The Last in a Line

All of my titles have had a direct song reference in them.

True story.

I've worked downtown for over two years now. I left my last crappy job which was a replacement for the crappy job before that and I couldn't be happier.

There is a stigma that will always be attached to bars that can't be shaken and a lot of times, people reinforce that idea. Its almost like fraternities working hard to shake that Animal House image, only to have one guy screw it up for everyone.

Yes, I was a frat boy too.

The bars are winding down the college time of the year and are going into the lean summer months. Usually, bars gear up for the school year and cut down on some of the features, but this year seems different.

The downtown bars that are part of the Felix Street Experience made a push for the "Pass the Hat" campaign which raised money for Camp Quality and was part of Oprahs big give. Over $10,000 was raised for the Camp and the bars were part of that. In May, the downtown bars put money and effort into the Appleblossom Parade that is enjoyed by local residents year round. In August, Trails West! will be heavily helped out by downtown merchants including the bars.

So yes, the image and stereotypes exist, but there is so much that is done for the community that people arent aware of.

Can you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?

Somewhere along the line, I became really good at my job.

I am not a DJ in the typical sense. I dont spin vinyl anymore. That habit became too expensive for me to keep up with the demand of what people want to hear. Today, im going to give a rundown on my setup for entertainment as it is a similar setup for what other professional DJs use downtown.

First and foremost is my computer. I own an Acer 5920 which is a core2duo pentium setup with 2 gigs of ram. This is my headpiece for everything I do and it controls several programs at once, including my actual DJ program.

From that machine, I control an external mixing board which does most of my sound tweaking. The Hercules MK II is a solid choice for any starting dj and can really show you the hands on approach that changes a cd player into a real DJ.

I also control lights via a DMX out program that I worked on labeling and converting scene for it for about a month solid.

This is a basic run down of what I use to entertain.