On Tuesday, March 02, 2004, at 11:17AM, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I can see the point of a commercially available DVD; I just didn't see the >point of him using the DVD in a club, unless he's getting RSI and needs the >odd break. Or is it blatant self-promotion? In an interview from 2002 John did with Mills for technotourst.org he said the following about why he uses images: "Well, we are attempting to use more film, more visual images within just a normal DJ-set. The idea is to basically use film in the same way I would use records, to program them accordingly, based on the reaction of the crowd, based on what I plan to do before and after. We kinda created a way to insert DVDs on the fly, the same way we would grab a record out of a record box. The introduction was the filming of a dancer from the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. We happened to run into this guy. I had the idea to make a short film with dancers to some of the material I had made a few years back, but things didnt work out. Once we met this guy I asked him and he said he would love to do it. We flew to Detroit, we just put him up on a sound stage, played the music and sort of stood back and let him do whatever he felt. Thats what we came up with and that was the introduction." http://technotourist.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=19 Like Jochem said, vinyl and or cd's don't make a living. Things have changd anyway, in the good ol'days people toured around to support an album. Nowadays an album is to support a tour... KJ >from a bizznass stand point, DVDs are definately the future of music >media. 2003 was the first year that DVDs sold better than CDs in the US. >If you walk into any major electronic/music/media store, you'll see the >DVDs right in front. and since the pricepoint has now dropped below $20 >for most DVDs, they're the new impulse buy for people who would have >bought CDs just a few years ago. > >And while you can pirate a DVD, most people don't have the HD >space/connection speed/patients to do it. So I'd expect a lot more DVDs >from your favorite DJs in the future. > >On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Brendan Nelson wrote: > >> I don't know if there's a point as such - it's a bit of a gimmick, >> really, that he used to try to build up anticipation/suspense in >> the crowd before he came on. But basically it's a product he's >> trying to sell and as I've said before I wouldn't mind at all if >> more DJs released DVDs like that; the gimmick of using it at the >> start of the set is going to wear off pretty quickly though. >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: 01 March 2004 12:13 >> > To: Brendan Nelson; Ken Odeluga; 313 >> > Subject: RE: (313) Mills >> > >> > >> > I still fail to see the point of the DVD thing. Either I'm >> > stupid, or Mills' explanation for it is rubbish. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:07 PM >> > To: Ken Odeluga; 313 >> > Subject: RE: (313) Mills >> > >> > >> > While Saunderson was better than I expected, it didn't really >> > blow me away and like a few other people I was a bit confused >> > as to why Mills came on so late - which meant that I was >> > getting unfairly impatient towards the end of Saunderson's >> > set. It was effective and crowd-pleasing but nothing >> > ground-breaking really. >> > >> > I was really impressed by Mills, though, I have to say. Maybe >> > it's because it's a while since I've seen him, or because I >> > was swept up in the spirit of the night, but he seemed to me >> > to be very assured and on-form, and he played quite a lot of >> > tracks that I hadn't heard before but that were pretty >> > intriguing; the 909 stuff was pretty rude as well. And even >> > though I know this is serious flamebait, I actually think the >> > DVD thing at the start worked... *duck!* >> > >> > One of the things I worry about sometimes is that the world >> > of techno will hit a point where all new music is basically >> > schranz and if a DJ is going to really rock the crowd he/she >> > will have to basically play ancient classics. Periodically, >> > though, you hear a set that helps to persuade you that >> > there's still development and evolution of the sound going on >> > (Surgeon's set at Turnmills a few weeks back sounded like >> > just that sort of thing actually). So yeah, I thought Mills >> > did a really good job and he did exceed my expectations in >> > all honesty. The 2001 stuff was nice visual dressing but I'm >> > not so much of a "visuals" man and didn't really notice it >> > being "soundtracked" in any particular way... was nice to >> > look at though! >> > >> > Brendan >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: Ken Odeluga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Sent: 01 March 2004 11:56 >> > > To: Brendan Nelson; 313 >> > > Subject: RE: (313) Mills >> > > >> > > >> > > Well what did we all think of Lost then? Especially Mills and >> > > Saunderson. >> > > Come on, let's 'ave opinions ... >> > > >> > > k >> > > >> > > >-----Original Message----- >> > > >From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:45 AM >> > > >To: 313 >> > > >Subject: RE: (313) Mills >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >Yeah, it was a pretty surreal moment on Saturday when I saw that >> > > >in the magazine! I was on the lookout for a bunch of Absolutely >> > > >Fabulous-style fashion journos looking out of their depth at Lost, >> > > >but without success... >> > > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- >> > > >> From: Tom Churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >> Sent: 01 March 2004 11:47 >> > > >> To: 313 >> > > >> Subject: (313) Mills >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> Did anyone other UK list-members spot the Jeff Mills mention >> > > >> in the fashion >> > > >> pages of the Guardian's Weekend magazine on Saturday? >> > > Quite amusing: >> > > >> >> > > >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1156729,00.html >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > ############################################################## >> > ####################### >> > Note: >> > >> > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do >> > not necessarily represent >> > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless >> > specifically stated. 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