Quote Originally Posted by RDR View Post
Its simpler than that.

A single 20 CD wallet will easily contain all the music you could possibly want for a 2 hour set. And using CDJ1000/800 will mean decent control over the music.

Funnily enough i would always take a few pieces of vinyl for scratching purposes. What is a DJ if he cant scratch? I even take Vinyl if i do a live set for the same purpose.

I've always thought that to restrict yourself as a DJ to a particular style/genre/equipment base is foolish in the extreme. I mean you dont see the best guitarists only capable of playing one style, or in fact not being able to pick up a bass and use that.

Its laughable to me that there are DJs out there who cannot operate a CD deck/A turntable/Ableton/Any mixer presented to them.

Call yourself a DJ? The definition of DJ encompases many different skill sets and abilities andif you havnt got them all - get learning, because if you dont, you can be 100% sure that someone else well.
Yes, this is also critical.

At least spend some time learning how to beatmatch in case you somehow get stuck with shitty CD decks or something.

The ideal for me would be lappy running Live, wallet of CDs in case my laptop fails (or I just want to use a CD on top of everything else), and some vinyl for chucking into the mix and scratching (not that I'm good at it yet). This can all be condensed down to one smallish bag if you plan well.