Astro Across The Fader DJ Battle 2 (recap)

Last night we held our monthly Across the Fader battle. This was a pre-eliminary with two contestants advancing to our finals.

It was a heated battle, with DJ 1Nemcis & DJ Moded advancing to the semi-finals. All 10 of the competitors brought their A game, making it one of our best battles to date. You can watch the stream of it below


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The way our battle works ( to breakdown any confusion ) is this.

Try-Outs - 10 contestants advance to pre-elims, any number of contestants can compete
Pre-Elims - 2 contestants advance to semi-finals

We hold 5 of these rounds (each have a try-out, & pre-elim) , leaving 10 contestants to duke it out in the Semi-Finals.

Semi-Finals consist of one battle, leaving 3 DJ's to advance to the final round.

Final round winner, will win $10,000 worth of gear provided by Pioneer, Mackie, Korg, Rane, AMDJ, & many more.

Who was your favorite DJ of the night? Discuss below.

4/21/12 Record Store Day @ Backside Burbank

Attn DJ's: This Saturday is Record Store Day!!! Astro & Backside Records will be hosting a event at Backside Burbank all day.

Mixlab students will be performing and graduating Saturday 2 - 4 pm. Special deals will also be available only at Backside. Guest Dj's include C-Minus (beat junkies), DJ Vick One (power 106), Mr. Choc (Soul Assassins/Beat Junkies), mixlabs own Davey Rockit & special guest DJs.

Record Store Day 4/21/12 Backside Burbank (backsideonline.com) only happens once a year. Artist produce limited runs of vinyl records that can only be purchased on that day. For the full list of whats being released this year, visit http://www.recordstoreday.com/ .

4/21/12 10am -10pm Backside Burbank 139 N San Fernando Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502 (mixlab performances from 2 - 4pm ) there will also be BBQ and free food.

2 Pac Returns from the Grave @ Coachella 2012

The news the past few weeks has been filled with reports of Dr. Dre using a hologram of Nate Dogg in his performance.

Last night we learned it was actually 2 Pac!! The second 2Pac appeared on stage, the audience is ghost quiet.

(Pac's performance start around the 16:00 min mark)
 
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (Live at Coachella, 2012)... by coachellasets

Amazing show, and Snoop as always kills it! Dr. Dre also brought out 50 cent, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, and Kendrick Lamar for the show.

White CDJ-2000 service announcement

Please be advised that we have a service issue on the CDJ-2000-W. In a nutshell, when the CDJ-2000-W is used in bright sunlight, or potentially in bright incandescent light as well, playback of music may go in reverse without any action by the user.

Using the link below, please see the entire service announcement that is up on our site. It gives detailed instructions on what a customer needs to do if they have these units.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/ephox/StaticFiles/PUSA/Files/ProDJ/CDJ-2000-WNotice_040412.pdf

For any of our customers who have purchased these through us, contact the shop @
Astro AVL
6615 San Fernando Rd.
Glendale, CA 91201
or (818) 549-9915

Across the Fader DJ Battle Recap.

So last Saturday we had our 2nd annual Across the Fader DJ battle.

Our friends at the Crossfader Show did a great ustream video recapping the days event.


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Thanks to all the competitors who entered. Next up is April 25th, so be sure to check it out!!

Diplo Documentary

Found this posted today on DJTechTools.com

This is inspiring to see a day in the life of Diplo, and what it takes to be a successful DJ. Whether you want to believe it or not, to DJ full time is more than a 9-5 job. Mornings start early if there is PR (i.e. radio interviews, press interviews, tv shows, & ect), by the time the show is over it's on to the next city, country, or venue.

This short documentary shows you only a lil' piece of that, but informative never the less.

April 7th (This Saturday) Across the Fader Try-Outs

This time is here again,

This Saturday we are having our Astro Across the Fader DJ Battle Try-Outs ( thats alot to say in one sentence).

Come by the shop to see which DJ will advance to win $10,000 in prizes.

Here's the info:

You wanna win? You gotta try out first. Sign up for free try-outs by March 24th and receive $5 off your entrance fee when you qualify. Try-outs will be held April 7th (starting @ 11am ) in our showroom in front of a panel of judges.

Each person will have 2 minutes to qualify. The full battle will consist of 4 rounds, a semi-final, and a championship round where the grand prize will be awarded.

For more info contract Lisa or Sako @ Astro AVL 6615 San Fernando Rd. Glendale, CA 91201 or (818) 549-9915.