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From:
Mathias Verraes
To:
Is Dick the Milkman ?..
Date:
Wed, 23 Apr 1997 19:50:01 +0200
Subject:
Re: (idm) DJing isn't high art
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quoted 1 line Djing is great. I do it. I love to do it and hear it done. Its art in> Djing is great. I do it. I love to do it and hear it done. Its art in
the
quoted 2 lines sense that collage making is art or flower arranging is art. You aren't> sense that collage making is art or flower arranging is art. You aren't > creating much, just rearranging whats already done. Sometime its nice
but its
quoted 1 line too easy.> too easy.
Here in Belgium, some people are pretty sick of the hyhpe that's been created about the whole dj stuff, so they're organising 'Hang the dj'-parties, with musicians who haven't got much experience, but who will prove that anyone with a turntable and a good musical taste can play records. btw: Yes, playing piano is also a rearrangement of existing stuff, but there's a big difference between arranging separate notes and complete records. Not everything that has something to do with creation is art. (We had this kind of discussion on the e-music list, and I had enough of it, so this is the last thing I say about it.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M a t h i a s V e r r a e s ET.Phone.Home@ThePentagon.com 'Aequalitas haud parit bellum' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~