I remember being in Amsterdam around 1990 and being shocked by the amount of music that was available on CD then. All the old Target, Music Man and R&S stuff were all available on CD singles right back then. I then had a heated debate in a record shop with a DJ from Manchester who came to Europe every month to buy his music on CD as he swore that CD mixing was taking over from vinyl at dance clubs, and this was over 10 years ago! Well all I can say is I'm glad I can look back now and see how wrong he was and that I can spend many happy hours reminiscing through my vinyl collection of the past 10 years. I think the same thing will be said of Digital mixing in 10 years from now. I cant believe many DJs would trade the hassle of lugging big boxes of vinyl around only to lose the hands on buzz of cuing up a bit of vinyl and banging off a mix. Plus its an asthetic thing. You see a DJ stretched across a pair of decks and thier very prescence helps control and rock the crowd.
Peace Stewart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 Detroit" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [313] Future of DJ'ing, also anyone at MIDEM? > Yeah, I am on the artform side. I think it will be the demise of DJing the > day that it becomes a machine-led thing. > > Big name DJs can have a clause in their contract where someone carries their > boxes for them anyway, either that or they can carry them around, build up > their muscle tone and look like David Morales. > > I reckon a big issue that would revolutionise DJing is BETTER SECURITY at > airports. It's simply unacceptable the numbers of boxes that go missing or > that don't arrive on time. I hear it happens a lot os. > > >on one hand, the relief of not carrying about 80+ > >extra lbs while traveling is understood BUT > >personally, I have to side with the artform arguement. > > > >Seeing a set being pieced together with records and > >the DJ making the set come together is part of the > >thrill and artform. It seems we're getting too comfy > >with this laptop thing- as in the same vein with live > >PAs. > > > >to compare it to art, lets say. its the difference > >between watching a painter mix the paints and seeing > >the painting come together with the brush strokes > >piecing together a visually pleasing result. or > >watching a painter taking already prepaired elements > >and just taping them properly to the canvas. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
