Dubspot at The Electric Zoo Festival
EventsDubspot was at the Electric Zoo Festival over Labor Day weekend on Randall Island. They certainly came out of the woodwork for this one, and we had a great time meeting a wide variety of people, characters all. The whole
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Halcyon 10 Year Anniversary Party
EventsHalcyon Records has long been more than a record store; it is an institution for New York DJs and electronic musicians in general. They will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary this Saturday at Water Taxi Beach and DubSpot encourages any
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Ableton User Group 09.09.09 w/ Michael Hatsis
WorkshopsDubspot will be hosting an Ableton User Group meeting on Wednesday, September 9th from 7 to 9pm. Presenting will be Michael Hatsis, DubSpot instructor and Track Team Audio founder. Michael is a longtime producer, programmer and Ableton user who was
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DJ Shiftee Salsa School of Scratch – Medium (Crab Scratch)
Video TutorialsDJ Shiftee, recently crowned the 2009 DMC USA Champ, is celebrating his win by releasing the second video in his Shiftee Salsa School of Scratch series. He will be in London, September 11th & 12th, to battle it out for
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Dubspot & Electric Zoo Festival Contest
EventsThis will be one for the books. Anyone who misses out will be left as the joker for weeks to come. 2 days, 4 stages, 50+ world-class DJs… Its the Electric Zoo Festival, happening on Randall Island September 5th &
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Dubspot Tour NYC Recap Video & L.A./Austin Dates Announced
EventsAfter great success on the first two tour stops in San Francisco and New York City, and a well deserved rest, the Dubspot Live 8 U.S. Sessions Tour will continue in Los Angeles the weekend of November 7th & 8th,
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