Picking a dj name... how hard can it be??
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AstralExistence AstralExistence https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265049
- KVRAF
- 2276 posts since 19 Sep, 2011
your chances of finding a band name that uses a single word is very slim. ill give an example, corruption, deception, becomes,V0RT3X wrote:How about DJ Offender?
Controlled Corruption, Subconscious Deception,
nobody else has these band names. only the op ramo can use these. hope this helps ramo.
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AstralExistence AstralExistence https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265049
- KVRAF
- 2276 posts since 19 Sep, 2011
it depends on 'why' it stands out. if your just using alternative spelling, X Ex, C Se it can work but only if your names is still original. for example, SexCells is a perfect example of this.
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- KVRAF
- 8563 posts since 2 Aug, 2005 from Guitar Land, USA
Yo spit a verse at me dawg, so I can feel ya you know what I'm sayin.
Like I was a baller, now I'm yo momma, play me like that, you goin down like a rat.
Like I was a baller, now I'm yo momma, play me like that, you goin down like a rat.
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- KVRAF
- 4329 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
FYI, DJG is solidly taken.
I DJed for many years. "Professionally" Well, in public anyway.
If I could give you only one bit of advice on this it would be to not even consider putting 'DJ' in front of whatever you choose. Just dont do it.
And, when you get booked one day and someone tries to add it in front for the flyer, bitch about it.
I keep a list that is many years old.
It consists of ideas for track names and ideas for artist names. I recommend everyone keep a list like this, because the chances that you will sit down and think of something awesome in moment you need it are slim...
I have used many different names for production and DJing, and they all came from that list.
"Sneaky Retard"
Still my favorite ever...
I DJed for many years. "Professionally"
Well, in public anyway.If I could give you only one bit of advice on this it would be to not even consider putting 'DJ' in front of whatever you choose. Just dont do it.
And, when you get booked one day and someone tries to add it in front for the flyer, bitch about it.
I keep a list that is many years old.
It consists of ideas for track names and ideas for artist names. I recommend everyone keep a list like this, because the chances that you will sit down and think of something awesome in moment you need it are slim...
I have used many different names for production and DJing, and they all came from that list.
"Sneaky Retard"
Still my favorite ever...
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- KVRist
- 55 posts since 14 Mar, 2011 from WI
Dude, DJ <name> is just old and lame in my opinion. Pick something creative. ugh I hate when everyone puts "DJ" this or "DJ" that. It really makes you sound noob.
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- KVRer
- 17 posts since 5 Aug, 2012 from eetali
While I agree with precedent posts, I'd like to submit just some other "name"...
DJ 12"-is-not-just-the-size-of-my-vinyls
DJ vinyl storm
DJ all your vinyls are belong to us
DJ 12"-is-not-just-the-size-of-my-vinyls
DJ vinyl storm
DJ all your vinyls are belong to us
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- KVRAF
- 5913 posts since 17 Aug, 2004 from Berlin, Germany
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
dj how hard can it be 
isn't deb supposed to say these things first?
isn't deb supposed to say these things first?
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
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- KVRist
- 246 posts since 24 Jul, 2003 from Far, far away.......
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- KVRian
- 966 posts since 16 Feb, 2010
thishighkoo wrote: If I could give you only one bit of advice on this it would be to not even consider putting 'DJ' in front of whatever you choose. Just dont do it.
Pure cheese imo.
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- KVRAF
- 4584 posts since 21 Sep, 2005
I was the king of names. All original. All done before as it happens. Took me a long time too to come up with something no one else has done. What is weird is,the really weird names seem to be taken - think of something more normal and straightforward and there is more chance it can be bought (copyrighted).ramo_and wrote:Hi,
I tried for a while now to pick a serious dj name but it feels like it's impossible. Every suggestion I've come up with either sucks or is taken already....
But I've got one name now which I like... but I just did a search on discogs and there I found a greek (I think) trance producer with the same name who has released one song about 7 years ago.
Does this mean that I can't use the name that I've come up with? Of course it would be best to use a name that is totally unique but for me it seems impossible to get a unique name that sounds good aswell.
Not telling you what mine is. When I get the web site up I won't even put it up at KVR - it's for me to hit the big time with...
Knew a girl who used to spin a bit - called DJ Snatch - I don't think she was serious - like Bill Drummond says - everyone is a comedian these days. Music is a serious business. What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Ol' Billy boy used to lose me most the time, but I think I knew what he meant by this. Get it copyrighted, get your website domain set up with it's name - cost me a tenner. And it is such a great name, it makes you wonder why no one ever thought of it before - probably because they are on drugs and thinks that names like Trance-Fusion are going to change the state of play.
True story. Was at the MegaDog club - wild - as you may know. Said to my mate, joking like, I'm going to get some t-shirts made up saying: "You're going home in a f**king ambience!". Next week at club, swear to god, some f**ker was wearing one. Sometimes it is good to be tapped into the Zeitgeist, but not too much. My new name is so simple, totally copyrighted - just perfect....
It's a hard one, but a good question. Don't rely too much on word play or cliche. Punctuation tricks can fail over different languages. i.e. Will.I.Am
Well... I don't feel like speaking any more....
That was all I had to say.
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- KVRAF
- 4584 posts since 21 Sep, 2005
Allright let's have some fun.
Would be interesting how many idiots thought it was a good idea anyway:
DJ Spam.
DJ Spaz.
DJ Pratt.
Dj Twat.
Dj Kack.
Dj Whack.
Dj Nick-Nack.
Dj Shit-Slap
Dj Mis-Hap
Dj Wit-Lack
Dj Frip-Frap
Dj Sick-Sack
Dj Where-Are-We-On-The-Map?
No one calls themself dj this or dj that anymore it has been done.
I'm going out and I'm going to get bottles thrown at me.
It's ok, I got a big wire mesh, but I read http://www.monolake.de/interviews/supercomputing.html.
The whole purpose of this superb, seminal essay is to say, essentially that one can go out with a table, mug of tea (bill drummond would like this one)
and a (not laptop) - bloody old dat player. Put a blindfold up so people can't see what you are up to (just the bitchy other artists whispering to themselves - I sam him performing and he wasn't performing at all, he had his bloody feet up drinking a cup of f**king tea and turning the dat player over - he even forgot to do that once or twice and blamed it on technical difficulties - c***.)
Yep, that will by my next gig and like Rolf says: The kids love it! Welcome to the 21st century musicians/artists/dj's etc...
Live Performance in the age of Supercomputing.
And if any f**ker throws anything on my stage (Biff Bifford - Saxon - Monsters Of Rock 1982 - I shall hit them with a bloody big teapot - we are just pissing about at the moment - the same way they were in the start of Acid House, but something has to change soon)
How f**king dare you not call me a real musician because I hit play on my D.A.T. recorder - cheeky bastards.
I've rambled again. Nurse has gone missing. It's fun for while, but then I always need my meds
NURSE!
Would be interesting how many idiots thought it was a good idea anyway:
DJ Spam.
DJ Spaz.
DJ Pratt.
Dj Twat.
Dj Kack.
Dj Whack.
Dj Nick-Nack.
Dj Shit-Slap
Dj Mis-Hap
Dj Wit-Lack
Dj Frip-Frap
Dj Sick-Sack
Dj Where-Are-We-On-The-Map?
No one calls themself dj this or dj that anymore it has been done.
I'm going out and I'm going to get bottles thrown at me.
It's ok, I got a big wire mesh, but I read http://www.monolake.de/interviews/supercomputing.html.
The whole purpose of this superb, seminal essay is to say, essentially that one can go out with a table, mug of tea (bill drummond would like this one)
and a (not laptop) - bloody old dat player. Put a blindfold up so people can't see what you are up to (just the bitchy other artists whispering to themselves - I sam him performing and he wasn't performing at all, he had his bloody feet up drinking a cup of f**king tea and turning the dat player over - he even forgot to do that once or twice and blamed it on technical difficulties - c***.)
Yep, that will by my next gig and like Rolf says: The kids love it! Welcome to the 21st century musicians/artists/dj's etc...
Live Performance in the age of Supercomputing.
And if any f**ker throws anything on my stage (Biff Bifford - Saxon - Monsters Of Rock 1982 - I shall hit them with a bloody big teapot - we are just pissing about at the moment - the same way they were in the start of Acid House, but something has to change soon)
How f**king dare you not call me a real musician because I hit play on my D.A.T. recorder - cheeky bastards.
I've rambled again. Nurse has gone missing. It's fun for while, but then I always need my meds
NURSE!