this is definately true. the one time theo played for me, we had to actually buy some crappy mixer on ebay that he insisted on using. he later bitche about the sound system, which at the time pissed me off, but whatever, it's cool. i'd rather work with an artist and try to do something different and special than just have some jack-off show up 5 minutes before their set and rail the levels on some standard pioneer mix.
> Also re: sound quality -- I know Theo brings sometimes crappy mixers > and isolators to DJ gigs to kind of rough up the sound a bit, make it > raw.. so there's a method to his madness, but I realize it's not for > everybody.. like the kickdrums just get destroyed into a punchy blob. > Producers who know what it's like to spend a day or three getting a > kickdrum sound to sound "just so" great.. i can understand this > intentional sound destruction drives them crazy. > > peace > > -- > Matt MacQueen > http://SonicSunset.com > >
