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quincy · Post by **quincy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:30 pm

Hey hey kids, some mildy toasted thoughts from quincy here.

I have posted a few threads here at KVR about DJing and they usually get a lukewarm response at best, and i suspect most people don't even look!

Clearly most people here are more interested with making their own tracks than spinning other peoples. I have never performed music live but i bet the buzz of enteraining the crowd is the same as DJing.

I have only done a few small house parties for mates and stuff, but even just playing one tune that gets a few people off their asses and dancing is a great little rush.

So are there many people here who DJ, or have DJ'd in the past inany major way?

If not, ever been tempted to give it a go?

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:34 pm

I've done a few parties, small ones, and it was great, i loved it. Bit expensive keeping up tho, sold all my gera/vinyl years ago.

I'd still do it now tho if i was asked, like you say, its a great buzz seeing ppl dance to your set (if not your music)

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:42 pm

Kriminal wrote:I've done a few parties, small ones, and it was great, i loved it. Bit expensive keeping up tho, sold all my gera/vinyl years ago.

I'd still do it now tho if i was asked, like you say, its a great buzz seeing ppl dance to your set (if not your music)

Thats just it, great feeling when people enjoy your choice of noise!

I could never afford decent decks and huge vinyl collection, but with Ableton Live i can just whack all my CD tracks as WAV onto my new 200GB hard disk and i'm almost there.

All i need now is a decent bloody multi-out soundcard and i can start to experiment.

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:47 pm

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:51 pm

splattabreakz wrote:only done it at mates houses, it feels great when youre properly in the mix and you get that feeling that everything is just right, 4 2the floor stuff especially

i'd like to play out to some people and get a set together, i think i could make a nice varied mix but my skills arent good enough to keep it smooth

i nearly bought some decks but i knew i'd end up spending every last penny i got on vinyl so i bought some drugs instead.

Its nice to think i could be a vinyl-jockey, but my taste in music and money issues mean its not likely.

And i refuse to believe the backlash against digital DJing, I think DJing with software has potential to be a fascinating experience for DJ and listener, and push things forward.

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:11 pm

SecondSkin · Post by **SecondSkin** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:16 pm

I used to DJ at an "underground" afterhours club in Detroit...mostly on CD's and some vinyl. FWIW underground=underpaid. I spent about 3x as much on records as I got paid, but then now I have a nice collection of chillout records, don't I???

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:21 pm

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:21 pm

splattabreakz wrote: and whats wrong with your taste in music that makes it unlikley?

All i meant is that if i wanted to DJ hiphop or similar then i'd be so much more keen on Vinyl. But given that i'm more into electronica and i'm not so interested in scratching and beat-juggling and all that, digital DJing seems more suitable.

I'm much more keen to experiment with filtering, looping and FX than to do clever scratch trickery.

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:28 pm

Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:32 pm

I've done it and i think getting into DJing early on is partly what helped promote my music more and eventually got me noticed. If you are in a dance genre or hip hop DJing is a great way to gauge reaction to your music on the floor.

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:32 pm

splattabreakz wrote:hairy muff, but digital djing isnt that different to analog

I think i'd disagree with that, I DJ a bit with CD decks and thats close-ish, and top fun.

But with Ableton Live you could do some very clever stuff that we be very difficult or hugely expensive to do via the hardware route. I like the blurred line between DJing and remixing that Live gives you.

Anyway its something new to try with Live, should be fun

Once i get a multi-out card better than my audiophile 2496 anyway, damn it!

splattabreakz · Post by **splattabreakz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:00 pm

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:08 pm

I'd love to, but the cost of entry is too high. Always seemed uber cool to me.

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 3:19 am

splattabreakz wrote:ahhhhh i gets ya, well what youre tarkin about is not really djin more like performing as a musician, not that djs are not musicians... err i leave now this could get ugly

Hehe

The point i was trying to make is that its all performance of music, one way or another.

The argument about "pressing a button on the computer and thats it" is true to a degree, and you could do boring digital DJ sets like that with little efort.

But the thing is that once you can beatmix vinyl reasonably, a normal DJ could do the same, just cue up records and it'd be totally boring! The point is that you won't do that, you'll make the extra effort to do something better, play around and be creative.

Either way, you learn some more tricks and practise and experiemnt and it gets better for you and better for whoever's listening.

Its all a process of experimentation and learning, whether you are a guitarist or a vinyl jockey. I think its unfair to sell good DJs short, anyone who has been to an amazing DJ gig can tell you how good it can be.

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