quoted 4 lines Let me preface this by first stating that I'm a DJ and I use> Let me preface this by first stating that I'm a DJ and I use
>1200-MkIIs and a Denon DN2000F for my mixing. Some other DJs have
>told me that by buying CDs and DJing with them I'm "contributing to
>the death of the industry." My question is simply: how is this so?
Well, I wrote an article on BPM that sort of related to this a
month ago, so here goes again. DJ's are dinosaurs. The art of DJ'ing has
remained practically unchanged for decades and they are afraid of what
might happen if things do change. Not that they aren't right. The advent
of CD's as a popular DJ medium may turn the whole industry upside down, but
this is just an opinion no more or less valid than any other.
The article I posted about on BPM referred to people's fears that
the increasing advancement of DJ CD technology would lead to DJ's not
requiring any talent at all to be DJ's. For example, with the 2700F you
can preprogram when a song starts and ends, set loops points, and other
stuff. Who's to say that one day you won't have to do anything more than
push a button to activate a computer algorithm which will mix two songs
seamlessly for you? Well this would in fact lead to the death of the
industry because almost any Joe Shmoe could be a DJ. However, IMHO, this
is not a bad thing, because there will be new ways for DJ's to express
their art. They can concentrate on musical selection more, can pay
attention to the crowd 'vibe' more, and will probably be able to do real
innovative stuff with new techie equipment. None of this would require
physical prowess though, as DJing does now.
Basically, I think DJ's are afraid to see things change but I for
one have always been against the 'save my scene please, it's dying'
attitude. DJ's haven't been around since the beginning of time. They will
not be around forever. Just chill out and deal with change when it comes.
Peace,
Tai, posing as a poser :P
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