In some circles (like childrens' parties) they do just that. They are doing
their job for their audience. If you were a mobile jock and you started
playing Jeff Mills at some wedding or kids b-day party chances are you would
get your ass shown to the door. So my point still stands. The primary
purpose of the DJ is not to expose music but to entertain the audience...
this is important for ANY type of DJ to remember regardless of genre or
"scene". It keeps you humble to know that it is not you that is so f*cking
important but the audience's _experience_ of you. When I'm done with a set I
don't ask "was I good?" I ask "did you enjoy it?" However, we are now waaaay
off topic. If you want to continue please email me privately.
MEK
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: M Elliot-Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [313] taking off pants
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:01:15 -0500 (EST)
> >The DJs primary purpose is to expose music. That is the original
> >history of DJing. It is how this all started. A lot of things have
>changed
> >since the early days of radio, but I fail to see how the DJs >primary
> >obligation to expose artists has ever mutated.
>
> I'm sorry, I must disagree with you on this fine point. The primary
purpose
> of the DJ is to entertain an audience. If a DJ's primary purpose was to
> expose artists then a DJ could play a set of terrible artists and do it
> really poorly and yet they would still be doing their job well because
they
> are exposing artists.
well, by the same logic, a dj could put on a funny suit, make balloon
animals, and play crappy records, and still be doing his job well, because
they're entertaining their audience.
2 sides to every coin.
chris, waiting to see more djs in funny suits.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
