Ross Mackerrcher won the Bacardi DJ contest for 2006 and will be heading off to the Winter Music COnference. The DJ beat out 5000 other contestants and was just a bedroom dj up until thsi time.

“I’m going to learn as much as I can about the industry first hand, and use this experience with Bacardi DJ and Allister as a springboard for my musical career,” says Ross.

What an awesome showing Ross ! Bedroom DJing does pay off after all.

ilikemusic.com - independent UK music magazine and directory - MUSIC NEWS - BACARDI DJ

Gang Starr deejay Premier put on a disappointing show in Taipei. With the dj putting on a lackluster performance and blaming the equipment ffor skipping and a deadbeat MC Big Shug putting in a half hearteed effort the crowd just didn’t like it.

Apperently to entertain the crowd Premier resorted to belting out some tunes and sharing sex stories.

Too bad he came up limp.

Taipei crowd picks up the beat as DJ Premier plays at local club

Looks like Lindsey Lohan is a dj now. Recently at a posh party in New York she was seen dominating the decks. Among her selections were the Beatles, AC/DC and a collection of other hits from the sixties and seventies. The hot lead from Herbie seems to have a wide variety of music taste.

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Phonic has produced a clone to the numark ipod mixing station . Hoping that the new ipod mixing station would have solved many of the problems of the Numark version I ran out to check it out. Well.. let me tell you this thing has dissapointment written all over it. All the same problems as the Numark but no new benifits.

Phonic Corporation — Professional Audio Equipments since 1978

via Gizmodo

I have to admit I am not the best damn writer in the world but hey I am not a professional writer either. I am continually stunned by the sheer lack of creativity and breadth of topics that the proaudio press can come up with. A quick search for Numark reveals just what I am talking about. Nothing but the same story line over and over and over… digital turntable blah blah blah…

Ok that was great for a hook 5 years ago but now ????

Nope it sucks.

The Heineken Music Thirst DJ Competition is a dj competitiion hedl yearly through out the worl that is taking the circuit by storm. Some claim that it is the only worldwide competition which is intereting considering that contenders in Europe.

An eyepopping 300,000 people partied to the music they presented this year.

The Star Online eCentral - Malaysia Entertainment
Heineken Music Thirst DJ Competition

Pedro or rather the actor that played Pedro in Napolean Dynomite will be spinning at the College of William and Mary. The actor, Efren Ramirez, is actually a techno DJ and has been spinning for sometime. We’ll try and find out what his favorite gear is and report back here… dude.

‘Pedro’ to be DJ at W&M party

Dj Sasha released a new movie with his longtime partner Digweed called “Delta Heavy”. NewsWeek got in an actually interviewed Sasha on the new movie. The interview turned out pretty crappy as Sasha really made a poor showing of it.

DJ Culture - Arts Extra - Newsweek - MSNBC.com

Icon Collective is a school to learn about electronic music production. Electronic music may have moved away from the forefront of popular musinc of the the last few years but with places like this poping up every where nurtureing a new generation of electronic artists the future of dance music is assured.

::: icon collective :::

Electro-Plankton posted up a really neat post about an illuminated dance floor that is really cool looking. The interesting part about it is that the patterns can be controlled by a DJ whikehe or she is playing.

electro^plankton: Illuminated Dance Floors