in my experience (working at WXYC in Chapel Hill, NC) "IDM" labels
typically don't send promos to college radio stations, even if you ask
them nicely. I suspect this is largely an economic issue, as many small
labels just can't afford to send promos to places where none of their
records are in the shops anyway, especially if the label is overseas.
however, I also suspect that greed and ego play a part in this equation.
if your college is in a big city it's probably easier, but I still
wouldn't count on it. I couldn't even get a promo copy of stewart
walker's new one from Force, Inc. when I booked him to play a show here.
that said, persistence can pay off. labels that have sent us promos in
the past include: touch/or, sprawl/suburbs of hell, ninja tune, wordsound,
alien8, m-nus, K7, uh, and I'm sure a few others. you'd think that
college radio would be fertile ground for this stuff, but we've found it
much easier to get promos from French-Canadian electroacoustic labels than
your average "IDM" label.
technics 1200s are the standard for DJ turntables, although the numark
PRO-TT1 and TT1910 are both pretty nice. the pro has a reverse switch, 78
speed and +/- 10% pitch control, but I've never used one - I think vestax
makes a DJ turntable also. whatever you get, make sure it's direct drive
& weighs more than 20 pounds.
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quoted 16 lines Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 23:35:18 EST
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 23:35:18 EST
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> From: Shirei3000@aol.com
> Subject: So someone else wants to be a dj...
> Message-ID: <0.4d62da4b.256e1686@aol.com>
>
> DJ idm'rs-
> I have a quick question(s)...
> I'm going to be attending a University soon and plan getting my own show on
> the college radio station, question: is it likely I'll be able to get free
> promo's from labels such as idm oriented ones?
> Last question: I've been looking around at turntables and I keep hearing the
> same thing, technique is the only way to go for a dj, are numarks and etc.
> or is it not worth wasting my money on anything but a technique, im a starter
> and just want to not get myself into a fincial wreck.
> please email mail me privately at think3000@excite.com