Volume 12 Number 12
DECEMBER 1999

It was a typically Arctic winter day in Detroit, early 1995. Inside the offices of Planet E Records, sitting across the conference table from Carl Craig, Francisco Mora was offering a tutorial on the 40-year evolution of African-American electronic music. It began with Sun Ra, he claimed, and continued with Miles Davis. “I think you’re a continuum of that,” said Mora, a 50-ish drummer who played in Sun Ra’s orchestra for most of the ‘70s. more >>>>

Hey DJs, creating hot mixes with your PC is easier than you think. In fact, with some new products that have recently become quite popular in the DJ community, you don’t even need samplers, sequencers or MIDI gear to make some killer music. Wanna know how that happens? Read on. more >>>>

Good help is not only hard to find nowadays – it’s even harder to keep. Just ask any multi-system owner. At the 1999 International DJ Expo, two panels geared toward the multi-system owner addressed, among other things, ways in which owners can supervise and motivate their employees. Moderated by TCB contributor and Front Royal, Va.-based multi-system owner Paul Beardmore, “Supervision Essentials” and “The Commandments of the Successful Supervisor” offered management tactics designed to protect what is perhaps your company’s most valuable asset: its employees. The following are the “Greatest Hits” culled from these two panels. more >>>>

OnLine FEATURES
Feedback: (click here)
Tips on Downloading MP3-Playing Shareware
In A Zone: (click here)
After A Decade As The Impresario of Detroit Techno, Carl Craig Rewires Future Jazz Beats On Programmed.
Dropping Acid in the Mix: (click here)
Doors of Perception Open for DJs Interested in Loop-Based PC Recording
To the Expo and Back: (click here)
After 30 Seminars, 150 Exhibit Booths, and a Dozen Parties, One DJ Times Mobile Scribe Offers His DJ Expo Diary
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OnLine DEPARTMENTS:
Samplings: Leftfield (click here)
Daley & Barnes Go for Rhythm & Stealth
Samplings: JS-16 (click here)
Finnish DJ Makes Clubland Stomp to His Bea
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: (click here)
Expo Insights: 17 Employee Relations Tip
GEAR: (click here)
The Latest DJ Products From Mobolazer, SKB, & More
GROOVES: (click here)
Phat Wax From System 3, Kimara Lovelace, & More
Current X50 CHART On Line: (click here)
Chart Compiled For The Web - Every 2 weeks by DME Inc.
The Charts provides some of the Hottest Tracks off the Crossover50 Charts along with STREAMING AUDIO
THIS DJ...by Mike Nice: (click here)
A New Comic Strip For DJs - Penned By A DJ

OffLine FEATURES:
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Arena Rocker:
When WCW Comes to Town, It's Philly's DJ Ran Who really Rocks the House
Expo Highlights:
Four Pages of Memorable Moments from the 1999 Int'l DJ Expo

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SOUNDING OFF: The Pro Audio Column
Denon's DN-2000F MK III Delivers the Goods
MOBILE OF THE MONTH:
Canadian DJ's Benefit from Expo Experience
CLUB SPOTLIGHT:
Brooklyn's Callaloo Drops an MP3 Mix
SAMPLINGS:
Genaside II -
Kris Bonez Tells Tales from the Darkside
Riena -
Groovilicious Diva Gets Ready for Radio

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