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From:
N. Graham Worthington
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Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:31:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
[idm] Re: IDM-ish mix
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On 28 Jul 2003 dj m <djm_freebeats@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 6 lines couldn't disagree with you more. i consider a DJ mix> couldn't disagree with you more. i consider a DJ mix > more than the sum of its parts- it's a live recording > of a performance. as soon as i find out a mix was > done on the computer i completely lose interest in it. > and part of the fun of studio mixes is doing it over > until you get it the way you want it! :) dave
"as soon as i find out a mix was done on the computer i completely lose interest in it." Are you implying you are less than perfect at detecting if a mix was done on a computer through listening alone? If so, what does that say about your decision-making process? Call me old fashioned, but I have always decided what music interested me by my own subjective emotional and intellectual response to the audio itself. I have never decided what interested me by evaluating how it got from the artist's or DJ's head into my ears. Maybe, if I heard the best track _ever_ and then found out the sample material was derived from the sounds of dying children, or some really cute puppy dogs getting run through a meat grinder, or something else involving uninvited violence, I might change my mind on that position. N. PS Whoever has that tagline that says "when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases" (or something like that) -- you're dead on, mate. NP : DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent PPS Why do I bother trying to convince people to broaden their horizons, it'll only make the slsk queues longer. :D
quoted 17 lines --- "N. Graham Worthington" <nworth1@gl.umbc.edu>> --- "N. Graham Worthington" <nworth1@gl.umbc.edu> > wrote: > > I wouldn't call that cheating at all, and not just > > because I mix with a PC > > either. Almost every single headliner-level DJ in > > the world has used the > > same method for their promos and other released > > mixes, so why can't > > unknowns do it too? If some promoter wants _proof_ > > you can mix live, give > > it to them, but otherwise, I think PCs are the way > > to go for the > > dexterity-challenged. It only provides more > > interesting possibilities > > than the alternative...if the asses are shaking, I > > think the end > > justifies the means.
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