...maybe its all abt just having the Dj status, eh Jarea? what say u? :D
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calm down dear Elwira, you surely dont think that playing different styles makes one a wannabe dj for those different scenes do you? i for an example play dnb as well as breakbeats + electro, and spice up my life with a set of techno/trance/house/other 4 to the floor cack every now and then... its just so that i happen to like all those styles so why not play them?
...but if youre referring to jareas mixing skills, i have to say im sorry and i understood everything wrong. :]
calm down dear Elwira, you surely dont think that playing different styles makes one a wannabe dj for those different scenes do you? i for an example play dnb as well as breakbeats + electro, and spice up my life with a set of techno/trance/house/other 4 to the floor cack every now and then... its just so that i happen to like all those styles so why not play them?
Genki you understand me wrong yep!!!!
It's very good to play different style. BUT YOU HAVE TO LAERN PLAY THEM GOOD FIRST!!!!
Ouh! i don't know how to explain this. Miss Jarea is keeping just a little bit too hurry for everything and she also say little too much..... :rolleyes:
having collected and played various styles of music i completely agree to this. there is nothing wrong in enthusing about a style you've haven't been into before and then you suddenly find it great and fresh. of course, if someone's found a new style to him/her just a week ago and then boasts about being the best dj on that style of music, well, that is what i find kinda funny.. i mean, i've been seriously collecting old soul and funk 45's for a couple of years now (finding original pressings, no re-issues, comps and stuff, that is) and i still find myself a wannabe on the soul/funk scene, knowing that there are blokes and birds, who've been into that shit for 30 years now. and they still are. (even though i may boast about that a bit sometimes. if i'm caught off with that, just please let me know)
and well, er.. about someone being a wannabe and whatnot, being an older lad i find this ranting and raving about wannabes kinda funny. i mean, i was around when the hyperdelics organised their first parties in turku-area back in the late eighties (now, a side note to anyone coming outside turku, by this i'm not claiming us turku people did it first here in finland, my opinion on this is the thing happened simultaneously in helsinki and turku). back then i was a young wannabe lad interested in music and good parties. and i still am, only the times have changed.
besides, we need wannabees! where else do people thinks new punters and dj's come from?
:)
I am also wannabe and always want to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:002:
1. Bedroom dj's doesn't count, too many wannabe's :rolleyes:
aight.. i kinda knew it as soon as i had posted that post! silly me!! ;]
yepp i agree to that. as a dj, i always listen quite critically when other djs play (altho sometimes i wouldnt want to be so critical), and of course i get the best kicks from djs who are really into the sound they play and not just 'throw in some new promos'... the selection is the most important part in a mix IMO, and if youre not into the sound youre playing.... well, how the hell are you supposed to make a good selection then... especially when you havent heard the tunes beforehand!!! :D
but yeh, my apologies Ms Elwira, i'll try and understand you right next time. :)
how many gigs are needed to ascend from the "pathetic" bedroom dj class to the glorious performing dj class? [/b]
the selection is the most important part in a mix IMO,
I disagree! There is no one most important part of the mix - good tunes are no good if every time the DJ tries to mix it's a trainwreck! And likewise supersmooth mixing skills aren't any good if the tune selection wouldn't make a fart excited.
You may correct me if I'm wrong...:)
I disagree! There is no one most important part of the mix - good tunes are no good if every time the DJ tries to mix it's a trainwreck! And likewise supersmooth mixing skills aren't any good if the tune selection wouldn't make a fart excited.
You may correct me if I'm wrong...:)
Yeah you're both right! But so am I! I wasn't saying tune selction is the most important, nor mixing, but that IMO you can't divide the 'art' of DJing into different factors and say "OK, tunes are most important, then mixing skills, then how you dance (or not) behind the decks, then your clothes, then your DJ name, and finally if you play CDs or vinyl" - it's just not possible. It's like saying that if you write a book it's the idea that's 'most' important, whereas someone could have a fuckin wicked idea for a book but cos they can't write for shit it's not gonna be a good read is it?
I think pHaze might appreciate you having a go on Jungell, though ;D