I agree completely with this. Why does everyone dis amp for not doing a slick beat-matching mix? If they did that they would only play one style of music. And probably only really bad videos too.
I think some artists purposefully try to make music that fits into a mix with other formulaic tunes just so it won't be hard for the average DJ to make a transition into their song. If your song is atypical (like laika using 7/8 time signatures) you might not even get into a mix. Hell, I think Drum and Bass is just Drums and Basses because if they had melodies they would be hard to mix (matching pitch and key from song to song is easier when there is almost no tonality to the song, just boom chit ba-boom chititititcckckboom.)
-Chris Fahey
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From: GD [SMTP:g-d@worldnet.att.net]
I can't really relate to this "blending" style of playing music. I
don't see anything wrong with spinning two totally different styles of
tunes back to back, even not beat matched, as long as the transition is
handled properly. In fact, it's boring to hear a bunch of
similar-sounding tunes all mixed together; I'd rather have some variety
in the selection.
GD