[{"content":"I have recently been donating equipment and tech help to Mark Chalmers Twitch.TV DJ streams, Heavy Resistance Aberdeen and Disintegrate at Midnight Aberdeen . I have also been DJing regularly on these streams.\nI donated a large amount of my old DJ setup to Mark, because I wanted it to go to a good home. This helped Mark to build quite an impressive DJ setup in his small flat.\nI worked with him solving many IT support issues with his DJ laptop and streaming laptop, and other elements of his A/V setup, making sure that everything was configured in an optimal way for streaming and DJing.\nWith Mark I spent a lot of time establishing a working consistent reliable Twitch.TV DJ stream through our 5G mobile phones, in the absence of a dedicated broadband connection in his flat. This was no small undertaking, given the limitations of available 5G bandwidth in Salford City Centre, latency problems with 5G, and the number of devices we were using that required reliable internet access as part of the stream. It involved configuring everything to use as little bandwidth as possible, monitoring the connection extensively, and sharing the connection through a mobile router using USB tethering on the 5G device.\nI used GenAI agents to process a large number of Mark\u0026rsquo;s previous set playlists, and order the tracks mentioned in order of frequency played, and created a TIDAL DJ streaming playlist that was easily accessible when DJing of all the tracks, sorted in frequency order. This allows for quick and easy access to the regular \u0026lsquo;floorfillers\u0026rsquo; at a moments notice.\nI DJ\u0026rsquo;d as a guest DJ on the stream, receiving positive feedback for my track selection and mixing, and contributed towards the entertainment and general debauchery of the stream.\n","permalink":"https://davidcraddockaudio.github.io/work-with-mark-chalmers/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI have recently been donating equipment and tech help to Mark Chalmers Twitch.TV DJ streams, \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/heavyresistanceabz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHeavy Resistance Aberdeen\u003c/a\u003e\n and \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/disintegrateabz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDisintegrate at Midnight Aberdeen\u003c/a\u003e\n. I have also been DJing regularly on these streams.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI donated a large amount of my old DJ setup to Mark, because I wanted it to go to a good home. This helped Mark to build quite an impressive DJ setup in his small flat.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI worked with him solving many IT support issues with his DJ laptop and streaming laptop, and other elements of his A/V setup, making sure that everything was configured in an optimal way for streaming and DJing.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Work with Mark Chalmers"},{"content":" I\u0026rsquo;m an experienced professional multi-genre DJ. I have excellent technical skills, good creative mixing skills including extensive use of stems and live mashups, combined with a strong ability to read the crowd and a deep and diverse music knowledge.\nExperience Twitch DJ - DJing on Mark Chalmers stream: https://twitch.tv/heavyresistanceabz every Friday at 11pm, playing rock and metal music. - 1 year Bar DJ – Manchester, UK – DJing multi-genre party music nearly every week in venues across Manchester, through a booking agency - www.anfieldagency.co.uk - 6 months Twitch DJ – Manchester, UK – Ran a successful weekly Twitch.TV online DJ stream at https://twitch.tv/DJDavidCraddock achieved Twitch Affiliate Status in the first month and now have over 500 followers, earning a fair amount for DJing every week, and also participating in charity events that raised thousands for charitable causes – 3 years Event DJ - BBC - DJing at several events while working as as software engineer for the BBC, including twice at an official BBC 6 Music \u0026lsquo;Introducing\u0026rsquo; event - 1 year Wedding and Event DJ – Sussex Area – Working with a booking agent to DJ at weddings and other events. Responsible for setting up a full PA kit and lights, operating, DJing and entertaining – 1 year \u0026ldquo;The Pit, Crawley\u0026rdquo; / \u0026ldquo;PRIME Club Crawley\u0026rdquo; – Crawley, West Sussex – Resident DJ – DJing every week at this popular club night, usually as the prime-time DJ – 2 years \u0026ldquo;Guerrilla Rocks\u0026rdquo; – Brighton, East Sussex – Resident DJ – DJing every week at this popular club night, often as the prime-time DJ – 2 years \u0026ldquo;Club NME\u0026rdquo; – Brighton, East Sussex – Resident DJ – DJing every week at this popular club night – 1 year \u0026ldquo;Deviant\u0026rdquo; – Brighton, East Sussex – Photographer, general dogsbody, and occasional guest DJ - 2 years ","permalink":"https://davidcraddockaudio.github.io/DJing/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"musicsetup.jpg\" alt=\"image\"  /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m an experienced professional multi-genre DJ. I have excellent technical skills, good creative mixing skills including extensive use of stems and live mashups, combined with a strong ability to read the crowd and a deep and diverse music knowledge.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"experience\"\u003eExperience\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwitch DJ - DJing on Mark Chalmers stream: \u003ca href=\"https://twitch.tv/heavyresistanceabz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps://twitch.tv/heavyresistanceabz\u003c/a\u003e\n every Friday at 11pm, playing rock and metal music. - 1 year\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBar DJ – Manchester, UK – DJing multi-genre party music nearly every week in venues across Manchester, through a booking agency - \u003ca href=\"https://www.anfieldangency.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ewww.anfieldagency.co.uk\u003c/a\u003e\n - 6 months\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwitch DJ – Manchester, UK – Ran a successful weekly Twitch.TV online DJ stream at \u003ca href=\"https://twitch.tv/DJDavidCraddock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps://twitch.tv/DJDavidCraddock\u003c/a\u003e\n achieved Twitch Affiliate Status in the first month and now have over 500 followers, earning a fair amount for DJing every week, and also participating in charity events that raised thousands for charitable causes – 3 years\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvent DJ - BBC - DJing at several events while working as as software engineer for the BBC, including twice at an official BBC 6 Music \u0026lsquo;Introducing\u0026rsquo; event - 1 year\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWedding and Event DJ – Sussex Area – Working with a booking agent to DJ at weddings and other events. Responsible for setting up a full PA kit and lights, operating, DJing and entertaining – 1 year\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Pit, Crawley\u0026rdquo; / \u0026ldquo;PRIME Club Crawley\u0026rdquo; – Crawley, West Sussex – Resident DJ – DJing every week at this popular club night, usually as the prime-time DJ – 2 years\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026ldquo;Guerrilla Rocks\u0026rdquo; – Brighton, East Sussex – Resident DJ – DJing every week at this popular club night, often as the prime-time DJ – 2 years\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026ldquo;Club NME\u0026rdquo; – Brighton, East Sussex – Resident DJ – DJing every week at this popular club night – 1 year\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u0026ldquo;Deviant\u0026rdquo; – Brighton, East Sussex – Photographer, general dogsbody, and occasional guest DJ - 2 years\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","title":"DJing"},{"content":" I have a strong music and sound engineering technical element to my skillset, having built several novel DJ set-ups, several music studio builds, including dealing with acoustic challenges, digital streaming challenges, and have built my own modular synthesisers which included extensive research.\nMy career in IT, software and as a technologist heavily intersects with this, for example: I spent 6 months in BBC R\u0026amp;D\u0026rsquo;s music department working on modelling binaural acoustic research algorithms. I also worked for several years on iPlayer, including some exposure to streaming technologies and broadcast engineering.\nI am an experienced studio technician with good understanding of OBS, Streamlabs OBS, lighting, MIDI, streaming cameras, balanced and unbalanced audio, ethernet and wireless netwoking, wiring patchbays, cable ties, rack equipment, configuring controllers, DMX lighting, maintaining older synths and building out Eurorack synthesizers.\nExperience Radio Station Technician - Leyland, UK - Started working with Radio Leyland in a voluntary capacity in April 2026. Streaming Technician - Manchester, UK - Setting up a Twitch streaming studio for Mark Chalmers Twitch stream. Streaming Technician - Manchester, UK - Setting up a very complex Twitch streaming studio for my own personal Twitch stream. Streaming and Studio Technician - London - Designing, assembling and supporting a professional guitar tutors (Jon Hatton\u0026rsquo;s) streaming setup Studio Technician - Manchester, UK - Building out my own home music studio with dozens of synthisers. Using sound treatment, EQing, comprehensive midi routing and audio routing. Testimonials I was employed as a freelance consultant to design, assemble and support a professional guitar tutors streaming setup. This is what he had to say about what I did:\n\u0026ldquo;I had to quickly adapt my business to function online only, with very little relevant experience. David provided me with setup and purchase advice, installation help and was available for further consultation whenever I needed him. He was a pleasure to work with and really knows his stuff. I’d highly recommend his services.\u0026rdquo; – Jon Hatton, Guitar tutor.\n","permalink":"https://davidcraddockaudio.github.io/Engineering/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"djsetuptechnical.jpg\" alt=\"image\"  /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have a strong music and sound engineering technical element to my skillset, having built several novel DJ set-ups, several music studio builds, including dealing with acoustic challenges, digital streaming challenges, and have built my own modular synthesisers which included extensive research.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy career in IT, software and as a technologist heavily intersects with this, for example: I spent 6 months in BBC R\u0026amp;D\u0026rsquo;s music department working on modelling binaural acoustic research algorithms. I also worked for several years on iPlayer, including some exposure to streaming technologies and broadcast engineering.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Music and Sound Engineering"},{"content":" In tandem with decades of professional experience in DJing and production, I\u0026rsquo;m a firm believer in life-long music education, and have complimented my music work with a lot of formal and informal music education:\nI have studied 5 modules in music production and sound engineering focused on DJing and electronic music, one at Canterbury College , one at Manchester School of Electronic Music , and three of which have been at the internationally recognised music school: Point Blank Music School . I have also undertaken extensive self-study around DJing , Sound Design, Sound Synthesis and Modular Synthesisers . I have undertaken several 1-2-1 DJ lessons with a hugely experienced alternative music DJ icon and producer over the process of several months. ","permalink":"https://davidcraddockaudio.github.io/Education/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"djingbooks.webp\" alt=\"image\"  /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn tandem with decades of professional experience in DJing and production, I\u0026rsquo;m a firm believer in life-long music education, and have complimented my music work with a lot of formal and informal music education:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI have studied 5 modules in music production and sound engineering focused on DJing and electronic music, one at \u003ca href=\"https://www.canterburycollege.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCanterbury College\u003c/a\u003e\n, one at \u003ca href=\"https://schoolofelectronicmusic.com/home/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eManchester School of Electronic Music\u003c/a\u003e\n, and three of which have been at the internationally recognised music school: \u003ca href=\"https://www.pointblankmusicschool.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePoint Blank Music School\u003c/a\u003e\n.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI have also undertaken extensive self-study around \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/22437975?shelf=djing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDJing\u003c/a\u003e\n, \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/22437975-david?shelf=music-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSound Design, Sound Synthesis and Modular Synthesisers\u003c/a\u003e\n.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI have undertaken several 1-2-1 DJ lessons with a hugely experienced alternative music DJ icon and producer over the process of several months.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","title":"Music Education"},{"content":" Output I have professionally composed, produced, mixed and mastered two albums, one single, and have released an EP with a collaborator.\nProduction Examples: A single from my Socialist Synthesis ambient experimental project called ‘Rust Marks’ Remastering the Industrial Comedy classic ‘KOMPRESOR – KOMPRESSOR DOES NOT DANCE’ Production and mixing on the electronica EP \u0026lsquo;Unfinished Dreams\u0026rsquo; as \u0026lsquo;Machines Move Mountains\u0026rsquo; with collaborator Ellis Breen. ","permalink":"https://davidcraddockaudio.github.io/Production/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"djsetup.jpg\" alt=\"image\"  /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"output\"\u003eOutput\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have professionally composed, produced, mixed and mastered two albums, one single, and have released an EP with a collaborator.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"production-examples\"\u003eProduction Examples:\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA single from my Socialist Synthesis ambient experimental project called \u003ca href=\"https://socialistsynthesis.bandcamp.com/track/rust-marks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e‘Rust Marks’\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastering the Industrial Comedy classic \u003ca href=\"https://socialistsynthesis.bandcamp.com/track/rust-marks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e‘KOMPRESOR – KOMPRESSOR DOES NOT DANCE’\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduction and mixing on the \u003ca href=\"https://machinesmovemountains.bandcamp.com/album/unfinished-dreams-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eelectronica EP \u0026lsquo;Unfinished Dreams\u0026rsquo;\u003c/a\u003e\n as \u0026lsquo;Machines Move Mountains\u0026rsquo; with collaborator Ellis Breen.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","title":"Music Production"}]