A good dj has a great sense of feeling, timing, and taste in record
selection. the ability to take the crowd on a journey, creating tension and
excititement throughout the dj set using effects, and eq-ing and fading
sounds in and out with more than one record at a time is really what can set
a really great dj apart from an average dj. agressive mixing is always very
interesting.
anyone can mix two records together and to some people this is all they need
for a creative rush and release - and that's alright too, but i'd much
prefer to pay to see and hear a dj who is always very busy behind the decks
and mixer. thank you detroit for having so many great djs for us to check
out anytime.
(ex:richie hawtin, claude young, derrick may, jeff mills, kdj, theo parish
to name a few - yes i've left out many)
djr
www.mp3.com/djrevolver
From: Lawton David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:19:22 +0100
For me, the most important trait of a good DJ is the ability to take the
music somewhere.
To Make one track affect the next, this is something I dont believe Dave
(walking Jukebox) Clarke does at the moment. Thus, the reason he is
playing
some very very poor sets.
Ben Sims is the man for me at the moment, not only does he take it
somewhere, but he has serious mixer skills too!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christian Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 07 October 2000 19:33
>To: 313@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [313] what makes a good DJ? (was: Re: [313] best DK dj?)
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "TechnoSnob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Christian Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 5:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [313] best DK dj? (hva' saa dalle, glemte du
>ikke nogen ;-P
>>
>>
>> >I think you have mentioned yourself about 5x now....
>> >are you all that and a bag of chilly freetos
>>
>
> nope i'm not ;)
>
> but seriously, i'd like to take this opportunity to raise a
>discussion.
> here's my point. when you DJ, i think you should be one of your own
> favourites. you should play excactly the records YOU like
>best, and not try
> to mimick someone else. technically? well that's just something you've
>gotta
> learn (and maybe it's even in your blood). if you are just
>trying to mimck
> your fave DJ, well that's not gonna work for too long is it?
>i AM my own
> favourite DJ - musicwise at least. i'm not as technically gifted or
> experienced as mills/claude young/dave clarke etc. but i'm
>not half bad
> either. but without the right choice of records, you are nothing! i've
>heard
> mills and clarke play some awfull sets lately, (technically
>unchallenged
> though), but i really think it all comes down to the music,
>and the skills
> come second (not that they are unimportant of course). i really look
>forward
> to this discussion, as i have had this feling that too many
>people don't
> really pay enough attention to the choice of records... or
>maybe my taste
>is
> just different?
>
> comment please!
>
> Christian Bloch
> www.mp3.com/bloch
>
> Tresor/Simple Music/LL/Funque Droppings/Deep Night Essentials
>
>>
>
>
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