I have vague idea what lots of my records look like, and I know pretty well which tracks are the good ones on which record - like if I own it and hear it I usually know which record it's on, but when it comes to playing a set, the only way I can do it is to go through *all* of my records, creating a pile of stuff that may fit together, usually about three times the size of what I'm gonna play (simply because my records are organised only by previous pilings), then eliminating what doesn't fit. [deeeeeep breath after all those improper commas] Dunno how I'd go about it in Ableton. With CDs I've always only brought a couple or burned two copies of the same CD to work from that night. Frankly, dunno how I would DJ well if I didn't substantially limit my choices in advance. I'd probably make a load of really regrettable decisions.
Tristan ======= [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk ________________ Original message ________________ Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: (313) OOPS Author: Jari Tolkkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 18th March 2005 6:28:34 Seems like this is some kind of common way for dj's of telling where the records are and how they sound. I have tons of records that I know by their looks. My mental process goes something like: "Hmm, there is this track on the record which has white and yellow sleeve and the record has red labels. It's on the picture side track two. It would go perfectly with this track.". Also a friend of mine (dj) said that usually that's a sign of one smoking too much....... ------------------------------------------------------ Jari Tolkkinen | dj ken-guru | http://www.ken-guru.net ------------------------------------------------------
