According to the figures 33.5% of singles sold in 2009 were classed as Pop by the Official Charts Company (OCC

A further 18.9% were RnB, including JLS, Beyonce, Dizzee Rascal under the OCC’s guidelines.

Almost 9% came from hip-hop acts like the Black Eyed Peas.

But Rock’s share slumped from 31% to 24.5% – led by Anti X-Factor fuled No. 1 from Rage Against the Machine, Kings of Leon and Kasabian.

However it was the Black Eyed Peas and Lady GaGa who were really the main acts of 2009.

The Black Eyed Peas, who have not looked back since Fergie joined their ranks in 2001, are currently playing four nights at the 02.  A far cry from the days when they played the Jazz Café in London.  They may have been accused of ’selling out’ to the like of Dr Pepper but the british single buying public don’t seem to care.  With a blend of pop, electro and hip hop Will I Am seems to have found just the right formula for chart success.

24 year old Lady GaGa, real name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
(no wonder she changed it!), burst onto the scene in ‘98 with her outrageous act and the club and chart hit Just Dance.  She has gone from extreme to outrageous extreme since.  Her notority was not harmed by her own dolop of paparazi fever when her sexuality was called into question recently.  However, it’s her music most notably Bad Romance that really prove that she has what it takes to be a long running pop success and not just a naughties phenomenom.

TOP UK SINGLES OF 2009

1. Lady GaGa (above) – Poker Face (Genre: pop)
2. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling (hip-hop)
3. Lady GaGa – Just Dance (pop)
4. Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love (pop)
5. Joe McElderry – The Climb (pop)
6. La Roux – In For The Kill (pop)
7. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow (hip-hop)
8. Rage Against The Machine – Killing in the Name (rock)
9. Alexandra Burke ft Flo Rida – Bad Boys (pop)
10. Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway (hip-hop)

Source: BPI/Official Charts Company

It has been moved from it’s second Sunday spot, as Sunday 14th is Mothering Sunday.  I hope to see as many of you as possible, since as well as having a blinding line-up for you, it is also our AGM, and it would be really good to have a strong membership turn out for this one!!!

Exhibitors: Denon, RNID, SpeakerPlans, Matrix, PCDJ, Microphome and James and the team at Advanced Event Designs who will exhibiting the much anticipated Micro Deckstand Booth.

Retailer: CRS1

Regular Features: Member Show – Paul Bouzan, SEDAshop, The Essential Selection, Second Hand Table

Other Features: SEDA – AGM, Barney Grossman – Report on Mobile Beat Las Vegas, RNID – Cheque Presentation

I think that covers most of it, of course we’ll be holding the legendary raffle with half the funds given as first prize the other half going to RNID.

Look forward to seeing you all there, doors open 19.30 prompt, venue:

The Village Hotel
Castle View, Forstal Road, Sandling,  Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3AQ. Just off the M20 J6

DO NOT USE THE ABOVE POSTCODE FOR SAT NAV – IT WILL TAKE YOU MILES AWAY!!! For programming satellite navigations systems please use postcode ME14 3AS.

Paul Forsyth
SEDA – Chairman / Events

There are six committee positions available:

• Chairman
• Vice-Chairman
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Membership
• Webmaster

Nominations are currently being accepted and must be submitted to the current Secretary (Brian Mole) in writing no later than 2 weeks prior to the AGM.  The closing date for nominations is therefore 7th February 2010.  You can choose to nominate yourself or put someone forward.  Each nomination received must be seconded by a FULL or Veteran SEDA Member.  Remember, only FULL or Veteran Members have voting rights within SEDA.

Please send your nominations via e-mail to dj@seda.org.uk, make sure you include your name and membership number in the email.

Cheers,
Brian Mole
SEDA secretary

Just a reminder that Rik from Pioneer hopes to be there with the brand new CDJ players, the 900 and the 2000 so you can all have a play.  Gary from Denon will also be there to answer any questions you may have about the new Denon kit on display at Namm 2010, the definitive geek-DJ Tech festival in the US of A.

KAM will be there with some new kit, noticably (and hopefully) their new range of lasers including the Ultimate Cluster and the Gobo Cluster.  If you notice, we’ve changed the featured video of the month to show off the Ultimate Cluster which personally I think looks like a fantastic unit, priced at around £199.  It is also my hope the nice man from KAM will bring with him the new KPM200DSP, a brand new 19″ rack mixer featuring 8 on board channel effects.  Probably going to be favoured by Karaoke jocks, it’s a 4 channel + 1 mic channel mixer allowing 4 line inputs and 3 mic inputs.

RCF and Mastermix will also be there to show off their latest products and our brand new guest retailer, RSD Sound & Music will help relieve you of all that hard earned christmas cash you have burning a hole in your wallet!

If buying pre-built speakers isn’t to your liking and you want more control over the look and build of your sound system, Tony Wilkes from Speakerplans and Matt will be on hand to show you some DIY speakers and just what can be achieved with a hammer, saw and some wood glue!

See you there!

Designed for use with any DJ software, although it comes with Traktor LE. Whether you are a DVS timecode or software DJ, you can connect the TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 to a computer and gain instant control of your decks and effect parameters. Robust rotary knobs with a heavy-duty feel and backlit buttons provide precise visual and tactile status feedback- letting you delve deep inside TRAKTOR without having to touch your computer.

The TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 features a total of 30 buttons, 4 push encoders and 8 knobs. Optimised for use with the Traktor software they are arranged in the following sections:

1. EFFECTS SECTION
8 high resolution potentiometers and 8 buttons make up the effect section of TRAKTOR KONTROL X1. This section allows control of all the parameters of 2 TRAKTOR effect units simultaneously. In Chained mode, this means simultaneous control over 3 effects per deck. The effects section buttons are programmed to give direct access to 3 of your favorite effect presets.

2. BROWSE SECTION
One push encoder per deck is dedicated to browsing through play lists and loading tracks. Simply turn the push encoder to find the track you want, and push it to load it into the corresponding deck. Once the track is loaded the same encoders seek through the track, using tempo sync’d beat jumps to remain in time.

3. LOOP SECTION
This section allows for intuitive control of TRAKTOR’s loop function, giving clear visual feedback about the loop status via LEDs. The section offers first level access to auto loops and manual loops as well as loop editing functions such as loop size and loop position, both coarse and fine.

4. TRANSPORT SECTION
This section provides direct access to basic playback controls as well as shifted access to 8 secondary functions for each deck. All buttons for industry standard workflows (Play, Sync, Cue + Cup) are located here. Switch to hotcue mode and you get another 16 buttons for controlling the 8 hot cues or hot loops per track. Plus, the CUP button flashes in time with the deck’s BPM as an added visual mix aid.

You can find more information on their website here

Rob’s been busy clearing out his garage, getting rid of a load of disco equipment (and a fax machine) to replace with a whole load of new disco equipment which will be for sale in 10 years time.

Have a look at the list (and pics) on the PDF I have kindly provided for you below to see if there is anything that tickles your fancy.

Remember to contact Rob direct on 01634 243262 about any of the items and do not be afraid to haggle.

Click Here to download the PDF.

And what treat I have uncovered for you today!!

An indoor fireworks projector!

Called Uchiage Hanabi and being released by SEGA, it comes with it’s own sound effects and you can program your own shows with they 55 effects available.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yc4R4xBoAs

From what I can tell from the Amazon.jp website you can even draw your own GOBOs!!

Original details from here.

Phil Tolhurst -- SEGA oops I mean SEDA Publicity Co-Ordinator

On Sunday 28 June 2009 SEDA held their first DJ seminar.

The seminar focused on the subject of DMX and aimed to give you an overview of what it is and how we as DJs can use it.

The evening was very competently presented by Will Perkins and his team from Virtual Sights. It was also well attended with over 20 DJs turning up to learn more about DMX.

For more information about the seminar check out this months SEDA mail.

The next seminar we have planned is going to tackle the mysteries of mixing.

Keep an eye on your emails for more details.

Phil Tolhurst – SEDA Publicity Co-ordinator,