I completely agree George... I don't see why most DJs these days feel the need to pigeonhole themselves into one particular genre...god forbid they should drop a track that deviates even slightly from their chosen sub-sub-genre. That is just boring imo.
Mix it up for God's sake, this shit is supposed to be fun! Cheers, m* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: RE: [313] old school? > There are still DJ's that mix up different types of music in a manner you > describe. It's getting rarer to see someone like this, but it still happens > (insert shameless plug for myself!). I think that DJ's have gotten > themselves stuck in this "I will only play [X thpe of music] and if you're > coming to see me that's all you'll get." mode. Personally, I think people > WANT more variety and, back in 1987-1993, that's exactly what most Detroit > DJ's gave the crowds. I cam into DJ'ing in 1990 from working with Gary > Chandler, Rob Brown, and Charles Henderson at a car audio shop (the last two > you probably wouldn't know unless you live and breathe local detroit DJ's). > Back then, no one played just 1 type of music. We all played house, hip hop, > miami bass, techno, or whatever; that was the norm. In the few shows I've > done in the last year, I watch the crowd react with an "Oh-no-he-didn't!" > attitude if I mixed some extra crusty NWA or World Class Wreckin Cru into an > electro mix or "Blow Your House Down" over anything. I never stopped mixing > music genere's, it's not necessary. People like it, I can't understand why > anyone would stop doing it. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
