Aight people its time to get ta kno your fellow HBCU fam. Ask anybody from HBCU a Question. YOU must answer honestly. You can ask mutliple people 1 question in each post but only one question per person.
That's a good one (I seem to get it often now that I've made my choice)
Well, the cost of attending Howard is about $1,000 or so dollars less than Hampton and Howard is offering me more scholarship money at the moment. Hampton is also a bit more conservative than Howard, and that's fine, but I think it's just a bit too conservative for me. Other than that Hampton was alright: the campus is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S! , the science department is on point, and the students seemed like they were enthusiastic about being there.
However, after I set foot on Howard's campus I knew I was in the right place. D.C. would be a change of pace for me and I think I'll need that as a young adult. I like the open campus (my mom was wary about that lol), having their own hospital is an added bonus since I want to go into the medical field, and there isn't a creepy graveyard on site (j/k).
SuperFly: When did u start DJ'n? Wats da biggest tip u would give someone who wants to become a DJ?
TSU: What do u do for a livin? ( for sum strange reason i see u workin wit computers)
Nels: How/where did u learn to make Siggy's?
Neo- How does one go about becoming an entreprenuer such as yourself?
Nels- What's the craziest question an aspirant has asked you? Ex: My uncle is in XYZ, so that makes me legacy right??
Sepp- What's going to be your major at HU?
SuperFly...Do you prefer DJing with vinyl, cds or digital?
CDs or digital. I SUCK with vinyl. That's why I really don't proclaim myself to be a DJ. I have never been all that great with vinyl. I probably never will be. My qualm with the equipment that I'm relegated to using (Technics' version of the Pioneer CDJ) is that anyone who is capable of operating a computer can all the sudden become a DJ. However, what it DOES mean is that since ANYONE can call themselves "DJ" with this equipment, then you have to be more creative with the songs that you mix and how you cut them up and even what songs you use on top of all that. Digital Interfaces and CDJs allow you to do ungodly things to a song on the spot. I think that's what I like so much. Since I'm pretty intimate with any song what I spin (I listen to songs over and over again to see how and where I can use them, plus I use some of them on the air for music beds for the shows I produce), I'm pretty comfortable with it when I play it. I know when I can talk, I know how long I have to talk, I know where I can loop, etc.
KaliBabi wrote:
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Damn... I didn't even see that one before... Maybe I need to upgrade my prescription. At any rate, I don't consider myself a DJ by trade, as I said before. Yeah, I can work a couple of CDJs, but put a couple of turntables in front of me and I'll sound like garbage. However, if you want to get into DJing, I'd suggest hanging out around DJs. But now everyone is going digital, so its quite simple to put two songs together when you have a computer doing all the dirty work for you. But if you really want to learn the craft itself (which is more than just mixing music in my opinion), then hang around with them. See what they do. Most people that I know that DJ have equipment set up in their house when they're not performing. See if they'll show you how to properly set up and operate the equipment first. The rest will come later. Almost intuitively. If you're talking about DJing on the radio, that's a whole different ballgame. I know our station is damn near completely automated, so its almost MORE complicated to haul in CDJs, Turntable interfaces, or even actual turntables. Hell there are two stations in out building that operate out of a booth no bigger than a closet. I can touch a computer screen and pull up the song that I want and tell the computer when I want it to play. I can record what i want to say and tell the computer when I want it to be said. I just got lucky enough to know someone who is prominent in radio in the area.
Self-taught, the internet is a wonderful place for information, there's a tutorial for everything. But as far as the concept for the sigs, I read posts and profiles and go with some of that info. And of course I ask for suggestions. Sister Tamara's was the first I did and yours was the last. I enjoy making them, even though I'm not a graphic designer by trade, I get to see what I'm capable of. I try to make each one unique.
evy08 wrote:
Nels- What's the craziest question an aspirant has asked you? Ex: My uncle is in XYZ, so that makes me legacy right??
Craziest? Hmmm? "Hey C! Ya'll havin a line next semester? I wanna be on it! Can I be on it? I'm headed to Bojangles, what you want me to bring you back?" That was in one conversation...a one-sided conversation. I just kept walking, dude was persistent. He never did cross D.A.
Evy...You THINK you can beat me in a foot race? Kali...What's the most evil thing that you ever did? Ecepeda...Who would you go after first, the other woman or your man?
, the science department is on point, and the students seemed like they were enthusiastic about being there.
However, after I set foot on Howard's campus I knew I was in the right place. D.C. would be a change of pace for me and I think I'll need that as a young adult. I like the open campus (my mom was wary about that lol), having their own hospital is an added bonus since I want to go into the medical field, and there isn't a creepy graveyard on site (j/k).
