@djkevinscott Hi Kevin, it's great you are keeping the site alive. How did DJ AM go about in recording his mixes? What was he using to record if he was at the club? or were the sessions recorded at his house? Thank you.
It's difficult to articulate the importance DJ AM has in my life. In short, he's created my favorite music of all time, and the way he lived his life and treated other people was nothing short of astounding. This site isn't super active, and I think it's a shame that more people don't appreciate Adam in his passing. Regardless, I couldn't be happier that this community and database is here; quality over quantity.
I dread the day that this site is lost. Over the past decade, I've collected all of AM's mixes back when a lot more stuff was on SoundCloud, and those drives have subsequently corrupted. I'm so happy to be able to pop in this address and jam out to AM's old mixes and look at old pics. Thank you so much to Kevin for putting this all together.
Hey John, thanks for your post! Yes, I too would like for this site forum & blog comment sections to be more active but most people seem to leave their comments on the DJ AM Lives Instagram (@djamlives) page instead... and that's ok. My plan is to keep this up as an archive to Adam long term and continue to add to it as I have the time. There are still plenty of things left to post about and more unreleased mixes to come. I also plan to re-do a few of the pages here including the Music, Videos and As I AM pages to reflect changes I've made in those areas with the Mixcloud (mixcloud.com/djamlives), YouTube (YouTube.com/djamlives) and some upcoming news regarding the documentary. Rest assured I have AM's content backed up on several drives as well as the cloud so I won't lose all the stuff that is still left to be posted. I would invite you to continue to please post, comment and share on our forum here and on the instagram page. It's membership like yours that will give this space life! Take care and rest assured Adam's legacy will continue to live on...
With quotes from Travis Barker, Mandy Moore, myself and others, check it out on the blog page here:
https://www.djamlives.com/post/e-news-article-on-dj-am-s-prolific-dj-legacy
Birthday 47, to the greatest DJ to ever live. Happy birthday buddy.
It wold have been Adams 52th Birthday today, how amazing would it be to see him DJ now with the newer gear and stems
Hey Wildstyle,
Thanks for the post & question! AM used the Serato internal recording function to record pretty much all of his live mixes from 2007 on. So basically straight from his laptop onto his laptop hard drive using Serato's built in record function.
Some of the earlier ones were recorded by various other means including the 2005 demo that he & I worked on. We recorded that one straight into a mixing board from his mixer and sequenced it using Sony's Sound Forge & Vegas (popular programs at that time).
The Elton mixes (with the exception of #4 which was recorded live at The Ambassador in SF) were recorded using Serato record feature at his house.
Hope this helps. Feel free to post any other questions in the forum!