Issue 234 page 1 South Eastern Discotheque Association

Issue 234 page 1
South Eastern Discotheque Association
SEDA COMMITTEE
Chairman
John Kidd
Vice Chairman
Paul Forsyth
Secretary
Jonathan Hutton
Treasurer
Sue Mayo
Membership/Press/Publicity:
Neil Brown
Technical
Mark Pantony
Projects
Stuart Smith
Events
Chris Ansell
Internet
Brian Mole
Sedamail
Mary Eagleton
Sedashop
Andy Dykes
Health & safety Stewart Berkery
July / August 2006
July 2006 MEETING
01227 750016
07970 806644
020 8857 0141
01622 757567
01622 764495
07860 409410
0790 5090373
07971 691411
07941 191194
01622 892297
01227 712247
07778 626252
Grange Moor Hotel, Maidstone ME16 8BS, on Sunday 23rd
July 2006, starting at 7.30pm;
•
Galleon Promotions – anything to do with printing and
promotions
•
Gary Job will be there again for one to ones on Denon
•
Members show – Andy Dykes of Paladin Disco
•
Nelly B’s promo corner
•
Chris Barton from Glosticks UK
•
Ray Finn from FinnFire will be running a fire safety demo
For the latest info, visit the SEDA website – www.seda.org.uk
Licensing Issues
New Business?
Whilst it appears that all has gone quite on the licensing front a potential bomb has been
dropped into the mix following a statement made by Peter Jamieson, chairman of the
British Phonographic Industry.
Many thanks to Emma Finley
from Stephen Hill Chartered
Accountants (www.stephenhill.co.uk), who paid SEDA a visit
at the last meeting.
Here is some of the article taken from the BBC News website: UK music fans no longer
face the threat of prosecution for copying their own CDs on to PCs or MP3 players, as long
as the songs are only for personal use. Peter Jamieson, chairman of the British
Phonographic Industry, said consumers would only be penalised if they made duplicates of
songs for other people.
Currently anyone transferring music to portable devices breaks copyright laws. The music
industry has traditionally turned a blind eye, however, in favour of targeting "professional"
pirates. "We believe that we now need to make a clear and public distinction between
copying for your own use and copying for dissemination to third parties," said Mr Jamieson,
whose organisation represents the UK's record labels.
He told the Commons select
committee for culture, media and sport that he wanted to "make it unequivocally clear to
the consumer that if they copy their CDs for their own private use in order to move the
music from format to format, we will not pursue them".
Whilst this doesn’t change the law and doesn’t address DJ’s directly it would suggest that if
a DJ were to convert legally owned music from one format to another, that they be treated
the same as the general public. Since the above statement, the LWP (DJ Licensing Working
Party) have asked both PPL and MCPS for statements, and are still awaiting responses, and
imminent meetings with both parties.
To help us clarify where Peter Jamieson’s statement leaves DJ’s, the LWP have set up a
meeting with Mr Jamieson and other colleagues from BPI and as usual a report will be
issued following that meeting.
Paul Forsyth, LWP - SEDA Representative
Essex DJ BBQ
Following last year’s successful event, Essex DJ host their annual BBQ on Sunday 13th
August 2006 at their showroom in Colchester.
This is an un-missable event, with the latest DJ gear on show along with specials for SEDA
members. Essex DJ are based at Unit 11 Peartree Business Centre, Peartree Road,
Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 0JN Telephone: 01206 762 999
Don’t forget, anyone earning
even the slightest bit of income
as a DJ needs to register as self
employed within 3 months of
starting, as penalties for not
registering are high.
However, with all the initial outlay
of expenses they are likely to be
making losses, which can be
offset against other income
received in that year.
PAT testing question
John Kidd is compiling a list of
recommended suppliers for our
industry to share with SEDA
members.
Please let him know who you
recommend in your area for PAT
testing by sending him an email
to:
[email protected]
2006 Meetings & events
23rd July 2006
13th August 2006; EssexDJ BBQ
17th September 2006
19th November 2006
SEDA meetings: Grange Moor
Hotel, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8BS
Issue 234 page 2
South Eastern Discotheque Association
A Very Pleasant Evening.
July / August 2006
Native Instruments celebrate 10 years at the
top
4th June saw a celebration of 40 years of the Banana Powered Disco,
run by our president Theo Loyla. The thought of DJing 40 years ago
to most is well out of the box, personally I wasn’t even born. It was
a case then finding a speaker and record player and winging it into a
performance.
This celebration brought many of the industry faces and past and
present members of SEDA together, as well as being a great family
event and I would like to thank Theo for his kind invite.
DJing is not an easy career or lifestyle, bookings come and go, as
does equipment. Theo shows that it can be done, you don’t need a
massive rig, or the very best and latest equipment. Many people
forget that the DJ is the most important part of any disco, the ability
of a DJ to play the right music for the guests, while mixing to with
good speech and a professional looking show always being ready to
change and adapt to the latest trend and matching it with the
classics of yesteryear.
At this celebration, SEDA presented Theo with an engraved Shure
SM58 microphone that was kindly donated by HW International to
mark the occasion.
John Kidd, SEDA Chairman
From 3rd July 2006 to 10th September 2006, Native
Instruments, publishers of the premium DJ
software package Traktor have organized the
sizzling NI-VERSARY SUMMER - 10 weeks to mark
10 extraordinarily successful years of Native
Instruments. Profit from price reductions of up to
66% on the special jubilee offers, such as TRAKTOR
DJ Studio 3! There are also over 15,000 Euro worth
of incredible prizes to be won. Come to the grand
NI-VERSARY party in Berlin on 23rd September
2006. Birthday wishes from famous artists and
other features can all be found on the Native
Instruments website.
TRAKTOR DJ STUDIO 3: €99 (euros)
The professional DJ software is has been reduced in
price by 60%! Never before has there been such an
opportune moment to enter the world of TRAKTOR
and discover the true potential of digital DJing. This
offer is available at your local dealer or in the NI
Online Shop. A Direct Download version is also
available online if you want to get mixing straight
away.
All offers are available on the NI-VERSARY
homepage: http://www.ni-versary.com
SEDA May 2006 meeting
Members and guests attending the May meeting listened first hand to
an impromptu 'Battle of the Speakers'; Bose PAS versus Deltec CX1
and both of them won!
Also seen for the first time at a SEDA meeting were some new LED
PAR64 and PAR56 cans which are DMX controlled.
Ian Forest of DISCOfever was the new members show from
Shoreham in West Sussex, showing an impressive HK powered
speaker system, OTS DJ, EVL Spins and Acme Dynamo scanners as
well.
Andy Dykes and Chris Ansell were on hand with hints and tips on the
DMX Workshop. And if that was not enough, Accountants and Tax
officers were also there to answer your questions.
Can you afford to miss the next one?
More details will be on www.seda.org.uk soon.
DJ Nelly B vs Cover Girlz - ‘You’re Beautiful’
(Shortvehicle Productions)
Release date: TBA
This is Kent DJ/producer DJ Nelly B’s third remix to
date. Here’s a guy who has remixed artists like
Faithless, and the Gigolo Clown mash-up of the
Royal Gigolos.
Following the massive success of the original James
Blunt song at the top of our UK charts, The Cover
Girlz went to studio early in 2006 and produced a
version that was aimed firmly at European
dancefloors so that we too could partake of the
song. When DJ Nelly B heard the inspired original,
he took the lines and samples to remix it into an
uplifting version that has a hint of his favourite
commercial trance riffs combined with the
sensational free-and-easy vocals that together
provided the wow-factor. The female lead puts a
totally new dimension to the song, and the edits
have already been getting massive reactions in the
South of England.
For more information,
www.shortvehicle.co.uk .
contact
Neil
at
Deltec special offer
At the last SEDA meeting, a Deltec speaker system was demonstrated consisting of 2 x CX1 is rated at 250 watts per cabinet
(retail price is £376.47 per pair incl. VAT) and BX16F rated at 600 watts per cabinet (retail price is £510.77 per pair incl. VAT).
The speakers on the night were all filtered - the CX1 only handle the top end with the BX16F doing the rest. All speakers have
two Speakons, and three places to fix standard top hats or fixings. They all come with Deltecs standard excellent build quality
and after sales service, and SEDA members may be entitled to a special SEDA discount. For more information on this they
should contact Keith Hutchins. The full Deltec range of excellent speakers can also be purchased at special discounted rates
for SEDA members through the SEDAshop – please call Andy Dykes on 01227 712247.