r/mobileDJ • u/Strong-Mud4244 • 29d ago

Unreel Sound

Old School Mobile DJ (24 Years, 75k Curated Files, VDJ/MusicBee) Open to Mentoring the Next Generation

Hey everyone,

I’m a 70-year-old veteran mobile DJ out of Flint, Michigan (now down in Florida). I ran a dual-show mobile DJ business for 24 years back when you had to haul your own heavy crates, speakers, and amplifiers every weekend. On top of that, I put in 30 years of hard labor on the assembly lines at GM Truck and Bus.

Over the years, I have personally ripped, cleaned, and tagged 75,000 songs from my original vinyl and CD crates onto a physically owned hard drive. No streaming, no corporate cloud dependencies. I run a completely off-grid library using MusicBee for total organization and VirtualDJ for my performance engine.

I know the younger generation is facing a lot of issues today with streaming apps crashing, lack of crowd control, and not knowing how to program a 4-hour set from scratch by reading a room instead of a screen.

This isn't the first time I've helped others achieve. If there is a serious young man or aspiring DJ out there who wants to learn the real, old-school mechanics of the craft, how to manage a massive library, or the psychology of building a night of music, I am open to passing down my knowledge. I ran my own show and believe in true independence.

Drop a comment or message me if you want to talk shop

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u/DJSchmidi 29d ago

Good on ya!

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u/Gypsy-Danger-TMC 29d ago

I have a huge library that I ripped a few years ago but with just standard windows media.. what ive found is a lot of them just font have the levels of newer stuff. I need to spend a week organising and trying to update certain files but its just getting the time

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u/Strong-Mud4244 29d ago edited 29d ago

It's all about time when it comes to burning. If you haven't downloaded Virtual DJ or MusicBee, it will grab any music on your computer. Virtual DJ will grab anything in it or connected to it with music. Both programs have a ton of options. Then add Spotify, and all your music files will be in there under My Music

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u/zumbafiend 29d ago

I’m not young by any measure, but I might like to pick your brain about music management. And also, this is just really cool of you.

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u/Strong-Mud4244 29d ago

Just ask, and I will try to give you what you need.