MaddAgent

So you're thinking the new MacBook Pro 16 with an 8 Core CPU and a GPU using the included 96Watt USB-C charger may drain the battery under full load?

I've been holding onto my 2015 MacBook pro now for ages, waiting and waiting.

I'd like to see the touchbar disappear completely, and the function keys return - but the real escape key and no butterfly keyboard is enough of a change that I think I can finally buy another MacBook!!

It was definitely off the cards for a few years there, and I was starting to wonder what I was going to do!

Same here - using SOLR with Drupal and it's pretty simple and effective

I'm not so sure about that - I can't remember the last time I was in a studio that wasn't running macOS to be honest.

I DJ in nightclubs at the weekends, just Friday and Saturday nights but manage to make about 40-50% of my full-time salary for say 8-10 hrs/week.

Started it in University as a hobby, and just built it up from there. 20 years later, still doing it (although never once imagined I still would be)

Extremely thankful for it, has helped to weather the storms a few times between job changes and has provided me and my family with a few extra little luxuries that we may not have otherwise been able to afford!

> I've never gotten the same emotional connection with CDJs nor Ableton. However the audience wouldn't experience that.

>They will if you're good at your craft.

This - 100%. I can't agree more. When you feel what you're doing, the audience should feel it also. That's what keeps me doing it now after 20+ years (when I don't really have to, in order to pay the bills anymore!). It's that moment, of a connection, and the spine tingling chill/buzz you get when you pull off a great mix in the moment and the audience feel it too.

While I sort of agree with the sentiment of this, I really can't see any downside to learning how to do a decent mix on a pair of turntables. It helps to break things down to the bare minimums, no fx, no beat-sync, nothing. Basically, if you can pull off a great mix with just two dekcs and a mixer, you'll be fine to move forward with whatever else you choose to use.

Plus you know (and hopefully respect) where it all started / came from.

Me neither - I resisted joining Facebook from day one. I never felt the need nor do I feel like I'm missing anything! At the end of the day its just a personal choice and I also don't feel the need to tell everyone about it (current post excepted of course! but this is literally the first time I have ever mentioned it in any kind of forum/post)

It's not totally terrible, but I do think its lacking without some Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul or maybe even The Roots for example - its quite Rap based and Rap != HipHop.

As someone who is a Systems Engineer by day, and a DJ by night I can highly recommend anyone that has even the slightest interest in Djing to just jump in and give it a go!

Don't get caught up in the details (Hardware/software, CDs/mp3s/vinyl etc) just yet - try and find your starting point and progress from there. The barrier to entry has never ever been lower!

When I started, there was no choice but a pair of Technics SL1200 / SL1210 turntables and a big record collection (CDJs had not even been introduced!). Now you don't even need to invest a fortune in building a vinyl collection!

over 20 years later, here I am - I do at least 2 gigs every week (try to just stick to Fri and Sat nights, but could have more work if I chose to, although Djing until 3 or 4am on a week night is not exactly compatible with the day job!

I still have the original set of technics turntables that I bought in 1994, they still work - although I have moved on to a serato setup using the CDJs provided by almost all venues these days! I'm too old now to lug a massive box of vinyl around hahaha.

One last point - I'd echo previous comments that in reality its not about how technically brilliant you are. Like a lot of things in life, its really about who you know! so get out there, meet the promoters, other DJs, venue owners / managers etc. thats the key to getting a foor in the door.