So what is DJATOM.co.uk all about? Well it is a place for DJATOM to express his music and a place where you can listen to, rate and download this music. If you are wondering how DJATOM got started then why not read My Biography which explains everything from the year 2000 to date.

DJATOM would love to hear any comments that you may have regarding the site and especially about his music since that is the whole purpose of this site. Please feel free to contact me and leave your feedback on the Rate My Music page and DJATOM's cNet Page.

If you would like to become a DJ your self and are yet to realise how easy or not so easy it is then read on below...

Both Seb Sinclair and myself have become DJ's and just encase you were wondering how we did it I will explain. Yeah sure it will probably take practice, hours of frustration and your face will be more than likely glued to your PC screen for many days, but it's definitely all worth it! Just knowing you have created a track that you can listen too over and over again and love it as much as the first time really counts for something.

The first thing Seb and myself did was to get designing a website so that other people from around the world could listen too and rate our music out side of the cNet music domain. That "something" that really counts is when you get people Emailing you from countries you have never heard of before saying they love your music and they want to know how you made it and what your inspirations were.

It does not take a lot of money, there does not have to be any fancy recording slots at Abbey Road, or the wealth to afford your own recording studio and mixing decks. All you do need is the creativity, a PC, some speakers and then either Dance eJay™ or other simple to use music creation software.

Dance eJay™ is one I would recommend as it is as simple as Drag & Drop to create a tune. This software is very reasonably priced too at only $50, which is around £30.00. Your hardware does not have to be fancy either, all I have used to create my music tracks up until 2006 is my PC and a few pieces of software.

My PC specifications are by no means earth shattering, (although they were at the time) and it has been the main tool for which I create my tracks and maintian the website.

DJATOM's PC Hardware (November 2003):	DJATOM's Software (2000 - Present):
HP Pavilion t265.uk & HP vs19, 19" TFT	Music Creation: Dance eJay 2+
Windows XP Home Edition SP3 OS	Music Creation: Dance eJay 4
Intel Pentium 4HT 3.06GHz	Music Creation: Dance eJay 5
Infineon 1024MB RAM	Music Creation: Dance eJay 6
Nvidia Ge Force FX5200 128MB Graphics
Seagate/Western Digital 410GB Storage	Music Editing: Adobe Audition/Cool Edit Pro 2
Creative iTrigue 2.1 3300 Sound Output	Music Editing: Traktor BeatPort Player/Mixer
	Music Editing: Tactile 1200 Mixing Decks
DJATOM's Notebook Hardware (May 2007):	Music Editing: HP Sound Manager
HP Compaq NX6325 15.1" TFT	Web Design: Adobe Dreamweaver MX Studio
Windows XP Professional Edition SP3 OS	Web Design: Adobe Dreamweaver 8
AMD Mobile Sempron 1.8GHz	Web Graphics: Corel Paint Shop Pro
Infineon 856MB RAM	Web Graphics: Corel Animation Shop
ATI Radion Xpress1150 256MB Graphics
Fujitsu Seimens 80GB Storage	Pipex 2MB Broadband Internet Connection
Creative iTrigue 2.1 3300 Sound Output	O2 1.1MB Wireless Internet Connection

If your PC is better than mine then I guess your music will be too, but if it is not then don't worry so long as it was built less than a century ago you will be fine.

For more inspiration why don’t you check out the Music Links page.

If you love music and think you have a creative flair then Why Not Become A DJ Yourself? You might just be the next Armin Van Buuren or Above & Beyond!