too much rigidity and analysis right there! if you don't have da funk, you don't have the funk. period. havin' da funk means you can transcend ANY musical category / genre, and adapt to ANY situation, without need for practice, nor analysis. when you guyz complain about millz / may et al, you must realize that they usually travel wit the same 2 boxes: they ain't doin' no "sultan of brunei - let's test out theze mothas' baggage handling systemz". imagine, if they could take a container of records with them......[ and, if derrick could take hiz entire wardrobe], tha serious damage these brothaz would do! too much analysis killz any other skillz you may possess - you gotta FEEL!......... the same deal applies to sex. out. bond. ----- Original Message ----- From: "darw_n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "tristan watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jim Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [313] planned dj sets, derrick may
> My opinion of this is that I feel it depends on your approach, either you > playing for the dance, or your playing on a more fluid and compositional > level... > > If your playing primarily towards the dancers, than you need to be able to > shift directions at any given time. > > But if your more of the "here's my thought" type of DJ, playing for the > composition, than a set is often more appealing... > > The best ones of coarse flip around. Playing their piece in-between > segments of playing the dancers piece... > > I carry what I call my "book marked" pieces, in which three or so records > simple *must* be together, then I vary those chunks around... > > But if the "set" is amazing, then by all means, play the set. > > darw_n > > "create, demonstrate, toneshift..." > http://www.mp3.com/darw_n > http://www.sphereproductions.com/topic/Darwin.html > http://www.mannequinodd.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tristan watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jim Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: [313] planned dj sets, derrick may > > > > Most of the time he seems to be working from the same > > crate, if you will, and maybe has a few new records > > thrown in. I can't really get tired of it though. He > > does it so damn well. > > > > Now, I'm probably bating more flame, but I like to > > plan my sets within reason, and I've been spining > > vinyl for over six years. I think I posted about this > > a long time ago, and the reaction was not too good, > > especially from a Detroit audience. My problem is > > this: I am not a professional DJ. I have limited time, > > particularly when I'm focusing on making music, so > > when I practice before I spin out, I like to try and > > get an idea of the set I'm going to play. Sometimes > > I'll try to work out two distinct house and techno > > sets, and sort of merge them together when I play live > > in a new way, using a lot of the same songs. It gives > > me a way to practice mixing the songs I'm going to > > play without becoming too repetitive for me as a DJ, > > and the end result still allows me to have some > > flexibility to respond to the crowd, my whim or time > > sudden time constraints. > > > > I *would* shoot from the hip all the time if I had > > that luxury. But I've got lots of records, I like to > > play different records every time I spin (it's a rare > > song that I play out more than three or four times), > > and when I don't have a lot of time to practice I > > "forget" records, and it shows through in my mixing. I > > think any good DJ will tell you that you need to know > > your records. Practicing in this way is how I get > > re-acclimated to the records I hope to play, and helps > > me sound that much better. I don't think that's such a > > bad thing, even if it might kill *some* of the > > spontanaeity towards the beginning of my sets. And > > even if I've heard some of the set, no one else has, > > which in my mind is key. > > > > Tristan > > > > --- Jim Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > what is the general concensus on laying out your > > > whole set ahead of > > > time. I think every time i have seen derrick may > > > play he has played the > > > > > > same tracks in the same order for the mostpart. > > > Here at the esi fest in > > > > > > lansing i swear he played the same set as the demf > > > (for the most part). > > > not to show any disrespect but you even see those > > > guys out there with > > > pitch speeds and other records listed. to an extent > > > its cool when your > > > picking up skills but what if your the "inovator". > > > I myself feel > > > inclined to play what come to mind, granted a couple > > > of > > > steady mixes, is'nt that what makes a dj an artist? > > > jim > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! > > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
