Hes back, the 2009 DMC World DJ Champion DJ Shiftee has yet another Salsa School of Scratch video release. Its going way overboard with amazingness, and talks about the Swing Flare Scratch, a sure fire way to decimate your opponents.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:45PM 
Native Instruments has 2 great upcoming demos in association with Dubspot. The school also has a weekend workshop focused on Traktor, and a Synthesis Course on some key NI synthesizers.
Of the free demonstrations, the first will be at the Apple Store in SoHo from 6:30 to 7:30pm, on 11.16, with Mike Henderson, aka DJ Endo. He will be talking about digital DJing with Traktor.
The second will be on 12.7, at Dubspot, and cover the new Komplete 6 software bundle, NI's all encompassing collection of their software offerings, as well as Machine. A special host is TBA.
Dubspot will also be offering a comprehensive weekend workshop covering Traktor, which will run December 5th & 6th from 7 - 10pm, and a new Synthesis w/ Native Instruments course will begin soon as well. Email info@dubspot.com for more details.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:21PM 
We are looking for capable people, who have a strong desire to learn and are interested in helping us out at the school.
As you need help learning, we need help growing, spreading the word about who we are and what we do. If you have graphic design skills, knowledge of web 2.0 and social networking, or are especially technically savy, please send us an email, info@dubspot.com, and we will schedule an interview. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:56PM 
Shiftee claims his 2009 DMC World Championship VictoryDJ Shiftee, the recently crowned 2009 DMC World Champion, will now be leading another class at Dubspot. Turntablism II will expand on the first installment, breaking into new ground including the crab scratch, flares, beat juggling and much more.
There will be special discounts offered for Dubspot's DJ students who have already completed Turntablism 1, or any of the DJ Packages.
The course will run Dec 1st thru 22nd, Tuesdays from 5:15 - 7pm.
Anyone with questions should feel free to email us whenever they want, info@dubspot.com.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:46PM 
Join us at Dubspot, November 17th from 7:30 to 9:00pm, for an exclusive first look at Pioneer's brand new CDJ-2000 multi-format player. Anyone interested should be sure to rsvp, space is limited! Please email info@dubspot.com.
Lars Schlichting of DVJ Vision will be showing off the new CDJ, and offered this description of the product:
No matter what your media preference is, the CDJ-2000 can handle them all. It enables playback of MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF audio files on CD, DVD-ROM, SD card and USB memory-devices. It features a 24-bit/48 kHz sound card and HID and MIDI control compatibility via USB port. Up to 35 controls can be used to trigger other devices, such as DJ effectors and software by way of
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 7:23PM 
The Ableton Beat Showcase, which will be happening at The Airliner in LA on November 4th, will feature some master beat-makers performing and demonstrating how they produce.
Experience the creative power of Ableton Live with expert Thavius Beck in a free beatmaking clinic. Get hands-on with the new Novation Launchpad controller. Mobile accessories innovator Odyssey will provide exclusive giveaways, and Puma will be there with free limited edition tees. Come see what’s new, whats up, win some great gear, and receive exclusive offers from all the affiliates involved.
**Anyone in attendance will recieve special discount offers for the Ableton Live 8 Tour the following weekend.
RSVP on the Showcase website
Workshop starts @ 08:00pm
Showcase @ 10:00pm
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:42AM 
Over the weekend of November 7th and 8th, Dubspot will hit L.A. for another stop of its Ableton Live 8 Tour, featuring an absolutely stellar lineup of producers, DJs, composers, programmers, and educators.
Finally, we have finished adding names (maybe), and as of 10 days out, we are featuring over a dozen guest presenters, including:
-Scientist
-Daedelus (Ninja Tune, dublab.com)
-Kid Beyond (Beatboxer, live looper, one-man band)
-Justin Boreta (Glitch Mob)
-Irwin (IrwinMusic.com)
-Steve Nalepa (1320 Records, Chapman University Conservatory of Music)
-Thavius Beck (Big Dada, Mush Records)
-Christopher Willits (Ghostly, Overlap.org)
-Peter Kirn (Create Digital Music)
-Daniel Wyatt (Sonica Media Group, Atlantic)
-Barry Cole ( Spot Music, Blue Mountain Publishing)
-DJ Kiva (Audios Babylon)
Dubspot's own Jon Margulies (Heatercore, Hobotech, Author of the Ableton Live 7 & 8 Power! books) will be our moderator the whole weekend, in addition to presenting.
This select group will be presenting a wide variety of production and performance strategies based upon their own first hand experience with
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:14PM Dubspot instructor Michael Hatsis has released another Ableton video tutorial, this time focusing on techno, and strategies for adding depth and dimension to drum tracks.
Mike uses the Ableton Drum Rack's sends and returns to control the addition of specific effects, which add depth and dimension to the sound. This tutorial will help anyone learn some new strategies for modulating and bending the elements of their songs, creative new ways for routing inside of Live, and using Plate and Room style reverbs and more to enhance their productions.
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 2:59PM 
On Thursday, October 22nd, 2009, many of the World's top battle DJs, turntablists and party rockers will gather on the wheels of steel at BB King Blues Club 237 West 42nd St in Times Square, New York City to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Grand Master Roc Raida!
The Grand Master Roc Raida Tribute at the Tableturns Reunion will bring together many of the biggest names and crews in the art form of Turntablism including Raida's fellow crew members from the X-Men and the X-ecutioners; fellow World DJ battle champions: Craze, A-Trak, DJ Shiftee plus DJ Scratch, DJ Dummy, DJ I-Dee, The Beat Junkies: Babu, J.Rocc, Shortkut and Rhettmatic; DJ Slyce, Roli Rho, DJ Z-Trip and a very special performance by MC legends: D.I.T.C.!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 2:04AM Dubspot instructor, and part-time mad scientist, Michael Hatsis has continued his series of Ableton video tutorials, this time talking about some techniques for using Max for Live, the newest incarnation of Ableton, which is set to be released sometime later this year.
Max for Live, an integration of the Max/MSP software and Ableton, will be the perfect opportunity for the average user to experience the possibilities of programming their own production software. This video provides just a small glimpse of the possibilities, showing how you can sidechain any device control. Enjoy.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 12:17PM