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Contact: Liz McLean Knight, (773) 251-9984, hello (at) emergencyadapters.com
Electronic Musicians and DJs: If You Don't Have this "First Aid Kit" You're Risking Your Career's Health
CHICAGO, IL--So you've pulled an all-nighter polishing your set to
perfection, and you're excited to plug in your laptop and play your
latest tracks for the 300 excited, sweaty club patrons crowded around
the DJ booth. Suddenly, you realize you've got a serious problem: this
booth has some unconventional audio inputs and you don't have the right
adapters. Your heart leaps into your throat as you realize it's 1:00 AM
and there's no way you're going to find a Radio Shack open at this
hour. You'll need to convince one of the other DJs to take over your
slot and beg the promoter to re-book you another night when you're
prepared.
Instead, carry the Electronic Musician's Emergency Adapters, a "First
Aid Kit" that will save the day when you're faced with a
gear-connection emergency. Featuring a set of nineteen audio adapters
chosen specifically for the needs of electronic musicians and DJs, it's
packaged in a distinctive red bag and features a clip-on LED light to
help you navigate around the rear of equipment in a dark club.
"I never play a show without bringing these along--they've saved the
day more than once," says Liz McLean Knight the designer of the
Emergency Adapters. Performing live as Quantazelle and DJing as Liz
Revision, she came up with the idea when she noticed many of her fellow
performers were terrified when they didn't have the right audio
adapters needed to play at a gig. Coming to their rescue, she lent them
her adapters from her personal kit. "I felt great when I could help
them play, but I realized there needed to be a solution to help
musicians and Djs deal with problems like that on their own." She
consulted with a professional audio engineer, selected the contents of
the kit, and and designed a package to resemble a medical first aid kit.
Each of the kits contain common connectors such as a 1/8" stereo-to-RCA
cable and RCA-to-1/4- plug adapters, and rarer, but necessary adapters
such as two female XLR-to-1/4"-plugs and a 1/4" stereo splitter. Buying
all the components separately could cost up to USD 125.00 (XLR adapters
are rather expensive on their own), but the Electronic Musicians
Emergency Adapters retail at only USD 65.00, making them well within
reach of most musicians and Djs.
The Electronic Musician's Emergency Adapters are marketed by subVariant
Recordings, a division of Initialize Media LLC that, since 2004,
promotes quality electronic music and provides essential gear for
electronic musicians and DJs. The kits are currently available from
Fractalspin.com and Robotspeak in San Francisco, CA.
LINKS:
<a href="http://www.emergencyadapters.com">Product site</a>: http://www.emergencyadapters.com
<a href="http://www.emergencyadapters.com/press.html">Press
received</a>: http://www.emergencyadapters.com/press.shtml
<a href="http://www.fractalspin.com">Fractalspin</a>: http://www.fractalspin.com
<a
href="http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/03/getting-booked-10-basic-tips-for-getting-live-electronic-music-gigs/
">"Getting Booked: Ten Basic Tips for Getting Live Electronic Music
Gigs"</a>:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/03/getting-booked-10-basic-tips-for-getting-live-electronic-music-gigs/
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