Ya know, I haven't really noticed this trend on Betalounge or Groovetech, or from 313 DJs in general. Am I missing something?
I think part of being a skilled DJ is knowing when to mix agressively and when to let the records do the talking. It's an essential programming skill if you ask me. It would be a shame to play one minute of something off the new St. Germain for instance. Tristan --- Otto Koppius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > darw_n wrote: > > > Instead of "oh, I am going to take this hook, and > this break down and create > > something new", > > Which is only *one* style of DJing... > > > it has become *exactly* what a wedding or radio DJ > or a POP > > band does, they play *exactly* what the crowd > wants to hear... > > This can be done just as well with the hiphop > approach, i.e. > take-a-hook-here etc. approach. Every genre has bad > DJs. > > > They could not understand that it can be more that > just playing records... > > Playing almost whole records together can be just as > valid a DJ style in > the sense of creating something new. Perhaps not in > the 'creating new > sounds' sense, but definitely in the 'creating a new > experience' sense. > > Two words: Theo Parrish. Or David Mancuso, check the > book 'Last night a > DJ saved my life' for a description how he perfectly > created a mood, > playing records from beginning to end, even allowing > silence between two > records. > > Otto > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
