‘DJing’ Category
CHILDREN at the Brewery Artwalk - Downtown LA
This weekend, November 1st and 2nd, CHILDREN will be representin at The Brewery Artwalk near Downtown LA.
For those that have never heard of The Brewery, it’s an awesome artist’s haven of lofts and studios where artists of all mediums live and work in an old converted beer brewery. It’s a super cool, creative space.
(Flier from a past Artwalk event:)
CHILDREN will be selling our goods and their will be much awesome art to enjoy.
CHILDREN’s own Bryan Davidson will be spinning on the 1s and 2s and there will be artists of all types: painters, sculptures, product designers, fashion designers, printmakers, etc. It’s a pretty major event at the world’s largest art colony.
DJ Bryan Davidson:
Admission and parking are FREE! Open from 11-6, Saturday and Sunday, November 1st and 2nd.
Tags: events los angeles fashion dj streetwear art
Record storage solution
Many a DJ have searched for a good way to store their vinyl. I myself have used many methods, including the classic milkcrates. I then bought one of those metal racks with the wire shelves that you can get at Home Depot; that worked pretty well, but was really an eyesore. In the end it was actually my wife who found the best storage solution for my records.
The Expedit bookcase from Ikea. It’s totes perf. The cubbies are about 13 inches tall and you can fit thousands of records on one of these things.
Here’s mine:
It’s a great price, too. Just $149 for the big one and it look like a nice piece of modern furniture. They also have a 1/2 version for just $79.99 which, when laid on it’s side, is the perfect height to put your turntables on top and your records underneath.
Another DJ storage problem I had to solve was what the hell to do with my speakers. I’ve got 2 big ‘ol Peavey 12 inchers that sit on top of speaker tripods. I run my turntables through those speakers, but they’re really too big to have out in my living room. So, I decided to use the speakers as the stand for my turntable coffin like this:
They’re the perfect height. It’s definitely not acoustically ideal to have the sound blasting out at my shins, but I really don’t play my tunrntables loud in the apartment anyway. This way, my whole DJ setup only takes up about 10 square feet of floor space. I’ve got my amp sitting vertically between the speakers and my tabletop cd player sitting on top of that. I keep my turntable “X” stand and my speaker stands down in the garage in the storage bin and take them out when I need them for a party.
And that’s how I store my gear.
