A weekly talk show, dedicated to the art and science of mixing music. New episodes are released every Monday, seeking to inspire, entertain, or educate all types of DJs. Enjoy exciting interviews with international DJs, howto guides, inspirational stories, and just-for-fun shows. Whether you work in the club, at the wedding reception, on the stage, or in your bedroom… there’s something for every DJ to enjoy.
Together, we’re becoming better DJs through passion and purpose.
Episode 151: A Very Scratchy 80s Ahhhhh… this episode is really fresh! Today we’re exploring some of the earliest DJ scratching noises ever put on a recorded release. Back in the 1980s, hip-hop DJs were just beginning to discover how a turntable (or two) could be used as a sort of musical instrument. Some examples of these early scratches landed on albums or singles… there, to be preserved for all time. • Become a Patron of The Passionate DJ Podcast, […]
Hayoooo, we made it to Episode 150! Today, David and Tony talk about recent club shutdowns, lawsuits, and legal issues within the DJing, EDM, and festival communities. We talk about: The first successful lawsuit against the ill-fated Fyre Festival, to the tune of $5 million, by festival “survivors” Seth Crossno and Mark Thompson. Recent libel and defamation lawsuits from Behringer against a Chinese blog called Midifan, and against 20 members of the pro-audio forum Gearslutz. A lawsuit against Orlando Police in regards to […]
Episode 149: 20 Small Wins for DJs On The Passionate DJ Podcast, we encourage everyone to dream big, make bold moves, and constantly get out of the comfort zone. But Episode 149 is about the small wins. Today, we’re going to talk about 20 different ideas that can help get you get mild (but immediate) results! These are things which you can do to improve your DJing, boost your promotion, expand your horizons, or simply make your life easier… all […]
Episode 148: Community Struggles In today’s episode of the podcast, we give our thoughts on the struggles people are having within the Passionate DJ community. We reached out to our Facebook Group, and pulled lots of great topics. Not a member of our Facebook group? Well, what are you waiting for? https://passionatedj.com/community Here are some struggles which we address in Episode 148: Mental stamina with longer DJ sets Balancing professional life and DJing Knowing and remembering digital tracks vs. records […]
Today, David talks about happenings in the DJ industry, and the latest hardware to come out during the summer so far. We kept this one brief, as we didn’t want to drag out the news stories out too much. But there’s a lot going on, and you should know about it! Here are some of the news stories we talk about in Episode 147: Hardware & Software Updates Xone:96 Announced Allen & Heath has announced its first flagship mixer […]
Today we’re giving you a full preview of Afterparty, our monthly bonus show which is exclusively for Patreon subscribers of The Passionate DJ Podcast. Become a Patron here: http://patreon.com/passionatedj If you’re not familiar with Patreon, it’s a great way to support your favorite creators and help pay them for the stuff you love. You decide the pledge, and then receive rewards in order to thank you for your support. In our case, we offer a monthly bonus show called Afterparty. The show […]
2008: the International Year of Languages, Planet Earth, Sanitation… and Potatoes. The Summer Olympics were in Beijing, Bitcoin and Spotify were born, the Large Hadron Collider was built… and Rihanna takes over the pop charts. Today we explore what was happening ten years ago, in the realm of music, DJing, and life. We listen to the tracks that topped the charts at Beatport and the Billboard Top 25, explore some of the 2008 DJ Mag poll, and talk about all […]
In honor of the Movement festival, where techno heads converge on Detroit over Memorial Day weekend, we spend Episode 144 diving in to the Belleville Three: Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May. Here, we listen to clips of interviews and some of the iconic tracks that put “Detroit Techno” on the map. This is a bit of a misnomer, in that these pioneers actually developed their sound from living in Belleville, a rural town about 30 miles away from […]
Episode 143: How to Get More DJ Gigs Episode 143 focuses on a heavily requested topic: HOW DO WE GET MORE DJ GIGS?! While there’s no magic formula, we do have some tips to try and connect with more people and line up more opportunities. For some bonus tips on how to get more DJ gigs, subscribe to our Patreon page to receive our monthly bonus show: Afterparty! Here are some things we cover in today’s episode of The Passionate DJ Podcast: […]
It’s time for one of our favorite recurring episodes: Pick 3! Each of our co-hosts brings in three tracks in a “show and tell” format, where we listen and give commentary. For this installment of Pick 3, we decided to go to each of our respective “back in the day” memories and picked some tracks that invoke those old school memories! MC Breed – Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin’ B Rezell – Blowed Away DJ Quik – Tonight […]
