Personally I think way too many dj's are obsessed with playing all new tracks. Especially hard techno dj's.
I remember I walked into this store last year and the mills at the liquid room cd was playing and I'm like hey who's the jeff mills fan here. The raver looking guy behind the counter's like "yeah this is a good mix but it's old man." Old? You could probably play a set of bangin' techno that came out last week that's not as good as that mix. Why? Because it's the fuckin' bomb that's why. These kids can try as hard as they want but they'll never be jeff mills- no matter how raw and fast they get they'll still just be someone trying to sound like jeff mills. The same goes with hawtin, or anyone else that people get obsessed with. I think derrick may said something like "they say imitation is the highest for of flattery, bullshit, its the easiest way to make a buck." A record could be pressed 5 minutes ago and if it sounds like some tired old shit than it's no good. It seems to me like this obsession with brand new records is a compensation for the lack of innovation in much of the music. A record might not sound new or different, but it IS a new record so it's okay. But truthfully if it were a good track you'd be getting a better response from the crowd right? Some of there folks are very insecure. _joe Responding To: "Jwan Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Original Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:35:38 -0500 > > No A good song is a good song period. I see the "I can't play it because > it's old" " Or I heard INSERT BIG NAME DJ HERE play it so I can't" first > hand since I work at a record store. It's a running joke with all of us, > we have kids come into the store listen to something, see that they like > it, and then ask when did this come out? Like that matters, if you like > and you don't have it buy it. I understand if a record has beenplayed to > death, but for the most part these kids nowadays can't tell an old record > from a new record. I drop doubles of the Pace, and Axis 001 a few weeks > ago and I had kids asking me is that new, where is it from it blah blah. > Then I tell them, no it's old, it's from detroit, and we can order it for > you (if we can). But what really gets me, is one of regular cutomers > approches me about an older record i might have played, beacuse then I > laugh and say, " no it's old, and we have it at the store, and you know > what I remember when you listened to this, and you put > > it back! Most people love to sleep on good music, they only come around > when that sound is the "it" sound for the moment. > > > > > Jwan Allen > www.hypervinyl.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________ > What are you into? > Win gear, movies, gadgets, and games from IGN.com > Check 'em out -> http://www.igncontests.com > Absolutely NO purchase required. >
