>>its not like watching someone put a record on a turntable and then >>play with the pitch until it plays at the same tempo as the other >>record is the epitome of excitement (theo parrish and titonton are
>exactly, it's NOT. i never realized how much the actual turning of the head, >moving of the arms, looking around etc, actually mattered, until i had >witnessed performance after performance of people staring straight ahead >immobile, doing things? i'm not sure. that a DJ does pull their eyes up off of the decks is important in the communication between his/her audience and themsleves. I know there are a lot of DJs who never look around or seem to acknowledge the dancefloor but, personally, if a DJ looks up from the decks to see how people are reacting and maybe in turn cracks a smile or in some way acknowledges the audience - bang, there is suddenly two way communication going on. For me, that is the essence of what music is all about. A nightclub or party should be a communion (and I don't mean the Christian definition of it - although it could lead to a quasi-religious experience). MEK
