The Industry DJs

The hosts are back from an impromptu vacation. Al Do It Like This discuss his trip to Tennessee/Arkansas while DJ T-Kidd talks about his trip to Los Angeles. Al discuss his new controller that he recently Pioneer DDJ Rev-1. DJ T-Kidd reconsiders getting into private gigs and Al talks how to navigate thru that. He also talks about the difference between Serato & Rekordbox. Finally, the hosts announce the winner of our contest.

Al Do It Like This & DJ T-Kidd discuss Drake’s new album Honestly, Nevermind. The house music inspired album leads to a discussion why Chicago doesn’t get the credit as the birthplace of house music. DJ T-Kidd explains his weekend in detail because he got called out for drinking. The hosts goes through the Facebook questions which includes our top 5 songs of 2022. DJ T-Kidd talks about Brazilian Funk music and he shares an incident that occurred while he was playing in Chicago.

DJ T-Kidd & Al Do Like This discuss ways DJs should market themselves. DJ T-Kidd discuss how social media like Instagram is effective for him. Compared to Al, word of mouth works for him. DJ T-Kidd speaks about not getting paid from a venue he played a month prior. Politics in the DJ world is a whos-who society. The hosts discuss what to do to change that.

Al Do It Like This & DJ T-Kidd talk about the shady DJs in the industry, DJ undercut. Why DJs will take very low paying gigs making it hard for other DJs to be paid fairly? Also, being a full time DJ vs balancing DJing while having a full time job. Al explains why being a full time DJ works for him. But T-Kidd is apprehensive about it especially since he is going to start doing private gigs again.

Al Do It Like It This’ wife Vanessa joins us as our guest. As the general manager of a local pub, Vanessa wears several hats & she breaks down her side of the service industry to the hosts. She explains what was it like working with husband Al at the local pub. After being together for over a decade, Vanessa shares her experience being the wife of Al Do It Like This. This includes a story of a very jealous Vanessa of Al during a DJ set.

The hosts welcome our next guest DJ Env. He speaks on how he went from practicing Tae Kwon Do, and the streets to rocking the clubs in Chicago. Env arrives to the show to defend his stance on the music that he plays and why he will not switch up the music genres. He also gives his opinion on the Chicago DJ scene today.