{"id":25085,"date":"2021-01-04T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25085"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:47:41","slug":"dj-wudi-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/04\/dj-wudi-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ W\u00fcdi in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1689,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.djwudi.com\\\/djwudi&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260302120156\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.djwudi.com\\\/djwudi\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 02:00:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 04:07:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 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Aside from a few appearances at some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rodeocityrollergirls.com\/\" title=\"Rodeo City Rollergirls\">Rodeo City Rollergirls<\/a> derby matches in 2012, and a couple Thursday night dances for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwescon.org\/\" title=\"Norwescon\">Norwescon<\/a>, my DJing endeavors have been mostly a fond memory since I moved down to Seattle in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d been missing the DJing, and so at the start of 2020, I&#8217;d decided to start playing with using the game streaming service <a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/\" title=\"Twitch\">Twitch<\/a> for broadcasting DJ sets, which I&#8217;d seen a few other DJs experimenting with. I got started, got a few weeks in&#8230;and then COVID hit. And suddenly there was an explosion of DJs showing up on Twitch, as clubs worldwide shut down and DJs and club goers scrambled to find a way to keep going, even if only from our homes.<\/p>\n<p>So, as it turns out, in a sea of hundreds (at least) of DJs around the world using Twitch to broadcast sets, keep their friends and fans happy, and make a name for themselves&#8230;well, I&#8217;m one of them, but I can&#8217;t really say much more than that. Which is fine, as even pre-pandemic, this whole thing was basically a vanity hobby that I just wanted to do for fun. And in that respect, this project has been a resounding success! Some days it&#8217;s just me broadcasting to no-one, but some days there are a few people who pop in, and I even have a few regular listeners, so I&#8217;m happy with how it&#8217;s going.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, I posted 38 sets (aiming for one a week, with occasional weeks off when I had other obligations that took priority). Most of the time, I just wing it, with no set plan, just grabbing whatever I feel like at the moment. Some weeks, though, I took the time to play with a particular idea, put a set of tracks together, set them in order, and plan and practice the transitions.<\/p>\n<p>I also had fun working on evolving my Twitch display as the year went on. While I can&#8217;t do many of the fancier tricks that many DJs do, with &#8220;emote&#8221; graphics dancing across the screen (things like that are reserved for streamers who broadcast more regularly and have built up enough of an audience to actually work on earning money; I&#8217;m nowhere near that level), I do like where I&#8217;ve ended up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/djwudi\" title=\"Twitch: djwudi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/djwudi-twitch.png\" alt=\"Twitch screenshot\" title=\"djwudi-twitch.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cute little avatar version of me was originally artwork by <a href=\"https:\/\/sharii.com\/\" title=\"Sharii Chankhamma\">Sharii<\/a>, and I&#8217;ve set it so that the graphic on the t-shirt changes every 30 seconds. The background is a motion video loop, and can be swapped out with other loops. The text overlay is just a text file that I keep open and update as I go with whatever track is currently playing. At the top, the waveforms and decks are clipped out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algoriddim.com\" title=\"Algoriddim\">djay Pro AI<\/a> window. And finally, of course, there&#8217;s that goofy guy in the middle of the screen generally making a fool of himself. :)<\/p>\n<p>I broadcast on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/djwudi\" title=\"Twitch: djwudi\">my Twitch channel<\/a>, and then later (usually the next day) upload the audio recording of the mix to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/djwudi\" title=\"MixCloud: djwudi\">my MixCloud account<\/a> for listening at any time, and organize the mixes into playlists. Once uploaded, I posts links to the mixes along with the final track lists to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.djwudi.com\/djwudi\/\" title=\"DJ W\u00fcdi\">my DJ W\u00fcdi blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one playlist with all 38 of my 2020 mixes\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1&#038;light=1&#038;feed=%2Fdjwudi%2Fplaylists%2Fdifficult-listening-hour-2020%2F\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2026but if you just want to sample some of the highlights, here&#8217;s a playlist with just the &#8220;theme&#8221; weeks:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1&#038;light=1&#038;feed=%2Fdjwudi%2Fplaylists%2Fdlh-2020-the-editions%2F\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For 2021? I&#8217;m just going to keep going and see how long I can keep this project going. At the very least, I figure I&#8217;ll be going until we start emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and actually want to go places and do things with our Saturdays once it&#8217;s safe to do so again. In other words, I&#8217;m not planning on stopping anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>If you listen, thanks, and I hope you continue to do so, whether live on Twitch or later on MixCloud!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A roundup of my year bringing DJ W\u00fcdi out of retirement. 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