DJ Leon Lamont

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DJ freeware always raises the question, "What's the catch?"  Usually the catch is that you have to buy some expensive piece of gear to even use the freeware in a gig setting.  Serato DJ Lite fixes that problem by having what they are calling "practice mode". Practice Mode has a cross fader and allows you to bypass needing a breakout box (like you use for the regular version of Serato) to have clean audio out. 

Serato moved some things around a bit and made the user interface a little bit cleaner and user friendly, but the only real improvement from Serato DJ Intro to Serato DJ Lite is the Practice Mode.  I think this program is great for people that are just beginning to learn to DJ, Mobile DJs and for doing small, unique venues where you don't feel like lugging around a bunch of bells and whistles.  With t…

Leon Lamont plays drums with British rock band SABATTA March 9, 2018 TIME CUBE Philadelphia, PA

As musicians, we spend a lot of time sitting around waiting for stuff like soundcheck, interviews, traveling to the next gig for hours crammed up in a van and more.  This non-performance time is spent talking, texting, playing video games, and watching movies.

Of course, you don't have to be a musician to experience excruciating downtime.  Here are a couple of ways to collect a few pennies while killing time.

1.  Inboxdollars.com

Inbox dollars is a site that pays you to watch TV clips, play video games, take surveys and check your e-mail.  Sounds great until you realize that most offers that don't require you to sign up for something only pay a penny or ten cents.  There are offers that pay as much as $100, but like I said, you usually have to sign up for something.  This site doesn't pay out until you reach $30, and it takes a while to get to that number unless you have a whole lot of downtime, but if you're wasting time anyway, you might as well make a few pennies …