@The ROADSIDE, STOCKWELL GATE, MANSFIELD -
Mansfields No1 Dance Venue!




So this is the problem....
You've had your decks for a good while now and you're confident you know what you're doing. You're a legend, a real life - DJ God - in your very own bedroom. You've played at a couple of house parties or had a few gigs and all your mates say your really, really good.....

Whats next?
We understand how extremely tough it is to get a set unless you know the club promoter and he's already got mates of his own. You could set your own night up with tons of expense, good fortune and effort required but with no guarantee of success and so you carry on doing what you love doing, praying for that 1 time lucky break.

Here's the break....
You Enter our 'Search for a Star DJ' competition. You register your details, you play against the other DJ's on the night and the crowd get to vote YOU the WINNER. You progress through the rounds and impress the crowd until you get youself into the FINALS!. You Enter the FINALS, WIN THE COMPETITION with a smile on your face and then....

Ready for this?
You WIN a NEW pair of Pioneer CDJ200's or Technic MK2 1210's.
You WIN a ** DJ CLUB RESIDENCY **
You WIN a 2hr LIVE Radio Show with Studio Training on-hand

And heres the VERY BEST PRIZE of all....
For being that true, No1. Bedroom DJ to SuperStar DJ competition winner you get to play alongside our SPECIAL DJ GUEST!!, A TRUE SUPERSTAR DJ LEGEND!! on our competition winners evening !!

And finally....
You will be invited onto the Blu-Sky team where we'll show you how to throw big, amazing parties, introducing you to a whole new world of people and partying. We'll inspire you to collaborate with other club-events and even assist you in promoting Your very own Night!....

The Rules...
The competiton is OPEN DECKS so Any club-related Genre goes..No CDs or commercial experience req. BUT YOU WILL BE JUDGED UPON....
Tune Selection
Mixing Ability
Crowd Reaction
You will Play on Technics1210s, Denon DNS3500 & Denon Mixer

Closing Date for applicant registation is Wed 21st Feb 2007
TXT 'DJ NAME', genre & location to 07875 074-831 or
EMAIL DJ@BluSky.co.uk

And Thats It !!!!....following the closing date, a registration evening will follow but you shall be updated regularly!
GOOD LUCK DJs !!!!!

Be A Part of Something Special in 2007, Be A Part of Something BIG !! Blu-Sky is....the closest thing to Heaven...

**Watch Out** for the DJ competition in your Local Press !!!!
A BIG, BIG THANKS to all the local press involved in supporting this 'Search for a Star DJ' competition 2007 project!

the 1210s are like 30 years old! think its about time clubs started installing some newer decks like stanton t120's or newmark tt-x1's. the t120's are far far far superior in every respect over the 1210's. crazy! full fire!!

well i dont think clubs will be to arsed about replacing turntables now the war for industry standard in turntables was over long ago things are going digital.

there still cool decks but i think there a little over rated.

industry standard for over 20 years. you get a lifetime guarantee when you buy them. they are the best for a reason. all the pretenders have fallen by the wayside. vestax decks are gash ttx1's don't compare and the stantons although they are a good deck haven't really convinced anyone they are a real contender. technics are the daddy no question.

well i dont think clubs will be to arsed about replacing turntables now the war for industry standard in turntables was over long ago things are going digital.

i've used pioneer, denon and technic CD decks and i think its going to be a two horse race between pioneer and denon to be industry standard. thing is though you can do so much with digital technology it won't be like vinyl it'll change rapidly year on year.

infact i shouldnt have even mixed that night. i was so hamerd. its the first and last time i do that.

you have to do it once so you know not to do it again!

technics are the daddy no question

But why? I cant understand how technology from 30 years ago can be better than the new stuff. Isnt it a bit like saying that ur gonna stick with your old ford cortina because its never let u down rather than buying a new car that can go 3 times as fast and has moder features like abs and sat nav and the rest. Seems a bit silly to me.



well i dont think clubs will be to arsed about replacing turntables now the war for industry standard in turntables was over long ago things are going digital.

Think your dead rite m8. There will always be vinyl junkies (myself included) but times have changed. The last time i saw a big name DJ play with vinyl at a gatecrasher over a year ago! Matt Hardwick. Other than that it seems that vinyl is almost dead. Move with the times or get left behind i suppose.

i think its going to be a two horse race between pioneer and denon to be industry standard.

i would already call pioneer the industry standard 90% of clubs probably more have pioneer

But why? I cant understand how technology from 30 years ago can be better than the new stuff. Isnt it a bit like saying that ur gonna stick with your old ford cortina because its never let u down rather than buying a new car that can go 3 times as fast and has moder features like abs and sat nav and the rest. Seems a bit silly to me.

because they are the best. simple as that. they do exactly what you need for a very long time better or at the very least as well as anything else on the market.

age is no indicator of quality. would you rather have a steinway grand or a bontempi organ? the bontempi does loads more stuff and its newer, that doesn't make it better.

would you rather have a old style beetle that runs forever and has bundles of character or a new one that looks slick but is basically a bit crap?

technics are effective stylish and elegant, pleasing to the eye and the touch. there is nothing on the market that is better. there probably won't be anything ever on the market thats better

i would already call pioneer the industry standard 90% of clubs probably more have pioneer

you are right but i think denon have a new deck coming out that is apparently better then pioneer.

also the technology progresses so fast that it won't be long before pioneer have to change the CDJ1000

you are right but i think denon have a new deck coming out that is apparently better then pioneer.

they said that about the 3500 lol it doesnt say much about the denon 3500 when they are already bringing out a replacment after just over a year im glad i never bought one now after using pioneers.
all i can say to denon is good luck cause its near enough impossible to convince clubs to buy there deck when there is already an industry standard (pioneers) that new deck would have to be something special to take over pioneer as the market leader.

also the technology progresses so fast that it won't be long before pioneer have to change the CDJ1000

i very much doubt that what else could be added to a cdj1000 to make it better? if they do find anything they will just bring out a cdj1000 mk4 and a cdj800 mk3 no point in reaplcing the whole deck u already said that technics have been industry standard for over 30 years why cant pioneer do a similar thing? if it isnt broken dont fix it.

i wondered how long it would take for this to turn into a debate.

i suppose its just a question of personal preference. the 1210 mk5's are a good deck but come on steve even uve got to admit that the mk2's have just about had there day?

Think your dead rite m8. There will always be vinyl junkies (myself included) but times have changed. The last time i saw a big name DJ play with vinyl at a gatecrasher over a year ago! Matt Hardwick. Other than that it seems that vinyl is almost dead. Move with the times or get left behind i suppose.

Ooo, gatecrasher. cuz thats the biggest event ever??? Vinyl is no where near dead, its just had coincide wiv the use of CD's. The frequency range is larger on a vinyl than CD, and ull never ever beable to drop a cd track half way through the track if u fancy droppin a tune from the middle, and sometimes u need to jog ur memory to remember wat the tracks r on a vinyl and u can quickly listen by the drop of a needle. On CD's u hav to search through it etc and that takes time.

would you rather have a old style beetle that runs forever and has bundles of character or a new one that looks slick but is basically a bit crap?

Your dead right mate! My 1973 VW Beetle kicks ass over any new beetle. It does how ever hava 1911cc 160bhp engine and 18" porsche alloys =] so in comparison my beetle's like the Mark 5's

i suppose its just a question of personal preference. the 1210 mk5's are a good deck but come on steve even uve got to admit that the mk2's have just about had there day?

Why have mk2's had there day? they use the same technology as the mk5's? its just the mk5 is just the luxury version which u dont neccessarily need? They last, made from granite and dont break??? and if they do, technics will fix them for free!!! u dont get that wiv stanton or vestax do ya?

My mk3's r 5 years old and iv never had a single problem with them and work as good as when i got them new.

its simple its just like music diffrent people like diffrent things.
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pioneer pioneer pioneer!!! hahahaha! Ooo, gatecrasher. cuz thats the biggest event ever???

i would say there are one of the biggist club brands in this country yes. talkin of crasher not long till mr piccoto!

gatecrasher. cuz thats the biggest event ever

no its just the biggest club lol im not a fan of the place but its massivly popular

Vinyl is no where near dead, its just had coincide wiv the use of CD's.

thats the thing though it doesnt coincide with the use of cds, like the other person said go to a club like crasher and 90% of tracks are played on cd.

The frequency range is larger on a vinyl than CD, and ull never ever beable to drop a cd track half way through the track if u fancy droppin a tune from the middle, and sometimes u need to jog ur memory to remember wat the tracks r on a vinyl and u can quickly listen by the drop of a needle. On CD's u hav to search through it etc and that takes time.

none of that makes sense i disagree with it all

Vinyl is no where near dead

yes vinyl is no where near dieing but it varies from genre to genre in trance clubs vinyl is pretty much dead id say that pretty much every trance dj uses cd now but go to a place that plays hard dance and vinyl is still widely used.

but everyone can use what they want i dont care

talkin of crasher not long till mr piccoto!

wow well there you go then looks like im not going dan isnt going i know that much.

i very much doubt that what else could be added to a cdj1000 to make it better? if they do find anything they will just bring out a cdj1000 mk4 and a cdj800 mk3 no point in reaplcing the whole deck u already said that technics have been industry standard for over 30 years why cant pioneer do a similar thing? if it isnt broken dont fix it.

i doubt pioneer will replace the whole deck, they'll just make it MP3 accessable or they might incorporate VJ capability into it. i think they've pretty much got it right but they will constantly have to keep refining it. the point is i seriously doubt in 5 years anyone will use the mk2.

the 1210 mk5's are a good deck but come on steve even uve got to admit that the mk2's have just about had there day?

sorry mate we'll have to agree to disagree! almost every venue i've ever played in uses the mk 2, simply because they run forever so theres no real need to replace them. when i bought my mk2's i was torn between them and the stantons and i weighed it up by reasoning that if i buy technics i'll never need another deck, if i bought stantons i might need to buy technics

Vinyl is no where near dead, its just had coincide wiv the use of CD's. The frequency range is larger on a vinyl than CD, and ull never ever beable to drop a cd track half way through the track if u fancy droppin a tune from the middle, and sometimes u need to jog ur memory to remember wat the tracks r on a vinyl and u can quickly listen by the drop of a needle. On CD's u hav to search through it etc and that takes time.

i'm a vinyl dj as well, i'm going digital this year but i really don't want tothats the thing though it doesnt coincide with the use of cds, like the other person said go to a club like crasher and 90% of tracks are played on cd.

i know the resident and its more than 90% its closer to 100% then again crasher did a deal with vestax and they kitted out the box so that could be a reason why noone uses vinyl there!The frequency range is larger on a vinyl than CD, and ull never ever beable to drop a cd track half way through the track if u fancy droppin a tune from the middle, and sometimes u need to jog ur memory to remember wat the tracks r on a vinyl and u can quickly listen by the drop of a needle. On CD's u hav to search through it etc and that takes time.

none of that makes sense i disagree with it all

you're going to have to explain why

i love this its just so wicked! but i do think its so simple. diffrent people like diffrent thing and no one can prodict the futute so lets come back to this in 5 years

lets come back to this in 5 years

lets not. lets debate it furiously and offend each other!

seriously you never learn anything agreeing all the time. look at me and sleepydragon!

loads more entrys the nights going to be mint

loads more entrys the nights going to be mint

the plural is correct, theres going to be lots of nights with the amount of jocks who've entered.

keep your eyes on the prize people theres lots to win!