OK IDM'ers,
I hear some of your arguments about this DJ thing. As I said in my last
post and as some of you have replied to me and maybe on this group, there
are some fantastic DJ's out there, I can't deny that. Many DJ's have done
a lot for the music and some are famous for their skills at keeping the
crowd moving til 6am or whenever. Some have amazong skills at beat
matching or scratching or whatever. but do me a favor, WAKE UP!
Do you not see that DJing, while being an artform, can be mastered by
virtually anybody. Neither I nor you will never master the likes of artists
like
Aphex, LFO. ORB, (fill in the blank). You and I will never be able to
imitate these amazing minds that go behind, what I feel is, the greatest
music in the world.
I have some analogue pieces, but that doesn't mean I will ever be able to
do what these amazing minds do. However, if I own the same records and
had a few technical skills (scratching and beatmatching) do you not see
that I can sound like the same guy that spun last night? The other thing
that is wrong with putting these DJs on a pedestal is we lose sight of who
is making the music.
I went to a rave on New Years eve in LA. During the
set of one DJ, the crowd next was going nuts to a Beaumont Hannant tune
from Basic Data Manipulation. . . An excellent track, that the DJ was
famous for playing. Everyone was talking about this guy as soon as his
set was done. What about Beaumont Hannant himself. He probaably worked
hours to compose this track (track #2 on basic data manipulation...).The DJ
only spent a few dollars buying the record and two seconds to put the
needle on the record.
I do not see why some of you IDM'ers who claim to love IDM are not
sickened when DJs are becomming more famous than the artists whose
records they play. I mean, what the hell is KEOKI doing with three CDs
out. I have never heard him spin, I will admit that. But he has more CDs
out on the market than some of the artists we talk about on this group.
Don't you see it as a form of exploitation. the Artists doing the work
for the DJ's. It isn't the DJ who is making the people dance you idiots,
it is the people who wrote and produced the track. Would it have made a
difference if
I put the needle on the Beaumont record rather than the other DJ. No, the
crowd would not have noticed a thing! They loved Beaumont's music.
I am sorry, but there is a big mistake in giving a DJ status and not
giving credit to the ARTISTS. this is why I am bitter about DENVER not
having AUtechre come to town, yet there is a rave every SAT. We owe the
Artists a lot. Otherwise, you and I would not belong to this discussion
group!
Any more takers.
GIL
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NAME:Gil aka GMV500
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FINAL WORDS: MORE BEER!
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