I think i fond the title for ableton-dj's

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I think i fond the title for ableton-dj's

Post by mike holiday » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:54 am

FAKE DJ

don't get me wrong

wear the badge with pride

thats what i'v begun calling it for myself, and i like it,
kinda like putting a big middle finger in the air
djs have always got slack but forget about the masses

i'll never get rid of my 1200's and i love the challange of beat mixing
(not really sure how people can say its easy..i guess they don't take risks)

but lets face it most of the "supper star dj's" (that iv sceen anyway) shouldn't even be behind the TT's to begin with so who is to talk shit??!?
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Post by dirtystudios » Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:15 am

Oh snap!

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Post by sqook » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:16 am

A friend of mine came up with a much better name, with all due respect:


"Applecore"



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Post by kent_sandvik » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:30 am

What about "Realtime Producer" ? --Kent

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Post by TonySoprano » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:38 am

How about, "I'm getting too old, and life's too short, to be throwing out a 2-hour mix because I train-wrecked a mix 5 minutes from the end-DJ..." ?
Check out my latest mix:-
http://www.mixdepot.net/OutOfMySystem

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Re: I think i fond the title for ableton-dj's

Post by jeskola » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:43 am

mike holiday wrote:FAKE DJ

don't get me wrong

wear the badge with pride

thats what i'v begun calling it for myself, and i like it
kinda like putting in a big middle finger in the air
djs have always got slack but forget about the masses

i'll never get rid of my 1200's and i love the challange of beat mixing
(not really sure how people can say its easy..i guess they don't take risks)

but lets face it most of the "supper star dj's" (that iv sceen anyway) shouldn't even be behind the TT's to begin with so who is to talk shit??!?
you sound quite bitter, dare i say jealous !! :?

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Re: I think i fond the title for ableton-dj's

Post by mike holiday » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:36 pm

jeskola wrote:
mike holiday wrote:FAKE DJ

don't get me wrong
you sound quite bitter, dare i say jealous !! :?
i'm not hatin' I swear, with all respect

you might find me up there with only my laptop, and playing very little i created myself


:P

but really who could talk shit to that?? like i said it's kinda like a big finger in the air to the haters out there
dual 1.8 G4 10.4.9 w/768 ram & A&H xone 3D


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Post by smart1123 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:21 pm

I like it, probably start using it.

Funnily enough though most of the worjing DJ's I know (have their own club nights get paid and that) don't seem to have any problems with me Lapjocking, only the Dj with not much going on seem to want to give me a bad time, I just smile and tell them it's the future. Also the guy who gave me the most shit the first time I a DJ set with Live just booked me to play the 12-2am slot at his New Years party.

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Post by hambone1 » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:58 pm

smart1123 wrote:I like it, probably start using it.

Funnily enough though most of the worjing DJ's I know (have their own club nights get paid and that) don't seem to have any problems with me Lapjocking, only the Dj with not much going on seem to want to give me a bad time, I just smile and tell them it's the future. Also the guy who gave me the most shit the first time I a DJ set with Live just booked me to play the 12-2am slot at his New Years party.

S'all Good
Congratulations!

It IS the future. Those who feel threatened by it probably can't do it. You know the ones... record players and CDs are as far as they'll ever go. I'd be bitter if my livelihood was threatened, too.

As long as guys like you continue to prove how great playing out with Live can be, especially when compared to how little you can actually do with record players and CDs, the more it will be accepted. The danger, IMO, is that the talentless laptop jocks with their 'supa-dis-trigga-dat-triple-beatrepeat-flanging-double-buttfuck-full-body-motion-punch-the-air-filter-sweep-EQ-kills-while-I-limp-like-I've-been-shot-in-a-Compton-drive-by' vaudeville acts can ruin it for the talented laptop jocks.

Enjoy the New Year's party!

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Post by dNj » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:17 pm

Why do people care about defining a title to ableton dj's. A title or label only entails restrictions. And to put everyone who uses live for djing in the same categorys is quite dumb. My purpose for getting live for djing is to challenge myself beyond mixing. I want to incorporate live sound into my sets/shows. I want to create and experience for the night beyond throwing some records down and mixing. And Live allows this. The beauty is you don't have to focus on your beatmatching allowing you to implement more originality and spontanety into your set. I'm not a good on the ikeys, but good enough to keep a beat/tone and Live helps me achieve this.

Rock your style and always be proud. Constantly challenge yourself as an artist and thank god for technology.

Turntables/Vinyl will never die. However with that being said restricting yourself only to vinyl is a pretty much a guarantee to being a dj who sounds like everyone else.
20 turntable dj's in the same city can all buy the same records and you will hear the same tunes at diff parties. Yet when your taking advantage of new technology such as Live your able to take the same track, edit to your taste/style and recreate something. I don't understand how a true DJ would not jump on that possibility.

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Post by dirtystudios » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:25 pm

hambone1 wrote:The danger, IMO, is that the talentless laptop jocks with their 'supa-dis-trigga-dat-triple-beatrepeat-flanging-double-buttfuck-full-body-motion-punch-the-air-filter-sweep-EQ-kills-while-I-limp-like-I've-been-shot-in-a-Compton-drive-by' vaudeville acts can ruin it for the talented laptop jocks.
Shit, I thought that's what it was all about.

Oh well.

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Post by noisetonepause » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:40 pm

It's not about the DJ, it's about the party...

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Post by nebulae » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:02 pm

We're not disc jockeys, we're electronic jockeys. Proud to be an EJ; not too happy about being a fake-DJ (whatever DJ means these days).

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Post by MarkH » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:06 pm

noisetonepause wrote:It's not about the DJ, it's about the party...
And the party is made by the DJ.
Accidents are the portal to discovery!

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