I also saw Surgeon at the Orbit and that was the BEST set I have ever seen.
He didnt so much as play tunes as borrow elements from bits of vinyl. Something I admire very much is when a DJ seems to be using his/her records as DJing tools. Dropping in elements that make sense in the mix and not just playing track after track so that they seem totally individual. >-----Original Message----- >From: dj revolver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 10 October 2000 14:51 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >Subject: RE: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?) > > >A good dj has a great sense of feeling, timing, and taste in record >selection. the ability to take the crowd on a journey, >creating tension and >excititement throughout the dj set using effects, and eq-ing >and fading >sounds in and out with more than one record at a time is >really what can set >a really great dj apart from an average dj. agressive mixing >is always very >interesting. >anyone can mix two records together and to some people this is >all they need >for a creative rush and release - and that's alright too, but i'd much >prefer to pay to see and hear a dj who is always very busy >behind the decks >and mixer. thank you detroit for having so many great djs for >us to check >out anytime. >(ex:richie hawtin, claude young, derrick may, jeff mills, kdj, >theo parish >to name a few - yes i've left out many) >djr >www.mp3.com/djrevolver > >>From: Lawton David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: RE: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?) >>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:19:22 +0100 >> >>For me, the most important trait of a good DJ is the ability >to take the >>music somewhere. >> >>To Make one track affect the next, this is something I dont >believe Dave >>(walking Jukebox) Clarke does at the moment. Thus, the reason he is >>playing >>some very very poor sets. >> >>Ben Sims is the man for me at the moment, not only does he take it >>somewhere, but he has serious mixer skills too! >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Christian Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Sent: 07 October 2000 19:33 >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?) >> > >> > >> > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "TechnoSnob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: "Christian Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 5:53 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [313] best DK dj? (hva' saa dalle, glemte du >> >ikke nogen ;-P >> >> >> >> >> >> >I think you have mentioned yourself about 5x now.... >> >> >are you all that and a bag of chilly freetos >> >> >> > >> > nope i'm not ;) >> > >> > but seriously, i'd like to take this opportunity to raise a >> >discussion. >> > here's my point. when you DJ, i think you should be one of your own >> > favourites. you should play excactly the records YOU like >> >best, and not try >> > to mimick someone else. technically? well that's just >something you've >> >gotta >> > learn (and maybe it's even in your blood). if you are just >> >trying to mimck >> > your fave DJ, well that's not gonna work for too long is it? >> >i AM my own >> > favourite DJ - musicwise at least. i'm not as technically gifted or >> > experienced as mills/claude young/dave clarke etc. but i'm >> >not half bad >> > either. but without the right choice of records, you are >nothing! i've >> >heard >> > mills and clarke play some awfull sets lately, (technically >> >unchallenged >> > though), but i really think it all comes down to the music, >> >and the skills >> > come second (not that they are unimportant of course). i >really look >> >forward >> > to this discussion, as i have had this feling that too many >> >people don't >> > really pay enough attention to the choice of records... or >> >maybe my taste >> >is >> > just different? >> > >> > comment please! >> > >> > Christian Bloch >> > www.mp3.com/bloch >> > >> > Tresor/Simple Music/LL/Funque Droppings/Deep Night Essentials >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >_______________________________________________________________ >__________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, >create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
