Monday, June 30, 2008 by Ingo

Knapp daneben

… ist auch vorbei: “Angstkampagne” Obama wehrt sich - n-tv.de

Jüngste Umfragen haben ergeben, dass etwa zehn Prozent der Amerikaner glauben, dass Obama ein Muslim ist.

Ich sag mal nichts weiter dazu …

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Saturday, June 28, 2008 by Ingo

Things some don’t know about DJing

DJing might look like an easy job. Sometimes I hear stuff like:

Hey, what’s so difficult about playing some music out?

Here’s why it’s a bit more than hitting a venue and playing music like average Joe could do:

• Finding the right music: I receive around 400 to 600 promos from all kinds of labels and genres each month. I need to listen to them ALL to find MY music. 80% of it is crap, 10% supercrap, 5% good, 5% very good. I only play the 5% that I find very good. But there’s not only the work to listen to ALL the promos, there is also the browsing through the stores and it’s (mostly) crappy samples. BTW, I recommend Resonant Vibes and audiojelly. Beatport just in cases when I can’t find track XYZ elsewhere. Finding the right music is the most time eating thing of the job.
• Sorting the right music: I label my tracks after genre, NOT by tagging but file name adding like Peter Parker - Spiderman Song (Vogelmann Remix) - PROG. Each and every genre has its own folder on my HD’s, both the studio system and the gig notebook, always in sync.
• Touching the music: Each and every track gets slighty sound optimized by myself, like loudness correction or a bit of equalizing, I have my own scripts or batches for that processes. Each and every track gets key detected for harmonic mixing.

The above is the hidden part of my DJ job, not many people have an idea what that means. To be exact: it’s the most important part of the job because THIS IS WHAT MAKES YOU AN ARTIST under millions of DJ’s. Compare it to a painter, his colours, his brushes, his canvas and all that stuff. Then there’s his way of painting and this is the part when I’m going live.

Let’s be honest: Beatmixing is not the hardest part of playing live. You have a bit of a rhythmic feeling? Okay, I’ll teach you in less than 2 weeks. But do you have the right ears, the right feeling for ‘what comes next’? Can you feel the audience? Is your sound right, EQing and all that stuff? When should you change the style a bit or the tempo? And what about your ‘acting role’ whilst DJing, do you have a charismatic aura or do you behave or look like an idiot? Don’t get me wrong, I find it very important to be authentic, but LIVE you’re not bedroom DJing.

A good DJ needs to be reliable with playing times and dates, needs to take care about his technical equipment and all that stuff, needs to find HIS style and satisfy HIS fans everytime he’s playing … I could write an endless list of other aspects of successful DJing. Just wanted to give you a glimpse of the background of things.

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Friday, June 27, 2008 by Ingo

Capricorn

photo credit: Marc Aurel

[...] The basic Capricorn character is marked by a profound concern for advancing themselves by doing what is expected of them. They differ from the other earth signs, Taurus and Virgo, in that they are motivated toward the achievement of their own ends, rather than toward merely static possessiveness or an endless search for order. They are governed by a sense of responsibility both to themselves and others. They absolve that responsibility by hard work and strict attention to detail. They have a direct and functional approach to problems. They are not diverted by fantasies of what might be done; they establish a clear picture of what can be done and the best way to go about doing it. Usually they pursue their objective along lines that have been found useful before, at least at the initial phase. However, should they see that their approach is not going to work, they resort to a new method. Very often the new method is one that comes as a surprise to others and may even cause a little nervousness. [...]

That’s me, yes. More to learn about me here: Capricorn

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Monday, June 23, 2008 by Ingo

Vogelmann on Sonica Radio Ibiza 95.2

Lenny Ibizarre heard one of my recent DJ mixes and asked me to play one of my sets out on his Ibiza radio show: Ibiza Radio : Sonica Radio Ibiza 95.2

It will be aired this coming weekend on this Ibiza terrestrical radio station. Lenny will also talk about my production and DJ work.

He also asked me to be member of the jury for the 2008 DJ Awards. Thank you Lenny, this is a great honour for me!

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Monday, November 26, 2007 by Ingo

GIGS

Please, find Vogelmann future and past gigs and/or tours below. You may add all data to your feed reader.

Please, note that this dates may change at any time, so make sure to check this page frequently. As far as there are any location based data available you can click them to view the venue on a Google Map.

Important Notes »

• All displayed times are the country specific times of the place of happening.
• TBC = To be confirmed / TBA = To be announced.

Click the event names for a detailed view of any event!

Upcoming gigs

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