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Thursday, December 19, 2019

‘R.O.A.D. Podcast’: Is It Appropriate to Store DJ Equipment in a Tote Bag?

ROAD Podcast Tote Bag

On last week’s episode of the R.O.A.D. Podcast, the crew discussed the recent trend of DJs using tote bags instead of backpacks to carry their equipment.

The fellas also presented their picks for 2019’s “Artist of the Year” and reviewed new music from The Weeknd, Tory Lanez, Fat Joe, Fabolous, The Game, and more.

Watch an excerpt above and the full episode here.

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

DJcity Trends for December 2019

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DJcity Trends

DJcity Trends is a monthly collection of tracks intended to help DJs discover new and buzzing club music. They are hand-picked by influential DJs from around the world.

View the December 2019 edition of DJcity Trends here.

Contributors:

D-Tale, regional director, Germany at DJcity
DJames, music producer at DJcity
Eski, UK contributor at DJcity
First Choice, mixer at New York’s Power 105.1
Flawless, motion graphics at Beatsource; music contributor at DJcity
Latin Prince, East Coast director at DJcity
Matsu, New York City representative at DJcity
Play, regional director, UK at DJcity
Poizon Ivy The DJ, DJ for the Dallas Mavericks; mixer at Dallas’ K104
Santarosa, Latin director at DJcity; mixer at SiriusXM’s Globalization

Related Post: DJcity Trends for November 2019

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Listen: Annalyze Interview on ‘The 20 Podcast’

Annalyze and DJ Spider

Annalyze and DJ Spider
Annalyze and DJ Spider (Credit: Vlatz)

After a week break, Beatsource‘s The 20 Podcast returns with an interview with Los Angeles-based DJ and turntablist Annalyze.

Annalyze is originally from Rochester, New York, and is now living in Los Angeles. She’s currently a resident at the Fannypack party and has previously served as the tour DJ for DJ Quik and Lady Sovereign.

Watch the interview below. An audio version of the podcast is also available on all major platforms.

Hosted by DJ Spider, The 20 Podcast features conversations with influential DJs and music industry professionals. Spider and his guests begin each episode by going through Beatsource‘s weekly list of must-have tracks, The 20.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Denon DJ Adds Streaming And More To Prime Series Hardware With 1.4 Update

Today, Denon DJ released the new 1.4 firmware update for their Prime Series family of hardware. This version finalizes some features which have been teased or in beta for some time, and also brings a few unseen features to the table. Highlights include:

Tidal Integration Via Wi-Fi And Wired Connections
Users can now stream music directly to Prime Series hardware from the first of Denon DJ’s streaming partners, Tidal.

Track Preview From Library
On the SC5000 and SC5000M players, users now have the ability to preview a track directly from the library display, without having to load the track.

New Zoneplay Feature For The Zone Output
Prime 4 users will find a significantly improved Zone Output with the new Zoneplay feature. This allows the DJ to send a playlist to a seperate zone or room with a smooth automated crossfade between tracks, and the crossfade time is adjustable.

Expanded Track List (PRIME 4)
In v1.4, PRIME 4 users have the ability to choose between normal or exapnded track list views, with the expanded list nearly doubling the amount of displayed tracks.

Loop In & Out Point Adjustment
DJs can now fine adjust the in and out points of both manual and autoloops using the platter.

In addition, the 1.4 update also brings the following enhancements:

Improved quantized cue and loop triggering
Improved search speed for high volume drives
Forward and backward platter nidge sensitivity is now matched
Quantize state is saved on shutdown and recalled on power-up
Rekordbox import on players now imports playlists in the correct order

Learn more about the update here and check out Denon DJ’s preview video below.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

DJcity’s 50 Most Downloaded Tracks of 2019

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DJcity’s 50 Most Downloaded Tracks of 2019

Below is DJcity’s annual chart of the top 50 most downloaded songs of the year. The list was determined by subscriber downloads (the tracks are not DJcity’s picks).

After having a comeback year in 2018, Tyga is DJcity’s most downloaded artist in 2019, with 11 tracks on the chart. Tying in second place with five apiece are Cardi B and J Balvin, while Tory Lanez got third with four songs.

Check out the chart below.

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1. Post Malone – Wow.
2. Tyga ft. G-Eazy & Rich The Kid – Girls Have Fun
3. Cardi B & Bruno Mars – Please Me
4. Mustard & Migos – Pure Water
5. Meek Mill ft. Drake – Going Bad
6. Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign – Hot Girl Summer
7. DJ Snake & J Balvin ft. Tyga – Loco Contigo
8. Marshmello, Tyga, & Chris Brown – Light It Up
9. Blueface ft. Cardi B & YG – Thotiana – Cardi B & YG Remix
10. Tyga ft. J Balvin & Chris Brown – Haute

11. Nicki Minaj – Megatron
12. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – S.O.S.
13. 6ix9ine ft. Tory Lanez – KIKA
14. Tory Lanez – Freaky
15. YG ft. Tyga & Jon Z – Go Loko
16. City Girls – Act Up
17. J. Cole – MIDDLE CHILD
18. Kevin Lyttle – Turn Me On – ZIGGY & Mr Bermuda Remix
19. Major Lazer ft. J Balvin & El Alfa – Que Calor
20. FISHER – You Little Beauty

21. Lil Pump ft. Lil Wayne – Be Like Me
22. Tyga – Goddamn
23. Drake ft. Rick Ross – Money In The Grave
24. Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee & Karol G ft. J Balvin & Ozuna – China
25. Tory Lanez, Quavo & Tyga – Broke Leg
26. Lil Pump – Racks On Racks
27. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings
28. Sean Paul ft. Stefflon Don – Shot & Wine
29. Saweetie – My Type
30. Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Wayne – Good Form

31. Don Diablo ft. Nate Dogg – I Got Love
32. Fat Joe, Cardi B & Anuel AA – YES
33. Casanova ft. Tory Lanez & Davido – 2AM
34. Bhad Bhabie ft. Kodak Black – Bestie
35. Kool & The Gang – Celebration – Metro Remix
36. Mary J. Blige – Family Affair – DJ Serg & DJ Stressy Remix
37. Nelly – Ride Wit Me – Kevin D & Stavros Martina Remix
38. Major Lazer ft. 2 Chainz, Bruno Mars & Tyga – Bubble Butt – DJ Smerk Twerk Bootleg
39. Cardi B – Press
40. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie ft. Tyga & Offset – Startender

41. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care – Anthem Kingz Moombahton Re-Drum
42. Saweetie ft. Jhene Aiko & City Girls – My Type Remix
43. DaBaby – Suge
44. Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On – DJ Docta Twerk Blend
45. Tyga, YG & Blueface – Bop
46. Tyga – Floss In The Bank
47. DJ Snake, Sean Paul, & Anitta ft. Tainy – Fuego
48. Post Malone ft. Young Thug – Goodbyes
49. Tropkillaz, J Balvin & Anitta ft. MC Zaac – Bola Rebola
50. DJ Snake & Sheck Wes ft. Offset, 21 Savage, & Gucci Mane – Enzo

Related Post: DJcity’s 50 Most Downloaded Tracks of 2018

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

DJcity Records Releases Free New Year’s Eve DJ Tools Pack

DJcity Records has released a collection of DJ tools for New Year’s Eve sets. The pack includes group and single-voice countdowns in English and Spanish along with hype vocals and tracks that incorporate the NYE classic “Auld Lang Syne.” The fully-produced countdowns can be dropped 30 seconds prior to midnight giving DJs 20 seconds to talk to the crowd before the countdown begins.

Download the pack here.

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