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Re: (idm) SP vs D&B vs AMP vs me

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1997-06-09 17:34Christopher Fahey RE: (idm) SP vs D&B
1997-06-09 20:08Brock Suter Re: (idm) SP vs D&B vs AMP vs me
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1997-06-09 17:34Christopher FaheyThis is because you play for a bunch of drugged out robots who need to be spoon-fed beats
From:
Christopher Fahey
To:
'Mark Bowen' , 'idm@hyperreal.com'
Date:
Mon, 9 Jun 1997 13:34:28 -0400
Subject:
RE: (idm) SP vs D&B
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This is because you play for a bunch of drugged out robots who need to be spoon-fed beats to releive themselves from the terrible pressure of having to talk to each other and think about the sounds the musicians are making. You should play for toe-gazing head nodding pointy-headed intellectuals sipping dark beer and discussing what kind of cartridge the DJ's using and whether or not DJ Spooky is more like Descartes or like Aristotle. Nah, just kidding. There are just different kinds of gigs. Beat mixing is important for some crowds and some gigs, but it's not a necessary element of DJ-ing. And, like I said before, this goes for AMP as well. It's for watching, not dancing. Unless you have the TV on at home and pumped up real loud and you are in your living room with some freinds flippin out and dancing around, I don't see why people expect it to be beat-matched. They have to color match and pattern-match and theme-match. They even producer-match. A video is not just a beat, and a video show is not a rave. -CF -----Original Message----- From: Mark Bowen [SMTP:mb@gettins.bche.uic.edu] I don't know what kind of dance events you go to/spin at, but where I'm from if there's a non-beatmatched mix and the tunes are real loud it sounds like a trainwreck and people leave the floor. --
1997-06-09 20:08Brock SuterChristopher Fahey wrote: > And, like I said before, this goes for AMP as well. It's for wa
From:
Brock Suter
To:
'idm@hyperreal.com'
Date:
Mon, 09 Jun 1997 13:08:43 -0700
Subject:
Re: (idm) SP vs D&B vs AMP vs me
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Christopher Fahey wrote:
quoted 7 lines And, like I said before, this goes for AMP as well. It's for watching,> And, like I said before, this goes for AMP as well. It's for watching, > not dancing. Unless you have the TV on at home and pumped up real loud > and you are in your living room with some freinds flippin out and > dancing around, I don't see why people expect it to be beat-matched. > They have to color match and pattern-match and theme-match. They even > producer-match. A video is not just a beat, and a video show is not a > rave.
Chris, I think you're missing the point. The problem isn't that people are expecting it to be beat-matched, it's that trainwrecks ARE NOT ok. A while back, there was a discussion, turned flamewar, about some retard I saw at the LA recombinent show. This guy was jacking off all over a pair of CD players and turntables. He would just ram a bunch of crap together, out of time and it sounded like shit. He really thought he was doing something, and he was right. He was pissing me off. Just because you CAN mix two songs, doesn't mean it's going to sound good. There's more to mixing then putting the fader in the middle, and hearing beats flying tends to upset most of the people I hang out with, no matter where it's coming from. But the sad thing is that most kids don't hear anything wrong, just the other djs and music makers. So, bottom line? Does it sound good to you? I doubt it. :-) Peace out, brock out. np: Prototype 909 - 'acid technology' ps. I know it's already been said, but check out: http://www.pirate-radio.co.uk/pirate.html