Yeah none of those trancey club minstry cream gatecrasher ibiza blah blah mixes are 'real' its been going on for years
----- Original Message ----- From: beautiful individual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: [313] fair play to juan atkins > the mistakes on juan atkins mix cd at least prove that he actually mixed it > live. i saw a disturbing item on bbc television the other week. it was a > business programme which had a feature on british clubland and how clubs > were now such a marketable brand. they focussed on thhe club renaissance and > how they were trying to break into the states. > > dave seaman was 'mixing' their latest cd which is how they make the majority > of their cash. now, i've no problem with them making money but it's how they > do it. they showed seaman 'mixing' the cd - but it was all done by computer > with the aid of two technicians. all seaman had to do was cue up the track > on a deck, the computer program did the rest. couldn't believe how brazenly > this was done (the reporter actually used the word mixed, i was > flabbergasted). now, i know most commercial mix cds are done this way, but > it makes a joke of the whole concept. the computer does what would would > otherwise be physically impossible for the human dj - it achieves > perfection. > > therefore, ordinary joe soap on the street, who like that kind of music, > thinks that seaman is an amazing dj, since, technically, his mix would be > flawless. this is a misrepresentation of his talents. many of these mix cds > state on the cover that they are digitally mixed, but how many consumers > know what this actually means? > > so fair play to juan atkins, not afraid to show that he is fallable as dj > (which we all are). aspiring djs could actually learn from his mistakes, > seaman's cd would be of no benefit to them, imho. > > aidan 'have no fear i drink beer' o'doherty > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
