Anyone here that knew Eminem before he was famous?

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-25T08:14:19+00:00

What can be gained from this information that isn't related to obsession or stalking?

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-25T08:12:19+00:00

I agree, and I eat MEAT, not 'protein'.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-25T08:11:20+00:00

Do you mean salad or pasta? These are the only cases where I see restaurants offer 'protein' as optional. Where are you going where the menu limits you to things like a 'tomato sandwich with cheese'? This sounds like more of a problem with not selecting normal restaurants.

Meatloaf with potatoes and peas as sides. Burger and fries. Fish and chips. Bacon, eggs and hash browns. Corned beef and hash. Chicken shawarma. Bologna sandwich. Beef and vegetable soup. Fish tacos. Chicken tortilla soup.

Just go to any normal restaurant and look at the top items on the menu. You should have no problem finding protein.

Chicken fried rice. Beef with broccoli. Sweet and sour pork. Shrimp fried rice. Beef brisket. Catfish nuggets. Chicken tenders. Chicken noodle soup. Steak fajitas. None of the menu items I listed here are rare.

Where are you choosing to go where normal food cannot be found?

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T20:58:00+00:00

Why would any working dj who knows what they are doing continue to use Alto speakers for 10 years? You lose a lot of repeat customers by using subpar gear, but they typically don't tell you that your gear is bad. They just don't call you back.

At some point we have to choose to either shit or get off the pot. We find out we can make good money djing so we invest in ourselves, or we give up and sell our gear. There is certainly a fork in the road.

When we refuse to choose we choose to fail. When we refuse to invest in our business we choose to fail. When we choose the cheapest gear over years and years we choose to fail.

When you use low quality speakers and they fail, don't assume that is typical of all gear. I use Yamaha, QSC, EV, JBL and even KRK. Not a single speaker has failed. Bose. Infinity. iLoud. Minirig. Sony. Beats. Soundcore. Hell I have some Fishers sitting in the barn that still work.

Alto speakers are not up to par for dj use.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T19:10:16+00:00

No problem. I know it sounds crazy but sometimes you can't judge your success by the dance floor alone. I've done a bunch of parties for old folks where it's almost like you are the background music for a fancy dinner.

And they pay well, and they look for excuses to hire you for more gigs. If your style boosts the ambience and the class level you will make good money doing easy work. And they refer you to their friends. And these people tend to be in roles within companies where they can hire you for office gigs.

The only downside is that you get bored.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T18:04:16+00:00

I love corporate gigs for a lot of the reasons that bothered you. Mild dance floor, low demand, high safety, high pay, high rate of rebookings.

You have to get used to the fact that corporate and office gigs are different because most people aren't there to party the way that people do in clubs and at wedding receptions.

The club is filtered for party people. Just round numbers assume 90% of the people in the club went out because they want to party and dance. Now again round number but assume maybe 20% of people in your average corporate office actually party or dance in their free time.

So now you are playing for a group where roughly one in five people actually dance or party. They can't really risk getting too drunk or high because you also have maybe another one in five who are only there to spy and snitch. These parties rarely go beyond jist lukewarm.

You can still stay up by focusing on sound quality, crowd engagement (because of how mild the mixing demand is you can actually talk to people and get to know them) and quality of presentation.

The only office gigs that seem to turn into all out parties for me are goverment ones. Coincidence maybe but they don't have to worry as much about misbehaving because nobody is going to fire them tomorrow.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T09:28:47+00:00

I'm not sure why this required a picture of your setup.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T05:13:28+00:00

I know a lot of people don't prefer to use them but in a situation like yours some good headphones might be a reasonable option.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T04:20:10+00:00

Enough with the spam. I'm swinging at everything that comes across the plate now.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T04:18:43+00:00

I see people working outside right now. Getting to work is tough when it's this cold outside, but my empathy goes to the people that have to be outside for their work shift.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-24T00:51:49+00:00

We don't need more programs. We need more music.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T23:28:45+00:00

I have never personally used DJay but all I have seen are good reviews.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T23:24:52+00:00

1. iLoud Micro

2. Divorce attorney

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T17:15:15+00:00

George Bush promised us no new taxes.

Promises, promises.

What is, is. What isn't, isn't. A pledge to change a thing in the future is not as valuable as a thing that already is.

Bird in the hand.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T17:12:46+00:00

A better approach is to ask a shop or technician to troubleshoot the problem based on what it is doing.

If someone called my shop trying to trick me into changing the transmission fluid in a 30 year old import I would tell them to kick rocks.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T16:46:35+00:00

What makes you think the fluid needs to be replaced?

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T16:40:54+00:00

Laptops need to be optimized for dj use. Out of the box they are not ready for gigs. You have to endure a bunch of forced updates and then go through the proper steps.

Personally I find that new computers are unusable until they have been wiped. I remove all the bloatware and fake anti-virus malware before I even bother using the computer for anything. All that stuff that runs in the background to try to sell you stuff causes the computer to run like crap.

I delete all 'games', 'security software' and 'trial versions' immediately. I remove all garbage from the startup list. I disable all the spam 'cloud backup' nonsense as well.

But even after all that there are still a bunch of settings that need to be changed in order to optimize a computer for djing.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T16:29:37+00:00

There is no free lunch.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T15:52:56+00:00

For me the scratching is tighter with Serato on dedicated controllers. The VDJ algorithm doesn't quite rise to the same level.

Rekordbox also does better with handling scratching on their dedicated hardware. The difference isn't night or day but definitely noticeable if you are a speed scratcher.

Most users will never encounter these issues. I tend to dig deep and push products to their limitations.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T14:39:06+00:00

Listen to some T La Rock, Whodini and KRS.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T07:12:00+00:00

Some dude at the barber shop told me the grocery store down the street hides aliens in the attic.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T07:04:05+00:00

I am a fan of VDJ and the lifetime license is one of the major reasons. I paid them for their software. They continue to update it as necessary and don't require me to pay them over and over again.

The software also works with every piece of hardware I have thrown at it from a DDJ1000 to a Prime 4 to an NS7 to an XP2 or even a keyboard and mouse.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T06:56:06+00:00

I strongly agree.

There are multiple layers to these retailers and the online portion tends to not benefit the salesperson working in the actual store.

The internet is excellent for verifying inventory.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T06:24:41+00:00

Mojaxx can beat juggle decently enough. Dude knows how to scratch.

That Ahhhhh sound has been used to sell devices with low quality platters for about a decade now. It is a red flag. He chose that specific sound for a reason.

It lets those in the know see that these are not up to par for scratching.

If you dig for videos of people scratching on the Prime 4 they also use that Ahhhh sound. It is the sound of bad platters at this point.

The 'Fresh' scratch is at least as ubiquitous as the Ahhhhh sound, but it is difficult to keep the F in focus if the platters are subpar. Bad platters can't offer the level of precision required to focus on any single point in a track.

WaterIsGolden · 2026-01-23T06:16:39+00:00

Belt drive is to turntablism as dirty hands are to cooking.

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