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nathannn wrote:who gives a shit.. dj's are just playing pre made music anyways. the only thing they do live is mix the music a little different.
if i was a dj i would take a couch on stage with a lap top press play and take a nap.

not really, djs, more than anything, are paid to pick good music for the party. When someone then puts on mix cds from mixmag, then they are, essentially, stealing work from whoever did that mix.

...and anyone who produces knows how important the roll of the dj is

the dj is the one who's going to put your lame ass song on a mix cd that gets distributed by some big magazine

or charts you song

or plays it at some big party and next thing you everyone knows who you are (as a producer)


keep hating on dj's and see how far your music goes

IMO, apart from the holier-than-thou trainspotters in the crowd, all the folks want in a DJ is good music, and possibly cheerleading. Any promoter who knows his business will know that's what sells the drinks. It's what pumps out of the loudspeakers that really counts. Celebrity status helps, too. Technical skill can be more or less irrelevant.

I'd personally MUCH rather dance to a premixed compilation CD than listen to some wannabee superstar DJ wanking over his beatmatching, full-body-motion filter sweeps and EQ cuts, headphone perched betwixt ear and shoulder.

As far as the legendary Mr Hook, I say good for him. He proves just how easy it is to please a crowd DJing. It's just playing somebody else's music.

Y'all so crazy

you had me at dj...ahhhh

drama! LOL what an entertaining thread.
cant wait to watch the videos at home.

here is the next hot dj team
better start booking now.
4 decks 2 mixers and effects.


http://www.virginmedia.com/microsites/m ... /img_8.jpg
Iss it memorex or protools?

nathannn wrote:who gives a shit.. dj's are just playing pre made music anyways. the only thing they do live is mix the music a little different.
if i was a dj i would take a couch on stage with a lap top press play and take a nap.

that would be awesome.

nathannn wrote:who gives a shit.. dj's are just playing pre made music anyways. the only thing they do live is mix the music a little different.
if i was a dj i would take a couch on stage with a lap top press play and take a nap.

and i would throw a bottle of piss at you

1. Doesn't seem much different than alot of the Live DJ wankery + drama to just fire off clips and act like you just laid a golden egg.

2. PH is a man with a past, like immune to laws and ridicule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecyuBs3WotI

the video is ok.
he is older and dancing like a.....,don't no.

but FUCK the hell.

HE IS a musician!

its funny how everyone is whaling on Peter Hook for being a "fake" dj. when most of us would never class him as a dj anyhow - is it really that much of a surprise?

martin gore [depeche mode] played at sonar last year. im the biggest mode fan. however, i never heard the set, but i certainly wouldnt expect the earth from him behind the decks. put him in front of a synth and he will take you to the learning tree.

what suprises me that we are on page 6 of this thread and nobody has started naming and shaming "proper" electronic producers / dj's who fake it, such Switch etc.

as djing and dj culture continues to disappear up it own arse and club crowds get smaller, be prepared for more nonsense like this - sit back and enjoy the ride.

speaking of faking it - did anybody see the program "faking it" where anne savage "tought" a classical violin player to dj in a week. she spent as much time on beat matching "training" as getting "the look" and "the gestures" right.

nuperspective wrote: as djing and dj culture continues to disappear up it own arse and club crowds get smaller, be prepared for more nonsense like this - sit back and enjoy the ride.

dont know what planet your on? but in london club crowds are geting bigger events are selling out more than they ever used to, club music is getting bigger and better each year after its decline in the 90s
its getting huge lately in the uk
dont know if you get back to accrington much but up that way manchester is getting an amazing club scene much better than ever before

nuperspective wrote:speaking of faking it - did anybody see the program "faking it" where anne savage "tought" a classical violin player to dj in a week. she spent as much time on beat matching "training" as getting "the look" and "the gestures" right.

oh

my


god


she's rocking iiiiittt!


http://www.channel4.com/video/faking-it ... n_p_1.html

Angstrom wrote:

nuperspective wrote:speaking of faking it - did anybody see the program "faking it" where anne savage "tought" a classical violin player to dj in a week. she spent as much time on beat matching "training" as getting "the look" and "the gestures" right.

oh

my


god


she's rocking iiiiittt!


http://www.channel4.com/video/faking-it ... n_p_1.html

thats the one

Too bad the button pimps also tend to win the laptop comptetitions...

There are exceptions...


Some <3 For PH -

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZwMs2fLoVE