How To Guide

Getting Started

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Create a Free Account

Click Join Free in the top-right corner. Enter your name, choose a username, add your email and pick a password. Your account is activated instantly — no email confirmation needed.

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Log In

Click Login and enter your username and password. Your session stays active while you browse. To log out, click your name in the header and select Logout.

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Explore the Site

Use the navigation bar at the top to move between sections:

Vote DJs Royalty My Music Hit Songs Vibez Share Gossip Dance Events Private Parties News DJ Events Fan Wishlist Social Circles

Under 18? Make sure a parent or guardian is aware you're using the site. Some community content (Gossip, private messages) may contain adult themes. See our Parental Monitoring guidance.

Caribbean Feed

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What is the Caribbean Feed?

The Caribbean Feed on the homepage is a live activity stream showing everything happening on the site — royalty crownings, new events, private parties, dance video submissions, DJ posts and gossip. It updates automatically as activity happens.

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Filter the Feed

Use the filter pills above the feed — All, Royalty, Events, Parties, Dance, DJ Post, Gossip — to focus on one type of activity. Click any item in the feed to jump straight to the relevant page.

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Top SA DJs Card

The pinned card at the top of the feed always shows the current Top 5 South African DJs with live vote counts. Click any name to visit their profile or click Vote to go to the leaderboard.

Voting for DJs

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Go to Vote DJs

Click Vote DJs in the navigation. You'll see four category tabs: South African DJs, African DJs, International and UK DJs.

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Pick Your Category

Select a category tab. You can cast one vote per category, so you can vote in all four categories for different DJs.

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Cast Your Vote

Scroll through the ranked list and click the Vote button next to your favourite DJ. The leaderboard updates instantly. You can change your vote at any time by clicking a different DJ in the same category.

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Visit a DJ Profile

Click any DJ's name to open their full profile page. You'll see their bio, ranking, vote count, eCard, social links (if verified), and posts they've published to the DJ Post feed.

Rankings update live. The gold crown marks the current #1 DJ in each category.

Royalty — King, Queen, Prince & Princess

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What is Royalty?

Every month the community votes to crown four titles: King of Caribbean, Queen of Caribbean, Prince of Caribbean and Princess of Caribbean. Winners are crowned on the last day of the month and announced in the Caribbean Feed.

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Cast a Royalty Vote

Go to Royalty in the navigation. Select a title tab (King, Queen, Prince or Princess). Browse the DJ grid and click Vote on your choice. You get one vote per title per month — you can change it at any time before the month ends.

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Crowning Day

On the last day of each month the DJ with the most votes in each title is automatically crowned. Their crown appears on the Royalty page and an announcement appears in the Caribbean Feed on the homepage.

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Past Champions

Scroll to the bottom of the Royalty page to see the Hall of Fame — a full table of every past King, Queen, Prince and Princess with the month they reigned and their vote count.

New royalty votes reset each month so every month is a fresh competition. Past winners are preserved in the Hall of Fame.

My Music — Community Playlists

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Listen to Tracks

Click Music in the navigation to browse community-uploaded tracks. Click the play button on any track to start listening directly in your browser — no download needed. The player shows the track title, artist and play count.

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Upload Your Own Track

You must be logged in to upload. Click Share a Track, enter the track title and artist name, then select your MP3 or WAV file (maximum 50 MB). The track will appear in the community playlist immediately after upload.

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Like a Track

Click the heart button on any track to like it. Click again to unlike. Like counts are shown on each track card.

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Delete Your Upload

If you uploaded a track, a Delete button appears on its card. Deleting a track permanently removes both the database record and the audio file from the server.

Only upload music you own or have a licence for. Uploading commercially released music without permission is a breach of our Terms of Service and may result in your upload being removed.

Gossip

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Public Gossip Posts

Go to Gossip in the navigation. The Public Gossip tab shows community posts about DJs, events, and Caribbean news. To post, enter a title and your content in the form at the top and click Post. Your post is visible to everyone immediately.

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React and Comment

Click the 🔥 button on any gossip post to react. Click the comment count to expand the comments section, type your message and submit. Comments are visible to all visitors.

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Private Conversations (DMs)

Switch to the Private Conversations tab. To start a private chat, select a user from the dropdown and click Send Request. The other user must accept your request before you can exchange messages.

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Manage Your DM Privacy

In the Private Conversations tab, use the DM Policy radio buttons to choose how incoming requests are handled: Manual (you approve each one), Auto-Accept (all requests accepted instantly) or Auto-Decline (all requests declined automatically). Change this at any time.

Keep it respectful. Harassment, threats or doxxing in any section — public or private — will result in your account being suspended. Private messages are stored on our servers and may be reviewed if a complaint is received.

Dance of the Month

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What is Dance of the Month?

Each month the community competes to find the best Caribbean dance video. Submit a video link, vote on submissions, and also vote on your favourite dance style. The most-voted video and dance type win the month's title.

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Submit a Dance Video

Click Dance in the nav. In the Submit form, enter a title, paste your video URL (YouTube, TikTok or Instagram), select the dance style, add your social media link if you want to be credited, and add a short description. Click Submit. YouTube links embed directly; TikTok and Instagram show as a clickable thumbnail.

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Vote on Videos

Scroll through the video submissions and click Vote on the one you think deserves to win. The top three videos get a 🥇🥈🥉 medal. You can only vote once per video.

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Vote on Dance Style

In the right sidebar, click your favourite dance style from the eight available: Dutty Wine, Zanele Move, Riddim Drum Shuffle, Wave Dance, Willie Bounce, Jab Jab, Bogle, and Original Style. The bars show which style is winning the community vote this month.

Share your social media link when submitting so viewers can follow you if they love your dancing!

Events

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Browse Events

Click Events in the nav. All upcoming Caribbean events are listed, sorted by date. Each card shows the venue, city, date, and attending count.

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RSVP

Click an event to open it. Use the Attending or Maybe buttons to RSVP. You can change your status at any time.

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Post an Event

Logged-in users can submit events. Click Post an Event on the Events page. Fill in the title, venue, city, date, time, and optionally the performing DJ's name plus Facebook and Instagram links for the event page.

Private Parties

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Choose a Party Type

Click Create Party to open the full create page and pick a type: VIPs Only, VVIP, Get Together, Players & Divas, Dress White Only, or Big Spenders & Gold Diggers. The type decides whether it's invite-only, open, or request-to-attend.

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VIP / VVIP Follower Requirement

VIPs Only needs at least 500 followers and VVIP at least 1,000. If you're not there yet, the page gives you tools to grow your following — invite people you know and share your profile to social media. Verified DJs at half the target may receive temporary approval.

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Set Details, Entry, Safety & Rules

Add name, venue, city, date, time, max guests and dress code — then your minimum age, pricing, security presence, guest/plus-one policy, drinks policy (free / cash bar / BYOB), refund policy for paid parties, and house rules.

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Invite Guests (incl. Instagram / Facebook)

Pick members to invite, or add an Instagram/Facebook name to invite someone off-platform and copy a ready-made invite message to DM them. For request-to-attend types, members request a spot and you approve or decline each one.

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Drug-Free Parties

Caribbeanvibez promotes drug-free parties. It's about the music, the dance and the community. Illegal drugs must never be supplied, used or promoted at parties listed here. Mark your event drug-free, drink responsibly, and look out for one another.

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Manage Questions & Concerns

Anyone considering your party can ask a question or raise a concern from the party page — these come to you, the organiser (and your appointed safety contact), not site staff. Open Manage to read and reply (concerns are flagged red). You can appoint a trusted member as your safety contact — they must accept first. These conversations are archived and kept for 90 days after the event, then automatically deleted.

Fan Wishlist

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What is the Fan Wishlist?

The Fan Wishlist is your chance to tell DJs and promoters where you want the next Caribbean party. Submit a wishlist with your city, venue idea, preferred date and time. The community votes (fire-votes 🔥) the most popular requests to the top.

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Add a Party Wishlist

Click the Add Party Wishlist tab. Select a preferred DJ (optional), enter your city and venue name, pick a date or time period, and write a message to the DJs explaining why your city deserves a party.

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Fire-Vote Other Wishlists

Browse the All Wishlists tab. Click the 🔥 button on any wishlist to support it. The most fire-voted wishlists rise to the top and are flagged as "Hot Requests". Remove your vote by clicking again.

DJ Events & Appearances

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What is DJ Events & Appearances?

The DJ Events section is a community-powered calendar where anyone can post and discover where DJs are performing — club nights, festivals, private events, radio sessions and more. Appearances are sorted by event date so the soonest shows appear first.

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Post a DJ Appearance

Any logged-in member can post an appearance. Click Post Appearance (amber button, top-right). Type any DJ name — existing DJs are suggested as you type, but you can enter any new name. Fill in the event name, date, time, country, city, venue, minimum age and whether entry is free or paid. A source link crediting your username is automatically generated from Caribbeanvibez.com. Tick the Mark as shared on social media checkbox if you're also posting the event on your own socials.

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Share an Appearance on Social Media

Every appearance card shows one-click share buttons for Twitter/X, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The pre-filled message includes the DJ name, event name, city, and date, with a link back to the DJ's Caribbeanvibez profile.

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Search & Delete

Use the search bar to filter appearances by DJ name, event title, city, or country. If you posted an appearance, a Delete button appears on the card — click it to remove the entry permanently. Admins can delete any appearance.

Appearances are community-posted and not verified by Caribbeanvibez. Always confirm event details through the DJ's official channels or the event organiser before attending.

DJ Removal Rights

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Every DJ Has the Right to Be Removed

Any DJ listed on Caribbeanvibez — or their authorised representative (manager, agent, label, legal rep, or family member) — has the unconditional right to request that their name, biography, profile and all associated content be permanently removed from the site. No reason is required.

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How to Request Removal

Go to the DJ's profile page (find them on the Vote DJs page and click their name). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Request Removal to expand the form. Enter your name, your relationship to the DJ, and an optional reason. Click Submit Removal Request. Your request is sent directly to the site administrator.

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What Happens Next

All removal requests are reviewed by the site administrator. Verified requests are processed within 7 business days. Upon confirmation, the DJ's name, bio, real name, country, social handles, votes, posts and all other associated content are permanently deleted from the site and cannot be recovered.

This right is guaranteed under UK GDPR and the South African POPIA. Read more in our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Vibez Share

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What is Vibez Share?

Vibez Share is the community photo board for Caribbeanvibez. Share your Caribbean moments — events, parties, studio sessions, dance clips and festival photos. Browse what the community is sharing and react to favourite posts.

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Share a Photo or Post

Click Vibez Share in the navigation bar. Use the post form at the top — write a caption, add a location, and attach an image. Click Share and your post appears in the feed instantly, visible to all members.

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Search & Filter Posts

A search bar sits between the share form and the photo grid. Type any word to instantly filter posts by caption. Use the pill buttons — All, Photos, Videos, Text — to show only the content type you want. Search and type filters work together.

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React & Comment

Click the 🔥 fire button on any Vibez Share post to react. Click the comment count to expand comments and join the conversation. You can react and comment on any post in the feed.

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Delete Your Post

A Delete button appears on your own posts. Deleting permanently removes the post, image, reactions and all comments.

Vibez Share is the perfect place to show off your Caribbean events and party moments — tag the vibe and get reactions from the community!

My Page

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What is My Page?

My Page is your personal mini-feed within Caribbeanvibez. You can share your bio, photos, text posts, events you're attending, and business intros — all with fine-grained privacy control over who can see what. Visit it from the Go to My Page link on your profile.

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Share Content to My Page

Open your profile and click the Share tab. From there you can share your bio, Vibez Share posts, events you've RSVPed to, and business intros. Each share type prompts a confirmation. Click Share Events to open the event picker — tick the events you want to share, or use Share All for everything at once. For business intros with multiple entries, a similar modal lets you select which intros to share.

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Search & Filter Your Posts

Your My Page posts tab has a search bar and type filter pills (All, Photos, Videos, Text) so you can quickly find any post in your collection. The filters update the grid instantly without reloading.

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Remove a Post

To remove any post — photo, video, text, event or story — look for the red Remove button on the bottom-right of each post card. This button is only visible to the page owner. Click it and confirm to permanently delete the post and its media file from the server.

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My Bio on My Page

Your profile bio appears in a dedicated box at the top of your My Page. Use the Privacy Settings section to choose who can see your bio: Everyone, Followers only, Selected people, or Private (only you).

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Page Visibility

Separately from bio visibility, you can control who can view your entire My Page: Everyone (public), Followers only, Selected people (you choose specific members), or Private. Both settings are saved together in the Privacy Settings form.

Your role badge (Music Fan / DJ) appears in the green banner at the top of your My Page so visitors immediately see who they're looking at.

Business & Service Intros

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What are Business Intros?

The Business & Service Intros section on your profile lets you create short introductions for services or businesses you offer — DJ bookings, production services, event planning, photography, merchandise, and so on. Each intro has a title and description.

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Add an Intro

Open your profile and scroll to the About tab. Click + Add Business / Service Intro to expand the form. Enter a title (e.g. "DJ Booking – Joburg") and a description of what you offer, then click Save Intro. It appears immediately in your intro list with an amber accent card.

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Share an Intro to Your My Page

Click the Share Intro button in the About tab. If you have a single intro, it shares directly after confirmation. If you have multiple intros, a modal appears letting you select which ones to share — use Select All for a bulk share or tick individual entries. Click Share Selected to publish them to your My Page.

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Delete an Intro

Each intro card has a × delete button. Clicking it permanently removes that intro from your profile. Shared copies on your My Page are not automatically removed — delete them separately from My Page if needed.

Social Circles

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Discover Members

Go to Social Circles and open the Discover tab to browse up to 40 members per page. Use the search bar to filter by name or city.

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Send a Follow Request

Click Request Follow on any member card. They receive a notification and can accept or decline from their Requests tab. You cannot message someone until they accept.

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Accept Incoming Requests

Open the Requests tab to see pending follow requests. Click Accept to allow messaging, or Decline to remove the request.

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Your Followers

The Followers tab lists everyone who follows you — with online status dots, a Follow back button, a Message button (if you follow them back), and individual mute controls. Muting stops their messages reaching you without removing the follow.

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My Viewers — Who Viewed Your Page

The My Viewers tab shows every logged-in member who has visited your My Page. You'll see a count of unique viewers, individual profile cards with visit counts and dates, and a direct link to each viewer's page. Admin accounts are excluded from this list.

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Private Messaging

Once a follow is accepted, both parties can message each other via the Messages tab. If you accept someone but don't want their messages, click Mute their messages — you can unmute anytime from the Followers or Following tab.

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People Online

The People Online tab shows members who have been active in the last 10 minutes, sorted by most recent activity. Status dots indicate whether someone is Online, Busy, In a Meeting, At an Event, or At a Party. Click any card to visit their My Page.

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Set Your Interests

In the sidebar, tick your interests (Parties, Events, Get-Togethers, Business, Promotions) and click Save Interests. These appear on your profile and help others find you in the Profiles search.

Member Profiles Search

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Open the Profiles Directory

Visit /profiles or click Search All Profiles in the Social Circles Discover tab. All community members are listed here.

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Filter Members

Use the left sidebar to filter by: Keyword (name/username/city), Gender (Male / Female), Role (DJ / Fan), Location (city or country), and Interests (Parties, Events, etc.). Apply multiple filters at once.

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Follow from Search Results

Each profile card shows a Request Follow button. You can follow directly from the search results without opening the full profile.

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Pagination

Results show 10 profiles per page. Use the Prev / Next buttons or numbered page links at the bottom to navigate. All filters are preserved across pages.

Collaboration Requests

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Send a Collaboration Request

Visit any member's profile and open the Collaboration tab. Select the type (Music Production, DJ Set, Event Planning, General, or Other), write your message and click Send Request.

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Receive & Respond

When someone requests collaboration with you, you'll receive a notification. Open your own profile's Collaboration tab to see incoming requests and click Accept or Decline.

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Acceptance Notification

When your request is accepted, you receive a notification. Use Social Circles to follow the collaborator and begin messaging to plan your project.

DJ Booking

The DJ Booking tab appears on every DJ's profile. DJs manage their pricing and availability; fans and promoters can submit booking requests.

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For DJs — Set Your Pricing

On your own profile open the DJ Booking tab. Enter your rates for public events and private events, your preferred currency, any DJ package partners, and package details. Click Save Pricing.

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For DJs — Manage Availability

Use the calendar to select dates and mark them as Available, Booked, or Tentative. Saved dates appear in your availability list with colour indicators. Remove dates using the × button.

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For Fans/Promoters — Submit a Booking Request

Visit a DJ's profile and open the DJ Booking tab. Select the event type (Public, Private, or Package), fill in the date, location and message, then click Send Booking Request.

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For DJs — Respond to Requests

Incoming booking requests appear at the bottom of your DJ Booking tab. You can Accept, Decline, or Send a Quote with a price and message. The requester is notified of your response.

Group Announcements

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Broadcast an Caribbean Event

In Social Circles click Announce Caribbean Event (amber button above the Discover grid). Enter an event title and details, then click Broadcast. Your announcement appears for all members for 14 days.

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No-Reply Broadcast

Announcements are one-way — recipients cannot reply directly. This keeps broadcasts clean. To contact the planner, click Follow Planner on the announcement. Once they accept, use the Message Planner button.

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Dismiss Announcements

Click the × button on any announcement to dismiss it permanently. Dismissed announcements will not reappear for you.

Your Profile

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View Your Profile

Click your name in the top-right header to go to your profile page. It shows your bio, city, country and activity summary.

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Edit Your Details

On your profile page click Edit Profile to update your full name, bio, city and country. Your username cannot be changed after registration.

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Delete Your Account

Scroll to the bottom of your profile page and click Delete Account. You will be asked to confirm, choose a reason, and enter your password. All your data — posts, votes, messages, uploads — is permanently removed immediately. This action cannot be undone.

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Inactivity Policy

Accounts with no login for 12 months receive a warning email. If there is still no login after 18 months, the account is automatically and permanently deleted to comply with our data retention policy. Simply logging in resets the inactivity clock — so staying connected keeps your account safe.

Contact Us

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How to Reach Us

The Contact Us link is in the footer at the bottom of every page. You must be logged in to send a message — this ensures we can reply to the correct account.

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What to Use It For

Use Contact Us for: DJ profile claims and verification, event or party issues, partnership enquiries, press and media, technical problems or any other query. Select the matching topic from the Subject dropdown.

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Track Your Messages

After sending, your message appears in Your Message History at the bottom of the Contact page. You'll see when it's been replied to and can read the response there.

Riddim Studio — Make Caribbean Beats

The Riddim Studio is a fully in-browser 16-step Caribbean sequencer — no downloads, no plugins. Runs on any phone or desktop. Go to /beats to open it.

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Transport Bar — Play, BPM & Volume

Click Play (or press Space) to start the beat. Use the BPM slider (90–130) to set the tempo — 108–116 is classic Caribbean. The Vol slider controls master output.

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Drums — 9 Tracks

Click any square in the Drums section to activate it. Tracks: Riddim Drum (signature Caribbean percussion), Kick, Snare, Clap, Hi-Hat Closed, Hi-Hat Open, Rim, Shaker, Perc. Try riddim bass on steps 1, 4 and 5 — that's the classic Caribbean log pattern.

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Piano Chops (8 notes) & Bass (4 notes)

Piano has 8 notes from the active scale. Click steps to place chop hits — scatter 3–4 notes at irregular steps for an authentic Caribbean feel. Bass is deep and minimal; typically 1–2 hits per 4 beats. Try the root note (bottom row) on step 1 and step 9.

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Scale Switcher

Click a scale pill — Eb min · Ab min · F min · Bb min · C min · G min — to change key instantly. Pattern stays; all piano and bass notes retune. Bb minor and Ab minor are classic Caribbean keys.

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Swing & Room

Swing (15–30%) gives a shuffled groove. Room (40–60%) adds convolution reverb for that cavernous Caribbean space. Both update live while the beat plays.

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Mute · Solo · Velocity

M mutes a track; S solos it. Right-click any lit step to set its velocity (1–127). Ghost notes at 30–40, accents at 100–127 — velocity variation makes beats feel human.

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Share & Save

Share encodes your full beat into a URL — send to anyone, they open the exact same pattern. Save (login required) stores your beat to your profile and optionally publishes it to the Beat Gallery for the community to discover.

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Export MIDI & WAV

MIDI downloads a Format 1 .mid file (drums + piano + bass + tempo track, swing encoded). Open in any DAW. WAV renders 1–8 bars of stereo 44100Hz audio offline in your browser, then downloads. All reverb and volume is baked in — ready to share or drop into production.

Quick start: Click Groove preset → switch to Bb minor → Swing 20% → Room 45% → you have an authentic Caribbean foundation ready to export.

Voice Editor — Record & Process Vocals

The Voice Editor sits below Riddim Studio at /beats. It gives you a professional in-browser recording studio — up to 3 layered tracks, 4 sample pads, a full effects rack, and WAV export. No plugins required.

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Record on a Track

Click REC on any of the 3 tracks. A 3-2-1 countdown fires, then recording begins from your microphone. Click STOP to end. The waveform appears immediately on the canvas. Record on multiple tracks to layer vocals, harmonies, or ad-libs.

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Trim with In/Out Sliders

Each track has an In and Out trim slider. Drag them to remove silence at the start or end — the trimmed region is shown greyed-out on the waveform. Trim is non-destructive: slide back to recover the audio.

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Fade In & Fade Out

Use the Fade In and Out sliders (0–500 ms) per track to eliminate pops and clicks at clip edges. A smooth fade-in removes breath noise at the start; a fade-out prevents abrupt cut-offs. Fades are baked into WAV export.

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Load Sample Pads

The Sample Pads section has 4 pads. Click Load on any pad to open a local audio file (MP3, WAV, OGG). Hit the play button to fire the sample through the full effects chain. Samples are included in WAV export. Files stay in your browser — nothing is uploaded until you click Save.

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Dial in the Effects Rack

All 8 effects are applied in real-time to every track and sample:
Reverb — adds room depth. Try 20–40% for intimacy, 60%+ for drama.
EQ Bass / Treble — ±12 dB shelving. Cut bass below 200 Hz to remove boominess; boost treble at 6 kHz for presence.
Compressor — evens out dynamics. 50–70% gives radio-ready upfront sound.
Noise Gate — mutes silence between words, cutting room noise. Start at 30–40%.
De-esser — reduces harsh "s" and "sh" sounds at 7.5 kHz. Use 3–6 dB.
De-noise — high-pass filter that removes low-frequency room rumble. 20–40% removes most hum.
Pitch — shifts pitch in semitone steps without changing tempo. ±2 st for tuning correction.
Speed — changes playback speed (0.5×–2.0×). Note: also shifts pitch like a tape machine.

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Spectrum Analyser

The green bar display at the top of the Voice Editor shows the real-time frequency spectrum while playing. Low bars on the left = bass frequencies; high bars on the right = treble. Use it to spot problem frequencies and judge your EQ settings by eye.

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Export WAV

Click Export WAV to render all non-muted tracks and samples offline at 44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo, with all effects baked in. The file downloads to your device. No data is sent to our servers during export.

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Save to Profile

Enter a clip name, choose Public or Private, then click Save to Profile. The audio uploads to the server and appears in My Saved Clips below. You can play clips back inline or delete them at any time.

Beat Gallery — Browse Community Beats

The Beat Gallery at /beats/gallery displays all community-shared beats in three sections.

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New Beats

Public beats saved within the last 7 days, newest first. The freshest community creations — check back daily for new drops.

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Old Beats

Public beats older than 7 days, sorted by most-played. The proven classics — beats the community keeps coming back to.

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Privates

Your own beats saved as Private, visible only to you. Save a beat with the Private toggle in Riddim Studio to store it here away from the public gallery.

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Load, Like & Remix

Each card shows BPM, scale key, play count and likes. Click Load & Play to open the beat in Riddim Studio — your own pattern is replaced, so save yours first. Heart button likes the beat (one per account).

Riddim Studio

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