Computer DJS
April 9th, 2008
Ok there are a lot of people who just don’t understand the what it means to keep it real when DJing. First of all hence the name. DJ=Disc Jockey. Keyword DISC. It can be Wax or CDs. Wax is cooler ,but you are still keeping it real. It’s not macbook jockey. Now with computers I still respect people who rock Ableton that shit is basically a sampler on steroids and is only as good as the person using it. Basically A DJ who rocks wax is equal to the dude who plays a Fender Straight out of a Marshall 1/2 stack. A DJ who rocks a computer is that lame dude from guitar center who plugs their PRS into a line6 pod, records the shit thru many fruity digitech pedals into their recording rig. Next they put that shit on DAT so when the song starts they press play on the dat machine and they got an extra guitarist live. BASICALLY YOU GOT NO FEEL. It shows in the music too. Like what the man Lanois and Bob Dylan said “Money can’t buy you feel”. And if you disagree, just remember, computers made J LO possible. Anyway keep it real.
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Add your own1. trans1t | April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I disagree partly. Putting so much emphasis on HOW music is performed is not the right approach to have. There is a certain amount of credit that can be attributed to VINYL DJS ONLY because turntables are a difficult instrument to master and beatmatching on vinyl is a fantastic ability. CDJs are digital, so fundamentally the same as computers- I don’t really respect CDJs because of what they’re using to play music. But you said it yourself - It’s FEEL that’s important.
A computer just takes the skill out of synchronizing tracks. It doesn’t change the fact that you have to play solid tracks and transition them tastefully to get a crowd moving. There are also has WAY more options available to spice up the mix with crazy effects and transitions digitally.
Because it’s so easy to pick up a laptop and start file jockeying, there are a lot of shitty laptop ‘djs’ out there. But I’ve seen enough tasteful laptop sets to know better than to judge based on the instruments they’re using (unless they suck and they’re using laptops).
That serato bullshit is almost worse than vinyl DJing, because it’s like you’re pretending you are a vinyl DJ.
The only argument is still valid is that turntables are ANALOG, and that they’re fucking hard to play. But all of this sliced up hypercompressed shit out there is so fundamentally digital now anyway, I don’t see how they are more appropriate in today’s world.
Anyway, as you said, as long as it’s kept real, then it’s all good.
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